Calgarypuck Prospect Ranking 2024 - Round 21

[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

1. Parekh, Zayne 81% NA
2. Wolf, Dustin 84% -1
3. Coronato, Matt 74% -1
4. Brzustewicz, Hunter 51% NA
5. Honzek, Sam 45% -2
6. Pelletier, Jakob 33% -3
7. Gridin, Matvei 45% NA
8. Basha, Andrew 30% NA
9. Morin, Étienne 43% -1
10. Strömgren, William 43% 0
11. Poirier, Jeremie 40% -5
12. Grushnikov, Artem 39% NA
13. Mews, Henry 49% NA
14. Suniev, Aydar Run Off -6
15. Battaglia, Jacob Run Off NA
16. Misa, Luke Run Off NA
17. Soloyvov, Ilya Run Off -6
18. Klapka, Adam 44% -1
19. Lipinski, Jaden 42% +1
20. Kuznetsov, Yan 45% -11

[looooob]

going to keep going Zarubin. goalies are of course not straightforward but the right answer here surely is one of the goalies, and I dunno he was just taken 2 rounds in front of the #16 prospect so he gets my vote


probably pivoting to Bell once I get my goalie itch scratched

[Cali Panthers Fan]

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
Brzustewicz
Morin

A- Level (moderate possibility of NHL career and possibility of being a star player)
Poirier
Honzek
Basha
Gridin
Suniev
Stromgren
Mews
Misa
Sergeev

B+ level (high likelihood of NHL career but low possibility of being a star player)
Pelletier
Grushnikov
Kuznetsov
Solovyov
Lipinski
Battaglia

B level (moderate possibility at NHL career and low possibility of being a star player)
Schwindt
Klapka
Bell
Jurmo
Hurtig
Jamieson
Okhotiuk
Morton
Yegorov

C level (longshot prospects with some upside or runway left)
Laing
Hoskin
Kerins
Littler
Ciona
Ignatjew
Zarubin

D level (prospect washouts)
Boltmann
Chechelev
Koumontzis


Current pick in bold.

Sergeev if I'm picking a goalie, which I am. Zarubin had a very nice year last year, but really wasn't very good before that. Sergeev has done pretty well at a high level, and shown consistent progression since his draft.

[FBI]

Definitely don't want to vote goalie, so is it Jurmo time? Kerins? Schwindt? Morton? Okhotiuk?

[cral12]

Pretty much copy and paste lol:

Zarubin.
(Probably doing this for a while; some goalie guys thought he was the best netminder in the draft fwiw)

*Kind of a cool side note, as I mention goalies - Flames Director of Goaltending, Jordan Sigalet, just gave us (@UpsideHockey) a follow on Twitter fwiw*

[As adapted from Cali Panthers Fan]

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)

• 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
• 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

[ForeverFlameFan]

Kerins

[Roof-Daddy]

Looks like it might the first round where it wasn't just a one or two horse race.

Four guys neck and neck early on.

[Reggie Dunlop]

Seems there's always some prospect ranked in the early 20s that eventually ends up making the team.

[Gaudreau is a Ninja]

Sleeping on Hoskin

[Calgary4LIfe]

Some of these goalies have to get picked sooner rather than later, but still sticking with Bell right now. Just too many tools.

[GioforPM]

Originally Posted by Reggie Dunlop

Seems there's always some prospect ranked in the early 20s that eventually ends up making the team.

Because the rankings skew high skill versus fourth line type prospects, but the most common openings are on the 4th line.

[Yanda]

Its time for Ciona

[Canada 02]

Not too long ago (2 years) a publication ranked top drafted college prospects. Coronato was 8th. Sergeev was ranked higher (5th, iirc)

[BigThief]

I cannot believe Rory Keirins is still there!!!

[Mass_nerder]

Parker Bell time!

[TheScorpion]

Threw a dart at the board and picked Schwindt.

[TheIronMaiden]

Hoskin, swing for the fences and prove em wrong kid!

[Flamesfan05]

Zarubin

The only guy left that may have some hope to be more than a scrub

[FlamesAddiction]

I think Bell might end up being one of those prospects that one day makes people wonder why he wasn't ranked higher by fans. I have had him under consideration for the past 5 rounds now.

It's really hard to decide at this point. I went with Zarubin though.

[Sandman]

Bell is being criminally underrated, IMO. 33 goals and 64 points on a team as bad as Tri-City is a big accomplishment, and he's 6'4"with excellent speed. I think he should have been on the list long ago.