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A Penguins Prospect Pyramid even though we dont have very many

Created by: Pens3lieve
Team: 2020-21 Pittsburgh Penguins
Initial Creation Date: Dec. 15, 2020
Published: Dec. 24, 2020
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A Penguins Prospect Pyramid even though we dont have very many...

So the prospects are ranked below (kind of) by position although I flipped some LWers over to the right side to balance it out a bit...

but I will give a couple other ratings and thoughts.
(forgive me if I don't know alot about these guys...)

Class A Prospects: Top prospects any team would like to have.
W, Poulin, A-, Top-6


Class B Prospects: I think these guys will eventually get a shot in the NHL
LD, Joseph, B+, Top-4
RW, Legare, B-, Mid-6
RD, Maniscalco, B-, Top-6
LW, O'Connor, B-, Mid-6


Class C Prospects: Starting to get into the "if everything goes right we'll see in a couple years" guys.
LW, Bjorkvist, C+, Bot-6
LW, Gruden, C+, Mid-6
LD, Lee, C+, Top-6
G, Blomqvist, C+ #1A

F, Lafferty, C, Bot-6
LD, Phillips, C, Top-6
RD, Reilly, C, Top-6
G, Clang, C, #1B

LW, Miletec, C-, Bot-6
F, Almeida, C-, Bot-6
C, Angello, C-, Bot-6
C, Bellerive, C-, Bot-6
G, Larmi, C-, #1B


Class D (the loooong shots/it would probably take a miracle)
W, Puustinen, D+, Bot-6
W, Zohorna, D+, 4th line
LW, Ansons, D+, depth

W, Drozg, D, 4th line
LD, Almari, D, 7th D
C, Caulfield, D, depth
RD, Lindgren, D, 7th D

C, Svejkovsky, D-, minor
RD, Airola, D-, minor
G, D'Orio, D-, depth
C, Yoder, D-, minor

Your thoughts? anyone I badly misjudged???
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C, LW
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Dec. 24, 2020 at 7:53 a.m.
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Anaheim accepts
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Im a big Phillips fan, every time I've watched him play in College... I see NHL potential plus he can skate
Bjorkqvist will be a 4th liner in NHL, he just works to hard not to make it
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our centers suck.
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Dec. 24, 2020 at 3:43 p.m.
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I don't see Poulin that high, but he definitely is our best prospect
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Dec. 24, 2020 at 5:38 p.m.
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Quoting: pharrow
our centers suck.


The Pens last Center prospect was Sid, lol
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Dec. 28, 2020 at 2:16 p.m.
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PO-Joseph is an A- prospect. A top 100 prospect on any top 100 list out there.

Poulin is an “A” prospect.

I agree Legare, O’Connor and Maniscalco are all “B-“ prospect. Legare might be a “B” b/c of his NHL level shot.

I would put Blomqvist, Clang, Lee, Lafferty all at “C+”. I would have Angello, Gruden, Bjorkqvist, Almeida, Svejkovsky, Caulfield(both Svejkovsky and Caulfield were invited to the WJ try-outs for team USA. Both were one of 38 players invited; they are young, a long way to go, but both have NHL potential. Just being invited to the WJ try-outs means something) all at “C” prospects.

The biggest error IMO is Puustinen. He’s a top 6 potential. He’s another “B-“, “C+” prospect. He’s a top 6 or bust type of prospect. A scoring winger. Killing it in Liiga, against men. He’s a little, 5’9, 5’10, scoring winger. Like I said, a top 6 player or bust.


https://www.pensburgh.com/2020/11/6/21551664/pensburgh-top-25-under-25-11-valtteri-puustinen

https://primetimesportstalk.com/2020/04/18/pittsburgh-penguins-big-3-prospect-report/

https://dobberprospects.com/2020/12/23/december-31-in-31-pittsburgh-penguins/

Copy and paste these articles and read up on him alittle more. The 2nd article has him as our 3rd best prospect.

I would rank the Pens prospects, Poulin, PO-Joseph, Legare, Maniscalco, O’Connor, Puustinen, C.Lee, Blomqvist, Clang, Bjorkqvist, J.Caulfield, Svejkovsky, Gruden, J.Almeida, Bellerive, Zohorna.

Lafferty and Angello are graduated from prospect to NHL players, bottom 6 players. Both good two-way players that can chip in scoring some.

I don’t have much faith at all in Reilly, Phillips, Almari. I think all 3 are career AHL d-men. NHL depth, injury call-ups at best.

