The 2013 OHL Draft has come and gone, which means it's already time to start preparing for next year. With minor hockey now on hiatus until August/September, I have composed a list below of some of the top names from the GTHL to watch for the 2014 Draft.
Players To Watch (9), in no particular order:
Victor Mete - Toronto Jr. Canadiens - D
Taylor Raddysh - Toronto Marlboros - F
Blake Coffey - Toronto Marlboros - D
Cliff Pu - Toronto Marlboros - F
Michael McLeod - Toronto Marlboros - F
Jeremy Smith - Toronto Marlboros - F
Joseph Mizzi - Toronto Marlboros - F
Adam Mascherin - Toronto Jr. Canadiens - F
Jack Lafontaine - Don Mills Flyers - G
As of right now, it is very hard to project whether next year's draft will be weak or strong, but I have liked what I've seen thus far and do expect it to be stronger than the 2013 Draft. Follow along on Twitter @kyriacou22 leading up to next April.
About Jonathan Kyriacou: Jonathan Kyriacou is the Greater Toronto Area Scout & OJHL Advance Scout for the Wellington Dukes of the OJHL, Jr. A affiliate of the OHL's Belleville Bulls. At just 17 years old, Jonathan has 3 years previous experience working in the hockey business. Follow on Twitter @kyriacou22 for more.
Thursday, April 11, 2013
Monday, October 8, 2012
2012 NHL Draft 1st round: Predicting the best players
After a bit of backlash yesterday when I tweeted who I thought would be the top 3 players to come out of the 2012 NHL Draft (Yakupov, Grigorenko, Rielly) I have decided to expand on those views and post who I think will be the best (1) to worst (30) players to come out of the 2012 1st round. This is all a personal opinion based on what I've seen from as far back as the 2011 Research and Development Camp, almost everyone will have a differeing opinion on this matter.
Secondly, to further clear things up, just because I don't have a player ranked in the top 3 does NOT mean I don't believe they'll be an effective NHL player. I truly believe this was a strong draft and could produce many great players.
Follow on twitter @kyriacou22
Player - NHL Team (Drafted Overall)
1. Nail Yakupov - Edmonton (1)
2. Mikhail Grigorenko - Buffalo (12)
3. Morgan Rielly - Toronto (5)
4. Alex Galchenyuk - Montreal (3)
5. Ryan Murray - Columbus (2)
6. Griffin Reinhart - NY Islanders (4)
7. Matthew Dumba - Minnestoa (7)
8. Filip Forsberg - Washington (11)
9. Andrei Vasilevski - Tampa Bay (19)
10. Malcolm Subban - Boston (24)
11 Jacob Trouba - Winnipeg (9)
12. Hampus Lindholm - Anaheim (6)
13. Zemgus Girgensons - Buffalo (14)
14. Derrick Pouliot - Pittsburgh (8)
15. Cody Ceci - Ottawa (15)
16. Radek Faksa - Dallas (13)
17. Slater Koekkoek - Tampa Bay (10)
18. Teuvo Teravainen - Chicago (18)
19. Brendan Gaunce - Vancouver (26)
20. Henrik Samuelsson - Phoenix (27)
21. Tom Wilson - Washington (16)
22. Olli Maatta - Pittsburgh (22)
23. Scott Laughton - Philadelphia (20)
24. Tanner Pearson - Los Angeles (30)
25. Tomas Hertl - San Jose (17)
26. Jordan Schmaltz - St. Louis (25)
27. Michael Matheson - Florida (23)
28. Stefan Matteau - New Jersey (29)
29. Brady Skjei - NY Rangers (28)
30. Mark Jankowski - Calgary (21)
Best 2nd Round Player: Sebastian Collberg - Montreal (33)
Secondly, to further clear things up, just because I don't have a player ranked in the top 3 does NOT mean I don't believe they'll be an effective NHL player. I truly believe this was a strong draft and could produce many great players.
Follow on twitter @kyriacou22
Player - NHL Team (Drafted Overall)
1. Nail Yakupov - Edmonton (1)
2. Mikhail Grigorenko - Buffalo (12)
3. Morgan Rielly - Toronto (5)
4. Alex Galchenyuk - Montreal (3)
5. Ryan Murray - Columbus (2)
6. Griffin Reinhart - NY Islanders (4)
7. Matthew Dumba - Minnestoa (7)
8. Filip Forsberg - Washington (11)
9. Andrei Vasilevski - Tampa Bay (19)
10. Malcolm Subban - Boston (24)
11 Jacob Trouba - Winnipeg (9)
12. Hampus Lindholm - Anaheim (6)
13. Zemgus Girgensons - Buffalo (14)
14. Derrick Pouliot - Pittsburgh (8)
15. Cody Ceci - Ottawa (15)
16. Radek Faksa - Dallas (13)
17. Slater Koekkoek - Tampa Bay (10)
18. Teuvo Teravainen - Chicago (18)
19. Brendan Gaunce - Vancouver (26)
20. Henrik Samuelsson - Phoenix (27)
21. Tom Wilson - Washington (16)
22. Olli Maatta - Pittsburgh (22)
23. Scott Laughton - Philadelphia (20)
24. Tanner Pearson - Los Angeles (30)
25. Tomas Hertl - San Jose (17)
26. Jordan Schmaltz - St. Louis (25)
27. Michael Matheson - Florida (23)
28. Stefan Matteau - New Jersey (29)
29. Brady Skjei - NY Rangers (28)
30. Mark Jankowski - Calgary (21)
Best 2nd Round Player: Sebastian Collberg - Montreal (33)
Tuesday, October 2, 2012
2013 NHL Entry Draft Pre-Season Rankings
I work as a scout in the Greater Toronto Area for the OJHL's Wellington Dukes (Jr. A). My viewings to date of these players includes TV and Canadian Ivan Hlinka Camp 2012 (fairly limited as it's only October). My predictions for this draft: Deep at centre, but definitely not like the 2012 draft on defence.
