Craig's List 2014 Prospects

[Vulcan]

Originally Posted by PeteMoss
Buffalo is clearly going to finish last.

NYI, Calgary, Florida and Edmonton are all still in the mix for 2nd-5th. Everyone else is likely out of reach...

I don't like our chances, the other teams are much more experienced at tanking.

[bubbsy]

buffalo has a no brainer pick in my opinion, as they have so many great d prospects. They'll take reinhart i think. Edmonton will have the luxury of yet another no brainer if they pick second, as they need a strong center or a big D, so they'll just take whatever's left if they pick second between him and ekblad.

Things get pretty wide open after that it seems. i hope the flames get that 2nd pick.

[Wastedyouth]

Bennett is the way to go for sure. Just my opinion.

[Goodlad]

New ISS rankings are up.
http://www.hockeysfuture.com/article...s/#more-103891

1	Aaron Ekblad	D	2/7/96	R	6.03.5	216	Barrie	OHL	1
2	Sam Reinhart	C	11/6/95	R   6.00.75	185	Kootenay	WHL	2
3	Sam Bennett	LW	6/20/96	L	6.00.25	178	Kingston	OHL	3
4	Michael Dal Colle	C	6/20/96	L	6.01.5	179	Oshawa	OHL	4
5	Willie Nylander	F	5/1/96	R	5.11	169	Rogle	SweAl	5
6	Brendan Perlini	LW	4/27/96	L	6.02.5	205	Niagara	OHL	6
7	Jake Virtanen	LW	8/17/96	R	6.00.75	208	Calgary	WHL	9
8	Haydn Fleury	LD	7/8/96	L	6.02.5	207	Red Deer	WHL	8
9	Josh Ho-Sang	RW	1/22/96	R	5.11	175	Windsor	OHL	19
10	Nick Ritchie	LW	12/5/95	L	6.02.25	218	Peterborough	OHL	13
11	Leon Draisaitl	C	10/27/95	R	6.01.5	204	Prince Albert	WHL	7
12	Kasperi Kapanen	RW	7/23/96	L	6.00	180	Kuopio	FinE	12
13	Nikolay Goldobin	RW	10/7/95	L	5.11.75	178	Sarnia	OHL	25
14	Alex Tuch	RW	5/10/96	R	6.03.5	213	USA Under-18	NTDP	16
15	Roland McKeown	D	1/20/96	R	6.00.75	195	Kingston	OHL	11
16	Conner Bleackley	C/RW	2/7/96	R	6.00.25	192	Red Deer	WHL	14
17	Jared McCann	C	5/31/96	L	6.00.25	179	S.S. Marie	OHL	15
18	Sonny Milano	LW	5/12/96	L	5.11.5	183	USA Under-18	NTDP	17
19	Ivan Barbashev	C	12/14/95	L	6.00	180	Moncton	QMJHL	18
20	Nikolaj Ehlers	LW	2/13/96	L	5.11.5	162	Halifax	QMJHL	25
21	Anton Karlsson	LW	8/3/96	L	6.01	187	Mora	SweAl	10
22	Adrian Kempe	C	9/13/96	L	6.01.5	187	Modo	SweE	21
23	Dylan Larkin	LW	7/30/96	L	6.00.75	190	USA Under-18	NTDP	22
24	Nikita Scherbak	LW	12/30/95	L	6.01	175	Saskatoon	WHL	45
25	Anthony Deangelo	RD	10/24/95	R	5.10.5	175	Sarnia	OHL	23
26	Alex Peters	D	7/2/96	L	6.03.25	207	Plymouth	OHL	48
27	Robby Fabbri	C	1/22/96	L	5.10	166	Guelph	OHL	24
28	Oskar Lindblom	RW	8/15/96	L	6.01.25	191	Brynas	SweJE	26
29	David Pastrnak	LW	5/25/96	R	6.00	167	Sodertalje	SweAl	31
30	Jack Dougherty	RD	5/25/96	R	6.01	186	USA Under-18	NTDP	35

A few interesting choices to say the least. Draisatl at 11, Ho-Sang at 9. Virtanen is at 7 on their list.

