Summer 2018 Prospect Poll: #17

[Ruckus007]

All prospects who fit the HF prospect criteria are included.

ELIGIBILITY
-In his Age-24 season with fewer than 65 NHL games for a skater (or 45 games for a goalie).

-If signed out of Europe or the NCAA at age 22 or older, fewer than 65 (skaters) or 45 (goalies) games within three years of signing.

-Linus Ullmark is 25 and has less than 45 games, he won't be included.

-The following players' eligibility is based on the 22 and over rule: Casey Nelson (expires 03/22/19), C.J. Smith (03/30/20), Lawrence Pilut (03/15/21), Andrew Oglevie (04/11/21), Victor Olofsson (04/24/21), Brandon Hickey (07/01/21)

-Danny O'Regan will age out after this season.

-If I have made any mistakes with the list, let me know.

RULES
Each poll runs 24 hours and is public. Vote for your choice and nominate a prospect from the list below to replace that player on the subsequent poll.

If there is a tie in the Top 10, there will be a run-off and the losing prospect will be returned to the pool for the next vote. Outside the Top 10, the tie will hold, the two highest Adds will be added and we'll move on.

PROSPECT RANKINGS
In the past, we've also done skater-only and goalie-only threads, as well as aggregate-type of rankings. If someone is interested, they are welcome to inherit that responsibility.

Summer 2018, Top 20
1. Rasmus Dahlin, D (nr) : by acclimation
2. Casey Mittelstadt, C (-1) : 10 of 11 votes (90.9%). Runner up, Tage Thompson (1 vote)
3. Brendan Guhle, D (-1) : 23 of 34 votes (67.6%). Runner up, Alexander Nylander (4 votes)
4. Alexander Nylander, LW (-1) : 61 of 147 votes (41.5%). Runner up, Rasmus Asplund (37 votes)
5. Rasmus Asplund, C (-1) : 72 of 138 votes (52.2%). Runner up, Tage Thompson (15 votes)
6. Tage Thompson, C (nr) : 18 of 59 votes (30.5%). Runner up, Victor Olofsson (17 votes)
7. Victor Olofsson, RW (--) : 27 of 57 votes (47.4%). Runner up, Lawrence Pilut (16 votes)
8. Lawrence Pilut, D (nr) : 32 of 64 votes (50.0%). Runner up, Mattias Samuelsson (11 votes)
9. Mattias Samuelsson, D (nr) : 24 of 65 votes (36.9%). Runner up, Marcus Davidsson (20 votes)
10. Marcus Davidsson, C (-1) : 34 of 72 votes (47.2%). Runner up, Will Borgen (13 votes)
11. Will Borgen, D (-3) : 18 of 51 votes (35.3%). Runner ups, O. Laaksonen, U. Luukkonen, C. Smith (8 votes each)
12. Oskari Laaksonen, D (+9/nr) : 19 of 67 votes (28.4%). Runner up, Ukka-Pekka Luukkonen (18 votes)
13. Ukka-Pekka Luukkonen, G (+1) : 26 of 59 votes (44.1%). Runner up, C.J. Smith (16 votes)
14. C.J. Smith, LW (-2) : 24 of 48 votes (50.0%). Runner up, Matej Pekar (9 votes)
15. Matej Pekar, C (nr) : 15 of 55 votes (27.3%). Runner up, Casey Nelson (14 votes)
16. Casey Nelson, D (-3) : 15 of 49 votes (30.6%). Runner up, Nicholas Baptiste, 13 votes)

Players Eligible to be Added
G: Jonas Johansson

D: Ivan Chukarov, William Worge Kreu, Miska Kukkonen, Brycen Martin, Philip Nyberg, Devante Stephens

F: Christopher Brown, Eric Cornel, Connor Hurley, Vaclav Karabacek, Maxwell Willman

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[TheMistyStranger]

We're in that weird period where a lot of guys are pretty close in terms of potential, imo.

1. Justin Bailey, RW - 3rd/4th line forward
2. Nicholas Baptiste, RW- 3rd/4th line forward
3. Jacob Bryson, D
4. Casey Fitzgerald, D - 5-7th D
5. Vasily Glotov, C- 3rd/4th line forward
6. Brandon Hickey, D - 5-7th D
7. Linus Lindstrand Cronholm, D
8. Sean Malone, C- 3rd/4th line forward
9. Brett Murray, LW
10. Andrew Oglevie, C - 3rd/4th line forward
11. Danny O'Regan, C - 3rd/4th line forward
12. Linus Weissbach, LW

 

[Royal Thunder]

Still going Fitzgerald.

 

[Chainshot]

Still going Fitzgerald.

I'm still going Bryson. They're close for me too.

 

[Husko]

Glad Nelson, who I have #9, finally got through. Of those left on the board, I have Baptiste and Malone tied at 6.475 (11 and 12), then Bailey at 6.15 (15), then Fitzgerald, Brown, and O'Regan rounding out my top 20. So add Brown I guess

 

[jc17]

Bailey getting no respect

 

[Deleted member 27798]

Bailey getting no respect

Everyone likes the shiny new toys(more recent signings/acquisitions/draft picks). I've been voting for Baptiste since somewhere in the Top 10. I realize he has been inconsistent, but I still think he has a good shot at being a bottom 6 NHLer.

 

[TheMistyStranger]

Bailey getting no respect

I think Baptiste is pretty universally considered a 'better' prospect at this point.

 

[Reddawg]

Bailey getting no respect

He's getting the respect a 23yo player with more than 50 NHL games under his belt with practically nothing to show for them deserves in a prospects poll, IMO. There's a point at which we know what we've got, and it's not much.

He's not even really that good of an AHL player.

 

[Gabrielor]

Everyone likes the shiny new toys(more recent signings/acquisitions/draft picks). I've been voting for Baptiste since somewhere in the Top 10. I realize he has been inconsistent, but I still think he has a good shot at being a bottom 6 NHLer.

It’s actually sucked. I’ve missed voting for like 6 guys I really like because I think Baptiste, while his ceiling isn’t high, will be a full time nhler.

I wouldn’t say the same about Bailey though.

 

[Aladyyn]

I think Baptiste is pretty universally considered a 'better' prospect at this point.

He's been the clearly superior prospect for like 3 years.

 

[jc17]

We'll see. I think can prove some people wrong this year if given a shot

 

[Ruckus007]

Bailey getting no respect

I think there still might be a little bit of a something there with him, and I definitely think people get distracted with "shinier" new prospects in these things, but it's hard for me to say Bailey should be getting a ton of prospect respect right now.

 

[Sabre the Win]

I have to go Oglevie, he had some moments in the prospect tournament that made me see a quality mid 6 player.

 

[TheMistyStranger]

He's been the clearly superior prospect for like 3 years.

I don't know that I'd go back that far, but at least the last 2, yeah.

 

[debaser66]

I go Glotov. I liked him in the prospect tourney. Totally forgot he was still up there