HF Habs: Post-draft Top 20 prospects.

[Andrei79]

Title says it all. I'm curious to see how everyone ranks our prospects. It's interesting because the whole top 20 have legitimate NHL upside, which I couldnt say in past years. It's also interesting because the top 6 is basically interchangeable - I could legitimately respect any ranking of them, in any order.

Harris is also a bit in a category of his own. A notch lower than the top 6 and a notch higher than the rest. But, Ylonen and Struble are skilled enough to round out a very interesting top 10 along with Fleury.

There's also, imo, another talent drop after Hillis, but enough guys to hope 1-2 become decent NHL depth.

Sruble is skilled enough to be able to get to that top 6's level, but we'll see how the year plays out for him.


Suzuki
Poehling
Romanov
Brook
Caufield
Primeau

Harris
Ylonen
Struble
Fleury
Ikonen
Olofsson
Hillis

Evans
Norlinder
McShane
Fairbrother
Fonstad
Stapley
Teasdale

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[TT1]

Brook isn't ahead of Caufield, Suzuki/Poehling/Romanov/Caufield is our top 4 imo. Top 4 ranking will vary depending on who you ask.

Imo it gets interesting after #4, i still dunno who i have at 5, will need to see them play this year. I'm becoming a big fan of Harris tho.

 

[calder candidate]

I have both Poehling and Romanov ahead of Suzuki and maybe even Caufield. Suzuki got skills but there are definitely some ? Regarding how that will translate to the NHL.

 

[Goldenhands]

I will give it a try but thats pretty much anyone guess IMO:

1-Primeau
2-Ylonen
3-Caufield
4-Poehling
5-Romanov
6-Suzuki
7-Brook
8-Struble
9-Fleury
10-Norlinder
11-Harris
12-Olofsson
13-Ikonen
14-Teasdale
15-Fairbrother
16-Pitlick
17-Gorniak
18-Hillis
19-Stapley
20-Evans

 

[JeffreyLFC]

1. Suzuki
2. Caufield
3. Poehling
4. Romanov
5. Primeau
6. Brook
7. Ylonen
8. Teasdale
9. Ikonen
10. Fleury
11. Harris
12. Olofsson
13. Norlinder
14. Struble
15. McShane
16. Hillis
17. Stapley
18. Pitlick
19. Evans
20. Fairbrother

 

[Riggins]

1 Caufield
2 Suzuki
3 Poehling
4 Brook
5 Romanov
6 Primeau
7 Ylonen
8 Fleury
9 Struble
10 Ikonen
11 Harris
12 Olofsson
13 Norlinder
14 Teasdale
15 Evans
16 McShane
17 Fairbrother
18 Fonstad
19 Stapley
20 Pitlick
HM: Hillis (zero positives so far since drafting him), McNiven

 

[Just Linda]

Brook
Poehling
Caufield
Suzuki
Primeau
Fluery
Romanov
Yloven
Teasdale
Ikonen
Struble
Evans
Norlinder
Pitlick
Olofson

 

[G0bias]

Caufield
Suzuki
Poehling
Brook
Romanov
Primeau
Ylonen

Fleury
Harris
Struble
Ikonen
Norlinder

McShane
Fonstad
Olofsson
Pitlick
Evans
Hillis
Stapley
Fairbrother

 

[Kudo Shinichi]

1. Suzuki
2. Caufield
3. Poehling
4. Brook
5. Romanov
6. Primeau
7. Ylonen
8. Harris
9. Fleury
10. Struble
11. Ikonen
12. Evans
13. Teasdale
14. Olofsson
15. Norlinder
16. Stapley
17. Mcshane
18. Fonstad
19. Lindgren
20. Vejdemo

We have a pretty deep prospect pool when guys like fairbrother and hillis dont crack our top 20.

