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Today, per the NHL Rank King app, we’re talking about the top 10 defenceman prospects in the NHL.
This video is taking place after the 2022 NHL Entry Draft, and after the 2022 Stanley Cup Playoffs.
The 2022 NHL Draft 1st Round went as follows:
1st) Montreal Canadiens, Juraj Slafkovsky
2nd) New Jersey Devils, Simon Nemec
3rd) Arizona Coyotes, Logan Cooley
4th) Seattle Kraken, Shane Wright
5th) Philadelphia Flyers, Cutter Gauthier
6th) Columbus Blue Jackets (from Chicago Blackhawks), David Jiricek
7th) Chicago Blackhawks (from Ottawa Senators), Kevin Korchinski
8th) Detroit Red Wings, Marco Kasper
9th) Buffalo Sabres, Matthew Savoie
10th) Anaheim Ducks, Pavel Mintyukov
11th) Arizona Coyotes (from San Jose Sharks), Conor Geekie
12th) Columbus Blue Jackets, Denton Mateychuk
13th) Chicago Blackhawks (from New York Islanders), Frank Nazar
14th) Winnipeg Jets, Rutger McGroarty
15th) Vancouver Canucks, Jonathan Lekkerimaki
16th) Buffalo Sabres (Vegas Golden Knights), Noah Ostlund
17th) Nashville Predators, Joakim Kemell
18th) Dallas Stars, Lian Bichsel
19th) Minnesota Wild (from LA Kings), Liam Ohgren
20th) Washington Capitals, Ivan Miroshnichenko
21st) Pittsburgh Penguins, Owen Pickering
22nd) Anaheim Ducks (from Boston Bruins), Nathan Gaucher
23rd) St. Louis Blues, Jimmy Snuggerud
24th) Minnesota Wild, Danila Yurov
25th) Chicago Blackhawks (from Toronto Maple Leafs), Sam Rinzel
26th) Montreal Canadiens (from Calgary Flames), Filip Mesar
27th) San Jose Sharks (from Carolina Hurricanes via Arizona Coyotes and Montreal Canadiens), Filip Bystedt
28th) Buffalo Sabres (from Florida Panthers), Jiri Kulich
29th) Arizona Coyotes (from Edmonton Oilers), Maveric Lamoureux
30th) Winnipeg Jets (from New York Rangers), Brad Lambert
31st) Tampa Bay Lightning, Isaac Howard
32nd) Edmonton Oilers (from Colorado Avalanche via Arizona Coyotes), Reid Schaefer
This video is also taking place after 2022 NHL Season, and after the 2022 Stanley Cup Playoffs, where the Colorado Avalanche defeated the Tampa Bay Lightning in the Finals.
The list of top defenders goes as follows:
– Simon Nemec (New Jersey Devils)
– Luke Hughes (New Jersey Devils)
– Brandt Clarke (LA Kings)
– Owen Power (Buffalo Sabres)
– Jake Sanderson (Ottawa Senators)
– Olen Zellweger (Anaheim Ducks)
– David Jiricek (Columbus Blue Jackets)
– Simon Edvinsson (Detroit Red Wings)
– Denton Mateychuk (Columbus Blue Jackets)
– Scott Perunovich (St. Louis Blues)
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34 Comments
Now do goalies!
using these players for my top 10 I'd have:
1. Power
2. L. Hughes
3. Sanderson
4. Nemec
5. Edvinsson
6. Jiricek
7. Clarke
8. Zellweger
9. Mateychuk
10. Perunovich
Bro Montreal having like enough insane defenceman prospect to fill 14 lines
Sanderson should be #1
What can I say? Us Devils fans have suffered for so long we've earned this
I’m curious if power and Hughes were both drafted after their respective freshman years who should have gone first. Power is definitely better defensively but Hughes’s offense as a freshman d man was insane almost ppg
I got
1. Sanderson
2. Power
3. Nemec
4. Hughes
5. Edvinsson
Love to see the Devils future Blue Line with the top two picks!
I don't see Nemec or Clarke better than Power. It's nice to be fan of Columbus or NJ
mo seider along with edvinsson … good luck nhl. Also edvinssons one true Offensive Gift is bis breakout passes. He’s made passes I’ve only seen Karlssson make.
Hughes
Power
Nemec
Easy top 3
08:35 “Thats not the best points production” Oh come on 59 points in 55 games in the OHL is better than most defenceman on this list including Owen Powers and Jake Sanderson. He definitely deserves to be in the conversation for top 3 defenseman prospects.
that list is horrible
Brandt Clarke definitely belongs at #3. He was second in the OHL last year in points per game. In the OHL last year only Nathan Staios had slightly more PPG than Brandt but he is two years older than Brandt. He is going to be an offensive beast some day in the NHL. My only worry with him is whether he will be somewhat defensively responsible or will he be another one dimensional offensive D man.
How is power not 1
I agree completely but I think Powers is #2 and, Nemec #3
😂😂😂 why would you do a video on a fan based poll there is no merit to it.
I think Hughes is great but his PPG was inflated playing on a team with 3 top 5 picks (Power Beniers Johnson) and 2 other high end prospects (Brisson Bordeleau). Dont be surprised if we dont see a big jump in production next year with them gone. It's why Boeser had an unbelievable freshman year and his sophomore season saw a drop in production
In contrast Sanderson had the best PPG for a Dman while playing with literally nobody notable. If you are so inclined to check look at the roster.
I'm not hating on Power I'm just asking the question, if he was so good this past season why was Luke Hughes nominated for the Hobey Baker and not Power ?.
sanderson shoudl easily be #1 theres no other player who plays such a complete and elite game
One great plus for Detroit ="Nicklas Lidstrom".
By NHL users, you mean Jersey users!!!
And kaiden guhle ????
What does he say at the end trolls 99 something….
Brent Clarke is the number one #1 prospect
I am extremely biased but I think Jiricek will turn out the best because he is so well rounded and intelligent
1 hughes 2 power 3 edvinsonn 4 Clarke 5 jiricek
The devils will have such a good team in like two years
Albert Johansson just finished up an approx 0.5ppg pace (25pts in 52 games) in his SHL season and was a big part of Farestad winning the championship. It's crazy how under-the-radar Johansson has gone with general consensus rankings/prospect writers etc. Scoring in the SHL is much lower overall, so those numbers are very impressive, especially compared to a player in juniors/NCAA etc.
I'm happy Edvinsson made it, but I wanted to see Soderblom 😁 he's a 6' 8'' winger that skates well for a player his size!
I like the idea of fan voting, but it also isn't end all be all thats for sure. Which one of these defensemen were finalists in rookie of the year voting in the league that is closest to the NHL talent wise? Number 8 is hilariously low for Edvinsson. Atleast 1-4 range.
Power might not be the #1 D prospect but I think his ceiling is higher than everyone else on this list. He’s got Victor Hedman like potential.
It's kinda weird how underrated Edvinsson seems to be. Looking like he will be a Seider 2.0 and surprise a lot of people who weren't really paying attention to him.
My top 3
1. Power
2. Edvinsson
3. Nemec
The people who ranked the defensemen seem to equate the SHL with junior hockey leagues, which couldn’t be further from the truth. SHL may be the second toughest league in the world.
Let’s Go Devils building a dynasty 5th this year 3rd next year