HF Habs: Your Pre & Post 2022 NHL Draft Prospect Rankings

[SlafySZN]

With Slaf, too much emphasis on size, with Hutson, not enough emphasis on size. For all his talent, we still don't know if Hutson will end up physically strong enough to be a complete D at the NHL level. People are pointing out all kinds of weaknesses for other prospects, but in the case of Hustson the glaring one is overlooked by too many.

We’re enjoying an awesome prospect with elite talent. He adjusted everywhere he played. For the size, we’ll see when he is ready to turn pro, for now he has still many room to grow and get stronger before we talk about that.

 

[LesHabitants]

Yeah agree. I'm joking. Just wanted to said that Lane Hutson is such a steal at 62. Can't still believe that!

Agreed.

With Slaf, too much emphasis on size, with Hutson, not enough emphasis on size. For all his talent, we still don't know if Hutson will end up physically strong enough to be a complete D at the NHL level. People are pointing out all kinds of weaknesses for other prospects, but in the case of Hustson the glaring one is overlooked by too many.

If Hutson was 6'4" 235 he'd be the best player in the history of hockey.

 

[SwiftyHab]

Lame Hutson- our top prospect
By Wheeler

2023 NHL prospect pool rankings: No. 11 Montreal Canadiens

The Canadiens' prospect pool is one of the NHL's deepest, with enough prospects to nearly form two lists.

theathletic.com

 

[Addik04]

Lame Hutson- our top prospect
By Wheeler

2023 NHL prospect pool rankings: No. 11 Montreal Canadiens

The Canadiens' prospect pool is one of the NHL's deepest, with enough prospects to nearly form two lists.

theathletic.com

1- Hutson
2- Farrell
3- Beck
4- Mesar
5- Roy
6- Mailloux
7- Barron
8- Kidney
9- Engstrom
10- Mysak
11- Kapanen
12- Rohrer
13- Guindon
14- Dobes
15- Simoneau

Didnt make the cut but mentioned: Norlinder, Trudeau, Fairbrother, Primeau, Kostenko, Tuch, Pitlick, Nurmi, Struble, Davidson, Tourigny and Heineman.

 

[Habs4Life]

1- Hutson
2- Farrell
3- Beck
4- Mesar
5- Roy
6- Mailloux
7- Barron
8- Kidney
9- Engstrom
10- Mysak
11- Kapanen
12- Rohrer
13- Guindon
14- Dobes
15- Simoneau

Didnt make the cut but mentioned: Norlinder, Trudeau, Fairbrother, Primeau, Kostenko, Tuch, Pitlick, Nurmi, Struble, Davidson, Tourigny and Heineman.

I think Mesar is a bit too high other then that good list

 

[EveryDay]

1- Hutson
2- Farrell
3- Beck
4- Mesar
5- Roy
6- Mailloux
7- Barron
8- Kidney
9- Engstrom
10- Mysak
11- Kapanen
12- Rohrer
13- Guindon
14- Dobes
15- Simoneau

Didnt make the cut but mentioned: Norlinder, Trudeau, Fairbrother, Primeau, Kostenko, Tuch, Pitlick, Nurmi, Struble, Davidson, Tourigny and Heineman.

I would have Heineman and Tuch instead of Guindon and Simoneau. Also I think Mailloux should be at 3.

1-Hutson
2-Farrell
3-Mailloux
4-Beck
5-Roy
6-Mesar

 

[Seb]

1- Hutson
2- Farrell
3- Beck
4- Mesar
5- Roy
6- Mailloux
7- Barron
8- Kidney
9- Engstrom
10- Mysak
11- Kapanen
12- Rohrer
13- Guindon
14- Dobes
15- Simoneau

Didnt make the cut but mentioned: Norlinder, Trudeau, Fairbrother, Primeau, Kostenko, Tuch, Pitlick, Nurmi, Struble, Davidson, Tourigny and Heineman.

I'm very surprised Heineman didn't make the cut, he deserves a spot in the top 10.

 

[KevSkillz4]

1- Hutson
2- Farrell
3- Beck
4- Mesar
5- Roy
6- Mailloux
7- Barron
8- Kidney
9- Engstrom
10- Mysak
11- Kapanen
12- Rohrer
13- Guindon
14- Dobes
15- Simoneau

Didnt make the cut but mentioned: Norlinder, Trudeau, Fairbrother, Primeau, Kostenko, Tuch, Pitlick, Nurmi, Struble, Davidson, Tourigny and Heineman.

Heineman should be considering a top 10 prospect. So much better than Mysak.

Mailloux should be higher than Mesar... the rest is very good.

 

[TomKosto]

1- Hutson
2- Farrell
3- Beck
4- Mesar
5- Roy
6- Mailloux
7- Barron
8- Kidney
9- Engstrom
10- Mysak
11- Kapanen
12- Rohrer
13- Guindon
14- Dobes
15- Simoneau

Didnt make the cut but mentioned: Norlinder, Trudeau, Fairbrother, Primeau, Kostenko, Tuch, Pitlick, Nurmi, Struble, Davidson, Tourigny and Heineman.

