Interesting so many fans have best D-man listed as best prospect.
Keeping up the tradition:
1) Lawrence Pilut, LHD; played 33 NHL games and if the criteria is non-NHLers, he wouldn't be there.
2) Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen, G; Tilson Trophy winner for OHL Most Outstanding Player; signed but underwent hip surgery
3) Victor Olofsson, LW; played 4 NHL games and had a great AHL season;
4) Alex Nylander, LW/RW; again has a few NHL games, just 20, needs to take a big step and probably over-ranking him here based on draft status
5) Oskari Laaksonen, RHD; very good pro for Ilves in the Liiga for 1.5 years now even though he's only 19; solid at the U20's
6) Rasmus Asplund, C/LW; AHLer, utility knife guy who should be a couple years out from being an NHL depth guy
7) CJ Smith, LW; UDFA who plays a simple game, didn't get a scoring line look at the NHL level on a call up but his 5-on-5 primary point generation was top notch and should merit a look
8) Matej Pekar, F; jumped to the OHL and was highly productive in an injury shortened season, great P/60 for his age
9) Jacob Bryson, LHD; signed after another do-it-all season with Providence; love his feet, hands and brain, wish he had more primary points but he did everything for them
10) Mattias Samuelsson, LHD; Out of sight, out of mind with WMU but still a guy who some had rated out in the end of the first round, would like to see him take a jump this year but still a few years away. Not the Samuelsson who had big skating question marks (that was Adam), but there is still a bit to how he moves and can he move the puck as the NHL seems to be moving toward puck-moving/fleeter defenders.
HM: Arttu Ruotsalainen, C/LW; Ilves leading scorer, small but fiesty and would like to see him on NA ice burrowing to the net like he did in Liiga. I might have him too low.
Hopeful that 7OA, 30OA, and 67OA can inject some more into that list.
