Calgarypuck Prospect Ranking 2025 - Round 34

[Bingo]

Welcome to the annual Calgarypuck Prospect Poll!

As per usual ...

1. Rank the prospects as you like. Upside, chances, or trade value
2. I will try and do one a day which should get us to mid to late August
3. Graduates and/or runoffs will be determined in each case
4. Please don't complain that the polls are going to deep. We go until all the prospects are ranked, so don't vote if you don't want to.

Previous Prospect Rankings
2013 - 2013 Rankings
2014 - 2014 Rankings
2015 - 2015 Rankings
2016 - 2016 Rankings
2017 - 2017 Rankings
2018 - 2018 Rankings
2019 - 2019 Rankings
2020 - 2020 Rankings
2021 - 2021 Rankings
2022 - 2022 Rankings
2023 - 2023 Rankings
2024 - 2024 Rankings

2025 Rankings:
1. Parekh - 99.2% (0)
2. Reschny - 57.1% n/a
3. Brzustewicz - 46.7% (+1)
4. Gridin - 45.3% (+3)
5. Potter - 54.5% n/a
6. Honzek - 39.9% (-1)
7. Basha - 34.8% (+1)
8. Mews - Run Off (+5)
9. Morin - Run Off (0)
10. Battaglia - 47.9% (+5)
11. Suniev - 67.9% (+3)
12. Misa - 35.6% (+4)
13. Stockselius - Run Off n/a
14. Kerins - 37.8% (+11)
15. Stromgren - 40.4% (-6)
16. Sergeev - 27.9% (+6)
17. Kuznetsov - 36.4% (+3)
18. Solovyov - 39.1% (-1)
19. King - 27.6% n/a
20. Poirier - 32.9% (-9)
21. Wyttenbach - 38.0% n/a
22. Morton 29.0% (+2)
23. Zarubin 37.3% (0)
24. Grushnikov 33.7% (-12)
25. Hoskin 29.5% (+3)
26. Jamieson (RO) (+7)
27. Phillips (RO) n/a
28. Lane 36.3% n/a
29. Laing 26.5% (+5)
30. Matveiko Run Off n/a
31. Ciona Run Off (0)
32. Bell 44.2% (-6)
33. Hurtig 49.1% (-5)

[Bingo]

I've been voting Yegorov for a while ... is it finally time?

[Party Elephant]

I voted for the guy that was drafted this year

[1991 Canadian]

How long do the Flames have Lipinski's rights for?

He has flatlined stat wise year over year, but who knows, maybe he finds his game in the NCAA.

I'm between Say or Yegorov. Say has an NHL contract. Could be the only one left on this list who ever does. Seems to have fought and clawed his way to a pro deal. Yegorov is a Russian mystery box.

[Calgary4LIfe]

Lipinski for me. I didn't like this pick at the time, but I was pleasantly surprised with him at camp.



However, no progression + probably no path forward for him with the Flames unless he dramatically turns things around has kept me from voting for him until now. Even then, I think Say and a couple of other prospects may be ahead of him right now, but it is a toss-up.


The redeeming quality for me is that once he gets to college, it may be a wake up call for him to see how far behind he may be with his footspeed, and with the reduced schedule, he will have more time to work on it. I hope he does. I went from looking at him as a complete throwaway pick, to thinking that there is something there, to now believing he has almost no chance at this point left. Everything else about him seems interesting - the size, I argue he seems to have good IQ, soft hands - but he needs a great amount of improvement in his first two steps to have a shot at an NHL career.

[Tacoman]

Say just signed an NHL contract after a successful college career. Lipinski someday hopes that happens. Advantage Say. He also has had a better progression than Yegorov.

[Funkhouser]

I'm out after this round as I know too little about the remaining names.

Good work CP! Aside from Honzek being waaaaay too high (prove me wrong Honzek!), I think we did a pretty good job.

[Robbob]

Originally Posted by Tacoman

Say just signed an NHL contract after a successful college career. Lipinski someday hopes that happens. Advantage Say. He also has had a better progression than Yegorov.

You make way to much sense. I already regret my vote for Yegorov.

[TheIronMaiden]

Jakob Leander 18

Yegor Yegorov 19

Jaden Lipinski 20

Cade Littler 21

Daniil Chechelev 24
Owen Say 24

Nick Cicek 25

[getbak]

Originally Posted by 1991 Canadian

How long do the Flames have Lipinski's rights for?

I think there's still some uncertainty there, but I believe that once he becomes an NCAA player, the Flames will hold his rights for 4 years after his draft (June 1, 2027), or until he leaves college -- whichever is later.

[Reggie Dunlop]

Even though he's well down the depth chart. Goalies are voodoo.

[ForeverFlameFan]

Run offfff

[Calgary Highlander]

Say had a good season in the NCAA, but he's older at 24. But goalies are weird, and Tim Thomas didn't cement himself as a starter until he was 32, so he still has some runway.

I went with Yegor of Yegor. It seems the Flames have hopes for him and plan to bring him over once his English improves.

[Reggie Dunlop]

Originally Posted by Calgary Highlander

Say had a good season in the NCAA, but he's older at 24. But goalies are weird, and Tim Thomas didn't cement himself as a starter until he was 32, so he still has some runway.

I went with Yegor of Yegor. It seems the Flames have hopes for him and plan to bring him over once his English improves.

I think they weren't entirely pleased with how his Russian team deployed him last season, and the push to bring him over coincided with some upheaval in the CHL/NCAA agreement and subsequent player movement. His English is very good apparently (you were probably thinking of Zarubin).

[Robbob]

Jakob Leander sounds like Hurtig 2.0. I've been starring at that list for a couple weeks and I think it finally has kicked in that he was from this last draft.

[Yanda]

Originally Posted by Calgary Highlander

Say had a good season in the NCAA, but he's older at 24. But goalies are weird, and Tim Thomas didn't cement himself as a starter until he was 32, so he still has some runway.

I went with Yegor of Yegor. It seems the Flames have hopes for him and plan to bring him over once his English improves.

What makes you think that? Having a 3.15 GAA in the MHL doesnt shout, lets bring this guy over to me.

[Calgary Highlander]

Originally Posted by Yanda

What makes you think that? Having a 3.15 GAA in the MHL doesnt shout, lets bring this guy over to me.

Reggie's correct, I mixed up Zarubin and Yegorov.

[Yanda]

My next 3 are Lipinkski, Leander and Say.

I might even be undervaluing Say. While he is 24 heading into this season, Goalies develop slower. His GAA and win% over his 3 years in college arnt great but his SV% is pretty damn solid. He only wins 35-40% of his games the last 2 seasons but has maintained a .920 and .913 SV%. Kind of wild, interested to see how he plays on the Wranglers who have an insanely deep team.


I actually found these lines you posted, im so hyped for Wranglers hockey this year

Basha-Kerins-Gridin
Stromgren-Honzek-Hunt
Suniev-King-Ciona
Bell-Bishop-Frk

Solovyov-Brustewich
Grushnikov-Miromanov
Morin-Kuznetsov
Poirier-Jurmo

Cooley
Sergeev
Say

[Sandman]

I went Yegorov, but I like Lipinski a lot. If he can bring his mobility up to at least an acceptable level, he actually has a ton of serviceable traits that would serve him well in a checking role- size, physicality, defensive acumen, and faceoffs.