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.
I chose Basha. At 85 points, his draft year NHLe is 33.4. That’s higher than Gridin, the other 2024 forward prospect receiving serious consideration. But Basha also has speed and a reputation for 2-way play. I believe he could be a regular in the top-6.
However, I think many others, including Gridin could be a reasonable choice at this point: Basha, Gridin, Grushnikov, Mews, Misa, Morin, Poirier, Stromgren.
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I chose Basha. At 85 points, his draft year NHLe is 33.4. That’s higher than Gridin, the other 2024 forward prospect receiving serious consideration. But Basha also has speed and a reputation for 2-way play. I believe he could be a regular in the top-6.
However, I think many others, including Gridin could be a reasonable choice at this point: Basha, Gridin, Grushnikov, Mews, Misa, Morin, Poirier, Stromgren.
I've been voting Gridin for a while now without a lot of conviction that it's correct. pre-draft day I was on the Basha train and hadn't heard of Gridin really but I guess I'm perceiving (and this doesn't meant the team can't be wrong- all teams often are) that they have valued Gridin higher on their depth or needs or projection charts?
anyways its fun to think there are about 5 that are still reasonable choices. I may also have to start considering some attention to the more developed products (Klapka and Solovyov) and Suniev still intrigues
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However, I think many others, including Gridin could be a reasonable choice at this point: Basha, Gridin, Grushnikov, Mews, Misa, Morin, Poirier, Stromgren.
When these players are all being talked about in the 7-15 range, it's a really good thing. Battaglia, Suniev, Kuznetzov, Sergeev, Yegorov, and Klapka deserve consideration as well.
Deepest our prospect pool has looked in years.
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Went Gridin again, but easily could be swayed to camp Basha here, with Morin, Crush-Grushnikov, Stromgren, Poirier all legit options, and Battaglia, Mews biting at their heels...
Drooling as I imagine this prospect pool after 2025, getting ahead of myself, as we had a stud centre/forward to the mix, not to think of the rest of the picks...(I'll try and stop thinking about 2026 now lol)...
My adapted from Cali Panthers Fan update fwiw... italics = already ranked
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)
Basha
Morin
Stromgren
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
Kuznetsov
Solovyov
Zarubin
Sergeev
Yegorov
Bell
Klapka
Lipinski
Schwindt
C level (intriguing, but need to see more to pass judgement)
I like Solovyov. This is a bird in the hand is better than two in the bush vote. He has played a lot of pro hockey. 10 NHL games last year, and 41 games in the KHL when he was 20. He's got heaps of international experience too.
I thought that he looked comfortable in the NHL sheltered as he was. He's got a great shot at cracking the roster, and if he doesn't there is a good chance he will be first to be called up. Maybe a Michael Stone ceiling, but a floor almost that high.
Calgarypuck Prospect Ranking 2024 - Round 7