This is my pre-season projection for the Top-15 Players and Top Goalie for the 2013 NHL Entry Draft. My previous work includes the "Who is hockeyyinsiderr?" blog and 2012 OHL Draft Rankings. Follow me on Twitter @kyriacou22 or add me on LinkedIn.
1. Nathan MacKinnon. C Halifax QMJHL
2. Seth Jones. D Portland WHL
3. Sean Monahan. C Ottawa OHL
4. Jonathan Drouin. LW Halifax QMJHL
5. Alexander Barkov. C Tappara FIN
6. Darnell Nurse. D Soo OHL
7. Hunter Shinkaruk. C Medicine Hat WHL
8. Anton Slepyshev. LW Novokuznetsk KHL
9. Kerby Rychel. LW Windsor OHL
10. Anthony Duclair. LW Quebec QMJHL
11. J.T. Compher. LW USA U-18 USHL
12. Luke Johnson. C Lincoln USHL
13. Curtis Lazar. C Edmonton WHL
14. Justin Bailey. C Kitchener OHL
15. Ryan Fitzgerald. C Valley EJHL
Honorable Mention: Bo Horvat. C London OHL
TOP GOALIE
1. Zachary Fucale. G Halifax QMJHL
This is my pre-season projection for the Top-15 Players and Top Goalie for the 2013 NHL Entry Draft. My previous work includes the "Who is hockeyyinsiderr?" blog and 2012 OHL Draft Rankings. Follow me on Twitter @kyriacou22 or add me on LinkedIn.
1. Nathan MacKinnon. C Halifax QMJHL
2. Seth Jones. D Portland WHL
3. Sean Monahan. C Ottawa OHL
4. Jonathan Drouin. LW Halifax QMJHL
5. Alexander Barkov. C Tappara FIN
6. Darnell Nurse. D Soo OHL
7. Hunter Shinkaruk. C Medicine Hat WHL
8. Anton Slepyshev. LW Novokuznetsk KHL
9. Kerby Rychel. LW Windsor OHL
10. Anthony Duclair. LW Quebec QMJHL
11. J.T. Compher. LW USA U-18 USHL
12. Luke Johnson. C Lincoln USHL
13. Curtis Lazar. C Edmonton WHL
14. Justin Bailey. C Kitchener OHL
15. Ryan Fitzgerald. C Valley EJHL
Honorable Mention: Bo Horvat. C London OHL
TOP GOALIE
1. Zachary Fucale. G Halifax QMJHL
Wednesday, August 8, 2012
Who is hockeyyinsiderr?
Blog by Jonathan Kyriacou (@kyriacou22 on Twitter). I am a scout in the OJHL (Jr. A) here in Toronto, ON. I often post blogs about my opinion on up-and-coming prospects that I watch when I'm at the rink, but today decided to blog about something a little different that will hopefully give you all an answer you've been looking for. Please note, due to privacy concerns I will not be releasing the full names of people mentioned in this article, instead I will put initials or something else.
It's a common question that has now been asked for months by hockey fans in the Twitterverse. Who is hockeyyinsiderr? The anonymous account, run by someone from the Montreal area who only goes by his twitter name and rather suspicious profile picture has become well known around the hockey world, but for the wrong reasons. He's often wrong, cocky and arrogant. All while refusing to identify himself to his 48,000 followers.
We aren't nearly stupid enough to actually believe this person worked for four NHL teams, 3 as a Pro Scout and 1 as an Assistant GM, so he claims, so who is he? Today, thanks to my boredom, I believe I found the answer.
It started with a trip to his Facebook account out of pure curiosity. Yes, there is an actual Hockeyy Insiderr account and not just a page. I noticed he had about 400 friends, so I decided to check out who was listed. I remembered a previous tweet in which he gave 3 combinations of initials that could belong to him, being DD, AD, and PM. I searched through his friends list, looking for people for initials with those he listed, because if he was stupid enough to make an anonymous account he's probably stupid enough to add himself on Facebook. There, I found five possible names:
D** D*****s
Al******* D*****
P******* Mo****
P*****k M*****-*****d
Ar**** D*****
The first clue would be to find what city they listed as their hometown, as everyone knows hockeyyinsiderr is from the Montreal area. Out of the five names, the two with the initials AD were the only ones from Quebec, although neither from Montreal. Al******* D***** is listed from Beloeil and the other from Quebec City. I then decided to check out another site in which the insiderr has an account to see if I could find more.
While scrolling through that site (site is some French name that I can't remember), I found another user in one of the forums mentioned something about hockeyyinsiderr residing in Beloeil, a suburb of Montreal just about 30 minutes from the city (coincidentally the place in which Al******* D**** listed as his hometown).
As there was no other info on AD's Facebook account besides his hometown and a picture, I went to Twitter. Luckily, there was an AD account. It was created around the same time Hockeyy Insiderr began gaining mass amounts of followers (late last year) but a tweet has never been sent from it. However, it did say he was following 9 people (and had 0 followers). Of those 9 people he followed, 7 are considered to be "Main Stream Media Hockey Insiders or Beat Reporters". The other 2 accounts were the Montreal Canadiens and an unrelated 2004 Olympian.
Seemed like all things were pointing right to this AD person. But I wasn't completely convinced AD could actually be the fraud behind the account. So I checked one more website: LinkedIn. This is what really made me believe that AD was Hockeyy Insiderr, as when I looked up AD's account, I found one under that person's name who listed themseleves as a self-employed Freelance Writer from the "Montreal, Canada Area".