 

[Legend123]

1. Caufield/Suzuki
2. Suzuki/Caufield
3. Poehling
4. Brook
5. Romanov
6. Primeau
7. Ylonen
8. Struble
9. Fleury
10. Harris
11. Ikonen
12. Norlinder
13. Olofsson
14. Evans
    
15. McShane
16. Teasdale
17. Fairbrother
    
18. Pitlick
19. Fonstad
20. Hillis

SO to Fairbrother. I really like his skating ability in combination with his size, IQ and defensive capabilities. A sleeper def for me.

 

[EveryDay]

1-Poehling
2-Caufield
3-Suzuki
4-Brook
5-Romanov
6-Primeau
7-Ylonen
8-Feury
9-Harris
10-Struble

 

[Yoshidas Island]

1. Caufield
2. Poehling
3. Brook
4. Suzuki
5. Romanov
6. Primeau
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7. Norlinder
8. Fleury
9. Ylonen
10. Harris
11. Struble
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12. Teasdale
13. Olofsson
14. Fairbrother
15. Ikonen
16. Evans
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17. Pitlick
18. Dichow
19. Hillis
20. Stapley

 

[A Loyal Dog]

1. Caufield
2. Suzuki
3. Poehling
4. Brook
5. Romanov
6. Harris
7. Primeau
8. Fleury
9. Ylonen
10. Struble

 

[Le Barron de HF]

1. Caufield
2. Suzuki
3. Poehling
4. Brook
5. Romanov
6. Primeau
7. Fleury
8. Harris
9. Norlinder
10. Ylonen
11. Evans
12. Ikonen
13. Struble
14. Teasdale
15. Fairbrother
16. Olofsson
17. Pitlick
18. Hillis
19. McShane
20. McNiven
HM: Gorniak

 

[MistaWa16]

I took into account readiness for the next level also

1. Poehling
2. Romanov
3. Suzuki
4. Caufield
5. Brook
6. Primeau
7. Ylonen
8. Ikonen
9. Fleury
10. Evans

 

[Number 57]

1. Poehling
2. Romanov
3. Caufield
4. Suzuki
5. Brook
6. Primeau
7. Struble
8. Ylonen
9. Harris
10. Fleury
11. Norlinder
12. Ikonen
13. Leskinen
14. Fairbrother
15. Evans
16. Olofsson
17. Pitlick
18. Stapley
19. McShane
20. Fonstad

 

[EXPOS123]

It's probably not the right thread, but anyways, i'll vent here.

I know it's become the soup du jour to say how great our prospect pool is, but i still maintain it is not as good as most people think.

Is it better than years past - of course, but that's really not saying much given the garbage we've had.

We still don't know what kind of offensive potential Poehling really has (sorry, using numbers he put up at a 10 day tournament over his normal production to somehow predict he will put up 70 points does not make sense).

To me, he's Eller 2.0

Suzuki - honestly, I really don't know what to make of him. Many pundits are still not sold on him while others are. I fall in the former - he was an overager in the Ohl - he should have utterly dominated, but he didn't. For me, he is the perfect trade chip to sell high on.

I'm not sold on Caufield. Yeah, yeah..i get the speed and scoring stats..but Corey Locke (who was almost the same size) scored 114 goals in two years with the Ottawa 67's and he was a complete bust.

I know, I know, it's way too early to write him off, but jeez, some people are already penciling him in the starting NHL lineup.

As for Romanov let's calm down a little here. He was barely on any scouts lists before he was drafted and literally came out of nowhere with his performance last year...i'll reserve judgement after i see what he does this year.

As for Brook, I like him, however where does all this sudden love for Harris come from? Because he's had a good couple of days at development camp? His numbers were just o.k. last year.

Ylonen, Ikonen, Olofson all had down years last year and none of them scream anything exciting.

Fleury looks like a 5 or 6 dman.

Yes, i know, i'm a pessimist, but i also like to be realistic.

 

[A55P2]

Dude you're not realistic at all, you're all in on pessimism

 

[TopC0rner]

Ylonen, Ikonen, Olofson all had down years last year and none of them scream anything exciting.

