Prospect Info: Penguins #17 prospect

[Burgs]

Jeff Taylor wins a wide open competition for 16th place. Added Tyler Biggs.

2015 poll results:
#1 Matt Murray (54.48%)
#2 Daniel Sprong (40.14%)
#3 Oskar Sundqvist (50.00%)
#4 Brian Dumoulin (83.33%)
#5 Tristan Jarry (36.73%)
#6 Dominik Simon (37.08%)
#7 Scott Wilson (45.59%)
#8 Conor Sheary (34.12%)
#9 Jake Guentzel (47.06%)
#10 Bryan Rust (50.00%)
#11 Teddy Blueger (40.00%)
#12 Adam Clendening (27.50%)
#13 Josh Archibald (39.68%)
#14 Frederik Tiffels (28.17% in full voting round, 75.00% in runoff)
#15 Anton Zlobin (29.58% in full voting round, 25.00% in runoff)
#16 Jeff Taylor (27.27%)

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[wej20]

Blaine Byron.

 

[FreeBobbyFarnham]

Picked Kuhnhackl, but J-S Dea would be a great pick too.

 

[Pharrell Williams]

Add uh... Alexander Pechurskiy?

 

[xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

You guys are champs, man. It's hard to get excited about any of these guys ever becoming legitimate NHLers beyond Dumo, possibly Jarry.

 

[Pharrell Williams]

You guys are champs, man. It's hard to get excited about any of these guys ever becoming legitimate NHLers beyond Dumo, possibly Jarry.

You think none of Murray, Sprong, Sundqvist, Wilson, or any of the others will make it?

 

[xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

You think none of Murray, Sprong, Sundqvist, Wilson, or any of the others will make it?

No, I meant after the 4th, possibly 5th. I should've clarified.

And no, I don't think Wilson will ever be an effective player at the NHL level.

 

[Waffle Fries]

Voted Marcantuoni again. Will continue to do so from this point on. He might never be much, but I'm pretty sure he'll be an NHL fourth liner someday. Which is more than I can say for the rest of the list.

 

[#66]

Segs is really good at what he does.

 

[Asuna]

Voted Marcantuoni again. Will continue to do so from this point on. He might never be much, but I'm pretty sure he'll be an NHL fourth liner someday. Which is more than I can say for the rest of the list.

I concur. I'm a big fan.

Well...as much of a fan of a potential fourth liner as you can be

 

[blazinblair]

Pavlychev

 

[Mike Lange Version 2]

No, I meant after the 4th, possibly 5th. I should've clarified.

And no, I don't think Wilson will ever be an effective player at the NHL level.

Wilson could be a stopgap 3rd liner. I don't think he'll play more than a few seasons. Man our prospect pool is bad.............

 

[FreeBobbyFarnham]

I get that Pavlychev has great size, but I think he's overrated because of it

 

[Tasty Biscuits]

He's also Russian. It's done wonders for Zlobin.

 

[Penguinator]

I get that Pavlychev has great size, but I think he's overrated because of it

Uh... Overrated? He's only 18 & still growing, takes time to adjust with such a big frame but yeah i get your point.

Long shot but if this guy pans out for whatever NHL role, watch out.

 

[KrisLetAngry]

Voted.

 

[Shady Machine]

Mac attack

 

[Vujtek]

I get that Pavlychev has great size, but I think he's overrated because of it

If Pavlychev goes in the top-20, yeah he's overrated.

Anthony Angello is 6'5 and 205 lbs and he's not even added to the poll yet. What makes Pavlychev the better prospect of these two bigger long-shot prospects? Must be the Russian factor that has some voting for Pav.

 

[Penguinator]

Mutant Russian could end up 6'8" 260+ as he's just 18, lots of time to adjust to his size yet, how old is Angello anyway?

 

[Vujtek]

Mutant Russian could end up 6'8" 260+ as he's just 18, lots of time to adjust to his size yet, how old is Angello anyway?

A year older. He's got plenty of time to adjust to his size and even grow bigger too. So what's Pav have over Angello than the few inches in height? How does their skating and skills for example compare? Because for guys that big that's much more important than the slight difference in their size.

6'8 and 260+ may even be too big for NHL. How many players that size has ever played in NHL? Chara and that's it? And Chara was/is pretty damn great player and had other attributes than just his size.

 

[Penguinator]

Well, it did take some time for Chara to become a good player & eventually a very good one but yeah he was a NHLer right away.

With the mutant it's more or less a leap of faith as i have yet to see him actually play, looking forward to it though.

There's not a lot of info available on that guy so if anyone can chip in it'd be appreciated.

 

[Burgs]

Pavlychev is the more recent pick so he has more name recognition than Angello. Personally I'm not voting for him as he's still so far away from serious competition that he's nearly impossible to project. At lower levels pure height and reach can cover a lot of weaknesses. At least Angello is entering college now, Pavlychev will play another year in the USHL.