So putting the pieces of the puzzle together, it appears as if AD is HI.
Now, who is AD? AD is a male from Boeleil, Quebec who is listed as being fluent in both English and French. His high school he attends or did attend not long ago was found too, but will not be said publicly. He appears to be an avid hockey fan, especially of the Habs, who enjoys reading the tweets of, well, hockey people such as Louis Jean and Bob McKenzie. His Facebook picture makes him appear as if he is between the ages of 17 and 22 (note: see bottom of page for new info). And the fact he appears to be kissing a lobster in his profile picture doesn't exactly make him seem normal, either. He also appears to have played minor hockey previously. As mentioned, he also credits himself as being a Freelance Writer who is self employed and only works on his own.
Now am I saying I'm certain that this is the identity of hockeyyinsiderr? No (hence the reason I'm not releasing the full name of the person or his school). But it does sound like it very well could be. However, we may never know for sure as the question-marked man would likely deny it and will most likely never release his full name. But the bottom line is, has hockeyyinsiderr ever worked or been anywhere close to working in the NHL? Nope. Has he ever played in the NHL like his Facebook bio says? Nope. Does he have any sort of legitimate contact within the NHL? Absolutely not.
Feel free to leave your comments below.
NEW: I have confirmed that AD is in fact 17 years old. He is born in 1995 and did in fact attend Ontario Hockey Academy previously, like hockeyyinsiderr's Facebook profile suggests.
Added: Seeing how this blog has unexpectedly become very popular, I would like to reiterate the fact that I'm not and never will be 100% sure of the identity given above. Just what the clues pointed to. I am not a reporter or investigator and most likely will never be (I prefer my real job). This was all in fun. Even if I am wrong, as I very well could be, the bottom line is that people shouldn't be listening to anonymous "insiders".
About Jonathan Kyriacou: I am a 16 year old (that's right, 16) from the east-end of Toronto. I am lucky enough to, at my young age, be moving into my third year of working in the hockey business. I worked as an intern with Pulver Sports, then moved on to work as a Scout in a paid position with Level-Up Sports Group, and now will be moving into team management for the first time as a Scout with OJHL's Wellington Dukes. Unlike hockeyyinsiderr, I do have an actual hockey job and am not afraid to release my age and name. I have absolutely no NHL team contacts.
It's a common question that has now been asked for months by hockey fans in the Twitterverse. Who is hockeyyinsiderr? The anonymous account, run by someone from the Montreal area who only goes by his twitter name and rather suspicious profile picture has become well known around the hockey world, but for the wrong reasons. He's often wrong, cocky and arrogant. All while refusing to identify himself to his 48,000 followers.
We aren't nearly stupid enough to actually believe this person worked for four NHL teams, 3 as a Pro Scout and 1 as an Assistant GM, so he claims, so who is he? Today, thanks to my boredom, I believe I found the answer.
It started with a trip to his Facebook account out of pure curiosity. Yes, there is an actual Hockeyy Insiderr account and not just a page. I noticed he had about 400 friends, so I decided to check out who was listed. I remembered a previous tweet in which he gave 3 combinations of initials that could belong to him, being DD, AD, and PM. I searched through his friends list, looking for people for initials with those he listed, because if he was stupid enough to make an anonymous account he's probably stupid enough to add himself on Facebook. There, I found five possible names:
D** D*****s
Al******* D*****
P******* Mo****
P*****k M*****-*****d
Ar**** D*****
The first clue would be to find what city they listed as their hometown, as everyone knows hockeyyinsiderr is from the Montreal area. Out of the five names, the two with the initials AD were the only ones from Quebec, although neither from Montreal. Al******* D***** is listed from Beloeil and the other from Quebec City. I then decided to check out another site in which the insiderr has an account to see if I could find more.
While scrolling through that site (site is some French name that I can't remember), I found another user in one of the forums mentioned something about hockeyyinsiderr residing in Beloeil, a suburb of Montreal just about 30 minutes from the city (coincidentally the place in which Al******* D**** listed as his hometown).
As there was no other info on AD's Facebook account besides his hometown and a picture, I went to Twitter. Luckily, there was an AD account. It was created around the same time Hockeyy Insiderr began gaining mass amounts of followers (late last year) but a tweet has never been sent from it. However, it did say he was following 9 people (and had 0 followers). Of those 9 people he followed, 7 are considered to be "Main Stream Media Hockey Insiders or Beat Reporters". The other 2 accounts were the Montreal Canadiens and an unrelated 2004 Olympian.
Seemed like all things were pointing right to this AD person. But I wasn't completely convinced AD could actually be the fraud behind the account. So I checked one more website: LinkedIn. This is what really made me believe that AD was Hockeyy Insiderr, as when I looked up AD's account, I found one under that person's name who listed themseleves as a self-employed Freelance Writer from the "Montreal, Canada Area".
So putting the pieces of the puzzle together, it appears as if AD is HI.
Now, who is AD? AD is a male from Boeleil, Quebec who is listed as being fluent in both English and French. His high school he attends or did attend not long ago was found too, but will not be said publicly. He appears to be an avid hockey fan, especially of the Habs, who enjoys reading the tweets of, well, hockey people such as Louis Jean and Bob McKenzie. His Facebook picture makes him appear as if he is between the ages of 17 and 22 (note: see bottom of page for new info). And the fact he appears to be kissing a lobster in his profile picture doesn't exactly make him seem normal, either. He also appears to have played minor hockey previously. As mentioned, he also credits himself as being a Freelance Writer who is self employed and only works on his own.
