tomh009 Posted February 5, 2021 Share Posted February 5, 2021 Scott Wheeler (The Athletic) has been posting his rankings of each NHL team's prospects (ranked within each team only). The Habs' pipeline is ranked sixth this year, down from second last year, which I found a bit surprising, considering that there are no significant graduations (top 11 prospects are still there) and the number of prospects are up from 15 to 20. We did lose Juulsen but he was injured in last year's rankings anyway. Neverthless, here are the rankings, including his tiers. I have added last year's ranks where applicable. Notable changes are drops for Harris (2nd to 5th), Struble (4th to 9th), Poehling (5th to 11th), Ylonen (8th to 16th) and Brook (9th to 12th). Harvey-Pinard has climbed from tier 4 to tier 3. Tier 1: 1. Caufield (1.) Tier 2: 2. Romanov (3.) 3. Mysak 4. Guhle 5. Harris (2.) 6. Primeau (6.) 7. Norlinder (7.) 8. Farrell 9. Struble (4.) Tier 3: 10. Hillis (10.) 11. Poehling (5.) 12. Brook (9.) 13. Fairbrother (inj) 14. Tuch 15. Pitlick (11.) 16. Ylonen (T2:8.) 17. Harvey-Pinard (T4:14.) Tier 4: 18. Stapley (15.) 19. Olofsson (inj) 20. Biondi HM. Ikonen (inj) HM. Teasdale (inj) Wheeler, too, has significantly downgraded his ranking of Poehling, but between Mysak and Hillis, we still have some options at C. And a ton of options at LD, some of whom will surely end up being traded. I'm looking forward to seeing Norlinder on this side of the pond, though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prime Minister Koivu Posted February 5, 2021 Share Posted February 5, 2021 IDK but I’m getting the feeling that Poehling may not work out. I hope I’m wrong and I hope he crushes Laval. I get stronger and stronger vibes of Hudon 2.0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DON Posted February 7, 2021 Share Posted February 7, 2021 On 2/5/2021 at 12:50 PM, Prime Minister Koivu said: IDK but I’m getting the feeling that Poehling may not work out. Havent seen him play for a long time, he is on the taxi squad, so i will more wait and see how he does first before can say too much, maybe he is now 1/2 step quicker, is stronger and can create his own scoring opportunities in Laval? And Evans all-round game is just a bit better? But, his stock is low at the moment, thats for sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prime Minister Koivu Posted February 7, 2021 Share Posted February 7, 2021 2 hours ago, DON said: Havent seen him play for a long time, he is on the taxi squad, so i will more wait and see how he does first before can say too much, maybe he is now 1/2 step quicker, is stronger and can create his own scoring opportunities in Laval? And Evans all-round game is just a bit better? But, his stock is low at the moment, thats for sure. I hope this is true and works out. I was really pumped about the guy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomh009 Posted February 7, 2021 Author Share Posted February 7, 2021 He looked good for a while, but the reality is not all late first-rounders ever become NHL regulars. Dobber's projection is now down to a fourth-liner with a possibility of a third-liner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prime Minister Koivu Posted February 7, 2021 Share Posted February 7, 2021 1 hour ago, tomh009 said: He looked good for a while, but the reality is not all late first-rounders ever become NHL regulars. Dobber's projection is now down to a fourth-liner with a possibility of a third-liner. That sucks. As Don said he has the opportunity to go to Laval and dominate. I really hope he understands that his well is drying up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomh009 Posted February 8, 2021 Author Share Posted February 8, 2021 3 hours ago, Prime Minister Koivu said: As Don said he has the opportunity to go to Laval and dominate. I really hope he understands that his well is drying up In retrospect, that game against the Leafs was probably the worst thing that could have happened to him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prime Minister Koivu Posted February 8, 2021 Share Posted February 8, 2021 11 hours