I do like E.Larmi though. I would put him as a “C”, “C-“ prospect. I think he’s a future NHL back-up. Or AHL stater, 3rd goalie in the organization type at worst.

Puustinen is way too low though. If he makes the NHL. He’ll be a top 6 winger and Be a 2nd PP player.
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Dec. 28, 2020 at 5:31 p.m.
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PO-Joseph is an A- prospect. A top 100 prospect on any top 100 list out there.

Poulin is an “A” prospect.

I agree Legare, O’Connor and Maniscalco are all “B-“ prospect. Legare might be a “B” b/c of his NHL level shot.

I would put Blomqvist, Clang, Lee, Lafferty all at “C+”. I would have Angello, Gruden, Bjorkqvist, Almeida, Svejkovsky, Caulfield(both Svejkovsky and Caulfield were invited to the WJ try-outs for team USA. Both were one of 38 players invited; they are young, a long way to go, but both have NHL potential. Just being invited to the WJ try-outs means something) all at “C” prospects.

The biggest error IMO is Puustinen. He’s a top 6 potential. He’s another “B-“, “C+” prospect. He’s a top 6 or bust type of prospect. A scoring winger. Killing it in Liiga, against men. He’s a little, 5’9, 5’10, scoring winger. Like I said, a top 6 player or bust.


https://www.pensburgh.com/2020/11/6/21551664/pensburgh-top-25-under-25-11-valtteri-puustinen

https://primetimesportstalk.com/2020/04/18/pittsburgh-penguins-big-3-prospect-report/

https://dobberprospects.com/2020/12/23/december-31-in-31-pittsburgh-penguins/

Copy and paste these articles and read up on him alittle more. The 2nd article has him as our 3rd best prospect.

I would rank the Pens prospects, Poulin, PO-Joseph, Legare, Maniscalco, O’Connor, Puustinen, C.Lee, Blomqvist, Clang, Bjorkqvist, J.Caulfield, Svejkovsky, Gruden, J.Almeida, Bellerive, Zohorna.

Lafferty and Angello are graduated from prospect to NHL players, bottom 6 players. Both good two-way players that can chip in scoring some.

I don’t have much faith at all in Reilly, Phillips, Almari. I think all 3 are career AHL d-men. NHL depth, injury call-ups at best.

I do like E.Larmi though. I would put him as a “C”, “C-“ prospect. I think he’s a future NHL back-up. Or AHL stater, 3rd goalie in the organization type at worst.

Puustinen is way too low though. If he makes the NHL. He’ll be a top 6 winger and Be a 2nd PP player.


@Pens3lieve

https://www.pensburgh.com/2020/11/20/21575860/pensburgh-top-25-under-25-1-john-marino-penguins-best-young-players

Here’s another article/list that has him right behind Maniscalco and ahead of Blomqvist, Bjorkqvist and Clang. Lafferty is 25 years old, and not on this List. But Puustinen would still be ahead of Lafferty too IMO.

Again: I’d go;

Poulin “A”
PO-Joseph “A-“(a top 100 prospect on any list out there)
Legare “B”

OConnor, Maniscalco, Puustinen “B-“

Blomqvist, Clang, C.Lee, Lafferty “C+”

Bjorkqvist, Angello, Svejkovsky, C.Caulfield, Almeida, E.Larmi, Bellerive, S.Miletic, R.Zohorna “C”

Anything less than that would be a “C-“ or a “D”. Very doubtful NHL future.
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Dec. 28, 2020 at 5:41 p.m.
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@Pens3lieve

https://www.pensburgh.com/2020/11/20/21575860/pensburgh-top-25-under-25-1-john-marino-penguins-best-young-players

Here’s another article/list that has him right behind Maniscalco and ahead of Blomqvist, Bjorkqvist and Clang. Lafferty is 25 years old, and not on this List. But Puustinen would still be ahead of Lafferty too IMO.

Again: I’d go;

Poulin “A”
PO-Joseph “A-“(a top 100 prospect on any list out there)
Legare “B”

OConnor, Maniscalco, Puustinen “B-“

Blomqvist, Clang, C.Lee, Lafferty “C+”

Bjorkqvist, Angello, Svejkovsky, C.Caulfield, Almeida, E.Larmi, Bellerive, R.Zohorna “C”

Anything less than that would be a “C-“ or a “D”. Very doubtful NHL future.


thx for the feedback!
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