Now am I saying I'm certain that this is the identity of hockeyyinsiderr? No (hence the reason I'm not releasing the full name of the person or his school). But it does sound like it very well could be. However, we may never know for sure as the question-marked man would likely deny it and will most likely never release his full name. But the bottom line is, has hockeyyinsiderr ever worked or been anywhere close to working in the NHL? Nope. Has he ever played in the NHL like his Facebook bio says? Nope. Does he have any sort of legitimate contact within the NHL? Absolutely not.
Feel free to leave your comments below.
NEW: I have confirmed that AD is in fact 17 years old. He is born in 1995 and did in fact attend Ontario Hockey Academy previously, like hockeyyinsiderr's Facebook profile suggests.
Added: Seeing how this blog has unexpectedly become very popular, I would like to reiterate the fact that I'm not and never will be 100% sure of the identity given above. Just what the clues pointed to. I am not a reporter or investigator and most likely will never be (I prefer my real job). This was all in fun. Even if I am wrong, as I very well could be, the bottom line is that people shouldn't be listening to anonymous "insiders".
About Jonathan Kyriacou: I am a 16 year old (that's right, 16) from the east-end of Toronto. I am lucky enough to, at my young age, be moving into my third year of working in the hockey business. I worked as an intern with Pulver Sports, then moved on to work as a Scout in a paid position with Level-Up Sports Group, and now will be moving into team management for the first time as a Scout with OJHL's Wellington Dukes. Unlike hockeyyinsiderr, I do have an actual hockey job and am not afraid to release my age and name. I have absolutely no NHL team contacts.
Sunday, August 5, 2012
2013 OHL Draft - Pre-Season: Players to watch
It's almost September, which means one thing: hockey season is fast approaching. And with that, I'll begin my new job with the Wellington Dukes (Jr. A affiliate of the OHL's Belleville Bulls) as a Scout. Like always, I will be keeping my eye mainly on the upcoming OHL Draft class.
Let's meet some of those players expected to go in the top few rounds from the GTHL. In April just before the 2012 Draft, I posted my rankings of the Top-50 1996 born GTHL players. Since then, it has attracted nearly 1000 views and out of that top-50, 44 were chosen within the Top-50 overall GTHL players, and 48 were drafted overall.
I will again, be posting those rankings. But it's still WAY to early to tell who will be the Top-50 come April, so here I have listed some of the top names to watch from the GTHL and a Pre-Season GTHL Top-5 ranking.
Stay tuned for more through-out the season as I continue ranking the top available OHL prospects and follow me on Twitter @kyriacou22.
GTHL August Top-5:
1. Mitchell Stephens (Toronto Marlboros)
2. Kyle Copobianco (Toronto Marlboros)
3. Dylan Strome (Toronto Marlboros)
4. Mathiau Young (Toronto Titans)
5. Nikita Korostelev (Toronto Jr. Canadiens)
As of now, I expect this to be a weaker draft than last year, and certainly not as deep, in terms of GTHL players. Once again, the Toronto Marlboros are expected to dominate amongst GTHL teams.
All players to watch (16), in no particular order:
Mitchell Stephens, C - Marlboros
Dylan Strome, LW - Marlboros
Kyle Copobianco, D - Marlboros
Joshua DeFarias, D - Marlboros
Connor Schliticting, D - Marlboros
Jack Webb, F - Marlboros
Mitchell Webb, F - Marlboros
Noah Jordan, F - Marlboros
Jordan MacLean, D - Marlboros
Ryan Hunt, F - Marlboros
Justin Fregona, F - Marlboros
Noah Robinson, F - Marlboros
Mitch Marner, F - Flyers
Mathiau Young, F - Titans
Nikita Korostelev, F - Jr. Canadiens
Robert Monti, F - Red Wings
Some non-GTHL players to keep an eye on:
Dennis Yan, F - Detroit Belle Tire
Travis Konecny, F - Elgin/Middlesex Chiefs
Blake Speers, F - Sault Ste. Marie
Zach Werenski, D - Detroit Belle Tire
Jeremy Bracco, F - Long Island Gulls
Detroit teams (mainly Belle Tire and Honeybaked) are expected to have a strong year. Werenski, Konecny, and Speers and projected Top-5 picks. Jermeny Bracco has apparently already committed to Harvard and will most likely say no to the OHL.
Let's meet some of those players expected to go in the top few rounds from the GTHL. In April just before the 2012 Draft, I posted my rankings of the Top-50 1996 born GTHL players. Since then, it has attracted nearly 1000 views and out of that top-50, 44 were chosen within the Top-50 overall GTHL players, and 48 were drafted overall.
I will again, be posting those rankings. But it's still WAY to early to tell who will be the Top-50 come April, so here I have listed some of the top names to watch from the GTHL and a Pre-Season GTHL Top-5 ranking.
Stay tuned for more through-out the season as I continue ranking the top available OHL prospects and follow me on Twitter @kyriacou22.
GTHL August Top-5:
1. Mitchell Stephens (Toronto Marlboros)
2. Kyle Copobianco (Toronto Marlboros)
3. Dylan Strome (Toronto Marlboros)
4. Mathiau Young (Toronto Titans)
5. Nikita Korostelev (Toronto Jr. Canadiens)
As of now, I expect this to be a weaker draft than last year, and certainly not as deep, in terms of GTHL players. Once again, the Toronto Marlboros are expected to dominate amongst GTHL teams.