[Goodlad]

And here's the latest DraftBuzz rankings. Ekblad inexplicably at #7
http://www.draftbuzzhockey.com/#!2014-february/c1p5i

1.     SAM REINHART, C, WHL
2.     SAM BENNETT, C, OHL
3.     MICHAEL DAL COLLE, RW, OHL
4.    WILLIAM NYLANDER, C, SWE
5.     LEON DRAISAITL, C, WHL
6.     IVAN BARBASHEV, C, QMJHL
7.     AARON EKBLAD, D, OHL
8.     NIKOLAJ EHLERS, W, QMJHL
9.     NICK RITCHIE, RW, OHL
10.    DYLAN LARKIN, C, US NTDP
11.    ADRIAN KEMPE, C, SWE
12.    HAYDN FLEURY, D, WHL
13.    DAVID PASTRNAK, RW, SWE
14.    JARED MCCANN, C, OHL 
15.    JOSH HO-SANG, RW, OHL
16.    JAKE VIRTANEN, RW, WHL
17.    JULIUS HONKA, D, WHL
18.    ROBBY FABBRI, C, OHL
19.    THATCHER DEMKO, G, NCAA
20.    SONNY MILANO, LW, US NTDP
21.     NIKITA SCHERBAK, RW, WHL
22.    BRENDAN PERLINI, W, OHL
23.    NIKOLAY GOLDOBIN, LW, OHL
24.    KASPERI KAPANEN, RW, FIN
25.    CONNER BLEACKLEY, C, WHL
26.    NICK SCHMALTZ, RW, USHL 
27.    OSKAR LINDBLOM, W, SWE
28.    ANTON KARLSSON, RW, SWE
29.    VLADIMIR TKACHEV, LW, QMJHL
30.    CHASE DE LEO, C, WHL

[Huntingwhale]

Originally Posted by Vulcan

I don't like our chances, the other teams are much more experienced at tanking.

This. Toss in the fact that the hockey Gods haven't but us a break since 1989 and I have no doubt we will be picking outside of the top 5 again. It sucks, but that is the reality the Flames live season after season.

[nik-]

Originally Posted by Huntingwhale

This. Toss in the fact that the hockey Gods haven't but us a break since 1989 and I have no doubt we will be picking outside of the top 5 again. It sucks, but that is the reality the Flames live season after season.

It's the Montreal Forum curse. People think we broke it in 2004, but really it just strung us along so it would hurt more.

[Flames Draft Watcher]

Draftbuzz? It isn't a good thing to not have heard of a scouting service.

Perlini has been rising on most lists and seems to have closed the gap to the Dal Colle/Draisaitl territory. Ritchie should be in that mix too. 4 big forwards.

Still really hoping EDM can pass us. We need to finish bottom two to ensure getting one of the top 3 prospects.

[Goodlad]

Originally Posted by Flames Draft Watcher

Draftbuzz? It isn't a good thing to not have heard of a scouting service.

Perlini has been rising on most lists and seems to have closed the gap to the Dal Colle/Draisaitl territory. Ritchie should be in that mix too. 4 big forwards.

Still really hoping EDM can pass us. We need to finish bottom two to ensure getting one of the top 3 prospects.

Yeah, I found it through HF. It's been consistently the worst one I've read. I mostly just included it for the laughs

[Aarongavey]

Originally Posted by schooner

I got a chance to watch Virtanen in Kamloops last week. I will preface by saying I have zero ability in scouting.

Right of the bat you could see the whole Hitmen team was tired. They were on a west coast trip and played the night before in Van. Nonetheless, they clearly outmatched the terrible play of the Blazers. Overall it was a sloppy game. Still, you could see a lot of raw skill in Virtanen. He skates well, moves around the ice well. And was esp dangerous on the PK. He would pick his spots to get odd man rushes. Overall a nice game from him, without anything exceptional. You could def see though that unlike the tier of prospects above him he is at least a few years out from the NHL.

On a side note, newly acquired Adam Tambellini looked good. Although mostly because he was getting a lot of 1st line pp time and had a couple sick snipes in warm up.

