Habs Board 2012 Prospect Rankings #9
 

Here is the installment for rank #9, Don't forget to add your vote for who should be added to the next poll.

1. Alex Galchenyuk, C (Sarnia Sting, OHL) - 100% of votes.
2. Nathan Beaulieu, D (St. Johns Sea Dogs, QMJHL) - 43.84% of votes.
3. Jarred Tinordi, D (London Knights, OHL) - 58.16% of votes.
4. Louis Leblanc, C/RW (Hamilton Bulldogs, AHL) - 53.51% of the votes.
5. Sebastien Collberg, RW (Frolunda, SEL) - 56.04% of the votes.
6. Brendan Gallagher, RW (Vancouver Giants, WHL) - 87.38% of the votes.
7. Morgan Ellis, D (Shawinigan Cataractes, QMJHL) - 47.98% of the votes.
8. Danny Kristo, RW (North Dakota, NCAA) - 67.96% of the votes.

I've added Joonas Nattinen, C to the poll.

Players to be added:
Peter Delmas, G
Robert Mayer, G
Alain Berger, RW
Maxim Trunev, RW
Ian Schultz, RW
Olivier Archambault, LW
Charles Hudon, LW
Phillippe Lefebvre, LW
Erik Nystrom, LW
Andreas Engvist, C
Dustin Walsh, C
Michael Cichy, C
Brendon Nash, D
Greg Pateryn, D
Magnus Nygren, D
Josiah Didier, D
Colin Sullivan, D
Joe Stejskal, D

Dalton "The best name in the system" Thrower (HM: Bozon, Bournival)

Add Nygren

Dalton Thrower.

I'd give Bournival a chance. I still think he's a pretty legit prospect.

Bennett

Add Walsh.

Dalton Thrower.
Add Brendon Nash.

Dalton Thrower, add Nash

thrower

Throw-haaaa

Bennett

Add Nash. Add Nash. Add Nash.

i'm definately on the Thrower bandwagon here. T-O-U-G-H as N-A-I-L-S:yo:

Thrower, add Nygren

Bennett add Nash

thrower- add Magnus Nygren

These threads always turn into parrot-isms.

Darren Dietz.

what? no love for palushaj?

My suggestion would be to drop Engqvist from the list, since it appears he won't be under contract and he turns 25 in Dec so he's up there in age. (although we do keep his rights for 3 years)

As for guys to add to the list, I'd look at the group of Didier, Schultz, Hudon, Pateryn as I'd say all should end up being top 20 prospects or real close to (I haven't worked on a new ranking till I get a better feel for the '12 class, so I don't know where everyone will fit but imo they are among the best that aren't on the current list (although I wouldn't have Avtsin on the board as he was easily one of the worst players in Hamilton last season, but perhaps this will be his year) Nash is tough to rank after missing an entire year with a major injury so I need to see how he looks and if the injury hampers him at all. Sullivan is also a tough one since I only saw him once and it was in the USHS, granted you don't go to top programs like BC unless you can play so I'm really looking foward to seeing what he can do.

Definitely Bennett for me.

Then probably Holland. Tough choice though. I also like Dietz, Thrower, Bournival and Vail.

I was flirting with the idea of taking Engqvist out of the poll. He was there to begin but now that he has gone to Russia, its safe to say he won't qualify as a prospect if he comes back.

Avtsin is on the board because of how highly he ranked on it the last two seasons. I expect him to fall in the rankings but I started the board keeping in mind the previous rankings.

Thrower? Sorry, again, I can't agree with the masses. I think I'd put Dietz, Bournival, and probably Bozon all ahead of him. Everyone really loves that name...

Thrower.

Add Nash. He's about due now.

Yea I don't think we will see Engqvist back any time soon. Trunev is another I don't think we will be seeing any time over here either but at least he's younger.

It was so bad for Avtsin he was easily getting outplayed by guys like Schultz, Nattinen and even Berger, granted he was younger but for it being his 2nd season in North America and to actually look worse as the season wore on is never good. But perhaps with the new coaching staff in Hamilton he will finally figure things out.

I've only seen Thrower twice, but I keep hearing that he was better then Dietz this season despite how good Dietz was. Personally I'd have Bennett over all defensemen not named Beaulieu/Tinordi but I've seen a lot more of him then any of the CHL D prospects.