Calgarypuck Prospect Ranking 2019 - Round 10

[Bingo]

Summer time, and time for ...

Calgarypuck's 6th Annual Prospect Ranking Poll Series

Here are the last 5 years for a quick glance ...
Prospect Rankings
2013 - Results
2014 - Results
2015 - Results
2016 - Results
2017 - Results
2018 - Results

As per usual the vote is up to you. Some see it as most likely to play, some see it as highest ceiling, others see it as a mix of both.

Happy voting!

Results

1. Juuso Valimaki - 92.6% (Round 1)
2. Dillon Dube - 54.5% (Round 2)
3. Oliver Kylington - 78.3% (Round 3)
4. Jakob Pelletier - 58.0% (Round 4)
5. Matias Emilio Pettersen - 50.0% (Round 5)
6. Tyler Parsons - 50.0% (Round 6)
7. Matthew Phillips - 55.6% (Round 7)
8. Illya Nikolaev - 33.6% (Round 8)
9. Martin Pospisil - 35.8% (Round 9)

[TheScorpion]

Sveningsson
Gawdin
Zavgorodniy
Zagidulin
Lerby

[bigrangy]

Zagidulin for me. He seems like he has good stats and the euro scouts hit their shot last time with Rittich.

For skaters my next one is Ruzicka, he’s got NHL talent and will have a career if he ever gets motivated.

[agulati]

Zavgorodniy for me, for the third straight time. I hope third time is the charm. After that I'll go Sveningsson, Lomberg (Lower floor) and Gillies (Still has potential)

[ForeverFlameFan]

Zavgorodniy

[Bingo]

I still find 12 players on the list somewhat interesting, which is a good sign.

That isn't to say the team is 22 players deep with high end prospects, but players that are interesting.

[Flames Fan, Ph.D.]

Gonna be really lonely voting for Tuulola for the next 20 rounds...

[Cheese]

Sveningsson remains the best choice....

[GranteedEV]

Zavgorodniy
Schneider
Zagidulin
Tuulola
Koumontszis
Foo
Philp
Sveningsson
Lerby/Yelesin
Wolf
Fuek
Nodler

rest

[mikephoen]

So far I've voted for the winner or the runner up every round, but I'm stepping off the conventional path for the next while and going with Yelesin. The guy was an all-star in the 2nd best league in the world. And while the NHL team is very deep at defense at the moment, there isn't much more in the pipe, so Yelesin should get prime minutes in Stockton to continue to improve and adapt to the North American game.

Assuming the Flames still move one dman from the NHL roster before the start of the season, then Yelesin is only a couple injuries away from being in the NHL this year.

[FanIn80]

I’m still voting for Gawdin.

[Lanny_McDonald]

Gillies. Still believe he's in the team's plans.

[jg13]

Roman had basically an identical to season to little Z without playing with Lafreniere and in a tougher league. He gets my vote. Can make a case for at least 5 guys in this round though

[SuperMatt18]

Originally Posted by Bingo

I still find 12 players on the list somewhat interesting, which is a good sign.

That isn't to say the team is 22 players deep with high end prospects, but players that are interesting.

Yeah I do feel like this is one of the more interesting years. Maybe not as many high end prospects but from about 7-25 is a bit of a toss up of talented players that actually are performing okay.

If I was going to group them it would be:

Top end prospects (4)
- Valimaki
- Dube
- Kylington
- Pelletier

Could be Top End (2)
-Pettersen (NCAA performance close to 1st round level)
-Parsons (even though he hasn't shown it post-junior)

Then I really do think there is a big group of "interesting" prospects that have either had really good junior numbers, or impressed overseas, but either don't have high draft pedigree, have some question marks, or really as a fan base we just don't know enough about them yet.

Personally I think it's really tough to separate this group because I just don't know enough about them.

Forwards: Phillips, Nikolaev, Pospisil, Zavgorodniy, Tuulola, Gawdin, Koumontszis, Sveningsson, Ruzicka, Feuk, Nodler, Roman

Defense: Yelesin, Lerby

Goalies: Gillies, Zagidulin, Schneider, Wolf

Ended up going with Gawdin just due to him having a decent rookie season in the AHL that was similar to Phillips.

[SuperMatt18]

One guy that hasn't really been mentioned at all is Lucas Feuk - who had a really good draft season in the Swedish U-20 SuperElit league.

Fuek finished 5th overall in points in the league for U-18 players and some highly rated company in the top 5.

Henriksson: 49 points - 2nd Round - 58 Overall
Raymond: 48 points - 2020 Draft - Ranked #3
Holtz: 47 points - 2020 Draft - Ranked #5
Gunler: 46 points - 2020 Draft - Ranked #7
Feuk: 43 points - 4th Round - 116 Overall

[bax]

Originally Posted by TheScorpion

Sveningsson
Gawdin
Zavgorodniy
Zagidulin
Lerby

No Koumontzis?

[TheIronMaiden]

Sveningsson should be a head of Zavgorodniy by virtue of the fact that he is closer to realizing his potential. The leap from junior to pro is far greater then the leap from Euro-pro to NHL. Sveningsson's floor is higher, and his ceiling is just as high.

[TheScorpion]

Originally Posted by bax

No Koumontzis?

He goes right after.

It's really weird that he's getting so many votes right now -- I could see it based on development camp hype (heck, I was way too high on him after the scrimmage), but really digging into it, his numbers aren't more convincing than Sveningsson or Gawdin.

Furthermore, Gillies should be going nowhere near the 10-spot. Closer to 20, I think. He's probably 4th on my goalie prospects depth chart.

[TheIronMaiden]

Originally Posted by FanIn80

I’m still voting for Gawdin.

The fact that Gawdin is one of the oldest players on that list really doesn't help. 22 is a pretty decisive age, if he can't elevate his game, he wont be more than an AHL vet.

[Zoller]

Originally Posted by TheIronMaiden

The fact that Gawdin is one of the oldest players on that list really doesn't help. 22 is a pretty decisive age, if he can't elevate his game, he wont be more than an AHL vet.

Gawdin is only 1 year older than Phillips and scored the same amount of points in his rookie year.