Tambellini has looked good in the WHL, after struggling at the NCAA. I guess that is the advantage of moving to a slightly lower level of hockey from a development perspective.

Virtanen looked good in Victoria as well, did not do much on the scoresheet but you could tell he is a skilled player. Big body, skates well and has put up good numbers for a potential power forward in his draft year. If Burke moved down in the draft for some reason I would have no problem with Virtanen being taken after the 6th or 7th pick.

[thymebalm]

Originally Posted by Goodlad

And here's the latest DraftBuzz rankings. Ekblad inexplicably at #7
http://www.draftbuzzhockey.com/#!2014-february/c1p5i

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19. THATCHER DEMKO, G, NCAA
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You'd be crazy to pick Demko in the first round. Boston College is like a tank. And mostly they face off against cars and bikes. He has a chance, but I wouldn't pull that trigger before the 4th round. Yeesh.

[getbak]

I wouldn't be surprised to see Demko go in the first, likely early in the second.

BC has the 4th best GA in the NCAA, but he definitely benefits from the fact that they play so much of their games at the other end of the ice.

His stats are quite a bit better than their other goalie, and he has taken over the starter job at this point. His stats are actually better than Gillies' were last year, and he's a year younger than Gillies was (and Gillies was considered a phenom putting up those numbers as an 18/19 year-old; Demko is doing it as a 17/18 year-old). The only concern would be that he has played less than half as many games as Gillies last season.

I'd be surprised if he fell to the third round.

[sureLoss]

Hate hearing this about the 10th ranked NA skater. Probably going to drop him in the draft

http://www.ottawasun.com/2014/02/14/...ame-suspension

Top NHL draft prospect Anthony DeAngelo of the Sarnia Sting was suspended eight games Friday by the Ontario Hockey League for harrassing or abusing a teammate.

The league announced the ban, believed to be the first time in OHL history that a player has been suspended for a violation of the league's Harassment and Abuse/Diversity Policy against a teammate, after investigating for more than a week, according to the Sarnia Observer. The Sting initially suspended DeAngelo after learning of the incident during a game against the Guelph Storm on Jan. 31 then turned the matter over to the league.

"The matter reviewed was that of allegations of a Sarnia Sting player violating the League's Harassment and Abuse/Diversity Policy," the league said in a statement. "Based on such review, it is the position of the League that player Anthony DeAngelo of the Sarnia Sting Hockey Club did in fact make a most inappropriate statement to a teammate and shall be suspended for eight (8) games."

It is DeAngelo's second suspension under the policy this season but the first for comments directed at a teammate.

-It's a relief that it is officially announced and there is some closure on the situation," Sting coach Trevor Letowski told the Observer. "We fully support what the league came up with and Anthony has paid a pretty big penalty."

[Money Baer]

Originally Posted by sureLoss

Hate hearing this about the 10th ranked NA skater. Probably going to drop him in the draft

http://www.ottawasun.com/2014/02/14/...ame-suspension

Wow, i've heard he was a bad teammate, but I never thought it was this serious! His stock is going to drastically drop even with his outstanding offensive numbers

[Hugh Jahrmes]

Unreal. No place for that in the game regardless, but how out of whack is this kid to have a smear like this come out towards his own team. Mixture of undisciplined and poor morals IMO

[Ashasx]

I wouldn't draft a player like than even in the 7th round.

[Money Baer]

Originally Posted by sureLoss

Hate hearing this about the 10th ranked NA skater. Probably going to drop him in the draft

http://www.ottawasun.com/2014/02/14/...ame-suspension

He fit in well with the Canucks...

[Oil Stain]

Deangelo made a racial slur I take it?

[Canada 02]

It is DeAngelo's second suspension under the policy this season but the first for comments directed at a teammate.

loser

[Stupid]

Originally Posted by sureLoss

Hate hearing this about the 10th ranked NA skater. Probably going to drop him in the draft

http://www.ottawasun.com/2014/02/14/...ame-suspension

Sounds like a solid fits for the 'nucks.