Calgarypuck Prospect Ranking 2024 - Round 20

[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

[ForeverFlameFan]

Kuznetsov to round out the top 20.

The first prospect system where I’ve still got names I want to vote for after 20.

Kerins will be next. Like someone else said I think he goes off next year. With the extra ice time, assuming some guys graduate, he should put up more points.

[Roof-Daddy]

Originally Posted by 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% NA

You put Lipinski as "NA" but he was in last years voting and moved up one spot.

[serratedmuffin]

Kuznetsov for me although I'm not sure he'll still be the flames when he sticks in the NHL. Next on the list for me is Parker Bell. That size and skating ability will be in the NHL probably, just in a depth role.

[Bingo]

Originally Posted by Roof-Daddy

You put Lipinski as "NA" but he was in last years voting and moved up one spot.

Fixed!

[ForeverFlameFan]

Originally Posted by Bingo

Fixed!

Lipinski with the first positive bump haha

[keenan87]

Kuznetsov time for me.

[Goriders]

I thought outside of Klapka that Kuznetsov was the best Flame’s player at the Penticton young stars tournament last year.

[D as in David]

Outside of the goalies, we're now into the realm of 4th liners and 3rd pairing guys if they're to make it to the NHL with the possible exceptions of Kerins and Bell (am I missing anyone?). I'm going to ring the bell this round.

[getbak]

Looks like I'm going to be voting for Sergeev for a while. I know goalies are voodoo, but so is everyone else at this point.

[FBI]

I wonder if Ohotiuk should get some love soon as well? He certainly didn’t look that bad.

[Calgary4LIfe]

Parker Bell for me again. He looked great, had great size, and from IIRC, great skater too.

[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 is quite underrated. The coach at UConn just never seemed to like him, even though he outperformed the "starter" by a fair margin in both numbers and record. This is why he's at a different school this year.

He's got a great frame and good athleticism. I think he's a sleeper to be at least a back up within the next 5 years.

[looooob]

Originally Posted by D as in David

Outside of the goalies, we're now into the realm of 4th liners and 3rd pairing guys if they're to make it to the NHL with the possible exceptions of Kerins and Bell (am I missing anyone?). I'm going to ring the bell this round.

Not voting for him at this stage but arguably Hoskin

[cral12]

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

[IceBergYYC]

It's really looking like Schwindt is gonna be the biggest drop off this year. His ceiling/comparable is turning out to be Flames Legend Kevin Rooney.