Prospect Info: Vancouver Canucks Top 25 Prospects 2015 - #23

[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 | 2014 Rank | Poll%
1| Jake Virtanen |RW|6.01|207|Aug 17, 1996|2 (↑1)| 80.00%
2| Jared McCann |C|6.00|185|May 31, 1996|6 (↑4)| 68.21%
3| Brock Boeser |RW|6.00|191|Feb 25, 1997|Not Ranked| 57.14%
4| Thatcher Demko |G|6.04|195|Dec 8, 1995|10 (↑6)| 48.87%
5| Cole Cassels |C|6.00|180|May 4, 1995|12 (↑7)| 51.45%
6| Hunter Shinkaruk |LW|5.11|180|Oct 13, 1994|3 (↓3)| 58.67%
7| Brendan Gaunce |C/W|6.02|207|Mar 25, 1994|5 (↓2)| 34.59%
8| Ronalds Kenins |LW|6.00|201|Feb 28, 1991|17 (↑9)| 38.96%
9| Frank Corrado |D|6.00|190|Mar 26, 1993|7 (↓2)| 53.59%
10| Adam Clendening |D|6.00|190|Oct 26, 1992|Not Ranked| 26.06%
11| Ben Hutton |D|6.03|200|Apr 20, 1993|9 (↓2)| 27.48%
12| Jordan Subban |D|5.09|185|Mar 3, 1995|15 (↑3)| 32.76%
13| Guillaume Brisebois |D|6.02|175|Jul 21, 1997|Not Ranked| 38.46%
14| Alexandre Grenier |RW|6.05|200|Sep 5, 1991|20 (↑6)| 39.81%
15| Andrey Pedan |D|6.05|215|Jul 3, 1993|Not Ranked| 54.62%
16| Dmitri Zhukenov |C|5.11|170|Mar 24, 1997|Not Ranked| 33.33%
17| Nikita Tryamkin |D|6.07|228|Aug 30, 1994|14 (↓3)| 43.97%
18| Nicklas Jensen |RW|6.03|202|Mar 6, 1993|4 (↓14)| 58.88%
19| Lukas Jasek |RW|6.00|170|Aug 28, 1997|Not Ranked| 72.09%
20| Evan McEneny |D|6.02|212|May 22, 1994|Not Ranked| 32.08%
21| Dane Fox |C/LW|6.00|188|Oct 13, 1993|11 (↓10)| 31.33%
22| Anton Cederholm |D|6.02|209|Feb 21, 1995 |21 (↓1)| 35.71%
23|???|???|???|???|???|???| ???

*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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[Nuckles]

We're so close to the end...just a few...more...prospects...

 

[GarryValkyrie]

Gonna go with the La Bateman here ,just cause hes not shiny or new.

 

[Canadian Canuck]

We're so close to the end...just a few...more...prospects...

 

[Grazzy]

Neil is italicized, so Neil

 

[vancityluongo]

Stewart being the most talked about prospect left does not make him the best. There's literally zero argument that he's better than Pettit, who also probably should not be voted in here.

 

[WTG]

Stewart is not better than LaBate

 

[biturbo19]

Stewart being the most talked about prospect left does not make him the best. There's literally zero argument that he's better than Pettit, who also probably should not be voted in here.

But...Stewart looked real good in practice.



Honestly, at this point it's guys like Neill/Sautner for me. If i'm gonna pick a late-bloomer prospect, i'm gonna pick one who at least bloomed into something interesting in Juniors. Ahead of even a few guys who have already gone actually.

 

[Pip]

Neill for me but Gaudette/Labate or even Blomstrand I could see.

 

[The Iron Goalie]

Neill for me but Gaudette/Labate or even Blomstrand I could see.

Ya, went Neill as well. Probably the best upside remaining, but you never know at this point.

 

[Southern_Canuck]

Does everyone move up a spot now that prospect #10 is gone?



S_C

 

[Nuckles]

Does everyone move up a spot now that prospect #10 is gone?



S_C

I hate you.

We might just end up doing 26 and noting that Clendening was traded before the list was finished since I would have to edit every single thread title to not confuse people.

 

[Siludin]

Voted Blomstrand, says something for a guy to come over from Sweden and toil away in a third-tier pro league instead of hightailing it back to the SHL. I think he should be in the AHL next season.

 

[Tim Calhoun]

Why isn't Alex Friesen considered a prospect? Am I missing something?

 

[Nuckles]

Why isn't Alex Friesen considered a prospect? Am I missing something?

Going by HF standards for prospects, his age excludes him from it for next season.

 

[Southern_Canuck]

I hate you.

We might just end up doing 26 and noting that Clendening was traded before the list was finished since I would have to edit every single thread title to not confuse people.

Makes sense to me. You have done an excellent job with this, by the way... setting the standard!

S_C

 

[Tim Calhoun]

edit: i just re-read the thread where we talked about it. forget it.

 

[MS]

Gaudette again.

Should be a no-brainer here. Was the consensus higher-ranked guy than Neill by scouts for this year's draft and Labate is just a pylon. Stewart is one of the worst players in the WHL who apparently had a good 3-on-3 scrimmage.

 

[Tim Calhoun]

Some trolls are voting for Stewart.

 

[PM]

So do we remove Clendening and bump everyone up a spot? Pretty amazing we went from Forsling to Clendening to nothing..

 

[Nuckles]

So do we remove Clendening and bump everyone up a spot? Pretty amazing we went from Forsling to Clendening to nothing..

I think we're just going to do 26 and in the final ranking thread note that the #10 guy was traded before we finished. Because if people click the poll% number, it will take them to the thread/poll they won, and if they see that the new #12 prospect won the #13 poll it will confuse some people.

 

[settinguptheplay]

Blomstrand has the highest upside of the remaining group so he gets my vote.

 

[TheWanderer]

We should take out Clendening and bump everybody up a spot

 

[Saturated Fats]

I went with Sautner. He had good numbers in both of his overage years with the Oil Kings, and could well develop into someone like Biega who can be an emergency call-up that plays respectably enough when necessary.

At this point in the poll, that's probably the best you can ask for.