Prospect Info: Which of these Habs prospects will play at least 100 games in the NHL?

[Nevins]

Which of these Habs prospects will play at least 100 games in the NHL?

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[sandviper]

While I voted for others, the first batch in your list up to Mesar I think will play 100 games. On that note, I don’t think Mesar will make it but I’ll happily like to be wrong.

 

[SlafySZN]

While I voted for others, the first batch in your list up to Mesar I think will play 100 games. On that note, I don’t think Mesar will make it but I’ll happily like to be wrong.

Why not? If it’s not here it’s gonna be elsewhere. He’s underrated now lol

 

[MasterD]

People (I included) will vote Farrell because he has his contract in hand, but I'm not that high on him. Beck will have a much nicer career. Probably Heineman, too.

Hudson and Reinbacher will get their games in no matter what, based on pedigree alone.

Mailloux is the new Sheldon Souray, he'll 100% play more than 100 games even if he's got holes in his game. He could end up being a Brent Burns type of guy if it all goes well. Or Byfuglien.

Mesar I'm having trouble getting a good read on. I think he has all the tools to be a post-injury Koivu-like player, but he could end up with a career like Sergei Kostytsin (minus the drugs).

 

[the valiant effort]

The poll is conveniently ordered

 

[sandviper]

Why not? If it’s not here it’s gonna be elsewhere. He’s underrated now lol

Perhaps he is. It’s just a hunch, that’s all.

 

[BaseballCoach]

Which of these Habs prospects will play at least 100 games in the NHL?

Of course anything is possible, so I answered the poll question as if it was "Which of these prospects do you think has a greater than 50% chance of playing 100+ NHL games".

On that basis, I am more certain than not of the following 9 guys:

Forwards: Roy, Heineman, Kapanen, Condotta (not even in poll, please add !!)​

Defencemen: Reinbacher, Engstrom, Struble​

Goalies: Dobes, Primeau​

The next group is 30-50%:
Farrell, Beck, Davidson, Hutson, Mailloux, Fowler

The rest are long shots.

By the way, I am consistent in the belief that we the fans over-rate prospects more often than not. I think the odds of a guy drafted past the top 15 or so playing those 100+ games is not that high.

It is why I have doubts about Hutson and Mailloux being able to handle the NHL grind.

And more importantly, it is why I have trouble supporting proposals to trade good NHL players for anything but top 10-15 draft picks, top 5 at least (plus roster-capable guys) for the better ones.

 

[BaseballCoach]

Which of these Habs prospects will play at least 100 games in the NHL?

This poll is a really fantastic idea. It focuses a lot of our thinking about prospects.

 

[BaseballCoach]

People (I included) will vote Farrell because he has his contract in hand, but I'm not that high on him. Beck will have a much nicer career. Probably Heineman, too.

Hudson and Reinbacher will get their games in no matter what, based on pedigree alone.

Mailloux is the new Sheldon Souray, he'll 100% play more than 100 games even if he's got holes in his game. He could end up being a Brent Burns type of guy if it all goes well. Or Byfuglien.

Mesar I'm having trouble getting a good read on. I think he has all the tools to be a post-injury Koivu-like player, but he could end up with a career like Sergei Kostytsin (minus the drugs).

I agree on Farrell. He and Beck are both outside my 50% cutoff, Beck narrowly so. So are Hutson and Mailloux, home run swings that they were.

And for all the talk of Mesar being a great skater, I believe he is not even as strong as Poehling so this type of poll really makes you think realistically about all of the prospects.

 

[Stive Morgan]

This poll is a really fantastic idea. It focuses a lot of our thinking about prospects.

I like it too because it made me consider career longetivity instead of just who's gonna be a home run or not. Like for example I could see Roy coming out gangbusters and then falling off (or vice-versa) vs. Beck who I could see having a more consistent, longer career. but with a lower peak