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Ranking Prospects Post-Matthews

A note on why 25 works as the age cap when assessing an organization's talent depth: players tend to hit their development plateaus around 25. Their production becomes easier to predict and they are known quantities and their ceiling is basically established. The league a player currently suits up for is merely an indicator of where that player's performance tier lands (coupled with age restrictions and geography, I guess).

Especially in a salary cap system, where the most efficient production (P/$) generally comes from your youth, assessing the talent depth at this stage is a great indicator of the team's health and longevity.
 
PPP: 14. Frank Corrado
TLN: 9. Travis Dermott

Because of his interesting acquisition and limited ice time, I know a lot about Frank Corrado, but very little about how he plays. Babcock fed him a steady diet of cushy offensive zone starts and sort of like he did with Rielly (but in reverse), he's going to dangle harder minutes for him to earn. I truly hope he relegates Polak to the bench.
 
PPP: 13. Dmytro Timashov
TLN: 8. Dmytro Timashov

Timashov was my favourite pick after Marner in 2014 2015. He's got every tool outside of size (but strength is not an issue). He's Marlie-eligible this year, and I can see him staying there for the next two years, with brief stints in the NHL on call ups. Plays a similar game to Soshnikov, but with more skill and playmaking and more development runway. He would have placed higher in my personal T25U25 list (bottom half of top 10).
 
My son flipped when they drafted him, i had never heard about him and don't know how my son was so much in the loop, but lets hope he is the steal of his draft year.
 
PPP: 12. Andreas Johnson
TLN: 7. Andreas Johnson

We have yet another confluence of voting.

Judging by these write ups, Andreas Johnson is a leopard. Not the biggest cat. Not the fastest cat. Not the strongest cat. But he will find that perfect spot to sit and wait. And he will get you. And you won't see it coming.
 
herman said:
PPP: 13. Dmytro Timashov
TLN: 8. Dmytro Timashov

Timashov was my favourite pick after Marner in 2014. He's got every tool outside of size (but strength is not an issue). He's Marlie-eligible this year, and I can see him staying there for the next two years, with brief stints in the NHL on call ups. Plays a similar game to Soshnikov, but with more skill and playmaking and more development runway. He would have placed higher in my personal T25U25 list (bottom half of top 10).
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Alot has happened in Leafland recently for sure, making Marner and Timashov's draft seem like ages ago, but they were in fact drafted in 2015, just to clarify.
 
TBLeafer said:
herman said:
PPP: 13. Dmytro Timashov
TLN: 8. Dmytro Timashov

Timashov was my favourite pick after Marner in 2014. He's got every tool outside of size (but strength is not an issue). He's Marlie-eligible this year, and I can see him staying there for the next two years, with brief stints in the NHL on call ups. Plays a similar game to Soshnikov, but with more skill and playmaking and more development runway. He would have placed higher in my personal T25U25 list (bottom half of top 10).
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Alot has happened in Leafland recently for sure, making Marner and Timashov's draft seem like ages ago, but they were in fact drafted in 2015, just to clarify.
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Haha, you're right. That's what happens when I don't check my work.
 
Highlander said:
Thank god your here Herman you are keeping this board alive thru the dog days.
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Thank the board for giving me the appearance of being occupied during work =)
 
To my eye test, I really liked Brown's game this past spring in those few games that he played with the big club.

If I recall correctly, Babcock was speaking very highly of him as well.
 
Frank E said:
To my eye test, I really liked Brown's game this past spring in those few games that he played with the big club.

If I recall correctly, Babcock was speaking very highly of him as well.
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Brown is faster than I expected! I remember the knock against him early on was his skating, but he usually overcame it with sheer determination to get into the right spot to make smart plays.
 
herman said:
Frank E said:
To my eye test, I really liked Brown's game this past spring in those few games that he played with the big club.

If I recall correctly, Babcock was speaking very highly of him as well.
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Brown is faster than I expected! I remember the knock against him early on was his skating, but he usually overcame it with sheer determination to get into the right spot to make smart plays.
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Smart plays is correct, he has great positional awareness, it makes him an excellent PK guy too.
 
I still don't really know what to think of Rychel yet. He is not expansion draft exempt either.

Does he have the 'drive-train' to play the power forward game? He's got hands for sure, but the wheels are just climbing towards average. Is he a slightly slower, more offensive-minded Tobias Lindberg?
 
I remember being really turned off when I watched him skate last year, personally I don't have a lot of hope for him past maybe depth at some point, even then.
 
PPP: 10. Nikita Soshnikov
TLN: 5. Kasperi Kapanen

I heart Soshnikov, who fills the gap left when Kulemin was shown the door. He's not as sturdy or defensive as Kulemin, but Soshnikov plays a pretty similar game, which I have dubbed: heavy Russian. High skill and puck possession + wrecking ball mentality.

Kapanen seems to have that clutch factor. He occasionally plays invisible, but when your team needs that one goal to knot up the game, or that one goal to claim the prize, he's the one buzzing the net to pounce opportunistically on any puck.
 
herman said:
I still don't really know what to think of Rychel yet. He is not expansion draft exempt either.

Does he have the 'drive-train' to play the power forward game? He's got hands for sure, but the wheels are just climbing towards average. Is he a slightly slower, more offensive-minded Tobias Lindberg?
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Kerby Rychel too me is going to be Carter Ashton 2.0.
 
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