Calgarypuck Prospect Ranking 2020 - Round 22

[Sandman]

Originally Posted by jg13

Just curious how deep people see our prospect pool?

First time it’s been this deep in recent memory? Obviously 2013 when we had Gaudreau and Monahan both on this list it had the highest top end talent but in terms of depth first time in maybe ever since I followed this team in 2001.

I can't think of a time when the depth in our prospect pool was as good as it is now, other than in the 80's. We have a lot of quality in our players 23 and under. Back in the late nineties,and early 00's, we had quite an exciting time waiting for youngsters like Tcazchuk, Fata, Saprykin, Krahn, and Regehr to develop-but only one came out of that group. Tre and the scouting staff have done a great job of finding gems in the draft, and developing those players (which is something we had a hard time doing the previous 25 yrs).

[Bingo]

Originally Posted by jg13

Just curious how deep people see our prospect pool?

First time it’s been this deep in recent memory? Obviously 2013 when we had Gaudreau and Monahan both on this list it had the highest top end talent but in terms of depth first time in maybe ever since I followed this team in 2001.

It's a hard question to answer because it's hard to put yourself back in the mind space of previous years.

A good example is a guy like Zavagorodniy finished about 20th a few years ago, but that was fresh off of being a 7th round pick, and I don't think too many had him rising up the lists. But there he is.

Recently drafted kids generally don't finish all that well, and almost have to be ignored when looking back. In 2015 for example Kylington was 10th, Andersson 13th and Mangiapane 21st.

[Monahammer]

Originally Posted by jg13

Just curious how deep people see our prospect pool?

First time it’s been this deep in recent memory? Obviously 2013 when we had Gaudreau and Monahan both on this list it had the highest top end talent but in terms of depth first time in maybe ever since I followed this team in 2001.

Here's a list from 2009 of prospects:

Originally Posted by Flame4Ever

The Flames certainly have good depth down the middle, and on the back end, but other positions are certainly weak.


Centre:

• Backlund (top 6 guy, will turn pro and has a decent chance of making the team next year)
• Armstrong (already a pro and improving should be a good 3rd line guy)
• Wahl ( shows offensive potential, but hasn't really taken a big step this year should make a decent middle 6 pivot)
• Sutter (couple cups of coffee and shown he has 3rd line upside)
• Peters (4th line/call up guy, but nothing more)
• Marvin (breaking out at the NCAA level this year)
• Carpentier (needs to show more at the pro level)
• Lance Bouma (really stagnated this year before injury)

Goal:

• Irving (Rookie pro with a lot of good potential and making good progress, likely a solid #1 guy, but needs to prove he can be an elite game breaker if he wants to take the next step)
• Keetley (Potential #1 goalie, but has suffered a slump in second pro season and needs to rebound next year)
• Spratt (Averag prospect likely to be a carrer minor league guy)

Defence:

• Pelech (Stay at home guy in the Regher mold, a bit of a slip in his second season after a good showing in camp)
• John Negrin (Smooth skating, puck moving 2 way guy, lots of potential, but needs to continue developing at the pro level to become a solid top3 option
• Keith Aulie (Huge shutdown guy with all the tools, should be a great pro next year)
• Brett Palin (AHL all star this year, possibly a 6/7 guy next year)
• Gord Baldwin (big frame with the potential to be a decent bottom 3 option but needs to continue to show progress)
• TJ Brodie (Excellent rushing and puck-moving prospect, will likely stay and continue to develop in the OHL, looking forward to a PPG or better pace next year)
• Deilert (Seems to be too good for SEL U20 Junior hockey and is starting to play against men, albeit in Norway)

RW:

• Greg Nemisz (Likely a Mike Knuble or slightly better type forward, still learning to use his size effectively but has the shot and stickhandling of a top 6 guy, skating has improved greatly , still hoping for a mean streak)
• David Van der Gulik (couple of cups of coffe and has looked good, will likely be a great energy player in the near future)
• Kris Chucko (Starting to show something at the pro level, still a project but seems to be getting back on track)
• JD Watt (Seems to be proving me wrong with a solid pro season of agitating, hitting a nd fighting, still needs to show some offence to make it to the bigs and improve his skating)

LW:

• Kyle Greentree (Great pickup and is having a very good sophmore season, if he can improve his quickness will make a good NHL player)
• Jordan Fulton (Slight Improvement since being shifted to wing, but nothing to write home about)
• Nick Larson (is said to be a Holmstrom type of forward, but lack of statistical progress is somewhat concerning)

Really thin down the wings and could use a reinjection into our goalie system.

Originally Posted by Bingo

It's time for the 8th annual Calgarypuck Prospect Ranking, but at a different time of year and certainly at a different time.

First a look back at previous years can be done with this handy link: Previous Results

Once again vote how you want. There are those that vote 100% on potential, some that vote 100% on the likelihood to see an NHL rink, others that apply a mix, some using the value in a trade. Completely up to you.

I'll run one a day until we are done, and then FlamesAddiction wants to do a one off list version to compare the results.

We start with 35 names so this should get us pretty close to a Flames camp.

2020 Results
1. Valimaki - 85%
2. Zary - 62%
3. Pelletier - 74%
4. Wolf (Run Off)
5. Mackey (Run Off)
6. Pettersen 42%
7. Phillips 36%
8. Gawdin 28%
9. Zavgorodniy 34%
10. Poirier 39%
11. Kuznetsov 43%
12. Kinnvall 56%
13. Ruzicka 44%
14. Chechelev 41%
15. Parsons 46%
16. Yelesin 25%
17. Nikolayev 32%
18. Francis 38%
19. Boltmann 26%
20. Poolman 26%
21. Kerins 29%

Undoutedly stronger, even without the benefit of hindsight. We are still talking about middle 6 potential or even low probability homerun potential 18-20 picks deep. This is a deep crop and our scouting team deserves some credit. Let's hope it works out better than that 2009 crop...

[FiveSeven]

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