Prospect Pool Rankings #1

[Pavels Dog]

Which team has the #1 prospect pool in hockey?



Each teams top 3 prospects (taken from every boards' prospect pool where I could find one):

Team	#1 Prospect	#2 Prospect	#3 Prospect
Anaheim	Trevor Zegras	Jamie Drysdale	Mason McTavish
Arizona	Dylan Guenther	Victor Söderström	Barret Hayton
Boston	Fabian Lysell	Jack Studnicka	John Beecher
Buffalo	Owen Power	Dylan Cozens	Jack Quinn
Calgary	Matthew Coronato	Connor Zary	Jakob Pelletier
Carolina	Seth Jarvis	Jack Drury	Ryan Suzuki
Chicago	Lucas Reichel	Nicholas Beaudin	Wyatt Kalynuk
Colorado	Bowen Byram	Alex Newhook	Justin Barron
Columbus	Kent Johnson	Cole Sillinger	Kirill Marchenko
Dallas	Thomas Harley	Ty Dellandrea	Wyatt Johnston
Detroit	Moritz Seider	Lucas Raymond	Simon Edvinsson
Edmonton	Evan Bouchard	Dylan Holloway	Philip Broberg
Florida	Spencer Knight	Anton Lundell	Grigori Denisenko
Los Angeles	Quinton Byfield	Brandt Clarke	Alex Turcotte
Minnesota	Matt Boldy	Marco Rossi	Jesper Wallstedt
Montreal	Kaiden Guhle	Mattias Norlinder	Ryan Poehling
Nashville	Yaroslav Askarov	Philip Tomasino	Alexandre Carrier
New Jersey	Luke Hughes	Dawson Mercer	Alexander Holtz
NY Isles	Aatu Räty	Robin Salo	William Dufour
NY Rangers	Alexis Lafreniere	Nils Lundkvist	K'Andre Miller
Ottawa	Jake Sanderson	Shane Pinto	Erik Brännström
Philadelphia	Morgan Frost	Cam York	Samu Tuomaala
Pittsburgh	Samuel Poulin	Pierre-Olivier Joseph	Filip Hållander
San Jose	William Eklund	Thomas Bordeleau	Ozzy Wiesblatt
Seattle	Matthew Beniers	Kole Lind	Ryan Winterton
St.Louis	Klim Klostin	Scott Perunovich	Zach Bolduc
Tampa Bay	Cal Foote	Maxim Groshev	Jack Finley
Toronto	Rasmus Sandin	Nick Robertson	Timothy Liljegren
Vancouver	Vasili Podkolzin	Jonah Gadjovich	Jack Rathbone
Vegas	Peyton Krebs	Brendan Brisson	Lukas Cormier
Washington	Connor McMichael	Alexander Alexeyev	Hendrix Lapierre
Winnipeg	Cole Perfetti	Ville Heinola	Chaz Lucius

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[AfroThunder396]

I think DET, LA, and ANA are the top-3 in terms of quality, followed by OTT, NYR, NJ, BUF, CAR in arguable order within Tier 2.

 

[bobholly39]

I'll admit I'm very far from an expert on prospects - but it seems like OP you made a few obvious mistakes.

example: Montreal, why is Caufield not there, but Poehling there? Poehling has 28 NHL games, Caufield a lot less. Is this supposed to be 0 NHL games? Or - Calder eligible? If so Caufield is clearly our best prospect

 

[Pavels Dog]

I'll admit I'm very far from an expert on prospects - but it seems like OP you made a few obvious mistakes.

example: Montreal, why is Caufield not there, but Poehling there? Poehling has 28 NHL games, Caufield a lot less. Is this supposed to be 0 NHL games? Or - Calder eligible? If so Caufield is clearly our best prospect

I did it based on prospect rankings on teams' respective board, apparently Montreal board considered Caufield graduated but not Poehling.

 

[Stewie Griffin]

Los Angeles has the deepest pool. Headlined by a lethal trio of Byfield-Turcotte-Clarke. I think this is agreed upon by most. Next:
2. Anaheim
3. Detroit
4. Buffalo
5. Ottawa

 

[Crookshank]

Laff is eligible in NYR???

where is Stutz?

