I'm pretty against Pronman and Wheeler. Pronman especially, who made it very clear how they were going to go about ranking Isles prospects when Pronman dropped their prospect pool massively after the Tavares game.
Personally, I disagree with Wheeler on his take on Raty's intelligence and his shot. I think he will likely be a top 6 forward contrary to Wheeler's opinion. I think Odelius is ranked a bit high in the prospect pool being put over Bolduc, Iskhakov, and debatably Holmstrom. I think Maggio, Jeffries, and Liukas (as you noted) should be a bit higher considering how well they are performing at their current levels. My personal ranking (which is meaningless though I do have a background in prospect evaluation) is: 1) Raty (Top 6 Fwd) 2) Dufour (2nd/3rd Line Goal scorer) 3) Bolduc (2nd/3rd Pairing) 4) Iskhakov (2nd/3rd line Fwd) 5) Holmstrom (Josh Bailey)(I'm not an anti-Bailey person) 6) Jeffries (high-risk top 6 Fwd) 7) Odelious (2nd/3rd pairing Dman) 8) Maggio (Hard to tell what his potential is as the best I get to see of him are highlights) 9) Liukas (Bottom 6 FWD and one of the most likely to hit his potential IMO) 10) George (3rd pairing Dman but could be better) 11) Finley (Can't judge USHL players, let's see what how he looks in NCAA) 12) Durandeau (I will die on the hill that he will be a 4th line winger) 13) Cam Berg (Outside shot at NHL but will likely be an AHLer 14) Kuefler (Nice production but is a 20-year-old in the CHL, we will see what he does in AHL/ECHL) Anyone outside this list hasn't really done enough for me to consider for rankings (Ljungkrantz, Raja, Malinen, etc).
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My only comment, stop pronouncing Samuel Bolduc with such a heavy accent. Not going to fly on the Island.
There are far better sources than the Athletic.
Great video! Will be fascinating to see what we potentially do with our first rounder this year. I’m leaning towards keeping it, sadly.
I'm pretty against Pronman and Wheeler. Pronman especially, who made it very clear how they were going to go about ranking Isles prospects when Pronman dropped their prospect pool massively after the Tavares game.
Personally, I disagree with Wheeler on his take on Raty's intelligence and his shot. I think he will likely be a top 6 forward contrary to Wheeler's opinion.
I think Odelius is ranked a bit high in the prospect pool being put over Bolduc, Iskhakov, and debatably Holmstrom. I think Maggio, Jeffries, and Liukas (as you noted) should be a bit higher considering how well they are performing at their current levels. My personal ranking (which is meaningless though I do have a background in prospect evaluation) is:
1) Raty (Top 6 Fwd)
2) Dufour (2nd/3rd Line Goal scorer)
3) Bolduc (2nd/3rd Pairing)
4) Iskhakov (2nd/3rd line Fwd)
5) Holmstrom (Josh Bailey)(I'm not an anti-Bailey person)
6) Jeffries (high-risk top 6 Fwd)
7) Odelious (2nd/3rd pairing Dman)
8) Maggio (Hard to tell what his potential is as the best I get to see of him are highlights)
9) Liukas (Bottom 6 FWD and one of the most likely to hit his potential IMO)
10) George (3rd pairing Dman but could be better)
11) Finley (Can't judge USHL players, let's see what how he looks in NCAA)
12) Durandeau (I will die on the hill that he will be a 4th line winger)
13) Cam Berg (Outside shot at NHL but will likely be an AHLer
14) Kuefler (Nice production but is a 20-year-old in the CHL, we will see what he does in AHL/ECHL)
Anyone outside this list hasn't really done enough for me to consider for rankings (Ljungkrantz, Raja, Malinen, etc).