Top 100 prospects, Top 25 Goalie prospects?

[Mikachu93]

Wanted to make a thread for people (the non-experts like myself) to post their rankings rather than have numerous threads of people's rankings.

So, without further ado, here are my top 100 prospects and top 25 goalie prospects. I took multiple scouting reports into account, as well as my overall knowledge of these prospects from both seeing them play and the general consensus of each player.

Just for fun and out of some boredom in the dog days of the NHL offseason. Cutoff is 40 NHL games played.

I'm sure I may be missing a few. Would love to see other people's rankings as well.

1	Rasmus Dahlin	D	Buffalo Sabres
2	Andrei Svechnikov	RW	Carolina Hurricanes
3	Elias Pettersson	C	Vancouver Canucks
4	Eeli Tolvanen	RW	Nashville Predators
5	Casey Mittelstadt	C	Buffalo Sabres
6	Martin Necas	C	Carolina Hurricanes
7	Miro Heiskanen	D	Dallas Stars
8	Filip Zadina	LW	Detroit Red Wings
9	Cale Makar	D	Colorado Avalanche
10	Filip Chytil	C	New York Rangers
11	Cody Glass	C	Vegas Golden Knights
12	Kirill Kaprizov	RW	Minnesota Wild
13	Quinn Hughes	D	Vancouver Canucks
14	Gabriel Vilardi	C	Los Angeles Kings
15	Robert Thomas	C	St Louis Blues
16	Lias Andersson	C	New York Rangers
17	Morgan Frost	C	Philadelphia Flyers
18	Kristian Vesalainen	LW	Winnipeg Jets
19	Noah Dobson	D	New York Islanders
20	Jesperi Kotkaniemi	C	Montreal Canadiens
21	Oliver Wahlstrom	RW	New York Islanders
22	Vitali Kravtsov	RW	New York Rangers
23	Henrik Borgstrom	C	Florida Panthers
24	Brady Tkachuk	LW	Ottawa Senators
25	Timothy Liljgren	D	Toronto Maple Leafs
26	Adam Boqvist	D	Chicago Blackhawks
27	Dylan Strome	LW	Arizona Coyotes
28	Jordan Kyrou	RW	St Louis Blues
29	Evan Bouchard	D	Edmonton Oilers
30	Aleksi Heponiemi	C	Florida Panthers
31	Erik Brannstrom	D	Vegas Golden Knights
32	Connor Timmins	D	Colorado Avalanche
33	Ty Smith	D	New Jersey Devils
34	Klim Kostin	LW	St Louis Blues
35	Sam Steel	C	Anaheim Ducks
36	Callan Foote	D	Tampa Bay Lightning
37	Adam Fox	D	Carolina Hurricanes
38	Nick Suzuki	C/RW	Vegas Golden Knights
39	Kailer Yammamoto	RW	Edmonton Oilers
40	Adam Gaudette	C	Vancouver Canucks
41	Ryan Donato	RW	Boston Bruins
42	Henri Jokiharju	D	Chicago Blackhawks
43	Nick Merkley	RW	Arizona Coyotes
44	Alex Nylander	RW	Buffalo Sabres
45	Juuso Valimaki	D	Calgary Flames
46	Travis Dermott	D	Toronto Maple Leafs
47	Ryan Poehling	C	Montreal Canadiens
48	Philippe Myers	D	Philadelphia Flyers
49	Kieffer Bellows	LW	New York Islanders
50	Brett Howden	C	New York Rangers
51	Grigori Denisenko	C	Florida Panthers
52	Dominik Bokk	LW	St Louis Blues
53	Dillon Dube	LW	Calgary Flames
54	Martin Kaut	RW	Colorado Avalanche
55	Owen Tippett	LW	Florida Panthers
56	Michael Rasmussen	C	Detroit Red Wings
57	Daniel Sprong	LW	Pittsburgh Penguins
58	Nicolas Hague	D	Vegas Golden Knights
59	Boris Katchouk	LW	Tampa Bay Lightning
60	Troy Terry	C	Anaheim Ducks
61	Logan Brown	C	Ottawa Senators
62	Jonathan Dahlen	LW	Vancouver Canucks
63	Taylor Raddysh	LW	Tampa Bay Lightning
64	Joel Farabee	LW	Philadelphia Flyers
65	Mitchell Stephens	LW/C	Tampa Bay Lightning
66	Ethan Bear	D	Edmonton Oilers
67	Kole Lind	RW	Vancouver Canucks
68	Barrett Hayton	C	Phoenix Coyotes
69	Mike McLeod	C	New Jersey Devils
70	Dante Fabro	D	Nashville Predators
71	K'Andre Miller	D	New York Rangers
72	Pierre-Olivier Joseph	D	Arizona Coyotes
73	Anthony Cirelli	C	Tampa Bay Lightning
74	Dylan Sikura	C	Chicago Blackhawks
75	Kyle Clague	D	Los Angeles Kings
76	Andreas Johnsson	LW	Toronto Maple Leafs
77	Jacob Larsson	D	Anaheim Ducks
78	Joe Veleno	C	Detroit Red Wings
79	Ty Dellandrea	C	Dallas Stars
80	Noah Juulsen	D	Montreal Canadiens
81	Olli Juolevi	D	Vancouver Canucks
82	Rasmus Kupari	C	Los Angeles Kings
83	Neal Pionk	D	New York Rangers
84	Evgeni Svechnikov	LW	Detroit Red Wings
85	Jake Bean	D	Carolina Hurricanes
86	Colin White	C	Ottawa Senators
87	Jonatan Berggren	LW	Detroit Red Wings
88	Shane Bowers	C	Colorado Avalanche
89	Sami Niku	D	Winnipeg Jets
90	Valentin Zykov	RW	Carolina Hurricanes
91	Tyler Steenbergen	LW	Arizona Coyotes
92	Vitali Abramov	LW	Columbus Blue Jackets
93	Oliver Kylington	D	Calgary Flames
94	Isac Lundnestrom	C	Anaheim Ducks
95	Rasmus Asplund	C	Buffalo Sabres
96	Filip Hronek	D	Detroit Red Wings
97	Liam Foudy	LW	Columbus Blue Jackets
98	Ryan Merkley	D	San Jose Sharks
99	Jordan Greenway	RW	Minnesota Wild
100	Libor Hajek	D	New York Rangers

