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Sogaard at 9th seems low. Weird to have Thomson over Greig IMO and even weirder to have Oliver Johansson above guys like Ostapchuk, Kleven, etc
Maybe I am being biased. It just seems like often these HFboard rankings put the forwards on a higher pedestal than defence. Unless of course your an offensive defensemen the likes of Sanderson. Either way, I am a firm believer in Thomson rounding out our top-4 defenders.
I don't agree with this. You can imagine how closely I have followed these polls. Keep in mind that there's only 6-7 D spots on a hockey team vs 12-13 spots for forwards... so it's normal for a team to have more forward prospects. It's actually necessary
But look at past rankings. In 2017 for example, 7 of the top-15 prospects were D-men. Only one guy is a quality NHL player today. Same for 2018. I would say we are actually desperate for our D prospects to turn out good.
Top 30 Senators Prospects 2016
#1 Thomas Chabot
#7 Andreas Englund
#10 Christian Jaros
#14 Fredrik Claesson
Sens Board Prospect Rankings 2017
1. Thomas Chabot
5. Fredrik Claesson
7. Christian Jaros
8. Ben Harpur
11. Andreas Englund
14. Christian Wolanin
15. Maxime Lajoie
HF Sens Board Prospects Ranking 2018
1- Thomas Chabot
9- Jacob Bernard-Docker
10- Christian Wolanin
11- Christian Jaros
12- Jonny Tychonick
13- Maxime Lajoie
14- Ben Harpur
After last years camp I had Lassi ranked higher than Boucher. Are you suggesting the board was correct about him last year? Are you saying a top-4 d is worth less than what some people are projecting as a bottom-6 forward?
You're looking at a very unique situation here. Tyler Boucher was ranked #4 last year mostly because of draft position, which was according to pretty much the whole hockey world, undeserved. I was very vocal that it was a mistake and was pushing hard for Ridly Greig to be voted over him (and Forms). It didn't work. Many are still going to vote Boucher high.
Pinto and Greig should 100% be ranked above Thomson/JBD. The debate starts at Ostapchuk/Jarventie and Thomson/JBD