Farm Team - Prospect Eval

[mynameistickle]

This off-season, I was very active. I completed a lot of trades, made some free agent signings and am also having to absorb five 2013 Entry Draft selections (Theodore, Carrier, Fasching, Subban and Williams) into my already crowded crop of prospects. My pool has a 25 player MAX on minor league rosters, thus I have a tough decision ahead of me. I'd like to elicit the help of the community on this one.

I have made a Prospect Eval Google document, which you can view AND comment on by clicking the link provided. I have included links to players HockeyDB articles as well as their Hockey's Future Prospect Grades.

I have tried my best to rank my top prospects. I have my Top 20, and Bottom 9 (those players on the bubble). Kreider and Granlund have graduated to the Active Roster and i'm also working on creating roster space to call up Ryan Murphy.

Which 4-5 players should I KEEP of my "Bottom 9" (Listed Alphabetically):
Andersson, Joakim C - (6.5C)
Bulmer, Brett RW - MIN - (6.5C)
Olkinuora, Juho G - WPG (6.5D)
Ortio, Joni G - CGY (6.5C)
Raffl, Michael LW - PHI (6.5D)
Sparks, Garret G - TOR - (7.0D)
Subban, Jordan D - VAN (6.5D)
Williams, Stephon G - NYI - (7.0D)
Wilcox, Adam G - TB (6.5D)

Its worth mentioning that I follow the NCAA very closely and I am a HUGE fan of USA Hockey. That being said, I may have ranked some of my players in the "Top 20" too highly based on bias. Please click the link provided and double check I have not had an oversight and am valuing a prospect (not listed in my bottom 9) far beyond his potential value.

Thanks so much in advance. I am really struggling with this decision and could really use some alternative opinions! Cheers!

[Dobber]

And don't forget the more relevant grades - DobberProspects.com. Hockey's Futures grades their prospects once every couple of years based on real hockey. DobberProspects grades the prospects every couple of months based on 'fantasy' hockey.


I'll get you started:
Joakim Andersson:
http://prospects.dobbersports.com/in...akim-andersson

Brett Bulmer:
http://prospects.dobbersports.com/in...4-brett-bulmer

Juho Olkinuora:
http://prospects.dobbersports.com/in...juho-olkinuora

Joni Ortio:
http://prospects.dobbersports.com/in...680-joni-ortio

Michael Raffl:
http://prospects.dobbersports.com/in...-michael-raffl

Garrett Sparks:
http://prospects.dobbersports.com/in...-garret-sparks

Jordan Subban:
http://prospects.dobbersports.com/in...-jordan-subban

Stephon Williams, Adam Wilcox: no profiles yet

Andersson, Raffl, Olkinuora are the three keepers. The rest are too long term or will never make it.

[mynameistickle]

Thanks Dobber! I will get right on swapping out the HF grades for Dobber Prospect grades.

I actually JUST flipped Jordan Subban and a 2015 3rd for Alex Steen to a GM struggling to stay under the cap ceiling. SCORE!

Raffl and Andersson are certainly keepers. I just have such a hard time projecting Euros because I never actually get to seem them play.

Hopefully Andersson centers the line of Nyquist and Tatar. That could be a powerful connection there. And Raffl has been reported to show chemistry with Vinny in Philly so im closely monitoring that (was a stealth FA pickup this month)

I just dropped Wilcox and Williams (long-term NCAA Goalie Projects) eventhough I have a HUGE crush on both after their freshman numbers! Both made All-WCHA Team this past year. But goalies are long term projects and they are too far out to hold a roster space at this time I agree.

Im now down to picking 2 of these 3
Brett Bulmer
Joni Ortio
Garret Sparks

Thanks again!