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Rank	Player	POS	Team
1	Carter Hart	G	Philadelphia Flyers
2	Igor Shesterkin	G	New York Rangers
3	Ilya Sorokin	G	New York Islanders
4	Ilya Samsonov	G	Washington Capitals
5	Thatcher Demko	G	Vancouver Canucks
6	Jake Oettinger	G	Dallas Stars
7	Ville Husso	G	St Louis Blues
8	Filip Gustavsson	G	Ottawa Senators
9	Michael DiPietro	G	Vancouver Canucks
10	Colton Point	G	Dallas Stars
11	Linus Soderstrom	G	New York Islanders
12	Stuart Skinner	G	Edmonton Oilers
13	Tyler Parsons	G	Calgary Flames
14	Alex Georgiev	G	New York Rangers
15	Alex Nedeljkovic	G	Carolina Hurricanes
16	Felix Sandstrom	G	Philadelphia Flyers
17	Ukka-Pekka Luukkonen	G	Buffalo Sabres
18	Cayden Primeau	G	Montreal Canadiens
19	Charlie Lindgren	G	Montreal Canadiens
20	Kaapo Kahkanen	G	Minnesota Wild
21	Joseph Woll	G	Toronto Maple Leafs
22	Olivier Rodrigue	G	Edmonton Oilers
23	Elvis Merzlikins	G	Columbus Blue Jackets
24	Connor Ingram	G	Tampa Bay Lightning
25	Adam Huska	G	New York Rangers

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[Gargyn]

Good list. Disagree on some but that’s normal.

 

[RipCityPuckers]

Cal Petersen seriously underrated on the goalie list

He's the Kings second best prospect and these are the same Kings that developed Jonathan Quick, Jonathan Bernier, and Martin Jones

 

[Sting]

Not a bad list. I think Zadina is a bit high personally. Also feel that a guy like Drake Batherson is easily within the top 100 prospects.

 

[WhatWhat]

Honestly lists that have Heiskanen outside of the top 4 just show the OP's dont know what they are talking about. His season was rivalled by only Petersson in terms of how impressive it was and was one of the most impressive non NHL D+1 seasons in a while. There are scouts who 100% think he is the better play right now compared to Dahlin yet so many posters dont even realize that because he isnt talk about nearly as much (Those same scouts think Dahlin has higher potential but dont think the gap is remotely as big as many here seem to think)

 

[Haatley]

No Rasmus Anderson from Calgary?
Interesting. He is neck and with Valimaki for iur top prospect.

 

[Mikachu93]

No Rasmus Anderson from Calgary?
Interesting. He is neck and with Valimaki for iur top prospect.

Good catch. Don't know how I missed him in my rankings. I would slide him somewhere in the high 50's early 60's range.

