Pts only / cap league prospect d - top 5

[Murray Bannerman]

Hi everyone,

Thanks for helping me build a contending team last year.

This is my prospect D list for this year and I'm looking for your top 5.

Looking at it strictly from upside, swinging for the fence...

Jake Walman
Kyle Wood
Jalen Smereck
Nicolas Meloche
Vili Saarijarvi
Will Butcher
Philippe Myers
Nic Hague
Kyle Capobianco
Brendan Guhle
Andrew Nielsen
Juuse Valimaki
Henri Jokiharju
Cal Foote
Conor Timmins
Pierre-Olivier Joseph

Thanks

[Jouko-Pouko]

Myers
Walman
Wood
Valimaki
Butcher

HM: Jokiharju, Guhle

I'm horrible at ranking based on upside only because I always consider the chance of actually playing in the NHL and getting anywhere close to that upside to be part of the equation, and that's why I have guys like Myers and Butcher maybe higher than others.

[Axeman33]

Myers and Walman are my top two quite easily.

From there it gets a little tougher. I do like Wood and Butcher as well and they would be 3-4 for me.

#5 is basically a crap shoot. I'll say Jokiharju but that's my best guess.

[Cypher11]

Myers and Walman are my top two quite easily.
From there it gets a little tougher. I do like Wood and Butcher as well and they would be 3-4 for me.
#5 is basically a crap shoot. I'll say Jokiharju but that's my best guess.

Bang on, and 5 really I still a crapshoot, but you know there will be D opportunities in CHI.

[Murray Bannerman]

Myers
Walman
Wood
Valimaki
Butcher

HM: Jokiharju, Guhle

I'm horrible at ranking based on upside only because I always consider the chance of actually playing in the NHL and getting anywhere close to that upside to be part of the equation, and that's why I have guys like Myers and Butcher maybe higher than others.

Thanks for the help, It's always appreciated. I Did some reading and also have Dobber's guide. I always take the 3YP number that Dobber provides to try and measure/compared prospects to one another. Dobber has Myers 3YP significantly lower than Walman and wood. Do you guy's think it's a matter of situation for him to be behind 2 young studs like Provorov and Ghost ?
When it's all said and done, I wan't the Dman who will put up numbers (pts) on the board.

[Jouko-Pouko]

Thanks for the help, It's always appreciated. I Did some reading and also have Dobber's guide. I always take the 3YP number that Dobber provides to try and measure/compared prospects to one another. Dobber has Myers 3YP significantly lower than Walman and wood. Do you guy's think it's a matter of situation for him to be behind 2 young studs like Provorov and Ghost ?
When it's all said and done, I wan't the Dman who will put up numbers (pts) on the board.

Impossible to know what Dobber has been thinking but I'm guessing he sees Myers as more of a two-way D-man who doesn't produce much points. Walman is similarly stuck behind Parayko and Pietrangelo.