Another Rank These Prospects

[jsender]

Hey guys. Just wondering if I can get a few opinions on a ranking of these prospects. We'll say 3 years from now as most won't see NHL action this year.
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Brendan Smith
Jonathon Blum
Derick Stepan
Scott Glennie
Tomas Tatar
Gustav Nyquist
Joe Colborne

Thanks guys.

[Shake]

Hey guys. Just wondering if I can get a few opinions on a ranking of these prospects. We'll say 3 years from now as most won't see NHL action this year.
Categories in Sig.

Brendan Smith
Jonathon Blum
Derick Stepan
Scott Glennie
Tomas Tatar
Gustav Nyquist
Joe Colborne

Thanks guys.

Colborne
Smith
Blum
Glennie
Nyqvist
Stepan
Tatar

[Brady19]

Colborne
Blum
Smith
Nyquist
Tatar
Stepan
Glennie

I think the big issue with Nyquist/Tatar is that it's REALLY hard to judge how soon they'll be in the NHL. Talent wise, I like them more than Stepan or Glennie by a LOT.

[Raja]

I think the big issue with Nyquist/Tatar is that it's REALLY hard to judge how soon they'll be in the NHL. Talent wise, I like them more than Stepan or Glennie by a LOT.

This. With no time table I'd likely put both at the top.

Colborne
Blum
Stepan
Smith
Glennie
Nyquist
Tatar

[4horsemen]

Forwards, pure talent rating:

Colburne
Tatar
Nyqvist
Stepan
Glennie

However when positional requrements are brought into the discussion I'd potentially have Stepan at the bottom of the list as he's a Centre.

If you're looking at timeline the list gets a bit tougher. I don't see Colburne having any kind of meaningful impact in Boston for at least two years. Even then, if he stays at Centre he won't be on a scoring line unless there's a big shakeup in Boston. Stepan could be in a very good position to have a more immediate impact as the Rangers could really use him on a scoring line, hell he could be the first line Centre on that squad in a year (big plus).

Tatar should be in the NHL before Nyqvist and I think he'll surprise people at how soon he'll be seeing NHL minutes. I don't see either of them on a scoring line for a couple of years though.

Glennie could also be in tough to get meaningful minutes in Dallas over the next few years but I don't know enough about him to say if he could fill a 3rd line role or not.

So my ranking based purely on when I think they'll put up meaningful NHL points is:

Stepan
Tatar
Nyqvist/Colburne/Glennie (I think they're all a ways off)

As for the Defense Question....easy....Blum all the way!