Prospect Info: Tampa Bay Lightning prospect rankings 2015 - #11

[Necropolis]

The winner of poll #10 - Dennis Yan

Tampa Bay Lightning prospect rankings 2015
1. Andrei Vasilevskiy (85.71%)
2. Anthony DeAngelo (73.81%)
3. Slater Koekkoek (70.59%)
4. Adam Erne (82.86%)
5. Nikita Nesterov (40.00%)
6. Brayden Point (56.67%)
7. Matthew Peca (41.94%)
8. Mitchell Stephens (38.71%)
9. Adam Wilcox (33.33%)
10. Dennis Yan (33.33%)

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[Steazy Doo]

Going with the MACHINE

 

[HoseEmDown]

Blujus for me, big righty with a heavy shot, good skater and strong in his own end. Better chance to make the top 4 then Masin or any of the lefties who have too many ahead of them. Spencer needs to show me more to pass Blujus as the #2 righty in the system.

 

[Todd1a]

i'm going with matt spencer

 

[DFC]

What does Marchessault have to do? Lead the Crunch in scoring? (Check) Have a couple of impressive NHL call ups? (Check) Wedge the team's top prospect out of a couple of playoff games?

I get that he's older, but, in a lot of cases with young players, that's just more time to show they might never be an NHLer.

 

[Hoek]

Exactly. The fact that he's closer to making an actual impact has got to rate for something, even if his potential isn't as sexy.

 

[HoseEmDown]

What does Marchessault have to do? Lead the Crunch in scoring? (Check) Have a couple of impressive NHL call ups? (Check) Wedge the team's top prospect out of a couple of playoff games?

I get that he's older, but, in a lot of cases with young players, that's just more time to show they might never be an NHLer.

I look for upside more then anything, Marchessault is a 24 year old finished product. He can be a solid 3/4th liner but we have younger guys who look to have that potential too. I look for someone with a higher ceiling.

 

[Stamper]

I look for upside more then anything, Marchessault is a 24 year old finished product. He can be a solid 3/4th liner but we have younger guys who look to have that potential too. I look for someone with a higher ceiling.

And this is exactly what the word 'prospect' means.

 

[RegularSznAllStars]

I look for upside more then anything, Marchessault is a 24 year old finished product. He can be a solid 3/4th liner but we have younger guys who look to have that potential too. I look for someone with a higher ceiling.

Would not be surprised to see Marchy force his way onto this team at some point this year. Wouldnt be surprised to see him score 15 if he were on the roster for 82.

 

[HoseEmDown]

Would not be surprised to see Marchy force his way onto this team at some point this year. Wouldnt be surprised to see him score 15 if he were on the roster for 82.

I wouldn't be surprised if he beat out Brown either but 15 is way too much. I don't see Paquette, Namestnikov and maybe Drouin hitting 15. They will be getting more time then Marchessault.

I have nothing against him I just think he is beyond prospect level, I know he doesn't have the games or age. He should be compared against Brown and Condra not these kids.

 

[2020 Cup Champions]

I wouldn't be surprised if he beat out Brown either but 15 is way too much. I don't see Paquette, Namestnikov and maybe Drouin hitting 15. They will be getting more time then Marchessault.

I have nothing against him I just think he is beyond prospect level, I know he doesn't have the games or age. He should be compared against Brown and Condra not these kids.

15 from the bottom-6 is like Brett Connolly numbers.

 

[HoseEmDown]

15 from the bottom-6 is like Brett Connolly numbers.

Exactly, non of our bottom 6 are close to that level, we should look to acquire him.

 

[ultra63]

Exactly, non of our bottom 6 are close to that level, we should look to acquire him.

 

[2020 Cup Champions]

Exactly, non of our bottom 6 are close to that level, we should look to acquire him.

One of their members trying to snag Coburn from us, perhaps there's a deal to be made there.

 

[Hoek]

Umm.. Boyle had 15 goals.

 

[DFC]

There's a good chance Marchessault starts the year with us, IMO. I don't think we want to lose him to waivers.

But a lot of the remaining prospects have floundered a little bit lately, while Marchessault is starting to show some late bloomer potential. A point per game in the AHL is no joke these days, especially for a guy who's defensive game is good enough to play in the NHL.

The two guys who might hold a candle to him right now are Tanner Richard and Nik Gusev, simply because they, like him, are trending upward. Masin, for me, went neither up nor down in value, but he still has a lot, lot, lot left to prove. Gudlevskis, on the other hand, is milking that one Olympic game for all it's worth. (Not him personally, but his value--I actually like Guds a lot, and I root for him to explode, but from an objective standpoint I can't see how a guy who struggled THAT much and is unlikely to ever even play for us can be beating out a guy who could have an impact with us this year.)

I just don't think the fact that JAM is 24 is the killer of potential that most of us assume.