Ranking every teams top prospect volume 1

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Initial Creation Date: Jul. 19, 2022

Published: Jul. 20, 2022

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If you have an argument for who your teams top prospect is other than my choice please leave a comment for the second iterations.

What i view as a prospect. NHL player who is eligible for the Calder.

Prospects are ranked on a combination of their floor and their ceiling. For example, the floor of a Matt beneirs is a third line center and his ceiling is an all star center. Powers floor is a 2nd pairing d man while his ceiling is an all star d man. Basically the same thing at different positions but I view beneirs as having a higher ceiling therefore ranking him higher. This is not a knock on any prospect as I feel all of these prospects will make great NHL players. I except the argument that somebody will come in and say “but my teams player is a projected top 6FWD/top 4D” and my rebuttal to that literally every player on this list is in that category. No I don’t hate your player and players who are older are easier to project so for example Sanderson is projectable at the NHL level and his floor is much higher than a slafkovsky. Even tho slafkovskys ceiling is the third highest on the list, he is 4th because the floor is lower than a lot of other players being younger and harder to project.

Ones I am on the fence on-
CAL- between Pelletier or coronato
CAR- between kochetkov or morrow
CHI- between riechel, korchinsky, or nazar
CBJ- between Johnson or jiricek
EDM- between bourgault or Holloway
FLA- I honestly don’t know the pool that well but its between sourdif and mackie based on stats I rate higher
NSH- between askarov or kemell
NJD- could be L hughes or nemec
STL- between neighbors or bolduc
TOR- personally I believe Amirov is a better prospect but the fact that he hs had health concerns knocks him below a guy like knies
VGK- between dorofeyev, chayka, and brisson
WSH- between lapierre and miroschnichenko

Again, any argument for a certain player being over another I am all ears

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ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
32	$99,999,999	$29,322,503	$0	$10,817,500	$70,677,496

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
	Beniers, Matthew $897,500$897,500 ($925,000$925K) C RFA - 2
	Power, Owen $916,667$916,667 ($925,000$925K) LD/RD UFA - 2
	Sanderson, Jake $925,000$925,000 ($925,000$925K) LD UFA - 2
	Slafkovsky, Juraj $950,000$950,000 ($3,500,000$4M) RW, LW RFA - 3
	Eklund, William $894,167$894,167 LW RFA - 4
	Nemec, Simon $950,000$950,000 RD RFA - 4
	Perfetti, Cole $894,167$894,167 ($850,000$850K) LW, C RFA - 2
	Edvinsson, Simon $925,000$925,000 LD RFA - 4
	Rossi, Marco $863,333$863,333 ($850,000$850K) C RFA - 3
	Cooley, Logan $950,000$950,000
	Askarov, Yaroslav $950,000$950,000
	McTavish, Mason $894,167$894,167 ($2,500,000$2M) C, LW RFA - 3
	Bourque, Mavrik $894,167$894,167 C RFA - 3
	Jiricek, David $950,000$950,000 RD RFA - 4
	Clarke, Brandt $894,167$894,167 RD RFA - 4
	Gauthier, Cutter $950,000$950,000
	Lysell, Fabian $894,167$894,167 RW RFA - 4
	Bolduc, Zachary $894,167$894,167 LW RFA - 4
	Pelletier, Jakob $863,333$863,333 LW RFA - 2
	Nazar, Frank $950,000$950,000
	Miroschnichenko, Ivan $950,000$950,000
	Lekkerimaki, Jonathan $950,000$950,000
	Othmann, Brennan $894,167$894,167 LW RFA - 4
	Howard, Isaac $950,000$950,000
	Bourgault, Xavier $925,000$925,000 ($177,500$178K) RW RFA - 3
	Knies, Matt $950,000$950,000
	Morrow, Scott $950,000$950,000
	Räty, Aatu $836,667$836,667 ($82,500$82K) C RFA - 3
	Pickering, Owen $950,000$950,000 LD RFA - 4
	Brisson, Brendan $925,000$925,000 C, LW, RW RFA - 3
	Olausson, Oskar $894,167$894,167 RW RFA - 4
	Sourdif, Justin $847,500$847,500 ($82,500$82K) C RFA - 3

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender

Jul. 20, 2022 at 12:14 a.m.

bagelbob

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brendan brisson was nasty at michigan and played well in the AHL to end the year, i think you have him too low.

Jul. 20, 2022 at 12:15 a.m.

Copenhagen

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Oilers

1. Holloway

2. Broberg

3. Bourgault

Jul. 20, 2022 at 12:23 a.m.

Cardiak

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Glep

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Quoting: bagelbob

brendan brisson was nasty at michigan and played well in the AHL to end the year, i think you have him too low.

His numbers are very good in a vacuum for sure. I would say the one thing that knocks him to how low he is is the fact he was primarily playing with guys like beniers, bordeleau, and Johnson. I see him as the 3rd best guy above bordeleau personally. Michigan is a powerhouse and that’s what knocks him down a notch personally because he is playing with plenty of future stars. 4 top 5 draft picks will do that. I obviously think he will be very good and am willing to move him up to somewhere between above knies or below raty. Good stats but inflated at that. Could definitely see him move up playing with less talent this year either in the A or if decides to go back to NCAA

Jul. 20, 2022 at 12:25 a.m.

Cardiak

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Glep

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Quoting: Copenhagen

Oilers

1. Holloway

2. Broberg

3. Bourgault

I had Holloway originally but I wasn’t wowed with his AHL stats at all. Not nearly on par with other guys who played in the A on this list like Pelletier. He’s coming off a down year but since you are the oilers fan I’ll take your word at it. I don’t see it changing the ranking too much tbh. Maybe a slot up or a slot below.

