YOUR Fall 2016 Prospect Ranking

[jc17]

Now that the prospect polls have faded away I think its time to give our own rankings. Here's my top 15.

Tier 1: Players that have the ability to play top 6 minutes and are likely to reach that ability.
1. Alexander Nylander
2. Justin Bailey
3. Rasmus Asplund

Tier 2: Players with top 6 (top pairing) potential and skill but unlikely to play consistently at an NHL top 6 skill level. Should be able to at least contribute in the NHL as a role player.
4. William Carrier
5. Hudson Fasching
6. Victor Olofsson
7. Brendan Guhle

Tier 3: Potential to play in the NHL as a complimentary player. Could develop into solid depth players but won't carry a team against tough matchups.
8. Casey Nelson
9. Evan Rodrigues
10. Brandon Hagel
11.Jean Dupuy
12. Austin Osmanski
13. Eric Cornel
14.Cliff Pu
15.Giorgio Estephan


Disclaimer: I left out the goalie's because I have no idea and dont want to guess. There are also a few guys I left out because I haven't really seen them and, again, I don't want to guess or rank them based on what everyone else thinks.

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[DJN21]

Now that the prospect polls have faded away I think its time to give our own rankings. Here's my top 15.

Tier 1: Players that have the ability to play top 6 minutes and are likely to reach that ability.
1. Alexander Nylander
2. Justin Bailey
3. Rasmus Asplund

Tier 2: Players with top 6 (top pairing) potential and skill but unlikely to play consistently at an NHL top 6 skill level. Should be able to at least contribute in the NHL as a role player.
4. William Carrier
5. Hudson Fasching
6. Victor Olofsson
7. Brendan Guhle

Tier 3: Potential to play in the NHL as a complimentary player. Could develop into solid depth players but won't carry a team against tough matchups.
8. Casey Nelson
9. Evan Rodrigues
10. Brandon Hagel
11.Jean Dupuy
12. Austin Osmanski
13. Eric Cornel
14.Cliff Pu
15.Giorgio Estephan


Disclaimer: I left out the goalie's because I have no idea and dont want to guess. There are also a few guys I left out because I haven't really seen them and, again, I don't want to guess or rank them based on what everyone else thinks.

Guhle at 7 is a huge mehhh. Also carrier above fasching.

 

[Husko]

If I remember later I'll make a google doc where we can all easily input out own rankings and have it aggregate the rankings for us that way

 

[Husko]

Alex Nylander 7.9
Hudson Fasching 7.35
Justin Bailey 7.025
Cal Petersen 6.9
Brandon Guhle 6.6
Linus Ullmark 6.5
William Carrier 6.475
Nick Baptiste 6.275
Rasmus Aspland 6.25
Eric Cornel 6.225
Nelson 6.175
Anthony Florentino 6.125
Brycen Martin 6.05
William Borgen 5.75
Kasdorf 5.725
Catanaci 5.525
Cliff Pu 5.275
Estephan 5.225
Rodriguez 5.2
Casey Fitzgerald 5.175
Christopher Brown 5.125
Victor Olofsson 5.075
Devante Stephens 5.075
Jean Dupuy 5.075
Sean Malone 5.05
Gustav Possler 5.05
Connor Hurley 4.9
Vaclav Karabacek 4.425
Justin Kea 4

 

[DJN21]

Alex Nylander 7.9
Hudson Fasching 7.35
Justin Bailey 7.025
Cal Petersen 6.9
Brandon Guhle 6.6
Linus Ullmark 6.5
William Carrier 6.475
Nick Baptiste 6.275
Rasmus Aspland 6.25
Eric Cornel 6.225
Nelson 6.175
Anthony Florentino 6.125
Brycen Martin 6.05
William Borgen 5.75
Kasdorf 5.725
Catanaci 5.525
Cliff Pu 5.275
Estephan 5.225
Rodriguez 5.2
Casey Fitzgerald 5.175
Christopher Brown 5.125
Victor Olofsson 5.075
Devante Stephens 5.075
Jean Dupuy 5.075
Sean Malone 5.05
Gustav Possler 5.05
Connor Hurley 4.9
Vaclav Karabacek 4.425
Justin Kea 4

I like this very much I'd swap Asplund with ullmark but that's splitting hairs

 

[Husko]

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ABRvW3B4T6nnpq5SgZQdlOPYi8bpS-mtRuZsrZK4dbY/edit?usp=sharing

Plop your rankings in here. Just add a new column for yourself and put your rank of each player. Feel free to add rows to players I've forgotten and/or fix any misspellings. Just don't change anyone else's rankings.

 

[Push Dr Tracksuit]

Nylander
Fasching
Bailey
Guhle

Pretty indifferent about the rest right now. Asplund and Nelson are new so I haven't fallen into realism land yet. Would really like to see 2 D get added to the top of the prospect ranks by this time next season.

 

[stokes84]

Nylander
Bailey
Asplund
Borgen
Fasching
Guhle

Drop

Nelson
Baptiste
Carrier

Drop

After this I feel you can throw them into a bag. A few will probably emerge, but I don't have a strong opinion on who they will be. My guesses would be Pu, Dupuy, Fitzgerald, Cornel, but whatever...

 

[OkimLom]

I will do tiers as well.