 

[bobholly39]

I did it based on prospect rankings on teams' respective board, apparently Montreal board considered Caufield graduated but not Poehling.

Like I said i'm far from an expert on prospect pools from other teams - but there are certainly a lot of uneven names listed here. Someone just brought up Lafreniere in NYR for example. No way he should be there, he's not even a rookie anymore

 

[Lays]

We’re counting LaF and Miller? This should be NYR 100%. If LaF and Miller count, so does Kravtsov as well. No team should beat LaF/Miller/Kravtsov/Lundkvist/Schneider/Barron/Jones/Othmann/Robertson

 

[Sting]

I think this poll is going to be clouded by the fact that some teams have their top prospects listed while others don't.

 

[Stewie Griffin]

I think this poll is going to be clouded by the fact that some teams have their top prospects listed while others don't.

Agreed. This should only include Calder eligible players.

 

[klingsor]

Where’s Kreider?

 

[Favin]

My list...

1. Los Angeles Kings
2. Anaheim Ducks
3. New Jersey Devils
4. Detroit Red Wings

5. Ottawa Senators
6. Nashville Predators
7. Minnesota Wild

8. New York Rangers
9. Carolina Hurricanes
10. Dallas Stars
11. Buffalo Sabres
12. Calgary Flames
13. Colorado Avalanche
14. Florida Panthers
15. Montreal Canadiens
16. San Jose Sharks

17. Winnipeg Jets
18. Columbus Blue Jackets
19. Vegas Golden Knights
20. Edmonton Oilers
21. Philadelphia Flyers
22. St. Louis Blues
23. New York Islanders
24. Toronto Maple Leafs

25. Vancouver Canucks
26. Arizona Coyotes
27. Washington Capitals
28. Chicago Blackhawks
29. Tampa Bay Lightning
30. Boston Bruins
31. Seattle Kraken
32. Pittsburgh Penguins

 

[HugeInTheShire]

Should really only have Calder eligible players, lots of these “prospects” have a full year of NHL experience

 

[Pavels Dog]

Agreed. This should only include Calder eligible players.

Feel free to go through all 32 teams and adjust for only Calder-eligibles lol.
Though it can be misleading as well, Alex Nedeljkovic is Calder-eligible and very few Wings fans consider him a prospect still.

We’re counting LaF and Miller? This should be NYR 100%. If LaF and Miller count, so does Kravtsov as well. No team should beat LaF/Miller/Kravtsov/Lundkvist/Schneider/Barron/Jones/Othmann/Robertson

Looks like NYR board used the standard HFboards metric for prospects, which still counts Lafreniere and Miller.

 

[Poppy Whoa Sonnet]

I have the ducks ahead of the kings, simply because I am more confident in their top 2 being legitimate impact players in the NHL (Zegras/Drysdale). As a thought experiment seems like Anaheim would reject a trade offer of Byfield + Clarke for either one of them straight up.

 

[JohnLennon]

Lists are inconsistent, as NYR fans consider Lafreniere a prospect but Habs fans don't consider Caufield a prospect, so it's a little tricky and we probably need ground rules as to where the cutoff should be.

That said, either way, it's easily LAK and I don't think it's even close right now. They have the star power, sure, but their 9th best prospect is likely #3 on most other teams.

 

[snipes]

Kings

 

[Golden_Jet]

Which team has the #1 prospect pool in hockey?



Each teams top 3 prospects (taken from every boards' prospect pool where I could find one):

