Who is the Montreal Canadiens 9th best prospect? Feel free to use your own interpretation of the term "best prospect."... whether that be most upside, or most likely to have a good NHL career. Make sure to tell me who to add to the next poll.
Montreal Canadiens HFBoards Prospect Rankings:
#1: Nathan Beaulieu
Defenseman Saint John Sea Dogs.
1st Round, 17th Overall; 2011 110 Votes; 44.90% of the vote
#2: Louis Leblanc
Centre/Right Wing Hamilton Bulldogs.
1st Round, 18th Overall; 2009 50 Votes; 68.49% of the vote
#3: Alexei Yemelin
Defenseman Montreal Canadiens.
3rd Round, 84th Overall; 2004 73 votes, 37.24% of the vote
#4: Jarred Tinordi
Defenseman London Knights.
1st Round, 22nd Overall; 2010 76 votes, 45.78% of the vote
#5: Danny Kristo
Right Wing North Dakota Fighting Sioux.
2nd Round, 56th Overall; 2008 78 votes, 71.56% of the vote
#6: Aaron Palushaj
Right Wing Hamilton Bulldogs.
STL 2nd Round, 44th Overall; 2007; acquired for Matt D'Agostini 65 votes, 39.88% of the vote
#7: Alexander Avtsin
Right Wing Hamilton Bulldogs.
4th Round, 109th Overall; 2009 57 votes, 35.63% of the vote
#8: Brendan Gallagher
Right Wing Vancouver Giants.
5th Round, 147th Overall; 2010 84 votes, 53.16% of the vote
Bennett. I wonder how many of those who have voted for Diaz have seen him play.
Well it's something you have to accept with such a poll. Appart from Leblanc on team canada and Timordi in pre-season, can't say i've much more than game highlits for the rest of the crop.
He's a 26 year old Swiss Free Agent. I really feel he shouldn't be included in the first, but he was voted in, so there you go.
Do you feel Yemelin is a prospect?
If you take both of them out, I would agree you can make a case. With Yemelin in, there is no reason for Diaz not to be. Diaz is actually only 25 and a mere three (3) months older than Yemelin.
When was the last time our 8 first prospects had so much upside? No superstar, except maybe Beaulieu and Avtsin, but pretty deep.
Bringing over Diaz and Yemelin was big for that. Two guys that weren't on the radar last summer. Not to mention Gallagher and Palushaj having good seasons. The highly touted guys like Kristo, Leblanc and Tinordi are the one who didn't have a good year.
Bringing over Diaz and Yemelin was big for that. Two guys that weren't on the radar last summer. Not to mention Gallagher and Palushaj having good seasons. The highly touted guys like Kristo, Leblanc and Tinordi are the one who didn't have a good year.
I'm not sure that would matter. Bournival and Nash are both awesome prospects as far as I'm concerned.
Also, there is Qualier who is a bit of a mystery. He was a Top-10 prospect by THN and if not for his injury, might still be. Let's see how he bounces back this season because I have a feel he could be a Top-10 prospect again.
When was the last time our 8 first prospects had so much upside? No superstar, except maybe Beaulieu and Avtsin, but pretty deep.
It's weak at the top, but I'd agree pretty deep. While our top 3 guys would ideally be #3-5 type prospects, our top 11 or so are all legit top 7-8 prospects in most farms I'd guess.
If you take both of them out, I would agree you can make a case. With Yemelin in, there is no reason for Diaz not to be. Diaz is actually only 25 and a mere three (3) months older than Yemelin.
To be perfectly honest, no I don't consider Yemelin a prospect. As defensemen, they haven't hit the prime age of like 27-32, but still they're full-blown, high-level professional hockey players. As far as the learning/development curve goes, I feel they have both surpassed the label of "prospect." At least that's how I see it.
If we went out and signed Sergei Mozyakin, who's 30 but never played in the NHL, would anyone around here call him a prospect? Of course not. So why would we call Diaz/Yemelin prospect. Yemelin I can sort of understand because we drafted him and what not.