Jul. 20, 2022 at 12:30 a.m.

OldNYIfan

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I sure hope that you're right about Mason McTavish. When we took him over Luke Hughes I was appalled, and that was BEFORE last season at Michigan. Speaking of Hughes, imagine having as your two best prospects two potential future Norris Trophy candidates.

Jul. 20, 2022 at 12:36 a.m.

Cardiak

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Glep

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Quoting: OldNYIfan

I think he is going to be good. Nemec and hughes I have as literally the same so if I were to have hughes instead he would be in the same slot as nemec. Mctavish was seen as a reach at the time but I have liked his play in the NHL play and he performed decently at the OHL level again showing improvement from last year. Mctavish has a case to be even higher on this list and a case to be lower as well. I think his ceiling is a low end 1st line center high end second line center but I see his floor as possibly the highest on this list. The floor being so high is why I have him so high personally.

Jul. 20, 2022 at 12:40 a.m.

bagelbob

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Quoting: Hurricanes73

i think he might start in the nhl tbh, with dadonov and pacioretty both gone it feels like the path is there for him to do so. bordeleau is such a weird one, his freshman year he was really driving play and looked honestly like the best one of all of them, but this year they stuck him in random spots down the lineup and he wasn't as game changing although he was still very good. i would personally put him (and raty and knies) up above howard, but it's ur list and who really knows lol

Jul. 20, 2022 at 12:42 a.m.

dk325

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CBJ's top prospect going into this season is Marchenko imo. He's their most likely guy to compete for the Calder. Johnson or Jiricek may have him beat in long term potential, but Marchenko is a 22 year old, 6'3, 190 lb Russian RW coming over from 3 years of success in the KHL. He's experienced playing among men while Johnson and Jiricek are still trying to build NHL ready bodies. Marchenko is also staying through the summer to train in Columbus so he's doing everything he can to get used to the NHL ice now. Pretty excited to see what he can do this year.

Jul. 20, 2022 at 12:43 a.m.

Cardiak

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Glep

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Quoting: bagelbob

This is just a very rough first draft. I am open to changing the list plenty of times and this feedback will be used in the 2nd installment in this series after I get more feedback from other fans

Jul. 20, 2022 at 12:49 a.m.

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wabit

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I have the Wild as:
1. Wallstedt
2. Rossi

An argument can be made for either and it's a tossup for a lot of MN fans.

Jul. 20, 2022 at 12:55 a.m.

#11

Cardiak

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Quoting: dk325

Although I like marchenko and I believe he has a higher floor than jiricek or Johnson, the ceiling of those two is much higher. Marchenko played well against men with 48 pts in 80 KHL games. Personally I think he is the most NHL ready prospect but not the best prospect in the jackets pool. I see him as similar to a jack drury for the canes. Obviously one played in the A and the other played in the K last season but the point of the argument is both are the most NHL prospects in their pools but not the best prospects in their respective pools. The ceilings of their peers being higher makes them lower even tho they are the most NHL ready. He is definitely a dark horse Calder candidate tho

Jul. 20, 2022 at 12:57 a.m.

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Cardiak

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Quoting: wabit

I have the Wild as:
1. Wallstedt
2. Rossi

An argument can be made for either and it's a tossup for a lot of MN fans.

It really is a tossup. IMO rossi is higher but Wally has a strong argument for best goalie prospect in the NHL. Wallstedt and askarov are the top two with cossa as a 3 and then the floodgates are open to the rest of the league.

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Jul. 20, 2022 at 1:11 a.m.

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wabit

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Quoting: Hurricanes73

MN's 3rd best prospect is where things get interesting. Is it Addison, Faber, Lambos, Ohgren, ROR, Peart, Yurov, or someone else?

Jul. 20, 2022 at 1:14 a.m.

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Cardiak

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Quoting: wabit

MN's 3rd best prospect is where things get interesting. Is it Addison, Faber, Lambos, Ohgren, ROR, Peart, Yurov, or someone else?

Personally I give the edge to yurov. I predict he is looked back as a top 5 prospect in this draft. Tbh Minnesota has the best prospect pool now for how good it is at the top and how you have 6 guys competing for a 3 spot which 4 teams best prospect wouldn’t even compete for. Only other team that can say something like this is Buffalo and they aren’t as deep as the wild so that’s why they r my two

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Jul. 20, 2022 at 1:26 a.m.

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squashmaple

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Are we talking this coming season or overall pool? I am not seeing where you’re making the distinction. Overall pool, there’s no question at all Kent Johnson is Columbus’s top prospect, but with his slight frame I don’t see him threatening for the Calder this coming year. I agree with dk that Columbus’s most likely candidate for any kind of rookie awards is Marchenko, keeping with the trend of mid-20s Russians coming over after success in the KHL. Also, Jiricek is two years out at the earliest.

Jul. 20, 2022 at 1:31 a.m.

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Cardiak

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Quoting: squashmaple

It’s based on where their floor is and where their ceiling is. That’s why a guy like Sanderson is above slafkovsky. The floor is much higher and it results in a higher average position. Johnson’s ceiling I see as the highest among the Columbus prospects and his floor is lower than a guy like Jiricek imo. Columbus comes down to Johnson and jiricek and I personally see jiriceks median career path being higher than the median of a guy like Johnson.

Jul. 20, 2022 at 5:25 a.m.

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EsoYeezus69

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Stars best prospect is far and away Wyatt Johnston and probably followed by Logan Stankoven, Bourque would be a close 3rd.

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