Tier 1:
Nylander
Fasching
Bailey

Tier 2:
Guhle
Carrier
Ullmark

Tier 3:
Rodriguez
Dupuy
Asplund
Nelson
Baptiste
Peterson
Kasdorf
Borgen

Tier 4:
Cornel
Florentino
Martin
Estephan
Olofsson
Hurley
Karabacek
Stephens
C. Brown

Tier 5:
Catenacci
Fitzgerald
Malone
Possler
Kea

 

[Jame]

Tier Rank Name Total
1 1 Nylander 7.8
1 2 Fasching 7.55
1 3 Bailey 7.4
2 4 Asplund 6.55
2 5 Guhle 6.2
3 6 Carrier 5.95
3 7 Nelson 5.9
3 8 Estephan 5.75
3 9 Baptiste 5.55
4 10 Olofsson 5.25
4 11 Borgen 5.25
4 12 C.Peterson 5.25
4 13 Pu 5.05
5 14 Ullmark 4.75
5 15 Kasdorf 4.75
5 16 Martin 4.75
5 17 Osmanski 4.75
5 18 Hagel 4.7
5 19 Fitzgerald 4.6
5 20 Budik 4.6
5 21 Karabacek 4.6
5 22 Nyberg 4.6
5 23 Stephens 4.55
5 24 Catenacci 4.5
5 25 Johansson 4.4
5 26 Cornel 4.4
5 27 Florentino 4.4
5 28 J.Peterson 4.4
5 29 Murray 4.4
5 30 Glotov 4.35
5 31 Malone 4.25
6 32 Hurley 4.2
6 33 Dupuy 4.15
6 34 Rodrigues 4.05
6 35 Possler 4.05
6 36 Chukarov 4.05
6 37 Brown 3.9
6 38 Willman 3.9
6 39 Austin 3.75
6 40 Kea 3.35

 

[Husko]

Connor Hurley 4.9
Vaclav Karabacek 4.425
Justin Kea 4

Tier Rank Name Total
6 37 Brown 3.9
6 38 Willman 3.9
6 39 Austin 3.75
6 40 Kea 3.35

I feel like there was a time when we both had Kea rated relatively high. DFL on both lists now

 

[ZemgusWho]

Tier 1: [guys who will make it in an important role]
Alexander Nylander
Brendan Guhle
Justin Bailey

Tier 2:[probably make it, although perhaps in not more than a supporting role]
Rasmus Asplund
Cal Petersen
Casey Nelson
Linus Ullmark
Hudson Fasching
Nicholas Baptiste

Tier 3a Longshots, with potential, some that I'm high on.
Cliff Pu
Will Borgen
Anthony Florentino
Phillip Nyberg
Eric Cornel
Evan Rodrigues
Girogio Estephan
Austin Osmanski
Brandon Hagel
Vasily Glotov
Jean Dupuy
Casey Fitzgerald
Vojtech Budik


Tier 3b Longshots who I think have ceilings of good AHL Players, a.k.a The Mancaris
William Carrier
Jason Kasdorf
Brycen Martin
Vaclav Karabacek
Dan Catenacci


Tier 4. Meh
Jonas Johnasson
Judd Peterson
Gustav Possler
Justin Kea

 

[Jame]

I feel like there was a time when we both had Kea rated relatively high. DFL on both lists now

Time corrects for optimism

 

[Ruckus007]

I got bored after #11, so I only went to 15.

1. Alexander Nylander
2. Hudson Fasching
3. Justin Bailey
4. Brendan Guhle
5. Rasmus Asplund
6. Cal Petersen
7. William Carrier
8. Will Borgen
9. Casey Nelson
10. Linus Ullmark
11. Nick Baptiste
12. Giorgio Estephan
13. Jean Dupuy
14. Victor Olofsson
15. Casey Fitzgerald

 

[Dingo44]

It's easier to just do the polls.

 

[OkimLom]

It's easier to just do the polls.

But this is asking about our individual rankings. Doing a poll doesn't address this. It just addresses what the general population average thought on the rankings of prospects is. It also is tiresome to defend rankings. People getting into arguments about who is ahead of who for our personal opinion is annoying after the 5th time.

I think Tier system is the best thing to have.

 

[Ralonzo]

Anthony Florentino 6.125
Brycen Martin 6.05
William Borgen 5.75

Seems backward to me.

I don't see Florentino as a good enough skater, his transitions were noticeably poor even after these years to work on it. Borgen to me could be a middle-pair guy, good skater, low panic, good snarl, sometimes doesn't make the easy play but it usually isn't a wrong play. Reminds me a bit of how McCabe looked at that age in that regard. I don't know if Martin ever becomes anything more than JAG, but I have a small smaple size on viewing him.

 

[Husko]

Seems backward to me.

I don't see Florentino as a good enough skater, his transitions were noticeably poor even after these years to work on it. Borgen to me could be a middle-pair guy, good skater, low panic, good snarl. Reminds me of how McCabe looked at that age. I don't know if Martin ever becomes anything more than JAG, but I have a small smaple size on viewing him.

I think Florentino and Martin have about the same ceiling, 3rd pairing defensive specialist with offensive limitations that hold him back from being anything more. Florentino is just more developed.