My top 100 prospects

[canucks20]

There are a decent amount of Ottawa Senators prospects on here but the 1 I think most fans are excited for is Thomas Chabot and unless I missed his name he doesn't seem to have even made this list. Hes finally made the line up as a regular (for now) and has shown much more promise than Logan Brown has.

He has more than 25 games played

 

[canucks20]

Good list OP I like a lot of the rankings you've made.

Serious question though. How do you rank goalie prospects? Is it based on stability, positional play, or some type of a mix of stats and analysts projections? Just curious because I feel like most goalies who are rated as higher prospects would more than likely be due to athleticism+ frame + numbers or some form like that, I just don't see any other way to clear cut rank a goalie as systems matter and overall soundness of position I feel like outweigh anything that they have control of.

With goaltenders I usually go by the eye test. I value athleticism, poise, mobility, and how goalies track the puck the most. I had a post on another thread about scouting goalies. I'll have to go find it. Was a little bit more detail in what I look for in goalies.

I love Shestyorkin the most because his mobility and the way he tracks the puck are both very elite

 

[canucks20]

Why is Brett Howden so low? He hasn't played a ton of games this year but his ppg is among the highest in the WHL, he's improved that every year, is a strong two way player and seems to have a game that should transition well to the NHL. Sam Steel is like 50 spots better and hasn't had the best of draft +2 years and isn't as strong all around?

I don't even see Libor Hajek on the HM list, just a miss or you don't rate him at all?

It is nothing against Howden. Like I said in the original post, prospects after the 50 range can be interchangeable since they are so close in value. I am a fan of Howden and the whole Tampa system. They have a lot of depth.

Yes Hajek is a guy I had as an honourable mention. Stevie Y and the scouting staff have done a great job. I still feel Gusev will end up in Tampa eventually as well ( I know he is Vegas property)

 

[Mike Liut]

I put together a list of my top 100 prospects and some honourable mentions as well.

A player must have less than 25 games played in the NHL to be considered a prospect.

Also, before you chirp too much, basically the back half and the honourable mentions are one big group and are tough to distinguish.

1. Elias Pettersson - Vancouver
2. Casey Mittelstadt - Buffalo
3. Miro Heiskanen - Dallas
4. Eeli Tolvanen - Nashville
5. Cale Makar - Colorado
6. Kirill Kaprizov - Minnesota
7. Martin Necas - Carolina
8. Lias Andersson - New York Rangers
9. Henrik Borgstrom - Florida
10. Dylan Strome - Arizona
11. Kristian Vesalainen - Winnipeg
12. Cody Glass - Vegas
13. Robert Thomas - St. Louis
14. Jack Roslovic - Winnipeg
15. Igor Shestyorkin - New York Rangers
16. Timothy Liljegren - Toronto
17. Filip Chytil - New York Rangers
18. Olli Juolevi - Vancouver
19. Ilya Samsonov - Washington
20. Nick Suzuki - Vegas
21. Nick Merkley - Arizona
22. Sam Steel - Anaheim
23. Thatcher Demko - Vancouver
24. Jordan Kyrou - St. Louis
25. Gabe Vilardi - Los Angeles
26. Ilya Sorokin - New York Islanders
27. Morgan Frost - Philadelphia
28. Aleksi Heponiemi - Florida
29. Erik Brannstrom - Vegas
30. Owen Tippett - Florida
31. Oskar Lindblom - Philadelphia
32. Ryan Poehling - Montreal
33. Travis Dermott - Toronto
34. Adam Fox - Calgary
35. Brendan Guhle - Buffalo
36. Klim Kostin - St. Louis
37. Carter Hart - Philadelphia
38. Henri Jokiharju - Chicago
39. Phil Myers - Philadelphia
40. Colin White - Ottawa
41. Adam Gaudette - Vancouver
42. Kieffer Bellows - New York Islanders
43. Luke Kunin - Minnesota
44. Kailer Yamamoto - Edmonton
45. Rasmus Andersson - Calgary
46. Dante Fabbro - Nashville
47. Nikita Scherbak - Montreal
48. Dylan Sikura - Chicago
49. Logan Brown - Ottawa
50. Gabriel Carlsson - Columbus
51. Jake Bean - Carolina
52. Janne Kuokkanen - Carolina
53. Jacob Larason - Anaheim
54. Michael Mcleod - New Jersey
55. Kale Clague - Los Angeles
56. Conor Timmins - Colorado
57. Cal Foote - Tampa Bay
58. Filip Hronek - Detroit
59. Tage Thompson - St. Louis
60. Nikita Gusev - Vegas
61. Vitaly Abramov - Columbus
62. Sami Niku - Winnipeg
63. Michael Rasmussen - Detroit
64. Noah Juulsen - Montreal
65. Tristan Jarry - Puttsburgh
66. Ian Mitchell - Chicago
67. Valentin Zykov - Carolina
68. Tyler Parsons - Calgary
69. Rasmus Asplund - Buffalo
70. Zach Senyshyn - Boston
71. Juuso Valimaki - Calgary
72. Trent Frediric - Boston
73. Alex Nylander - Buffalo
74. Vladislav Kamenev - Colorado
75. Oliver Kylington - Calgary
76. Shane Bowers - Colorado
77. Jason Robertson - Dallas
78. Ethan Bear - Edmonton
79. Kole Lind - Vancouver
80. Carl Grundstrom - Toronto
81. Jaret Anderson-Dolan - Los Angeles
82. Jakob Forsbacka-Karlsson - Boston
83. Wade Allison - Philadelphia
84. Sam Morin - Philadelphia
85. Jake Walman - St. Louis
86. Brett Howden - Tampa Bay
87. Jonathan Dahlen - Vancouver
88. Pierre Oliver Joseph - Arizona
89. Max Jones - Anaheim
90. Boris Katchouk - Tampa Bay
91. Troy Terry - Anaheim
92. Nicolas Roy - Carolina
93. Mathieu Joseph - Tampa Bay
94. Julien Gautheir - Carolina
95. Alexandre Texier - Columbus
96. Tyler Bertuzzi - Detroit
97. Devon Toews - New York Islanders
98. Jesper Boqvist - New Jersey
99. Drake Batherson - Ottawa
100. Josh Norris - San Jose