 

[Mikachu93]

Honestly lists that have Heiskanen outside of the top 4 just show the OP's dont know what they are talking about. His season was rivalled by only Petersson in terms of how impressive it was and was one of the most impressive non NHL D+1 seasons in a while. There are scouts who 100% think he is the better play right now compared to Dahlin yet so many posters dont even realize that because he isnt talk about nearly as much (Those same scouts think Dahlin has higher potential but dont think the gap is remotely as big as many here seem to think)

It wasn't that I am not high on Heiskanen. I don't think the gap from 1-9 is very large at all. Dahlin and Svechnikov are future franchise players in my opinion, which is why I have them #1 and #2. These rankings are based more upon the player's overall potential than it was based upon NHL readiness. Heiskanen is an elite, blue-chip prospect and will for sure be an elite #1 defenseman in this league.

 

[Rolo]

Cal Petersen seriously underrated on the goalie list

He's the Kings second best prospect and these are the same Kings that developed Jonathan Quick, Jonathan Bernier, and Martin Jones

I agree, he's soooo underrated. I think he was like 37th on the HFpoll. That's ridiculous.

 

[Otto31]

Really impressive how many players the Metropolitan Division has

 

[Mike Liut]

Blues’ Thomas, Kyrou, Bokk and Kostin make it. Not bad

 

[SI90]

Really impressive how many players the Metropolitan Division has

Obviously east coast bias

 

[LemonSauceD]

Tolvanen is definitely too high for my liking, I would take Heiskanen and Mittlestadt over him.

Also, Juolevi is criminally underrated here. How is Kole Lind or Dahlen (let alone other prospects from other teams) listed higher? Also no Rasmus Andersson.

Another one I realized is that you have Adam Fox rated higher than Jusso Valimaki. Dermott should be higher than Smith, Dobson, Timmins, Bouchard, etc.

Interesting list

 

[hizzoner]

I agree, he's soooo underrated. I think he was like 37th on the HFpoll. That's ridiculous.

Yeah that's why the Sabres drafted him.

 

[Mikachu93]

Tolvanen is definitely too high for my liking, I would take Heiskanen and Mittlestadt over him.

Also, Juolevi is criminally underrated here. How is Kole Lind or Dahlen (let alone other prospects from other teams) listed higher? Also no Rasmus Andersson.

Another one I realized is that you have Adam Fox rated higher than Jusso Valimaki. Dermott should be higher than Smith, Dobson, Timmins, Bouchard, etc.

Interesting list

Already responded re: Rasmus Andersson.

I am higher on Fox than Valimaki and I don’t think Dermott’s upside is as high as the guys you listed. We can agree to disagree.

 

[Connor McConnor]

Heiskanen below Mittelstad and Necas is a joke lmao. Tolvanen should also not be higher.

 

[Volica]

Valimaki criminally underrated as a prospect. The guy's going to push for an NHL job in hid D+2 season on a team with a deep back-end.

 

[Habsfann]

Nice list! Niku should be higher though.

 

[HoseEmDown]

Don't get how Ingram is always so low in goalie rankings? His CHL numbers are only bested by Hart, his rookie numbers in the AHL are on par with Demko and better than any of the other NA goalies ahead of him. He's much closer to top 10 than almost out of a top 25.

 

[Pierce Hawthorne]

Connor Timmins not being in this list has to be the biggest oversight by a significant margin.


The dude should be well inside the Top 100 and very close to the Top 50 if he's not in it.


EDIT: Nevermind, found Timmins at 32. But he is not a member of Montreal Canadians...

 

[NobleSix]

Connor Timmins (32) is property of the Avalanche, not the Canadiens.

Edit: Pierce beat me to it.

 

[Mikachu93]

Heiskanen below Mittelstad and Necas is a joke lmao. Tolvanen should also not be higher.

I have already stated that I don’t see that much of a difference between the top 9. In my opinion, 3-9 might as well be interchangeable.

I tended to be a little more forward heavy in my analysis but I wouldn’t put that as a slight or an indictment on Heiskanen’s ability. I still have him as the #2 defensive prospect. If I am building a team from scratch, I am probably taking a game breaking forward over Heiskanen.

That’s obviously my opinion and preference, which is why this is posted on a Hockey message board and not on the Athletic. Let’s see your top 100.

 

[Mikachu93]

Connor Timmins (32) is property of the Avalanche, not the Canadiens.

Edit: Pierce beat me to it.

Whoops. Built this on excel. Might have been a filter error when I altered some things around. Not sure what happened there but I fixed it.

 

[NobleSix]

Whoops. Built this on excel. Might have been a filter error when I altered some things around. Not sure what happened there but I fixed it.

No sweat, thanks for taking the time to make up this list. Cheers!

 

[nowhereman]

It's official: Olli Juolevi is the most underrated prospect outside the NHL. After the season he had, he's definitely a top 30 prospect. He was (eventually) the #1 defenseman on a men's league team and put up very strong numbers for a 19 year old, not too far off from what Heiskanen was doing. Why the hate?