Now that we're past the draft and free agency it's time for the yearly /r/DetroitRedWings prospect ranking thread! As for how you vote it's completely up to you: some may weigh ceiling or upside the highest, others may weigh NHL readiness higher – there's no wrong answer on how to vote.
A new poll will be posted every 2-3 days depending on how close the voting is until we finish the top 15 prospects. I'll include 10~ prospects every poll and will add one new prospect after each poll so discuss in the comments and whoever is mentioned most will be added next.
Check out the subreddit's previous rankings here (starting from 2018!): LINK HERE
NOTES:
– Prospect criteria will be defined using the NHL Guidelines.
– After last season's rankings there was a poll to determine whether or not to display poll results. Continuing to hide the results between polls received the most votes.
#1. Nate Danielson (C – 2023 #9) – 61% of 731 votes [Results]
#2. Axel Sandin-Pellikka (RD – 2023 #17) – 58% of 658 votes [Results]
#3. Sebastian Cossa (G – 2021 #15) – 52% of 635 votes [Results]
#4. Marco Kasper (C – 2022 #8) – 65% of 589 votes [Results]
#5. Michael Brandsegg-Nygard (RW – 2024 #15) – 59% of 455 votes [Results]
#6. Trey Augustine (G – 2023 #41) – 57% of 481 votes [Results]
#7. Carter Mazur (LW – 2021 #70) – 49% of 502 votes [Results]
#8. Albert Johansson (LD – 2019 #60) – 61% of 408 votes [Results]
#9. Dmitri Buchelnikov (LW – 2022 #52) – 49% of 383 votes [Results]
#10. William Wallinder (LD – 2020 #32) – 51% of 333 votes [Results]
#11. Max Plante (C – 2024 #47) – 35% of 310 votes [Results]
#12. Shai Buium (LD – 2021 #36) – 46% of 281 votes [Results]
#13. Elmer Söderblom (LW/RW – 2019 #159) – 33% of 249 votes [Results]
#14. Amadeus Lombardi (C – 2022 #113) – 50% of 202 votes [Results]
by SimplySolace
11 Comments
This is the one where I really have no clue
Finnie baby!
Anton Johansson
BRADY CLEVELAND
Didn’t Tuomisto get a name drop by Yzerman when talking about depth this season? If so that alone makes him worthy of a top 15 spot imo.
Bout time Ammo
Time to gobble up some of that Aunt Dee’s tiramisu
It’s Finnie for me. He has an ELC and that speaks enough for me over everyone else.
Brady Cleveland enjoys rise up
Kiiskinen was deemed of a similar level to Andrew Gibson when we made that trade. I’ll vote for him a third time here.
Kiiskinen or Johansson.