Your Top 10 Prospects for 2019

[rickardr]

I'll take Holmström ahead of Grewe any day!

 

[ViktorBaeArvidsson]

Haven't looked at these prospects yet.

Just as a general comment, would you say on the average, there should be at least 5 centers ranked in the top 10 overall in 2019 on most lists?

Idk about that, but this draft is definitely center heavy. I mean compared to 2018 where the best center is Kotkaniemi, this one is filled to the brim with talented centers. Hughes, Newhook, Turotte, Dach, Lavoie, Suzuki, Poulin, etc I can keep on going. So now that I’m thinking about it, yea you could say that’s probably a good average to have in a Top 10 for 2019.

 

[Thebesthockey]

Colton Ellis ( G) Rimouski
top 15 in Draft and first G to go

 

[Pavel Buchnevich]

Colton Ellis ( G) Rimouski
top 15 in Draft and first G to go

I’d be shocked if Knight isn’t the first goalie off the board. Goalies don’t go top 15 either.

 

[Thebesthockey]

I’d be shocked if Knight isn’t the first goalie off the board. Goalies don’t go top 15 either.

some, not many...
Cambell
Bernier
Price
Montoya
Fleury
but many more in first round...

 

[Pavel Buchnevich]

some, not many...
Cambell
Bernier
Price
Montoya
Fleury
but many more in first round...

None recently.

 

[cg98]

some, not many...
Cambell
Bernier
Price
Montoya
Fleury
but many more in first round...

Only 2 of those goalies have proven to be worth their pick.

Also Spencer Knight is way better than Colten Ellis but hes still not going in the top 15 next year, at most hes a late first rounder.

 

[Thebesthockey]

Only 2 of those goalies have proven to be worth their pick.

Also Spencer Knight is way better than Colten Ellis but hes still not going in the top 15 next year, at most hes a late first rounder.

now use past 1st first round goalie
many of them proved their pick

 

[cg98]

now use past 1st first round goalie
many of them proved their pick

They really haven't. Why don't you ask the Islanders how the Rick DiPietro pick went? Or how Jack Campbell worked out for the Stars? Unless that goalie can step into the NHL immediately and herald as a starting goaltender, no GM should use their top 15 pick on a starting goaltender. Certainly not on Colten Ellis.

Jack Campbell - Fringe NHL backup goalie
Jonathan Bernier - NHL backup goalie
Carey Price - Elite (when he's not injured)
Al Montoya - Aging, backup goalie
Marc-Andre Fleury - Borderline elite

Only two of these picks have proven their worth. Stop.

 

[Thebesthockey]

read “ first round”


english

 

[cg98]

read “ first round”


english

Read “top 15”.

English

 

[orcatown]

Saw Newhook in an exhibition game this weekend and was highly disappointed. Did not stand out at all and was very weak defensively. Don't see how he could be ranked in the Top 10 of what I saw.

Jeremie Bucheler (undrafted last year) looked excellent

 

[neelynugs]

no love for podkolzin at all? looked like a top 10 guy to me just going off the hlinka.
didn't see anything but a few clips of him before that, so wondering what y'all think
of the guy.

 

[Mrb1p]

My early look would be

1. Hughes
2. Turcotte
3. Cozen
4. Kakko

In rough order
Kaliyev
Byram
Broberg
Grewe
Krebs
Zegras
Newhook
Podzolkin
Dach

 

[G0bias]

1. Hughes
2. Kakko
3. Turcotte
4. Cozens
5. Dach
6. Newhook
7. Byram
8. Podkolzin
9. Krebs
10. Zegras

HM; Suzuki, Honka, Lavoie, Kaliyev, Broberg

 

[docbenton]

My early look would be

1. Hughes
2. Turcotte
3. Cozen
4. Kakko

In rough order
Kaliyev
Byram
Broberg
Grewe
Krebs
Zegras
Dach

The top 4 is probably my top four as well. The rest I'd probably go something like:

1. Hughes
2. Turcotte
3. Cozens
4. Kakko
5. Lavoie
6. Dach
7. Podkolzin
8. Honka
9. Kaliyev
10. Byram

HM: Suzuki, Krebs, Robertson, Broberg

But it's still very early. I'm not very impressed by Zegras, I don't see the skill some people talk about. I also don't think Hughes is unassailable and that Turcotte and Cozens are better possession players; however that could change if Jack takes another step because he's got such high skill level and speed. Right now I just think he's really weak on the puck to the point of being a real detriment to his ability to control games. Quinn was a lot stronger on his skates at the same age, for example.

 

[Larry Lightning]

1. Hughes
2. Kakko
3. Turcotte
4. Cozens
5. Byram
6. Podkolzin
7. Dach
8. Newhook
9. Krebs
10. Broberg

 

[king89]

I like that many has Kakko as low as four when like every draft list have him listed at second.

 

[wetcoast]

1. Hughes
2. Kakko
3. Turcotte
4. Cozens
5. Dach
6. Newhook
7. Byram
8. Podkolzin
9. Krebs
10. Zegras

HM; Suzuki, Honka, Lavoie, Kaliyev, Broberg

That's a solid top 10, don't see it changing too much come draft time

 

[Skeletorrr]

20 games in Liiga with almost .5 ppg and +11. I think he is best offensive defenceman in this draft. I don't saw much players from this draft but what I saw from Kokkonen impress me he could be next Heiskanen.

No...no he couldn't. He just doesn't have the high end offensive skills Heiskanen has. His skating isn't anything special, he doesn't have an elite shot...nothing would suggest to me that he will become an elite 2-way defenseman. However, he does seem to play a good positional game and has good hockey IQ. I would say his ceiling is a top 4 D.

 

[QJL]

I was about to say, Hischier pretty much already surpassed Marner haha.

oof!

 

[king89]

No...no he couldn't. He just doesn't have the high end offensive skills Heiskanen has. His skating isn't anything special, he doesn't have an elite shot...nothing would suggest to me that he will become an elite 2-way defenseman. However, he does seem to play a good positional game and has good hockey IQ. I would say his ceiling is a top 4 D.

Yeah Kokkonen isn't near Heiskainen potential, i see him go early second.

 

[Dod93Cityt]

I like that many has Kakko as low as four when like every draft list have him listed at second.

Did you see when they were posted?

 

[Tryamkin]

oof!

pretty much
i'm a big hischier fan

 

[cmcneil02]

1: Jack Hughes
2: Kaapo Kakko
3: Kirby Dach
4: Dylan Cozens
5: Arthur Kaliyev
6: Peyton Krebs
7: Alex Turcotte
8: Bowen Byram
9: Phillip Broberg
10: Vasily Podkolzin
11: Alex Newhook
12: Matthew Boldy
13: Trevor Zegras
14: Victor Soderstrom
15: Ryan Suzuki
16: Raphael Lavoie
17: Jakob Pelletier
18: Pavel Dorofeyev
19: Nolan Foote
20: Cam York
21: Connor McMichael
22: Lassi Thomson
23: Bobby Brink
24: Matthew Robertson
25: Cole Caufield
26: Antonni Honka
27: Moritz Seider
28: Samuel Poulin
29: Phillip Tomasino
30: John Beecher
31: Maxim Cajkovic