All players to watch (16), in no particular order:
Mitchell Stephens, C - Marlboros
Dylan Strome, LW - Marlboros
Kyle Copobianco, D - Marlboros
Joshua DeFarias, D - Marlboros
Connor Schliticting, D - Marlboros
Jack Webb, F - Marlboros
Mitchell Webb, F - Marlboros
Noah Jordan, F - Marlboros
Jordan MacLean, D - Marlboros
Ryan Hunt, F - Marlboros
Justin Fregona, F - Marlboros
Noah Robinson, F - Marlboros
Mitch Marner, F - Flyers
Mathiau Young, F - Titans
Nikita Korostelev, F - Jr. Canadiens
Robert Monti, F - Red Wings
Some non-GTHL players to keep an eye on:
Dennis Yan, F - Detroit Belle Tire
Travis Konecny, F - Elgin/Middlesex Chiefs
Blake Speers, F - Sault Ste. Marie
Zach Werenski, D - Detroit Belle Tire
Jeremy Bracco, F - Long Island Gulls
Detroit teams (mainly Belle Tire and Honeybaked) are expected to have a strong year. Werenski, Konecny, and Speers and projected Top-5 picks. Jermeny Bracco has apparently already committed to Harvard and will most likely say no to the OHL.
Saturday, August 4, 2012
NHL's Top-30 Overall Prospects
This is a follow-up to my recent blog that featured the Top-10 prospects for each NHL team. Once again, follow me on Twitter @kyriacou22.
To view my other blog post featuring each NHL Team's Top-10 prospects, click this link ---> http://kyriacou22.blogspot.ca/2012/08/top-10-prospects-for-all-30-nhl-teams.html
1. Nail Yakupov (EDM)
2. Yevgeni Kuznetsov (WSH)
3. Mikael Granlund (MIN)
4. Vladimir Tarasenko (STL)
5. Ryan Murray (CBJ)
6. Chris Kreider (NYR)
7. Mika Zibanejad (OTT)
8. Mark Scheifele (WPG)
9. Justin Schultz (EDM)
10. Marcus Foligno (BUF)
11. Jaden Schwartz (STL)
12. Ryan Murphy (CAR)
13. Ryan Strome (NYI)
14. Dougie Hamilton (BOS)
15. Alex Galchenyuk (MTL)
16. Jonathan Huberdeau (FLA)
17. Brandon Saad (CHI)
18. Jonas Brodin (MIN)
19. Jason Zucker (MIN)
20. Brandon Gormley (PHX)
21. Mikhail Grigorenko (BUF)
22. Vladislav Namestnikov (TBL)
23. J.T. Miller (NYR)
24. Griffen Reinhart (NYI)
25. Quinton Howden (FLA)
26. Filip Forsberg (WSH)
27. Scott Harrington (PIT)
28. Jack Campbell (DAL)
29. Nazem Kadri (TOR)
30. Ty Rattie (STL)
To view my other blog post featuring each NHL Team's Top-10 prospects, click this link ---> http://kyriacou22.blogspot.ca/2012/08/top-10-prospects-for-all-30-nhl-teams.html
1. Nail Yakupov (EDM)
2. Yevgeni Kuznetsov (WSH)
3. Mikael Granlund (MIN)
4. Vladimir Tarasenko (STL)
5. Ryan Murray (CBJ)
6. Chris Kreider (NYR)
7. Mika Zibanejad (OTT)
8. Mark Scheifele (WPG)
9. Justin Schultz (EDM)
10. Marcus Foligno (BUF)
11. Jaden Schwartz (STL)
12. Ryan Murphy (CAR)
13. Ryan Strome (NYI)
14. Dougie Hamilton (BOS)
15. Alex Galchenyuk (MTL)
16. Jonathan Huberdeau (FLA)
17. Brandon Saad (CHI)
18. Jonas Brodin (MIN)
19. Jason Zucker (MIN)
20. Brandon Gormley (PHX)
21. Mikhail Grigorenko (BUF)
22. Vladislav Namestnikov (TBL)
23. J.T. Miller (NYR)
24. Griffen Reinhart (NYI)
25. Quinton Howden (FLA)
26. Filip Forsberg (WSH)
27. Scott Harrington (PIT)
28. Jack Campbell (DAL)
29. Nazem Kadri (TOR)
30. Ty Rattie (STL)
Thursday, August 2, 2012
Top-10 Prospects for all 30 NHL Teams
As always, this post is my own opinion. The following features the Top-10 prospects for each of the 30 NHL teams heading into the 2012-13 season (over 300 prospects in all!). Follow me on twitter for more @kyriacou22
To see my other NHL Prospects blog featuring the NHL's Top-30 Overall prospects, click this link -----> http://kyriacou22.blogspot.ca/2012/08/nhls-top-30-overall-prospects.html
To qualify for the list, the players must not have played a full NHL season (more than 25 games).
