Prospect Info: Vancouver Canucks Top 25 Prospects 2015 - #14

[Nuckles]

It's that time of year again! The HF Vancouver Canucks board will be ranking the team's top 25 prospects (including the 2015 draft selections). Polls will be left open for 24 hours.

Feel free to explain your choices and suggest who should be added to the list for the next poll.

Rank | Player | POS | HT | WT | DOB | Poll%
1| Jake Virtanen |RW|6.01|207|Aug 17, 1996| 80.00%
2| Jared McCann |C|6.00|185|May 31, 1996| 68.21%
3| Brock Boeser |RW|6.00|191|Feb 25, 1997| 57.14%
4| Thatcher Demko |G|6.04|195|Dec 8, 1995| 48.87%
5| Cole Cassels |C|6.00|180|May 4, 1995| 51.45%
6| Hunter Shinkaruk |LW|5.11|180|Oct 13, 1994| 58.67%
7| Brendan Gaunce |C/W|6.02|207|Mar 25, 1994| 34.59%
8| Ronalds Kenins |LW|6.00|201|Feb 28, 1991| 38.96%
9| Frank Corrado |D|6.00|190|Mar 26, 1993| 53.59%
10| Adam Clendening |D|6.00|190|Oct 26, 1992| 26.06%
11| Ben Hutton |D|6.03|200|Apr 20, 1993| 27.48%
12| Jordan Subban |D|5.09|185|Mar 3, 1995| 32.76%
13| Guillaume Brisebois |D|6.02|175|Jul 21, 1997| 38.46%
14|???|???|???|???|???| ???

*Please note that only players that Hockey's Future considers to be prospects will be included, meaning Horvat, Baertschi, Vey, and Markstrom will be excluded from voting.

2014 ranking: http://hfboards.mandatory.com/showthread.php?t=1719893
2013 ranking: http://hfboards.mandatory.com/showthread.php?t=1486113

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[Wisp]

went Jasek.

 

[Baby Pettersson]

Gotta go with Tryamkin. Think he has the highest ceiling of everyone else. Pedan would be my next choice.

 

[Nuckles]

Grenier for me, he was great in the second half of the season + playoffs. He could very well end up being one of those late bloomers. Huge offensive winger who could become a top 9 forward.

Pedan's concussions worry me, Jensen was terrible this year, and I don't think Tryamkin has as high of a ceiling as most people think.

 

[Nuckles]

**** it, we're doing 25. I'm sure interest will wane after 20, but whatever, we have all off-season, we might as well do something.

 

[settinguptheplay]

Went with Grenier.

Considered Jensen here as I don't think he has busted yet. Thought his time in Vancouver was encouraging and like many I expected a far better year than he had. This next year will be his make or break year for sure. But he still has a chance. I am hoping he proves us all wrong.

 

[ihaveyuidonttouchme]

Grenier

 

[PG Canuck]

Grenier

 

[Foundational Player]

Andrey Pedan.

Although I think Grenier gets the call first with the big club.

 

[701]

For me it's a tossup between Grenier and McEneny---who has a chance IMO to be as useful a player as any of the D already rated. Not as offensive, perhaps, but a big body that can do everything decently.

However, Grenier is my pick, since he's almost ready for a shot at the show right now.

 

[Jimson Hogarth*]

Pedan then Grenier.

 

[Serac]

Pedan for me still
Then a toss up between Grenier and Zhukenov

 

[Tables of Stats]

I went Grenier, he showed that he might have enough game to make the show as a 3rd liner sooner than later and everybody else has a long way to go before they're even close.

 

[StrictlyCommercial]

For me it's a tossup between Grenier and McEneny---who has a chance IMO to be as useful a player as any of the D already rated. Not as offensive, perhaps, but a big body that can do everything decently.

However, Grenier is my pick, since he's almost ready for a shot at the show right now.

McEneny actually has some good skill offensively, he just plays a very conservative game for the most part. He's usually a smack it up the boards kind of guy, but every once in awhile he dispy doodles with surprising success.

Also, Pedan part trois.

 

[VC]

Was a toss up between Zhukenov and Pedan. Went with Zhuk as Pedan has those concussion concerns. If Pedan puts up a healthy season at the level of play he has shown he will shoot the ranking. Trymakin is still too much of a mystery box to get a good read on.

A half season by the age 23 in what was/is his last eligible as a prospect doesn't get me excited about Grenier. As he is 24 before the season starts, he has already played his last game as a 'prospect' and hasn't done enough to be ranked in the top 15 however if he carries on what he started he may be a cheap option for the Canucks as they get younger.

 

[Numbers]

We should go to 30 to rank basically all of Canucks prospects. It's a deep pool with Pedan still here at 14.

 

[Numbers]

Just curious why do some vote for Zuchenov already? He is a mystery box like Tryamkin.

 

[BenningHurtsMySoul]

Men, Jensen has fallen off a cliff. Such a shame after that brief run at the end of 13/14.

 

[Scurr]

Pedan this low doesn't make sense to me. He still has all the 'mystery box' qualities that the guys just drafted do while being way further along in his development -even with the lost time due to injury.

 

[Nuckles]

Just curious why do some vote for Zuchenov already? He is a mystery box like Tryamkin.

People heard Benning compare him to Datsyuk and fell head over heels.

 

[Grazzy]

Definitely surprised Pedan has fallen this far, I'd put him just behind corrado/clendening. Think he still reasonably has top four potential and is close. The concussion issue has been overblown IMO

 

[VC]

Just curious why do some vote for Zuchenov already? He is a mystery box like Tryamkin.

The little that I do know is that he is smart and skilled. It helps the mystery that he is committed to coming to North American. It is believed that Tryamkin is coming after next season but nothing is set in stone yet.

Both are still highly unknowns as there is pretty much just a couple of highlights packages and a development camp each. I just like the sound of a centre with a good stick that is good at finding the open man for zone entries.

Pedan this low doesn't make sense to me. He still has all the 'mystery box' qualities that the guys just drafted do while being way further along in his development -even with the lost time due to injury.

Concussion concerns for me. If he can cut fighting out of his game and stay healthy he can make it look silly that he was ranked so far down on this list. Though as of right now, playing such a limited amount of games leaves him as an incomplete.

 

[m9]

Pedan this low doesn't make sense to me. He still has all the 'mystery box' qualities that the guys just drafted do while being way further along in his development -even with the lost time due to injury.

I agree, but people here will always vote homegrown guys above acquisitions.

I've been voting for Pedan for quite some time along with a few others so he has a small fan club here, though.

 

[iceburg]

Grenier again. Should've gone 4 or 5 spots higher IMO.

 

[TheWanderer]

I think i voted for him the past 3 now