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Ranking Prospects 2020-2021

20. Denis Malgin
19. Dmitri Ovchinnikov

Smol guys. Ovchinnikov is getting a lot of runway from his KHL club, getting buddied up with two 20-year olds and playing significant TOI in the MHL. He'll be getting little bits of KHL time with his current linemates (they like to call up MHL-dominant lines, a la Korshkov). He's crushing the weaker half of the MHL and doing alright against the stronger half. There's a lot there to build off of, especially when he starts to gain mass and strength. This is an Semyon-Der-Arguchintsev style pick: super young for the draft, size-deficient, oodles of raw skill.
 
They say pretty specifically it is a case of two players trending in different directions. Malgin has more NHL games to his name than anyone but the big three at the top of the board and is younger than Korshkov, and the free guy we picked up, developed, and traded to get him.
 
I'm really not banking on Malgin being a NHL player, but it's a little funny how completely written off he's become. I mean he's only 23 years old. He's a month younger than Dermott and has played more NHL games than him and everyone still thinks Dermott is still developing (and yes he certainly can still be). As herman pointed out, he's younger than Korkshkov. When Travis Boyd signed some people were penciling him into the line-up or saying that he had a legitimate chance to play and he's 3.5 years older than Malgin and played half the NHL games he has. He's younger than both Mikheyev and Barabanov were/are when they crossed the pond.

If we signed another 23-year old player out of Switzerland who scored at a PPG pace and led his team in scoring last season (like Malgin is right now, in admittedly only 14 games) he'd probably get more hype.

I actually wouldn't be completely stunned if someone plucked him off waivers.
 
CarltonTheBear said:
I'm really not banking on Malgin being a NHL player, but it's a little funny how completely written off he's become. I mean he's only 23 years old. He's a month younger than Dermott and has played more NHL games than him and everyone still thinks Dermott is still developing (and yes he certainly can still be). As herman pointed out, he's younger than Korkshkov. When Travis Boyd signed some people were penciling him into the line-up or saying that he had a legitimate chance to play and he's 3.5 years older than Malgin and played half the NHL games he has. He's younger than both Mikheyev and Barabanov were/are when they crossed the pond.

If we signed another 23-year old player out of Switzerland who scored at a PPG pace and led his team in scoring last season (like Malgin is right now, in admittedly only 14 games) he'd probably get more hype.

I actually wouldn't be completely stunned if someone plucked him off waivers.
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Well said. Dubas didn't trade for him if he didn't believe he had higher upside then Marchment. Depending how they work out these expanded rosters/taxi squads I could see someone grabbing him and a guy like Brooks too.
 
18. Semyon Der-Arguchintsev
17. Egor Korshkov
16. Nicholas Abbruzzese
15. Pierre Engvall
14. Joey Anderson
13. Mikko Kokkonen

Malgin should probably be ahead of some of these guys, but because he's a bit older and put up no points with Tavares-Nylander in 2 games, he's trash.

herman said:
19. Dmitri Ovchinnikov
This is an Semyon-Der-Arguchintsev style pick: super young for the draft, size-deficient, oodles of raw skill.
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And there he is, grouped with Ovchinnikov, but ahead due to more familiarity, but trending down due to apparent lack of leaps forward in development, especially when he's often mentally grouped with PeterBro Nick Robertson who is already knocking on the NHL roster's door. I see Semyon Der-Arguchintsev as a long-term project, with way more runway than Brooks and no apparent room in the NHL top-6 (until Marner fully prices himself out?).

Joey Anderson is the new hotness, but destined for third-line energy. He was #10 on the NJD T25U25. He's a character pick-up with the requisite skillset that we're getting at very nearly the ground floor. Would I prefer Johnsson? Yes. In this cap environment? I think it's a fair trade.
 