PACIFIC DIVISION
Anaheim
1. Emerson Etem
2. Peter Holland
3. Rickard Rackell
4. Sami Vatanen
5. Hampus Lindholm
6. John Gibson
7. Max Friberg
8. Patrick Maroon
9. Igor Bobkov
10. Nic Kerdiles
Los Angeles
1. Tyler Toffoli
2. Tanner Pearson
3. Christopher Gibson
4. Linden Vey
5. Brandon Kozun
6. Derek Forbort
7. Thomas Hickey
8. Jake Muzzin
9. Nick Shore
10. Nikolai Prokhorkin
Dallas
1. Jack Campbell
2. Jamie Oleksiak
3. Radek Faksa
4. Scott Glennie
5. Cody Eakin
6. Richard Bachman
7. Patrik Nemeth
8. Tyler Beskorowany
9. Emil Molin
10. Ludwig Bystrom
Phoenix
1. Brandon Gormley
2. Andy Miele
3. Mark Visentin
4. Henrik Samuelsson
5. David Rundblad
6. Brendan Shinnimin
7. Lucas Lessio
8. Philip Lane
9. Chris Summers
10. Michael Stone
San Jose
1. Freddie Hamilton
2. Taylor Doherty
3. Matt Nieto
4. Travis Oleksuk
5. Matt Tennyson
6. Tomas Hertl
7. JP Anderson
8. Max Gaede
9. Cody Ferriero
10. Sebsatian Stalberg
CENTRAL DIVISION
Chicago
1. Brandon Saad
2. Dylan Olsen
3. Teemu Teravainen
4. Jeremy Morin
5. Alexander Salak
6. Brandon Pirri
7. Adam Clendening
8. Kevin Hayes
9. Shawn Lalonde
10. Dillon Fournier
Columbus
1. Ryan Murray
2. Oskar Dansk
3. Cam Atkinson
4. Boone Jenner
5. David Savard
6. Lukas Sedlak
7. Michael Chaput
8. Petr Straka
9. Seth Ambroz
10. Dalton Smith
Detroit
1. Brendan Smith
2. Tomas Jurco
3. Gustav Nyqvist
4. Martin Frk
5. Ryan Sproul
6. Petr Mrazek
7. Riley Sheahan
8. Xavier Ouellet
9. Alan Quine
10. Jan Mursak
Nashville
1. Michael Latta
2. Austin Watson
3. Taylor Beck
4. Josh Shalla
5. Zach Budish
6. Gabriel Bourque
7. Joonas Rask
8. Colton Sissons
9. Magnus Hellberg
10. Chet Pickard
St. Louis
1. Vladimir Tarasenko
2. Jaden Schwartz
3. Ty Rattie
4. Jake Allen
5. Philip McRae
6. Jordan Schmaltz
7. Brett Sonne
8. Tyler Shattock
9. Dmitri Jaskin
10. Jay Barriball
NORTHWEST DIVISION
Calgary
1. Sven Baertschi
2. Leland Irving
3. Ryan Howse
4. Markus Grandlund
5. Roman Horak
6. Greg Nemisz
7. Akim Aliu
8. Paul Byron
9. Patrick Sieloff
10. Mark Jankowski
Colorado
1. Duncan Siemens
2. Tyson Barrie
3. Joey Hishon
4. Calvin Pickard
5. Cameron Gaunce
6. Sami Aittokalio
7. Mark Olver
8. Michael Sgarbossa
9. Mitchell Heard
10. Gabriel Beaupre
Edmonton
1. Nail Yakupov
2. Justin Schultz
3. Oscar Klefbom
4. Martin Marincin
5. Tobias Rieder
6. David Musil
7. Mitch Moroz
8. Tyler Bunz
9. Teemu Hartikainen
10. Curtis Hamilton
Minnesota
1. Mikael Granlund
2. Jonas Brodin
3. Jason Zucker
4. Charlie Coyle
5. Matthew Dumba
6. Zack Phillips
7. Brett Bulmer
8. Tyler Cuma
9. Matt Hackett
10. Mario Lucia
Vancouver
1. Nicklas Jensen
2. Jordan Schroeder
3. Brendan Gaunce
4. Kevin Connauton
5. Eddie Lack
6. Anton Rodin
7. Darren Archibald
8. Alex Grenier
9. Joseph Labate
10. Patrick McNally
NORTHEAST DIVISION
Boston
1. Dougie Hamilton
2. Ryan Spooner
3. Alexander Khokhlachev
4. Jared Knight
5. Malcolm Subban
6. Maxime Sauve
7. Matt Bartkowski
8. Colby Cohen
9. Lane MacDermid
10. Anton Khudobin
Buffalo
1. Marcus Foligno
2. Mikhail Grigorenko
3. Mark Pysyk
4. Joel Armia
5. Brayden McNabb
6. Zemgus Girgensons
7. TJ Brennan
8. Drew Schiestel
9. Jerome Gauthier-Leduc
10. Kevin Sundher
Montreal
1. Alex Galchenyuk
2. Nathan Beaulieu
3. Brendan Gallagher
4. Blake Geoffrion
5. Michael Bournival
6. Jarred Tinordi
7. Olivier Archambault
8. Patrick Holland
9. Sebastian Collberg
10. Morgan Ellis
Ottawa
1. Mika Zibanejad
2. Ben Bishop
3. Matt Puempel
4. Mark Stone
5. Cody Ceci
6. Robin Lehner
7. Stefan Noesen
8. Jakob Silfverberg
9. Mark Borowiecki
10. Stephane Da Costa
Toronto
1. Nazem Kadri
2. Joe Colborne
3. Ben Scrivens
4. Morgan Rielly
5. Korbinian Holzer
6. Jesse Blacker
7. Carter Ashton
8. Brad Ross
9. Stuart Percy
10. Tyler Biggs
ATLANTIC DIVISION
New Jersey
1. Stefan Matteau
2. Jon Merill
3. Scott Wedgewood
4. Alexander Urbom
5. Reid Boucher
6. Damon Severson
7. Blake Coleman
8. Brandon Burlon
9. Reece Scarlett
10. Eric Gelinas
NY Islanders
1. Ryan Strome
2. Griffen Reinhart
