Summer 2018 Prospect Poll: #20: Next Year in Jerusalem!

[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)
17. Nicholas Baptiste, RW (-6) : 15 of 48 votes (31.3%). Runners up, C. Fitzgerald and D. O'Regan (7 votes each)
18. Justin Bailey, RW (-3) : 9 of 38 votes (23.7%). Runner up, Sean Malone (8 votes)
19. Danny O'Regan (C) (-3) : 12 of 37 votes (32.4%). Runner up, Sean Malone (10 votes)

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[Ruckus007]

I'm particularly looking forward to doing the spring rankings next year. There were 4 players from last spring's Top 20 (3 from the Top 10) that aren't with the organization now but between now and the next polls there could be a ton of turnover.

Barring fairly substantial injuries, Dahlin and Mittelstadt will be graduated. Nelson will age out if he doesn't hit the 65 games mark. Thompson probably will, Baptiste and Bailey probably will too if they don't end up in another organization before the spring. Maybe one or two of Guhle, Pilut, O'Regan, Malone, Nylander and Olofsson have a slim chance of getting to 65 games, IMO.

We could be looking at 6-8 members of the summer poll graduated off, should be exciting!

 

[TheMistyStranger]

I'm particularly looking forward to doing the spring rankings next year. There were 4 players from last spring's Top 20 (3 from the Top 10) that aren't with the organization now but between now and the next polls there could be a ton of turnover.

Barring fairly substantial injuries, Dahlin and Mittelstadt will be graduated. Nelson will age out if he doesn't hit the 65 games mark. Thompson probably will, Baptiste and Bailey probably will too if they don't end up in another organization before the spring. Maybe one or two of Guhle, Pilut, O'Regan, Malone, Nylander and Olofsson have a slim chance of getting to 65 games, IMO.

We could be looking at 6-8 members of the summer poll graduated off, should be exciting!

And then likely 3 first rounders next summer.

 

[Gabrielor]

Weissbach.

 

[jc17]

Weissbach.

He could have the highest ceiling here

 

[missingmika]

Are we going past 20? If not, maybe a poll of the remaining people of most likely to crack top 20 next poll.

 

[Ruckus007]

Are we going past 20? If not, maybe a poll of the remaining people of most likely to crack top 20 next poll.

I like that. Usually there isn't much interest past 20 (really there hasn't been since #17) but we can do a best of the rest type poll.

 

[Rastin]

Great Depth, I still see potential NHL players in 5-6 of the remaining guys on the board!

 

[Husko]

I expect Malone to skyrocket as soon as most get to see him play.

 

[truthbluth]

Man, Jacob Bryson gets no love

 

[missingmika]

Man, Jacob Bryson gets no love

Vote for him in the best of the rest poll! He's got my vote! He could be this year's Oskari!

 

[Chainshot]

The difference with Laaksonen and Bryson is that Bryson is always in the right spot, regardless of the zone he's in. He's smart and has the mobility and stick to use his brain. If people spend time watching the Friars, his abilities stand out. Fitz is bigger and is more physical but having watched both, I still give Bryson the clear nod even at a smaller size because of how he thinks the game.