Not sure what your definition of down year is...

Ylonen had 27 points in 53 games in Liiga, 6 points in 7 games at the U20-WJC.

Ikonen had 10 points in 13 games in Liiga but was injured most of the year.

Maybe Olofsson can be deemed as a down year with 9 points in 34 games in the SHL, but then again they're young players in men's leagues and don't necessarily always have a lot of ice time.

 

[Doublechin]

1.Caufield
2.Poehling
3.Brook
4.Suzuki
5.Romanov
6.Harris
7.Struble
8.Primeau
9.Ylonen
10.Fleury
11.Norlinder
12.Evans
13.Pitlick
14.Olofsson
15.Ikonen
16.McShane
17.Fairbrother
18.Fonstad
19.Gorniak
20.McNiven

 

[Hfbsux]

1. Poehling
2. Caufield
3. Suzuki
4. Brook
5. Romanov
6. Ylonen
7. Primeau
8. Struble
9. Harris
10. Fleury
11. Ikonen
12. Norlinder
13. Fairbrother
14. Teasdale
15. McShane
16. Pitlick
17. Oloffsson
18. Stapley
19. Gorniak
20. Hillis

 

[A55P2]

1. Suzuki
2. Caufield
3. Poehling
4. Brook
5. Primeau
6. Romanov
7. Ylonen
8. Fleury
9. Struble
10. Harris
11. Norlinder
12. Olofsson
13. Ikonen
14. Teasdale
15. Hillis
16. Fairbrother
17. Leskinen
18. Pitlick
19. Evans
20. Gorniak

Come back year expected for Hillis.​

 

[Steve Shutt]

Suzuki - he was an overager in the Ohl - he should have utterly dominated, but he didn't. For me, he is the perfect trade chip to sell high on.

Overager in the OHL is for 20 year olds (teams can carry three). If Suzuki returns to the OHL for 2019-20 he'll be an Overager

 

[Kotkaniemi15]

It's probably not the right thread, but anyways, i'll vent here.

I know it's become the soup du jour to say how great our prospect pool is, but i still maintain it is not as good as most people think.

Is it better than years past - of course, but that's really not saying much given the garbage we've had.

We still don't know what kind of offensive potential Poehling really has (sorry, using numbers he put up at a 10 day tournament over his normal production to somehow predict he will put up 70 points does not make sense).

To me, he's Eller 2.0

Suzuki - honestly, I really don't know what to make of him. Many pundits are still not sold on him while others are. I fall in the former - he was an overager in the Ohl - he should have utterly dominated, but he didn't. For me, he is the perfect trade chip to sell high on.

I'm not sold on Caufield. Yeah, yeah..i get the speed and scoring stats..but Corey Locke (who was almost the same size) scored 114 goals in two years with the Ottawa 67's and he was a complete bust.

I know, I know, it's way too early to write him off, but jeez, some people are already penciling him in the starting NHL lineup.

As for Romanov let's calm down a little here. He was barely on any scouts lists before he was drafted and literally came out of nowhere with his performance last year...i'll reserve judgement after i see what he does this year.

As for Brook, I like him, however where does all this sudden love for Harris come from? Because he's a good couple of days at development camp? His numbers were just o.k. last year.

Ylonen, Ikonen, Olofson all had down years last year and none of them scream anything exciting.

Fleury looks like a 5 or 6 dman.

Yes, i know, i'm a pessimist, but i also like to be realistic.

You are definitely a pessimist but you aren't a realist.

 

[Steve Shutt]

I have Teassdale ranked in our top 10. Impressive numbers for a 19 year old (just turned 20 in March) including Memorial Cup MVP (recent winners: Hall, Huberdeau, MacKinnon, Draisaitl, Strome and a few no names).

Note: He's also eligible for one more year in the Q if our scouts thinks he'd benefit from more ice time than Laval.