3. Kirill Kabanov
4. Scott Mayfield
5. Casey Cizikas
6. Calvin de Haan
7. Andrey Pedan
8. Anders Nilsson
9. Anders Lee
10. Matt Donovon
NY Rangers
1. Chris Kreider
2. JT Miller
3. Christian Thomas
4. Dylan McIlrath
5. Brady Skjei
6. Pavel Valentenko
7. Andrew Yogan
8. Martin St. Croix
9. Jesper fast
10. Steven Fogarty
Philadelphia
1. Scott Laughton
2. Jason Akeson
3. Brendan Ranford
4. Eric Wellwood
5. Brandon Manning
6. Nick Cousins
7. Matt Konan
8. Mike Testwuide
9. Matt Mangene
10. Blake Kessel
Pittsburgh
1. Scott Harrington
2. Joe Morrow
3. Simon Despres
4. Derrick Pouliot
5. Olli Maata
6. Brad Thiessen
7. Eric Tangradi
8. Beau Bennett
9. Brian Dumoulin
10. Robert Bortuzzo
SOUTHEAST DIVISION
Carolina
1. Ryan Murphy
2. Zac Dalpe
3. Victor Rask
4. Phil Di Giuseppe
5. Riley Nash
6. Bobby Sanguinetti
7. Oscar Osala
8. Brody Sutter
9. Jared Staal
10. Michal Jordan
Florida
1. Jonathan Huberdeau
2. Quinton Howden
3. Rocco Grimaldi
4. Alex Petrovic
5. Jacob Markstrom
6. Michael Matheson
7. Nick Bjugstad
8. John McFarland
9. Drew Shore
10. Kyle Rau
Tampa Bay
1. Vladislav Namestnikov
2. Cory Conacher
3. Slater Koekkoek
4. Andrei Vasilevski
5. JT Brown
6. Alex Killorn
7. Dustin Tokarski
8. Tyler Johnson
9. Nikita Kucherov
10. Dylan Blujus
Washington
1. Yevgeni Kuznetsov
2. Filip Forsberg
3. Stanislav Galiev
4. Tom Wilson
5. Patrcik Wey
6. Caleb Hebert
7. Brett Flemming
8. Kevin Marshall
9. Samuel Carrier
10. Tomas Kundratek
Winnipeg
1. Mark Scheifele
2. Jacob Trouba
3. Patrice Cormier
4. Ivan Telegin
5. Carl Klingberg
6. Spencer Machacek
7. Lukas Sutter
8. Paul Postma
9. John Negrin
10. Ben Maxwell
Top-5 BEST Group of Prospects
1. Minnesota
2. Pittsburgh
3. Edmonton
4. Toronto
5. Florida
Top-5 WORST Group of Prospects
1. San Jose
2. Calgary
3. New Jersey
4. Anaheim
5. Philadelphia
To see my other NHL Prospects blog featuring the NHL's Top-30 Overall prospects, click this link -----> http://kyriacou22.blogspot.ca/2012/08/nhls-top-30-overall-prospects.html
To qualify for the list, the players must not have played a full NHL season (more than 25 games).
PACIFIC DIVISION
Anaheim
1. Emerson Etem
2. Peter Holland
3. Rickard Rackell
4. Sami Vatanen
5. Hampus Lindholm
6. John Gibson
7. Max Friberg
8. Patrick Maroon
9. Igor Bobkov
10. Nic Kerdiles
Los Angeles
1. Tyler Toffoli
2. Tanner Pearson
3. Christopher Gibson
4. Linden Vey
5. Brandon Kozun
6. Derek Forbort
7. Thomas Hickey
8. Jake Muzzin
9. Nick Shore
10. Nikolai Prokhorkin
Dallas
1. Jack Campbell
2. Jamie Oleksiak
3. Radek Faksa
4. Scott Glennie
5. Cody Eakin
6. Richard Bachman
7. Patrik Nemeth
8. Tyler Beskorowany
9. Emil Molin
10. Ludwig Bystrom
Phoenix
1. Brandon Gormley
2. Andy Miele
3. Mark Visentin
4. Henrik Samuelsson
5. David Rundblad
6. Brendan Shinnimin
7. Lucas Lessio
8. Philip Lane
9. Chris Summers
10. Michael Stone
San Jose
1. Freddie Hamilton
2. Taylor Doherty
3. Matt Nieto
4. Travis Oleksuk
5. Matt Tennyson
6. Tomas Hertl
7. JP Anderson
8. Max Gaede
9. Cody Ferriero
10. Sebsatian Stalberg
CENTRAL DIVISION
Chicago
1. Brandon Saad
2. Dylan Olsen
3. Teemu Teravainen
4. Jeremy Morin
5. Alexander Salak
6. Brandon Pirri
7. Adam Clendening
8. Kevin Hayes
9. Shawn Lalonde
10. Dillon Fournier
Columbus
1. Ryan Murray
2. Oskar Dansk
3. Cam Atkinson
4. Boone Jenner
5. David Savard
6. Lukas Sedlak
7. Michael Chaput
8. Petr Straka
9. Seth Ambroz
10. Dalton Smith
Detroit
1. Brendan Smith
2. Tomas Jurco
3. Gustav Nyqvist
4. Martin Frk
5. Ryan Sproul
6. Petr Mrazek
7. Riley Sheahan
8. Xavier Ouellet
9. Alan Quine
10. Jan Mursak
Nashville
1. Michael Latta
2. Austin Watson
3. Taylor Beck
4. Josh Shalla
5. Zach Budish
6. Gabriel Bourque
7. Joonas Rask
8. Colton Sissons
9. Magnus Hellberg
10. Chet Pickard
St. Louis
1. Vladimir Tarasenko
2. Jaden Schwartz
3. Ty Rattie
4. Jake Allen
5. Philip McRae
6. Jordan Schmaltz
7. Brett Sonne
8. Tyler Shattock
9. Dmitri Jaskin
10. Jay Barriball
NORTHWEST DIVISION
Calgary
1. Sven Baertschi