Team	#1 Prospect	#2 Prospect	#3 Prospect
Anaheim	Trevor Zegras	Jamie Drysdale	Mason McTavish
Arizona	Dylan Guenther	Victor Söderström	Barret Hayton
Boston	Fabian Lysell	Jack Studnicka	John Beecher
Buffalo	Owen Power	Dylan Cozens	Jack Quinn
Calgary	Matthew Coronato	Connor Zary	Jakob Pelletier
Carolina	Seth Jarvis	Jack Drury	Ryan Suzuki
Chicago	Lucas Reichel	Nicholas Beaudin	Wyatt Kalynuk
Colorado	Bowen Byram	Alex Newhook	Justin Barron
Columbus	Kent Johnson	Cole Sillinger	Kirill Marchenko
Dallas	Thomas Harley	Ty Dellandrea	Wyatt Johnston
Detroit	Moritz Seider	Lucas Raymond	Simon Edvinsson
Edmonton	Evan Bouchard	Dylan Holloway	Philip Broberg
Florida	Spencer Knight	Anton Lundell	Grigori Denisenko
Los Angeles	Quinton Byfield	Brandt Clarke	Alex Turcotte
Minnesota	Matt Boldy	Marco Rossi	Jesper Wallstedt
Montreal	Kaiden Guhle	Mattias Norlinder	Ryan Poehling
Nashville	Yaroslav Askarov	Philip Tomasino	Alexandre Carrier
New Jersey	Luke Hughes	Dawson Mercer	Alexander Holtz
NY Isles	Aatu Räty	Robin Salo	William Dufour
NY Rangers	Alexis Lafreniere	Nils Lundkvist	K'Andre Miller
Ottawa	Jake Sanderson	Shane Pinto	Erik Brännström
Philadelphia	Morgan Frost	Cam York	Samu Tuomaala
Pittsburgh	Samuel Poulin	Pierre-Olivier Joseph	Filip Hållander
San Jose	William Eklund	Thomas Bordeleau	Ozzy Wiesblatt
Seattle	Matthew Beniers	Kole Lind	Ryan Winterton
St.Louis	Klim Klostin	Scott Perunovich	Zach Bolduc
Tampa Bay	Cal Foote	Maxim Groshev	Jack Finley
Toronto	Rasmus Sandin	Nick Robertson	Timothy Liljegren
Vancouver	Vasili Podkolzin	Jonah Gadjovich	Jack Rathbone
Vegas	Peyton Krebs	Brendan Brisson	Lukas Cormier
Washington	Connor McMichael	Alexander Alexeyev	Hendrix Lapierre
Winnipeg	Cole Perfetti	Ville Heinola	Chaz Lucius

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Before I vote , what’s a prospect, U23, less than 25 games in the NHL, ....other

Ie. NYR have LaFreniere, but Ottawa doesn’t have Stützle listed

 

[majormajor]

The Rangers board is the outlier in terms of the criteria they used. So for the sake of uniform criteria, the names Alexis Lafreniere and K'Andre Miller shall be stricken from the record!

 

[Sidney the Kidney]

Laff is eligible in NYR???

where is Stutz?

First thing I noticed. How is Lafreniere still considered a prospect?

IMO, if a player is no longer eligible for the Calder, he's no longer a prospect.

 

[majormajor]

I am going to dissent from the majority and say that the Kings prospect pool is a bit overrated.

They have a deep pool but it's mostly potential middle-six and middle-pair types. Even Alex Turcotte, their third ranked prospect, isn't looking like he'll be much of a difference maker anymore. I believe Kaliyev is 4th (?), and who knows if he can be maintained as a regular.

And I personally have Trevor Zegras ahead of Quinton Byfield, Drysdale ahead of Clarke, and McTavish ahead of Turcotte. So I'm going to go with Anaheim.

If you look at the way the Colorado Avalanche have been built, it's entirely dependent on drafting a few elite players. There's no depth drafting to speak of. Depth drafting separates middling teams from bad teams, it doesn't make a team #1.

 

[Zegs2sendhelp]

Detroit Ana and kings prob top 3

I think Ana and la are pretty close

byfield vs zegras
Clarke vs drysdale
Turcotte vs mctavish

could see all 3 going either way, pending what you value

 

[majormajor]

New York Rangers prospect list:

1 - Artemi Panarin
2 - Adam Fox
3 - Mika Zibanejad

 

[The Moose is Loose]

LA.

Wow I’m kinda surprised everyone else thinks this too

 

[Zegs2sendhelp]

LA.

Wow I’m kinda surprised everyone else thinks this too

Is that sarcasm? why would you be surprised... thats been a fairly common consensus for a while.