Can't wait for this draft to inject some high end potential...Not a bad list, good depth but we are missing 2-3guys with star potential,

 

[SlafySZN]

I'm very surprised Heineman didn't make the cut, he deserves a spot in the top 10.

Yeah, Heineman should be there in front of many of those prospects.

 

[BaseballCoach]

1- Hutson
2- Farrell
3- Beck
4- Mesar
5- Roy
6- Mailloux
7- Barron
8- Kidney
9- Engstrom
10- Mysak
11- Kapanen
12- Rohrer
13- Guindon
14- Dobes
15- Simoneau

This is my list. I am not high on Kidney, and lukewarm on Heineman. Dobes excites me. Engstrom is under-rated by some. Mesar over-rated.

1- Farrell
2- Hutson
3- Roy
4- Beck
5- Dobes
6- Mailloux
7- Barron
8- Heineman
9- Engstrom
10- Mesar
11- Kapanen
12- Rohrer
13- Guindon
14- Kidney
15- Davidson

Not making make the cut but mentioned: Norlinder, Trudeau, Fairbrother, Primeau, Kostenko, Tuch, Pitlick, Nurmi, Struble, Simoneau, Tourigny and Mysak

 

[26Mats]

1- Hutson
2- Farrell
3- Beck
4- Mesar
5- Roy
6- Mailloux
7- Barron
8- Kidney
9- Engstrom
10- Mysak
11- Kapanen
12- Rohrer
13- Guindon
14- Dobes
15- Simoneau

Didnt make the cut but mentioned: Norlinder, Trudeau, Fairbrother, Primeau, Kostenko, Tuch, Pitlick, Nurmi, Struble, Davidson, Tourigny and Heineman.

I have:
- Heineman at least above Kidney.
- mysak not making the cut
- Struble does
- Dobes higher
- At this point Roy above Mesar, but that can change.
- And I have Mailloux number 1, even though he's a huge wild card.

 

[Kojo]

Farrell
Hutson
Roy
Beck

Why would someone rate Mesar above Roy and Mailloux above Barron.

 

[Habs]

Farrell
Hutson
Roy
Beck

Why would someone rate Mesar above Roy and Mailloux above Barron.

Because HF , you know this

 

[Nico Cauzuki]

1- Hutson
2- Farrell
3- Beck
4- Roy
5- Barron
6- Mailloux
7- Heinemen
8- Mesar
9- Dobes
10- Kidney

 

[Tufted Titmouse]

What does Montreal's top 10 prospect list look like? I am guessing it's changed a lot since the start of this year.

 

[Kudo Shinichi]

What does Montreal's top 10 prospect list look like? I am guessing it's changed a lot since the start of this year.

If we don't include any of the prospects that have played a large number of games in the nhl this season (Slafkovsky, Guhle, Barron, Harris, Xhekaj, RHP, Ylonen), I have this:

1. Hutson
2. Farrell
3. Mailloux
4. Roy
5. Beck
6. Engstrom
7. Heineman
8. Kidney
9. Mesar
10. Dobes

 

[WeThreeKings]

What does Montreal's top 10 prospect list look like? I am guessing it's changed a lot since the start of this year.

If you graduate everyone who is on the NHL roster for majority of the season or injured off the NHL roster? It'd change a lot because Xhekaj, Harris, Guhle and Slaf have all graduated.

Graduated: Justin Barron, Kaiden Guhle, Jordan Harris, Rafael Harvey-Pinard, Juraj Slafkovsky, Arber Xhekaj, and Jesse Ylonen.

1. Lane Hutson
2. Sean Farrell
3. Owen Beck
4. Joshua Roy
5. Emil Heineman
6. Adam Engstrom
7. Logan Mailloux
8. Filip Mesar
9. Riley Kidney
10. Jakub Dobes
11. Luke Tuch
12. Frederik Dichow
13. Oliver Kapanen
14. Cayden Primeau
15. Mattias Norlinder
16. Xavier Simoneau
17. Jayden Struble
18. William Trudeau
19. Vinzenz Rohrer
20. Blake Biondi
21. Jan Mysak
22. Cedrick Guindon
23. Jared Davidson
24. Petteri Nurmi
25. Nicolas Beaudin
26. Miguel Tourigny
27. Emmett Croteau
28. Lucas Condotta
29. Joel Teasdale
30. Dmitri Kostenko
31. Joe Vrbetic
32. Ty Smilanic
33. Gianni Fairbrother
34. Rhett Pitlick
35. Tony Sund
36. Alexander Gordin
37. Daniil Sobolev
38. Jack Smith
39. Jack Gorniak

 

[Draft]

What does Montreal's top 10 prospect list look like? I am guessing it's changed a lot since the start of this year.

Think you'd have a lot of different opinions on how they rank, but the top-10 is likely close to the same as the start of the year. Mine would be:

1) Hutson
2) Roy
3) Farrell
4) Kidney
5) Heineman
6) Engstrom
7) Mailloux
8) Beck
9) Dobes
10) Mesar

 

[Bourdon101]

If you graduate everyone who is on the NHL roster for majority of the season or injured off the NHL roster? It'd change a lot because Xhekaj, Harris, Guhle and Slaf have all graduated.