Honourable Mentions:

Kyle Wood, Tyler Steenbergen, Jakub Zboril, Jeremy Lauzon, Ryan Donato, Urho Vaakanainen, Jeremy Swayman, Marcus Davidsson, Victor Oloffson, CJ Smith, Nick Baptiste, Linus Ullmark, Jon Gillies, Andrew Mangiapane, Dillon Dube, Warren Foegele, Lucas Wallmark, Roland McKeown, Kevin Stenlund, Roope Hintz, Riley Tufte, Jake Oettinger, Colton Point, Dennis Cholowski, Evgeny Svechnikov, Caleb Jones, Tyler Benson, Adam Mascherin, Maxwell Gildon, Jayce Hawryluk, Jordan Greenway, Dmitry Sokolov, Josh Brook, Jake Evans, Patrick Harper, John Quenneville, Yegor Rykov, Reilly Walsh, Mikhail Maltsev, Sebastian Aho, Linus Soderstrom, Vinni Lettieri, Ty Ronning, Morgan Barron, Alex Formenton, Christian Jaros, Filip Chlapik, German Rubtsov, Filip Gustavsson, Dominik Simon, Zach Aston-Reese, Danny O'Regan, Dylan Gambrell, Mario Ferraro, Ville Husso, Taylor Raddysh, Anthony Cirelli, Yegor Korshkov,
Jeremy Bracco, Andrea Johnsson, Nicolas Hague, Lucas Johansen, Shane Gersich, Mason Appleton, Erik Foley, Dylan Samberg,

As you can tell, there were a lot of guys I left off my list that you could easily make a case for and it is nothing against them.

Why so low for Erik Foley?

 

[ConnorMcMullet]

Kailer Yamamoto seems way too low.

 

[maplepred]

In my eyes it is Andersson. Obviously I'm pretty big on Shestyorkin since I have him as my top goalie and 15th overall

Sorokin is easily the best of the big three Russian goalie prospects.

 

[DeepFrickinValue]

Niku is starting to get a lot of love around here and I like it.

 

[Rempe73]

Sorokin is easily the best of the big three Russian goalie prospects.

Well, he is the oldest, so maybe he should be a bit better, but easily the best? These 3 goalies are pretty interchangeable, depending on who you ask. They are all so close. In my opinion, it's:

1. Samsonov
2. Shestyorkin
3. Sorokin

 

[Elias Pettersson]

Kailer Yamamoto seems way too low.

I don't know how I feel about yamamoto. He lit it up last year, played terribly first half of this year, then went super hot late season this year, and then had a poor playoffs. He seems very hot and cold. But put him with McDavid, and I can see future 60 point seasons even if he tops out as an average top 6 winger.

 

[Reinhart]

Valimaki was selected one spot before Liljegren less than 12 months ago (and was ranked right around that spot as well pre-draft). How has he fallen 55 spots back of Liljegren? Now everyone of course has different lists, and I won't argue with anyone saying that Liljegren should have been selected ahead of Valimaki - they were very close on most lists regardless... but 55 spots seems kind of bizarre to me, especially considering that Valimaki has been good this season (including playoffs) and captained the Finnish U20 team.

 

[LEAFANFORLIFE23]

Michael Rasmussen is way too far down your list. He will be in the NHL next season. He's going to surprise some people.

Filip Hronek is too far down your list.

