King of the ES Posted September 20, 2012 Share Posted September 20, 2012 The Top 100 NHL Prospects 1. Nail Yakupov, Right Wing, Edmonton Oilers 2. Mikael Granlund, Center, Minnesota Wild 3. Mikhail Grigorenko, Center, Buffalo Sabres 4. Evgeny Kuznetsov, Center, Washington Capitals 5. Jonathan Huberdeau, Left Wing, Florida Panthers 6. Alexander Galchenyuk, Center, Montreal Canadiens 7. Vladimir Tarasenko, Right Wing, St. Louis Blues 8. Dougie Hamilton, Defense, Boston Bruins 9. Ryan Strome, Center, New York Islanders 10. Filip Forsberg, Right Wing, Washington Capitals 11. Teuvo Teravainen, Left Wing, Chicago Blackhawks 12. Justin Schultz, Defense, Edmonton Oilers ( ) 13. Tim Erixon, Defense, Columbus Blue Jackets 14. Brendan Smith, Defense, Detroit Red Wings 15. Mika Zibanejad, Center, Ottawa Senators 16. Jonas Brodin, Defense, Minnesota Wild 17. Matt Dumba, Defense, Minnesota Wild 18. Morgan Rielly, Defense, Toronto Maple Leafs 19. Ryan Murray, Defense, Columbus Blue Jackets 20. Sven Baertschi, Left Wing, Calgary Flames 21. Jaden Schwartz, Left Wing, St. Louis Blues 22. Ryan Murphy, Defense, Carolina Hurricanes 23. Kirill Kabanov, Left Wing, New York Islanders 24. Nick Bjugstad, Center, Florida Panthers 25. Brandon Gormley, Defense, Phoenix Coyotes 26. Gustav Nyquist, Right Wing, Detroit Red Wings 27. Calle Jarnkrok, Center, Detroit Red Wings 28. Mark Scheifele, Center, Winnipeg Jets 29. Stanislav Galiev, Left Wing, Washington Capitals 30. Brandon Saad, Left Wing, Chicago Blackhawks 31. Vladislav Namestnikov, Center, Tampa Bay Lightning 32. Chris Kreider, Left Wing, New York Rangers 33. Tyson Barrie, Defense, Colorado Avalanche 34. Rickard Rakell, Right Wing, Anaheim Ducks 35. Joe Morrow, Defense, Pittsburgh Penguins 36. Rocco Grimaldi, Center, Florida Panthers 37. Jon Merrill, Defense, New Jersey Devils 38. Pontus Aberg, Left Wing, Nashville Predators 39. Radek Faksa, Center, Dallas Stars 40. Sebastian Collberg, Right Wing, Montreal Canadiens 41. Mark Barberio, Defense, Tampa Bay Lightning 42. Jacob Trouba, Defense, Winnipeg Jets 43. Cody Ceci, Defense, Ottawa Senators 44. Tomas Jurco, Right Wing, Detroit Red Wings 45. Zemgus Girgensons, Center, Buffalo Sabres 46. Roman Cervenka, Center, Calgary Flames 47. Kyle Palmieri, Right Wing, Anaheim Ducks 48. Charlie Coyle, Center, Minnesota Wild 49. Alexander Khokhlachev, Center, Boston Bruins 50. Brandon Pirri, Center, Chicago Blackhawks 51. Jakob Silfverberg, Right Wing, Ottawa Senators 52. Johan Larsson, Center, Minnesota Wild 53. Zack Phillips, Center, Minnesota Wild 54. Ryan Spooner, Center, Boston Bruins 55. Tomas Tatar, Left Wing, Detroit Red Wings 56. Joe Colborne, Center, Toronto Maple Leafs 57. Nathan Beaulieu, Defense, Montreal Canadiens 58. Brian Dumoulin, Defense, Pittsburgh Penguins 59. Mattias Ekholm, Defense, Nashville Predators 60. William Karlsson, Center, Anaheim Ducks 61. Torey Krug, Defense, Boston Bruins 62. Joel Armia, Right Wing, Buffalo Sabres 63. Mark McNeill, Center, Chicago Blackhawks 64. Tyler Toffoli, Right Wing, Los Angeles Kings 65. Emerson Etem, Left Wing, Anaheim Ducks 66. Ivan Telegin, Center, Winnipeg Jets 67. Brock Nelson, Center, New York Islanders 68. Simon Despres, Defense, Pittsburgh Penguins 69. Corban Knight, Right Wing, Florida Panthers 70. Mark Stone, Right Wing, Ottawa Senators 71. Reilly Smith, Right Wing, Dallas Stars 72. Matt Donovan, Defense, New York Islanders 73. Calvin De Haan, Defense, New York Islanders 74. Nikita Kucherov, Right Wing, Tampa Bay Lightning 75. Griffin Reinhart, Defense, New York Islanders 76. Hampus Lindholm, Defense, Anaheim Ducks 77. Connor Murphy, Defense, Phoenix Coyotes 78. Oscar Klefbom, Defense, Edmonton Oilers 79. Cory Conacher, Left Wing, Tampa Bay Lightning 80. Ty Rattie, Right Wing, St. Louis Blues 81. Drew Shore, Center, Florida Panthers 82. Beau Bennett, Right Wing, Pittsburgh Penguins 83. J.T. Brown, Right Wing, Tampa Bay Lightning 84. Tomas Hertl, Center, San Jose Sharks 85. Derek Forbort, Defense Los Angeles Kings 86. Scott Mayfield, Defense, New York Islanders 87. Shane Prince, Left Wing, Ottawa Senators 88. Nicklas Jensen, Right Wing, Vancouver Canucks 89. Sami Vatanen, Defense, Anaheim Ducks 90. Jeremy Morin, Left Wing, Chicago Blackhawks 91. Damien Brunner, Right Wing, Detroit Red Wings 92. Alex Petrovic, Defense, Florida Panthers 93. Michael St. Croix, Center, New York Rangers 94. John Gaudreau, Left Wing, Calgary Flames 95. Matt Finn, Defense, Toronto Maple Leafs 96. Ludvig Bystrom, Defense, Dallas Stars 97. Olli Maatta, Defense, Pittsburgh Penguins 98. T.J. Tynan, Center, Columbus Blue Jackets 99. Michael Sgarbossa, Center, Colorado Avalanche 100. Paul Postma, Defense, Winnipeg Jets Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownUndaCanuck Posted September 20, 2012 Share Posted September 20, 2012 Jensen should definately be higher up - he's already had success in the AHL playoffs with 4 goals in 6 games which is remarkable, and his game is built for the NHL. I'm also surprised Gaunce didn't get a mention. Mistake me if I'm wrong, but he was the 2nd best center to go at this last NHL draft. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peace Bond Posted September 20, 2012 Share Posted September 20, 2012 Jensen should definately be higher up - he's already had success in the AHL playoffs with 4 goals in 6 games which is remarkable, and his game is built for the NHL. I'm also surprised Gaunce didn't get a mention. Mistake me if I'm wrong, but he was the 2nd best center to go at this last NHL draft. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canuck Surfer Posted September 20, 2012 Share Posted September 20, 2012 Grigorenko and Galchenyuk? Both top end talents with Grigs dropping 8 or 10 spots lower than expected for some reason unknown to many. Gaunce was 2knd rated Canadian centre I believe... Jensen should definately be higher up - he's already had success in the AHL playoffs with 4 goals in 6 games which is remarkable, and his game is built for the NHL. I'm also surprised Gaunce didn't get a mention. Mistake me if I'm wrong, but he was the 2nd best center to go at this last NHL draft. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canuck Surfer Posted September 20, 2012 Share Posted September 20, 2012 And who was it on CDC, Deniro? Who suggested a Leaf trade of Lou to T.O. in exchange for swapping our 1st round pic (ultimately Gaunce) for the Leafs #5 ovreall so we could pick Grigorenko? But hey; According to Burke they scored the guy they would have picked #1 overall (Morgan Reilly). Why would they want a goalie... Grigorenko and Galchenyuk? Both top end talents with Grigs dropping 8 or 10 spots lower than expected for some reason unknown to many. Gaunce was 2knd rated Canadian centre I believe... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
White Goodman Posted September 20, 2012 Share Posted September 20, 2012 Link: http://www.puckprosp...?articleid=1381 Only a single Vancouver Canuck on this list...and only 87 prospects ranked higher. Cue the "they don't know anything!" crowd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garrison Posted September 20, 2012 Share Posted September 20, 2012 I'm guessing Kassian isn't a prospect anymore then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. White Posted September 20, 2012 Share Posted September 20, 2012 Jensen should definately be higher up - he's already had success in the AHL playoffs with 4 goals in 6 games which is remarkable, and his game is built for the NHL. I'm also surprised Gaunce didn't get a mention. Mistake me if I'm wrong, but he was the 2nd best center to go at this last NHL draft. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Bissonnette Posted September 20, 2012 Share Posted September 20, 2012 I don't see how Kabanov is top 23 and Kassian isn't even an hm for top 100 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keslerian one Posted September 20, 2012 Share Posted September 20, 2012 Pronman did say that Jensen would've been ranked much higher (he likes Jensen's skillset and upside) if it wasn't for the consistency issue. Pronman also said that it's really hard to evaluate Canucks' prospects because they are "mysterious" but with intriguing upside. (free agent signings like Tanev and Lack and late round picks like Corrado, Grenier etc.) Also, this list excludes goaltenders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanuckRow Posted September 20, 2012 Share Posted September 20, 2012 Joe Colborne at 56? And the fact that Lack doesn't even make the list is a joke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJDDawg Posted September 20, 2012 Share Posted September 20, 2012 This is a big problem for this team that MG still has not fixed. I just don't understand why this team still has issues drafting decent prospects. Only one in the top 100? Even Detroit who have had low picks for years have 6 or 7 in their. I've hated watching the world juniors the last few years and seeing no Canuck drafts (Hodgson the exception) year after year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squeak Posted September 20, 2012 Share Posted September 20, 2012 Joe Colborne at 56? And the fact that Lack doesn't even make the list is a joke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squeak Posted September 20, 2012 Share Posted September 20, 2012 This is a big problem for this team that MG still has not fixed. I just don't understand why this team still has issues drafting decent prospects. Only one in the top 100? Even Detroit who have had low picks for years have 6 or 7 in their. I've hated watching the world juniors the last few years and seeing no Canuck drafts (Hodgson the exception) year after year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squeak Posted September 20, 2012 Share Posted September 20, 2012 I'm guessing Kassian isn't a prospect anymore then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jägermeister Posted September 20, 2012 Share Posted September 20, 2012 We have arguably one of the worst prospect pools in the league. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bang Bang Boogie Posted September 20, 2012 Share Posted September 20, 2012 Chris Kreider should be higher Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hockeywoot Posted September 20, 2012 Share Posted September 20, 2012 Lack of Canucks aside. This list is pretty much, fail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elvis15 Posted September 20, 2012 Share Posted September 20, 2012 From the response article by our very own Canucks Army: They Don't Know Everything (sort of). Generally speaking there isn't as much prospect coverage in hockey as there is in the other major North American sports (football, baseball and basketball). It's kind of weird because, unlike the NHL: the NCAA, CHL, AHL and the European leagues tend to consistently start their seasons on time. Amazing! Luckily for hockey obsessives, Corey Pronman of ESPN and Hockey Prospectus works long hours and manages to satiate our need for prospect information. Today over at Hockey Prospectus, Pronman released his "Top-100 Prospects" list, and the individuals in the Canucks pipeline, well, they didn't fare too well... Needless to say, the performance of Vancouver's prospects on Pronman's top-100 list isn't very flattering. Only one Canucks prospect, 2011 first round pick Nicklas Jensen, even cracked the top-100 and he was ranked 88th! Yikes. I expect that those Canucks fans who are obsessed about the club getting older, "windows closing" and so forth, will knee-jerk into "Mike Gillis hasn't drafted an impact player, he should only pick Vancouver Giants and BC born players and why oh why did the team trade Cody Hodgson," mode. Maybe those sorts of fans are right, but I don't see any reason to panic about the lack of depth or quality in Vancouver's system. First of all, while Jensen's ranking seems low, as Pronman explained on Twitter his actual talent level is higher than his relatively low ranking indicates: Pronman's appraisal here is consistent with what I concluded from watching Jensen closely with the Oshawa Generals last season: Secondly, the strength of Vancouver's system is their two bluechip goaltending prospects: Joe Cannata and Eddie Lack. Pronman's rankings don't regard goaltenders very highly (not even Jakub Markstrom cracks the top-100) because they take forever to develop, and are nigh impossible to accurately evaluate when they're 19 and 20 years old. Thirdly, a top-100 list like Pronman's, is a collection of the highest-end prospects in hockey. Arguably the lack of Canucks prospects on the list reflects the fact that the Canucks haven't picked in the top-half of the first round since 2008, and habitually trade their mid-round picks at the trade deadline. It also hurts that they narrowly lost out on acquiring the services of West Kelowna's Justin Schultz (ranked #12)... That said, at some point teams need to find value outside of the first round. Teams like the Red Wings, for example, manage to do so consistently. Arguably the Canucks have done alright in this respect, it's just that the prospects who may make this list in future years are still "low-certainty" guys. What I mean to say is that organizationally, the Canucks' pipeline is stronger than the pedestrian appearance of their individual prospects on Pronman's top-100. Pronman himself ranked the team #24 in his organizational rankings earlier this summer, explaining: Prospects like Alexandre Grenier, Frank Corrado, Patrick McNally and Joseph LaBate (all of whom were taken outside of the first 60 picks in the draft), have the upside to crack top-100 prospect lists going forward. But there's still a lot of variance in their projections. Look, no one is going to describe Vancouver's prospect pipeline as being "elite" any time soon. But the team's future just isn't as bleak as some might have you believe, and I'd urge you not to over-react to the lack of Canucks prospects who made the cut for this years edition of Pronman's top-100. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldnews Posted September 20, 2012 Share Posted September 20, 2012 Only a single Vancouver Canuck on this list...and only 87 prospects ranked higher. Cue the "they don't know anything!" crowd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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