It's easy to forget that Honzek was good enough to make the team out of camp this past season and looked pretty good. He really needs to stay healthy to get his career back on track though. I get ranking him a little lower because a young player missing so much development time is never a great sign for their future, but I think there is still a lot of potential there. It's hard to be optimistic at this point though.
Stromgren is one that I have a hard time getting a handle on. People more dialed in than me seem to rank him pretty high, but I don't see it. If he makes it, I think it will be in the bottom 6, likely as a 4th liner. He isn't old by any means, buy I think typically when a player is in the 22/23 year old and 3rd pro season, you want to see them get a few NHL games by that point if they are going to make it. Next season is a big one for him. Plus, if things go as we hope they do, there is going to be an influx of young forwards into the system in the next couple of seasons. You never want to be older guy left over when that happens.
Here is my laymen's list:
1. Parekh
2. Gridin
3. Brz
4. Mews
5. Battaglia
6. Suniev
7. Basha
8. Honzek
9. Sergeev
10. Morin
HM: Stromgren, Zarubin, Kerins, Misa, Grushnikov
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