Graduated: Justin Barron, Kaiden Guhle, Jordan Harris, Rafael Harvey-Pinard, Juraj Slafkovsky, Arber Xhekaj, and Jesse Ylonen.

1. Lane Hutson
2. Sean Farrell
3. Owen Beck
4. Joshua Roy
5. Emil Heineman
6. Adam Engstrom
7. Logan Mailloux
8. Filip Mesar
9. Riley Kidney
10. Jakub Dobes
11. Luke Tuch
12. Frederik Dichow
13. Oliver Kapanen
14. Cayden Primeau
15. Mattias Norlinder
16. Xavier Simoneau
17. Jayden Struble
18. William Trudeau
19. Vinzenz Rohrer
20. Blake Biondi
21. Jan Mysak
22. Cedrick Guindon
23. Jared Davidson
24. Petteri Nurmi
25. Nicolas Beaudin
26. Miguel Tourigny
27. Emmett Croteau
28. Lucas Condotta
29. Joel Teasdale
30. Dmitri Kostenko
31. Joe Vrbetic
32. Ty Smilanic
33. Gianni Fairbrother
34. Rhett Pitlick
35. Tony Sund
36. Alexander Gordin
37. Daniil Sobolev
38. Jack Smith
39. Jack Gorniak

You seem quite high on Beck, relative to other lists out there. I'll be honest, I don't have the time to watch CHL games, but from a production standpoint I have hard time understanding what makes him superior to the likes of Roy and Engstrom, though I fully understand there's always more to a prospect than stats. That being the case, care to elaborate on your evaluation of Beck?

 

[WeThreeKings]

You seem quite high on Beck, relative to other lists out there. I'll be honest, I don't have the time to watch CHL games, but from a production standpoint I have hard time understanding what makes him superior to the likes of Roy and Engstrom, though I fully understand there's always more to a prospect than stats. That being the case, care to elaborate on your evaluation of Beck?

I think you just throw away the weeks in Peterborough where he wasn't productive and call it an adjustment period. Outside of that, he was creating offense in training camp.. he was producing at a high clip at Mississauga, made it on to the WJC after an injury and looked great in limited opportunity, and has found his offensive touch more toward the end of his stay in Peterborough.

He's got pro habits, he's high end player defensively and he's got the tools to bring offense at the NHL level. You're looking at such a strong and stable floor with enough intrigue on the upside part of things.

I'm weighing the certainty of the player with the perceived upside. Others may go for full upside in which case, Joshua Roy makes sense to be placed higher.

 

[KevSkillz4]

You seem quite high on Beck, relative to other lists out there. I'll be honest, I don't have the time to watch CHL games, but from a production standpoint I have hard time understanding what makes him superior to the likes of Roy and Engstrom, though I fully understand there's always more to a prospect than stats. That being the case, care to elaborate on your evaluation of Beck?

Look at his first NHL game, he already show a mature pro game. He is ready to play at NHL. This guy is Danault 2.0 but more fun to watch at offensive zone. Beck is a stud. He isn't a another Poehling, he will be a very important player for Habs, like Heineman. I really both, they have high potential to become important forward.

 

[xX SEYF Xx]

If you graduate everyone who is on the NHL roster for majority of the season or injured off the NHL roster? It'd change a lot because Xhekaj, Harris, Guhle and Slaf have all graduated.

Graduated: Justin Barron, Kaiden Guhle, Jordan Harris, Rafael Harvey-Pinard, Juraj Slafkovsky, Arber Xhekaj, and Jesse Ylonen.

1. Lane Hutson
2. Sean Farrell
3. Owen Beck
4. Joshua Roy
5. Emil Heineman
6. Adam Engstrom
7. Logan Mailloux
8. Filip Mesar
9. Riley Kidney
10. Jakub Dobes
11. Luke Tuch
12. Frederik Dichow
13. Oliver Kapanen
14. Cayden Primeau
15. Mattias Norlinder
16. Xavier Simoneau
17. Jayden Struble
18. William Trudeau
19. Vinzenz Rohrer
20. Blake Biondi
21. Jan Mysak
22. Cedrick Guindon
23. Jared Davidson
24. Petteri Nurmi
25. Nicolas Beaudin
26. Miguel Tourigny
27. Emmett Croteau
28. Lucas Condotta
29. Joel Teasdale
30. Dmitri Kostenko
31. Joe Vrbetic
32. Ty Smilanic
33. Gianni Fairbrother
34. Rhett Pitlick
35. Tony Sund
36. Alexander Gordin
37. Daniil Sobolev
38. Jack Smith
39. Jack Gorniak

would feel weird this year without Arvid

 

[Treb]

would feel weird this year without Arvid

We still have Jack Smith as a Mike Cichy trophy favorite.

 

[Goldenhands]

What does Montreal's top 10 prospect list look like? I am guessing it's changed a lot since the start of this year.

1-Engstrom
2-Hutson
3-Heineman
4-Mailloux
5-Roy
6-Mesar
7-Beck
8-Dobes
9-Farrell
10-Kidney/Guindon