Calgarypuck Prospect Ranking 2024 - Round 4

[Jay Random]

Originally Posted by Bourque's Twin

I shouldn't have used the word "throw-in" and should've said "included".

Fair enough.

[activeStick]

It was between Solovyov and Brzustewicz for me. Solovyov, I think, will make the team out of camp, but Brzustewicz is a much different defenceman. I went Brzustewicz.

[YyjFlames]

Honzek. 6'4 kid that looked to be about 200 pounds at prospect camp. When he's fully matured in the next couple years, and he seems to be putting on muscle quickly, he'll probably play at 205-215 (Sasha Barkov size). (Seriously, look at his prospect camp interview and compare it to how he looked when he was drafted.)

The injuries slowed his development a little last year, but he has the tools to be a defensively sound middle six forward, and still with top line upside. I can't see knocking him down another rung when a guy like this is picked with the team understanding that he'll need a few years to develop into his frame and style, and his D+1 was derailed with a couple unrelated injuries.

Getting to train regularly during the offseason with an injury-beater guy like Posposil is also a plus.

If he has another year like last year, than sure, he'll start falling, but he won't.

[Calgary4LIfe]

I always find it interesting to read both the reasoning and the methodology behind poster's rankings.


I pick Honzek not because he is close to being NHL ready, but because he has the highest combination of potential + likelihood of having the best NHL career (or being the most impactful player for the Flames long-term).


Players that I am high on and I see as being on the cusp of becoming everyday NHL'ers are guys like Pelletier, Solovyov and Klapka, and there is quite a bit of separation between them, but also other prospects. I have Brzustevicz as having a better career than Solovyov, but I think Solovyov become an everyday NHL player at some point this season.


Pelletier I have as a middel-six forward that wears an A on his jersey - a player that puts up decent points 5on5 but doesn't blow you away, but does a lot of things well, and is a guy that makes the room more tight-knit. I think he is going to be a valuable piece for the Flames. Morin I think I have higher than Brzustewicz - I think he becomes Parekh's future partner, and a guy that puts up a very good amount of points and that you throw out against the league's best players too. I think he had a more difficult season, but he has top-pairing potential. I have him almost dead even with Honzek, but I that's because I have Honzek as a top-line player who also plays the PK, and helps shut-down opposing lines, but still very strong goal-scoring potential and an ability to generate his own offence.