Prospect Info: Vancouver Canucks Top 25 Prospects 2015 - #8

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It's that time of year again! The HF Vancouver Canucks board will be ranking the team's top 20 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| 34.81%
8|???|???|???|???|???| ???

*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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[The Iron Goalie]

My vote for Kenins.

 

[Numbers]

Clendening again. Going to surprise a lot of people next year.

 

[Pip]

Kenins

He should be #4 imo

 

[Numbers]

Kenins

He should be #4 imo

He shouldn't be considered a prospect imo.

 

[StrictlyCommercial]

Kenins

He should be #4 imo

I would say #5. Demko is a stud.

He shouldn't be considered a prospect imo.

Yet, he is considered a prospect by the criteria used for these polls, so that's a silly reason not to vote for him.

My top 10:
Virtanen
McCann
Demko
Boeser
Kenins
Corrado
Cassels
Shinkaruk
Gaunce
Hutton

 

[Scygen]

Clendening again. Going to surprise a lot of people next year.

I think he will get fed alot of unfair minutes because he is a Benning pickup, while the Gillis pick up Corrado will sit on the bench eventually waived and then lost for nothing... sound similar?

 

[drax0s]

I think he will get fed alot of unfair minutes because he is a Benning pickup, while the Gillis pick up Corrado will sit on the bench eventually waived and then lost for nothing... sound similar?

Not really. Who did we waive and lose for nothing?

 

[Numbers]

I would say #5. Demko is a stud.



Yet, he is considered a prospect by the criteria used for these polls, so that's a silly reason not to vote for him.

My top 10:
Virtanen
McCann
Demko
Boeser
Kenins
Corrado
Cassels
Shinkaruk
Gaunce
Hutton

I would still vote for him, but he is 9th on my list.

Virtanen
McCann
Boeser
Demko
Clendening
Corrado
Cassels
Shinkaruk
Kenins
Gaunce

 

[Diogenes92]

Is Kenins even a prospect? I think of him as a bottom six lock already.

I voted for Grenier. I think he is a prime candidate to surprise and make the team out of camp.

 

[Jimson Hogarth*]

Corrado, then Kenins then Clendenning..

 

[Saturated Fats]

For me, it's still Clendening. Then Kenins, Corrado, Grenier.

And my, how mightily Nick Jensen has fallen. I will be surprised if he even cracks the top-15 in this. I would hazard a guess that Canucks fans would rate him behind all of the above, along with Brisebois, Hutton, Subban, Jasek, Zhukenov, Tryamkin and Pedan.

 

[TheWanderer]

Kenins for sure.

After this, it has to be Clendening and Corrado in whatever order (they're tied for me), then Brisebois, then Hutton/Tryamkin/Subban/Pedan. Grenier sneaks in there somewhere, but he's still a longshot to me. Guys like Zhukenov and Jasek are probably just behind Jensen for now, but by next year I woudn't be shocked if they passed him.

It's getting close to the IDGAF stage for me, beyond that. Once Jensen gets voted in, I no longer care really.

 

[TheWanderer]

Jensen has gotten one vote in the #6 poll, and the #7 poll. Those are the only votes he's gotten at all so far.

Sad...

 

[StrictlyCommercial]

For me, it's still Clendening. Then Kenins, Corrado, Grenier.

And my, how mightily Nick Jensen has fallen. I will be surprised if he even cracks the top-15 in this. I would hazard a guess that Canucks fans would rate him behind all of the above, along with Brisebois, Hutton, Subban, Jasek, Zhukenov, Tryamkin and Pedan.

I think Jensen just barely cracks my top 20, but I haven't thought that far ahead yet.

 

[Southern_Canuck]

I am in that awkward spot where I have decided that Hutton has shown the skating and skills and has the upside to convince me that he is the next top prospect off of the list...

So I vote for him until the poll where the rest of you agree!

S_C

 

[Megaterio Llamas]

Frankie

 

[VanJack]

Kenins and Corrado a little long on the tooth to be considered hockey future 'prospects' imo.....guy I picked was Jordan Subban....going to be one of the surprises of training camp.

 

[Southern_Canuck]

2014 --> 2015
1. Bo Horvat --> Jake Virtanen
2. Jake Virtanen --> Jared McCann
3. Hunter Shinkaruk --> Brock Boeser
4. Nicklas Jensen --> Thatcher Demko
5. Brendan Gaunce --> Cole Cassels
6. Jared McCann --> Hunter Shinkaruk
7. Frankie Corrado --> Brendan Gaunce
8. Linden Vey --> Ronalds Kenins
9. Ben Hutton
10. Thatcher Demko
11. Dane Fox
12. Cole Cassels
13. Joacim Eriksson
14. Nikita Tryamkin
15. Jordon Subban
16. Evan McEneny
17. Ronalds Kenins
18. Michael Zalewski
19. Gustav Forsling
20. Alexandre Grenier

S_C

 

[duplo]

Corrado should be higher than Shinkaruk and Gaunce.

 

[The Alien]

Kenins. Upside may be more limited, but dude is %90 a player already, with some growth left.

 

[racerjoe]

NHL readieness doesn't make one guy better. I still went with upsode, and I think I like Huttons' total package more than some other guys who are a lot closer. Know this may be unpopular but thats my vote.

 

[fancouver]

Kenins vs Corrado for me.

Corrado showed some promise to be a Tanev-type player, with a better shot, but trailed off the last 2 years. Meanwhile Kenins has played pro in Europe before, but his only season with the Canucks were quite inconsistent too.

Went with Corrado as he is the more sure-fire right now and since Canucks lack D prospects making him more valuable.

 

[Snatcher Demko]

Kenins vs Corrado for me.

Corrado showed some promise to be a Tanev-type player, with a better shot, but trailed off the last 2 years. Meanwhile Kenins has played pro in Europe before, but his only season with the Canucks were quite inconsistent too.

Went with Corrado as he is the more sure-fire right now and since Canucks lack D prospects making him more valuable.

I'm with you. Corrado has had some injury and concussion trouble, which has hampered his trajectory. But he has still shown flashes of potential top 4 defender and IMO deserves this spot over Kenins. I'd actually rate both Corrado and Kenins ahead of Gaunce and Shinkaruk.

 

[DadBod]

Should be Hutton IMO. No slight on Kenins but whats his ceiling? is he going to be an impact NHL player? is his potential better than a potential top 4 D? I like Kenins and all, but it's not a popularity contest.