2. Leland Irving
3. Ryan Howse
4. Markus Grandlund
5. Roman Horak
6. Greg Nemisz
7. Akim Aliu
8. Paul Byron
9. Patrick Sieloff
10. Mark Jankowski
Colorado
1. Duncan Siemens
2. Tyson Barrie
3. Joey Hishon
4. Calvin Pickard
5. Cameron Gaunce
6. Sami Aittokalio
7. Mark Olver
8. Michael Sgarbossa
9. Mitchell Heard
10. Gabriel Beaupre
Edmonton
1. Nail Yakupov
2. Justin Schultz
3. Oscar Klefbom
4. Martin Marincin
5. Tobias Rieder
6. David Musil
7. Mitch Moroz
8. Tyler Bunz
9. Teemu Hartikainen
10. Curtis Hamilton
Minnesota
1. Mikael Granlund
2. Jonas Brodin
3. Jason Zucker
4. Charlie Coyle
5. Matthew Dumba
6. Zack Phillips
7. Brett Bulmer
8. Tyler Cuma
9. Matt Hackett
10. Mario Lucia
Vancouver
1. Nicklas Jensen
2. Jordan Schroeder
3. Brendan Gaunce
4. Kevin Connauton
5. Eddie Lack
6. Anton Rodin
7. Darren Archibald
8. Alex Grenier
9. Joseph Labate
10. Patrick McNally
NORTHEAST DIVISION
Boston
1. Dougie Hamilton
2. Ryan Spooner
3. Alexander Khokhlachev
4. Jared Knight
5. Malcolm Subban
6. Maxime Sauve
7. Matt Bartkowski
8. Colby Cohen
9. Lane MacDermid
10. Anton Khudobin
Buffalo
1. Marcus Foligno
2. Mikhail Grigorenko
3. Mark Pysyk
4. Joel Armia
5. Brayden McNabb
6. Zemgus Girgensons
7. TJ Brennan
8. Drew Schiestel
9. Jerome Gauthier-Leduc
10. Kevin Sundher
Montreal
1. Alex Galchenyuk
2. Nathan Beaulieu
3. Brendan Gallagher
4. Blake Geoffrion
5. Michael Bournival
6. Jarred Tinordi
7. Olivier Archambault
8. Patrick Holland
9. Sebastian Collberg
10. Morgan Ellis
Ottawa
1. Mika Zibanejad
2. Ben Bishop
3. Matt Puempel
4. Mark Stone
5. Cody Ceci
6. Robin Lehner
7. Stefan Noesen
8. Jakob Silfverberg
9. Mark Borowiecki
10. Stephane Da Costa
Toronto
1. Nazem Kadri
2. Joe Colborne
3. Ben Scrivens
4. Morgan Rielly
5. Korbinian Holzer
6. Jesse Blacker
7. Carter Ashton
8. Brad Ross
9. Stuart Percy
10. Tyler Biggs
ATLANTIC DIVISION
New Jersey
1. Stefan Matteau
2. Jon Merill
3. Scott Wedgewood
4. Alexander Urbom
5. Reid Boucher
6. Damon Severson
7. Blake Coleman
8. Brandon Burlon
9. Reece Scarlett
10. Eric Gelinas
NY Islanders
1. Ryan Strome
2. Griffen Reinhart
3. Kirill Kabanov
4. Scott Mayfield
5. Casey Cizikas
6. Calvin de Haan
7. Andrey Pedan
8. Anders Nilsson
9. Anders Lee
10. Matt Donovon
NY Rangers
1. Chris Kreider
2. JT Miller
3. Christian Thomas
4. Dylan McIlrath
5. Brady Skjei
6. Pavel Valentenko
7. Andrew Yogan
8. Martin St. Croix
9. Jesper fast
10. Steven Fogarty
Philadelphia
1. Scott Laughton
2. Jason Akeson
3. Brendan Ranford
4. Eric Wellwood
5. Brandon Manning
6. Nick Cousins
7. Matt Konan
8. Mike Testwuide
9. Matt Mangene
10. Blake Kessel
Pittsburgh
1. Scott Harrington
2. Joe Morrow
3. Simon Despres
4. Derrick Pouliot
5. Olli Maata
6. Brad Thiessen
7. Eric Tangradi
8. Beau Bennett
9. Brian Dumoulin
10. Robert Bortuzzo
SOUTHEAST DIVISION
Carolina
1. Ryan Murphy
2. Zac Dalpe
3. Victor Rask
4. Phil Di Giuseppe
5. Riley Nash
6. Bobby Sanguinetti
7. Oscar Osala
8. Brody Sutter
9. Jared Staal
10. Michal Jordan
Florida
1. Jonathan Huberdeau
2. Quinton Howden
3. Rocco Grimaldi
4. Alex Petrovic
5. Jacob Markstrom
6. Michael Matheson
7. Nick Bjugstad
8. John McFarland
9. Drew Shore
10. Kyle Rau
Tampa Bay
1. Vladislav Namestnikov
2. Cory Conacher
3. Slater Koekkoek
4. Andrei Vasilevski
5. JT Brown
6. Alex Killorn
7. Dustin Tokarski
8. Tyler Johnson
9. Nikita Kucherov
10. Dylan Blujus
Washington
1. Yevgeni Kuznetsov
2. Filip Forsberg
3. Stanislav Galiev
4. Tom Wilson
5. Patrcik Wey
6. Caleb Hebert
7. Brett Flemming
8. Kevin Marshall
9. Samuel Carrier
10. Tomas Kundratek
Winnipeg
1. Mark Scheifele
2. Jacob Trouba
3. Patrice Cormier
4. Ivan Telegin
5. Carl Klingberg
6. Spencer Machacek
7. Lukas Sutter
8. Paul Postma
9. John Negrin
10. Ben Maxwell
Top-5 BEST Group of Prospects
1. Minnesota
2. Pittsburgh
3. Edmonton
4. Toronto
5. Florida
Top-5 WORST Group of Prospects
1. San Jose
2. Calgary
3. New Jersey
4. Anaheim
5. Philadelphia
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