ago, tomh009 said: In retrospect, that game against the Leafs was probably the worst thing that could have happened to him. Yeah it raised expectations to levels that he can’t live up to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomh009 Posted February 8, 2021 Author Share Posted February 8, 2021 2 hours ago, Prime Minister Koivu said: Yeah it raised expectations to levels that he can’t live up to. Including his own expectations ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alfredoh2009 Posted April 13, 2021 Share Posted April 13, 2021 On 2/5/2021 at 3:43 PM, tomh009 said: Scott Wheeler (The Athletic) has been posting his rankings of each NHL team's prospects (ranked within each team only). The Habs' pipeline is ranked sixth this year, down from second last year, which I found a bit surprising, considering that there are no significant graduations (top 11 prospects are still there) and the number of prospects are up from 15 to 20. We did lose Juulsen but he was injured in last year's rankings anyway. Neverthless, here are the rankings, including his tiers. I have added last year's ranks where applicable. Notable changes are drops for Harris (2nd to 5th), Struble (4th to 9th), Poehling (5th to 11th), Ylonen (8th to 16th) and Brook (9th to 12th). Harvey-Pinard has climbed from tier 4 to tier 3. Tier 1: 1. Caufield (1.) Tier 2: 2. Romanov (3.) 3. Mysak 4. Guhle 5. Harris (2.) 6. Primeau (6.) 7. Norlinder (7.) 8. Farrell 9. Struble (4.) Tier 3: 10. Hillis (10.) 11. Poehling (5.) 12. Brook (9.) 13. Fairbrother (inj) 14. Tuch 15. Pitlick (11.) 16. Ylonen (T2:8.) 17. Harvey-Pinard (T4:14.) Tier 4: 18. Stapley (15.) 19. Olofsson (inj) 20. Biondi HM. Ikonen (inj) HM. Teasdale (inj) Wheeler, too, has significantly downgraded his ranking of Poehling, but between Mysak and Hillis, we still have some options at C. And a ton of options at LD, some of whom will surely end up being traded. I'm looking forward to seeing Norlinder on this side of the pond, though! Habs kept the prospects on @tomh009's list beyond the trade deadline. Only traded low draft picks and managed to improve the club within the cap Good Job Habs!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alfredoh2009 Posted June 24, 2021 Share Posted June 24, 2021 On 2/5/2021 at 3:43 PM, tomh009 said: Scott Wheeler (The Athletic) has been posting his rankings of each NHL team's prospects (ranked within each team only). The Habs' pipeline is ranked sixth this year, down from second last year, which I found a bit surprising, considering that there are no significant graduations (top 11 prospects are still there) and the number of prospects are up from 15 to 20. We did lose Juulsen but he was injured in last year's rankings anyway. Neverthless, here are the rankings, including his tiers. I have added last year's ranks where applicable. Notable changes are drops for Harris (2nd to 5th), Struble (4th to 9th), Poehling (5th to 11th), Ylonen (8th to 16th) and Brook (9th to 12th). Harvey-Pinard has climbed from tier 4 to tier 3. Tier 1: 1. Caufield (1.) Tier 2: 2. Romanov (3.) 3. Mysak 4. Guhle 5. Harris (2.) 6. Primeau (6.) 7. Norlinder (7.) 8. Farrell 9. Struble (4.) Tier 3: 10. Hillis (10.) 11. Poehling (5.) 12. Brook (9.) 13. Fairbrother (inj) 14. Tuch 15. Pitlick (11.) 16. Ylonen (T2:8.) 17. Harvey-Pinard (T4:14.) Tier 4: 18. Stapley (15.) 19. Olofsson (inj) 20. Biondi HM. Ikonen (inj) HM. Teasdale (inj) Wheeler, too, has significantly downgraded his ranking of Poehling, but between Mysak and Hillis, we still have some options at C. And a ton of options at LD, some of whom will surely end up being traded. I'm looking forward to seeing Norlinder on this side of the pond, though! Nice summary @tomh009 Caufield has proven to be a Tier 1 prospect Romanov seems to be as advertised Poehling, Brook dissapointed but have been improving in the AHL Ylonen seems to be better than I expected and the rest of the lot are not being rushed, with potential to get a solid crop of talent in the next couple of years Future looks good for the Habs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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