Miettinen action yesterday
https://twitter.com/mostlyleafies/status/1339403483724869632
https://twitter.com/mostlyleafies/status/1339401414498463744
https://twitter.com/HeresYourReplay/status/1339412573465276416

His shot is not an accident
https://twitter.com/Kyle_Cush/status/1338254319695646726
 
https://twitter.com/cmoresport/status/1339629776332607491
This one should be coming up shortly on the ranking list.
 
https://twitter.com/nickdesouza_/status/1340810517837963271
https://twitter.com/nickdesouza_/status/1340811562240622592
Miettinen?s shot has some zip
 
9. Travis Dermott
8. Filip Hallander
7. Timothy Liljegren

This chunk is the tier of assured NHL time (eventually, if not already).

Liljegren was a top D in the AHL on a messy team and made significant strides on his defensive game. The development track is to lay his offense back on without sacrificing those new gains. He is well suited to Keefe's style of activated defense.

Hallander looks like the 3C of the near future (sorry Brooks) who just needs a bit of NZ transition help (plenty of wingers can help there).

Dermott is about to step into a make-or-break campaign, while his usual play slot is currently hella crammed. Let's see how he adapts to the right-side. Ideally, he turns into a homegrown TJ Brodie. Worst case would be losing him to Seattle and seeing him soar on their top pair the way Washington watched Schmidt do for Vegas.
 
https://twitter.com/CZprospects/status/1341075133881004032
Nice to know it's in the toolbox for one of the semi-forgotten prospects.
Edit: check the tweet reply for his shootout winner
 
I know he is not playing in the best league but he sure has some nice moves and seems to have good speed. Could be a find, looks like he plays the right side as well.  Like to see him on the Marlies as soon as they start up.
 
6. Rodion Amirov

I don't know that Amirov would've debuted this high in a public ranking if it weren't for the weird draft schedule due to the pandemic and the elevated opportunity he received while veteran KHL players were unfit to play for whatever reason. He is coming in as the 3rd in this third tier of bluechip prospects due to fans knowing the least about him relative to the other two.

For whatever its worth (shouldn't be too much), I think he's an Almost-Nylander.
 
herman said:
6. Rodion Amirov

I don't know that Amirov would've debuted this high in a public ranking if it weren't for the weird draft schedule due to the pandemic and the elevated opportunity he received while veteran KHL players were unfit to play for whatever reason. He is coming in as the 3rd in this third tier of bluechip prospects due to fans knowing the least about him relative to the other two.

For whatever its worth (shouldn't be too much), I think he's an Almost-Nylander.
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Sounds to me like he'd be a 3C at worst and potential poor man's top line player. Hoping he slots in as a good 2C. Apparently he also plays a lot of PK. Dying to see Russia/Finland games at the WJC.
 
Bender said:
herman said:
6. Rodion Amirov

I don't know that Amirov would've debuted this high in a public ranking if it weren't for the weird draft schedule due to the pandemic and the elevated opportunity he received while veteran KHL players were unfit to play for whatever reason. He is coming in as the 3rd in this third tier of bluechip prospects due to fans knowing the least about him relative to the other two.

For whatever its worth (shouldn't be too much), I think he's an Almost-Nylander.
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Sounds to me like he'd be a 3C at worst and potential poor man's top line player. Hoping he slots in as a good 2C. Apparently he also plays a lot of PK. Dying to see Russia/Finland games at the WJC.
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He's a winger. Hirvonen and Hallander would be our potentials up the middle.
 
herman said:
Bender said:
herman said:
6. Rodion Amirov

I don't know that Amirov would've debuted this high in a public ranking if it weren't for the weird draft schedule due to the pandemic and the elevated opportunity he received while veteran KHL players were unfit to play for whatever reason. He is coming in as the 3rd in this third tier of bluechip prospects due to fans knowing the least about him relative to the other two.

For whatever its worth (shouldn't be too much), I think he's an Almost-Nylander.
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Sounds to me like he'd be a 3C at worst and potential poor man's top line player. Hoping he slots in as a good 2C. Apparently he also plays a lot of PK. Dying to see Russia/Finland games at the WJC.
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He's a winger. Hirvonen and Hallander would be our potentials up the middle.
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Ah, right! I derped that.
 
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