I looked at over 500 players and I never even heard of Ryker Evans. He does seem like a decent overager though. Not over some of the 1st round fallers I wouldn't pick him.
Every teams prospect pool graded:
ANA: B+
ARI: C
BOS: C-
BUF: A
CGY: C+
CAR: B+
CHI: C
COL: A-
CBJ: A-
DAL: C
DET: A-
EDM: C
FLA: C+
LAK: B
MIN: B+
MTL: B+
NSH: B-
NJD: A-
NYI: C-
NYR: A-
OTT: B+
PHI: B
PIT: D-
SJS: D
STL: C+
TBL: D+
TOR: C
VAN: C
VGK: C-
WSH: B-
WPG: B+
How is OTT B+ lol, even if you take out Brannstrom there’s still (in no particular order) Pinto/Sanderson/JBD/Kleven/Sokolov/Thomson/Greig/Formenton and now Boucher (not great at 10, but still a good prospect). I would argue that there’s at least a half dozen top 100 prospects in that group, and Sanderson’s probably top 10. CBJ definitely shouldn’t jump ahead of them, they had a good 1st round yesterday but their pipeline was pretty bare beforehand, they can’t match the depth (Marchenko and Chinakhov are ok, Tarasov has high upside, that’s basically it).
How is OTT B+ lol, even if you take out Brannstrom there’s still (in no particular order) Pinto/Sanderson/JBD/Kleven/Sokolov/Thomson/Greig/Formenton and now Boucher (not great at 10, but still a good prospect). I would argue that there’s at least a half dozen top 100 prospects in that group, and Sanderson’s probably top 10. CBJ definitely shouldn’t jump ahead of them, they had a good 1st round yesterday but their pipeline was pretty bare beforehand, they can’t match the depth (Marchenko and Chinakhov are ok, Tarasov has high upside, that’s basically it).
Yeah no - CBJ had a phenomenal day with more to come. They deserve an A, Boucher def drops Ottawa for me and I think Ottawa deserve an A, but Boucher was not a good selection. B+ is fine for them but CBJ really had a great day. Johnson - Sillinger is a fantastic influx.