Help Ranking Some Of My Prospects

[russtyj]

Hi,

CATs are in my signature. How would you rank the following prospects? (I have tried to tier them, probably not completely accurate)

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Dubois, Pierre-Luc (R) LW - CBJ
Demko, Thatcher (R) G - VAN
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DeBrusk, Jake (R) LW - BOS
Girard, Samuel (R) D - NSH
Myers, Philippe (R) D - PHI
Nielsen, Andrew (R) D - TOR
Milano, Sonny (R) LW - CBJ
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Copley, Pheonix (R) G - WSH
Clague, Kale (R) D - LA
Senyshyn, Zach (R) RW - BOS
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Gaudette, Adam C - VAN
Hintz, Roope LW - DAL
Scherbak, Nikita (R) RW - MON
Butcher, Will D - COL
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Thanks for any replies

[Axeman33]

I would move Phillipe Myers up behind Demko. Next Id move Milano up to the top of the 2nd grouping. I think you have Scherbak too low and Id move him up above Copley. Andrew Nielson is someone Im not overly high on mainly because Toronto has better, young options that will limit him going forward.

[Jouko-Pouko]

My ranking

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Dubois, Pierre-Luc (R) LW - CBJ
Demko, Thatcher (R) G - VAN
Myers, Philippe (R) D - PHI
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Milano, Sonny (R) LW - CBJ
Clague, Kale (R) D - LA
Senyshyn, Zach (R) RW - BOS
DeBrusk, Jake (R) LW - BOS
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Scherbak, Nikita (R) RW - MON
Hintz, Roope LW - DAL
Nielsen, Andrew (R) D - TOR
Gaudette, Adam C - VAN
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Butcher, Will D - COL
Girard, Samuel (R) D - NSH
Copley, Pheonix (R) G - WSH
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[lucafen4]

I would move Phillipe Myers up behind Demko. Next Id move Milano up to the top of the 2nd grouping. I think you have Scherbak too low and Id move him up above Copley. Andrew Nielson is someone Im not overly high on mainly because Toronto has better, young options that will limit him going forward.

Outside of perhaps Dermott, I can't think of another D I would put in front of Nielsen, who are you thinking of?

[russtyj]

My ranking

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Dubois, Pierre-Luc (R) LW - CBJ
Demko, Thatcher (R) G - VAN
Myers, Philippe (R) D - PHI
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Milano, Sonny (R) LW - CBJ
Clague, Kale (R) D - LA
Senyshyn, Zach (R) RW - BOS
DeBrusk, Jake (R) LW - BOS
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Scherbak, Nikita (R) RW - MON
Hintz, Roope LW - DAL
Nielsen, Andrew (R) D - TOR
Gaudette, Adam C - VAN
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Butcher, Will D - COL
Girard, Samuel (R) D - NSH
Copley, Pheonix (R) G - WSH
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Curious, why are you so low on Copley? He has good AHL numbers this year, and with Wash poised to lose Grubauer, I would think that Copley would get a shot at the backup job next season. I guess he is getting to the age (just turned 25) where you wonder if he will stick in the show.

What do you think of Copley vs Anton Forsberg?

[Jouko-Pouko]

Curious, why are you so low on Copley? He has good AHL numbers this year, and with Wash poised to lose Grubauer, I would think that Copley would get a shot at the backup job next season. I guess he is getting to the age (just turned 25) where you wonder if he will stick in the show.

What do you think of Copley vs Anton Forsberg?

I just don't think he has any potential to become an NHL starter, and backups are easy to find.

Copley vs Forsberg, could go either way depending on the day. Neither one is really high-end.

[Axeman33]

Outside of perhaps Dermott, I can't think of another D I would put in front of Nielsen, who are you thinking of?

Rielly, Gardiner, Zaitsev, and even Carrick. All of those kids are going to limit any offensive upside in the NHL for Nielson because those guys will be eating most of the PP time, which is really Nielson's strength once he gets to the NHL (assuming he gets to the NHL).

It's great to rank Nielson as a prospect, but if the NHL upside/opportunity isn't there then who cares where he ranks as a prospect. I just don't think Nielson's opportunity in Toronto (with the Leafs, not the Marlies) is all that great because they have better offensive Dmen in front of him, and all are going to be signed long term very shortly.

I might even consider kids like Lindren ahead of Nielsen. Valiev isn;t out of the question at this point either. Still early for him.