Jake Bean is ranked too high. Complete bust.

Connor Timmins is way too far down the list. IMO he's a better prospect or on equal ground with Makar. I don't get the separation. Probably your worst ranking.

Tyler Bertuzzi is ranked way too low. He's established himself already.

Kale Clague needs to be higher

Sam Steel needs to be WAY lower

Laczynski should be mentioned? Why haven't you?

Dennis Cholowski is going to be a top 4 defensemen in the NHL and he's not even mentioned? Why?

Martin Necas should be lower than he is.

Yes it is early and I don't have the time to pick apart your whole list so I am admitting I have missed a lot, but seriously your list needs some work. The only proof to this will be time. The list obviously would be ever changing as teams prospects develop.

Jake Bean is 19, it's impossible to be a bust at 19

 

[Dodospice]

Michael Rasmussen is way too far down your list. He will be in the NHL next season. He's going to surprise some people.

Filip Hronek is too far down your list.

Jake Bean is ranked too high. Complete bust.

Connor Timmins is way too far down the list. IMO he's a better prospect or on equal ground with Makar. I don't get the separation. Probably your worst ranking.

Tyler Bertuzzi is ranked way too low. He's established himself already.

Kale Clague needs to be higher

Sam Steel needs to be WAY lower

Laczynski should be mentioned? Why haven't you?

Dennis Cholowski is going to be a top 4 defensemen in the NHL and he's not even mentioned? Why?

Martin Necas should be lower than he is.

Yes it is early and I don't have the time to pick apart your whole list so I am admitting I have missed a lot, but seriously your list needs some work. The only proof to this will be time. The list obviously would be ever changing as teams prospects develop.

Let’s see your list then. There’s nothing worse then a person blasting someone else’s list/rankings but not providing their own or putting in the work to at least make an effort as to why someone should be lower or higher. Give some reasoning, don’t just make blanket statements like “way too high” “needs to be lower”.

 

[WingsMJN2965]

Michael Rasmussen is way too far down your list. He will be in the NHL next season. He's going to surprise some people.

Filip Hronek is too far down your list.

Tyler Bertuzzi is ranked way too low. He's established himself already.

Dennis Cholowski is going to be a top 4 defensemen in the NHL and he's not even mentioned? Why?

The homer is strong in this one.

 

[FinPanda]

Good list, but as some others have said, Välimäki is very low. I'd rank him over Juolevi.

 

[WingsMJN2965]

I am actually very impressed with Hronek and agree that he could be ranked a bit higher. I just thought it was a little bold to say Rasmussen will be in the NHL next year and that Cholowski will be a top 4 defensemen, I'm not saying it won't happen, I just think people who does ranking like this won't be as bold. I also think the other prospects you listed were ranked properly.

I don't disagree that the original complaint was absurd. Only thing I'm going to point out in this post is that it's not bold to say Ras will be in the NHL next year. Holland has all but guaranteed it. He'll play the wing rather than down the middle, but unless something drastically changes, it's gonna happen.

 

[TheGoldenJet]

Valimaki was selected one spot before Liljegren less than 12 months ago (and was ranked right around that spot as well pre-draft). How has he fallen 55 spots back of Liljegren? Now everyone of course has different lists, and I won't argue with anyone saying that Liljegren should have been selected ahead of Valimaki - they were very close on most lists regardless... but 55 spots seems kind of bizarre to me, especially considering that Valimaki has been good this season (including playoffs) and captained the Finnish U20 team.

Liljegren had an elite (record setting) season for an 18yo AHL defenceman.

 

[DoctorDoak]

OP, has your ranking of Vilardi altered at all since you made this list and he's come back? I'd rank him over several of the players you have 1-24.

 

[canucks20]

OP, has your ranking of Vilardi altered at all since you made this list and he's come back? I'd rank him over several of the players you have 1-24.

I love the top 25 players, I actually love a lot of the top 100 players on this list even if some people don't think I do haha. I would move Vilardi up into the top 20. I still have some concerns about him but I think he got drafted by the perfect team to develop him properly to be honest

 

[canucks20]

Double

 

[thrillhous]

I like the list quite a bit. Yes some rankings I would have done differently but I think it was well done.

 

[MardyBum]

Liljegren had an elite (record setting) season for an 18yo AHL defenceman.

What records did he set?

 

[nbwingsfan]

Liljegren had an elite (record setting) season for an 18yo AHL defenceman.

Pretty easy to set a record when there's only been six 18 year olds to play 40+ games EVER

 

[Elias Pettersson]

What records did he set?

Being a leafs prospect.

 

[Whoshattenkirkshoes]

The homer is strong in this one.

Ya it is strong. Question: Was I wrong? Rasmussen is tearing it up.

 

[rt]

Merkley seems really high. I can spot about 20 guys pretty quick I’d trade him for. I’m a Coyotes fan.