Looks like I'll be voting Jacob "Battlestar Gallactica" Battaglia as a longterm upside projection (vs NHL readiness) for a bit...
(admitted fabricated nickname, of course, as just noticed his name is like a shortform of Battlestar Gallactica...probably.)
I can really see Grushnikov here - hard not to get excited for a true shutdown/play-killing d-man with his potential to be a pillar on our blueline...
Strongly considered here:
Crushnikov (shutdown D) with Mews, and then Suniev & Misa also garnering some consideration.
As adapted from Cali Panthers Fan - update fwiw...
Flames Prospect Tiers
italics = already selected
Blue Chip (No doubt NHLer with high likelihood of being a star player)
Parekh
A level (High likelihood of NHL career, possibility of being a star player)
- Wolf
- Coronato
- Gridin
- Honzek
- Brzustewicz
A- Level (high likelihood of NHL career and slightly lower possibility of being a star player)
B+ level (high likelihood of NHL career but low possibility of being a star player)
- Pelletier
- Grushnikov
- Battaglia
- Mews
- Poirier
- Suniev
- Misa
B- level (possibility of NHL career but low possibility of being a star player)
- Jurmo
- Hurtig
- Zarubin
- Kuznetsov
- Solovyov
- Sergeev
- Yegorov
- Bell
- Klapka
- Lipinski
- Schwindt
C level (intriguing, but need to see more to pass judgement)
- Hoskin
- Jamieson
- Laing
- Morton
- Ignatjew