Simply vote for the prospect you think is the best prospect of the above and vote who you would like to see added to the next poll. This poll will be open 24 hours.
This uses HF Criteria, hence why some players have spent time in the NHL.
Forwards
Seth Ambroz
Josh Anderson
Jonathan Audy-Marchessault
Sean Collins
Olivier Gabriel
Jake Hansen
Kevin Lynch
Maksim Mayorov
Lukas Sedlak
Dalton Smith
T.J. Tynan
Daniel Zaar
Defense
Anton Blomqvist
Gianluca Curcuruto
Thomas Larkin
Austin Madiasky
Drew Olson
Dalton Prout
Mike Reilly
Theo Ruth
Will Weber
Goaltenders
Anton Forsberg
Joonas Korpisalo
Martin Ouellette
Allen York
Today's poster being set on fire for not adding Tynan is 1857 Howitzer.
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I don't get the Dansk love. He wasn't even the best goalie in prospect camp. I've always voted these things based on what I've seen + potential. Dansk will be very good, but he isn't as close to realizing that as others.
Last edited by SuperGenius: 08-04-2012 at 11:03 AM.
I don't get the Dansk love. He wasn't even the best goalie in prospect camp. I've always voted these things based on what I've seen + potential. Dansk will be very good, but he isn't as close to realizing that as others.
Like you, I like to combine factors when voting in these. Ceiling, skill-set and how it might translate to the NHL, timetable for arrival, what I've both seen and heard. Gonna lead to different results, of course, not only between posters, but also for me anyway, voting and adding that isn't linear in any way.
For example, my last add was Kubalik, because, despite his skating needing work and maybe not having the upside skill of some other guys, I think his game will translate and he's a good fit based on the current direction of the roster make-up. But next I'm for adding Tynan, who I believe is further away that Kubalik but has crazy upside.
I voted Dansk, by the way. Add Tynan.
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I don't get the Dansk love. He wasn't even the best goalie in prospect camp. I've always voted these things based on what I've seen + potential. Dansk will be very good, but he isn't as close to realizing that as others.
He has a high draft stock. How he looked for a week in Columbus doesn't really affect that.
His ceiling is that of a #1 goaltender in the NHL. Certainly a lot "sexier" than Jenner, who might be a decent #2 center eventually.
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I don't get the Dansk love. He wasn't even the best goalie in prospect camp. I've always voted these things based on what I've seen + potential. Dansk will be very good, but he isn't as close to realizing that as others.
Voted Dansk, add Korpisalo
I'll explain my reasoning for Dansk, it might help you see what people are thinking:
Dansk is a big goalie, who, admittedly, has a ways to go from being an NHL caliber player. Certainly, he was not the #1 rated goaltender in this draft by any means, however, most people had him exactly where he went, which was the beginning of the second round, third goaltender picked overall. The reason I put Dansk ahead of a guy like Calvert is because of his upside. Oscar Dansk definitely projects as a high level starting goalie, possibly in 3-4 years he could be our answer to a guy like Cory Schneider or Tuukka Rask if he's brought along correctly. A guy we can put in the net every night that will give us a chance to win. Matt Calvert, if his upside is reached, is a second/third line player. Yes, I'm a big fan of Matt Calvert, and he is certainly closer to the NHL than Dansk is, but Dansk could be a special player for us.
This is also my reasoning for voting Joonas Korpisalo into the next poll. I think his upside is slightly lower than Dansk's (does that work as a plural?), but he does still have the potential to turn into a #1a type goalie for us in a few years. Essentially, these two are the top goaltending prospects we've had since Steve Mason, and both could be very good players.
Or, they could both completely bust, and we'll all be looking back at this list and wondering why more of us didn't vote for one of the other guys on the list.
EDIT: And I sure hope everyone isn't judging him solely on his prospect camp performance. There are so many tangibles in those short camps that it's really hard to get a good feel on a guy. In game action is where I do the bulk of my scouting, as that's when you see what a player is truly made of. A guy like Ryan Murray, who wasn't wholly impressive at the camp, is a guy who can think the game way ahead of everyone else, and thus doesn't need to be flashy or quick to be effective.
I don't get the Dansk love. He wasn't even the best goalie in prospect camp. I've always voted these things based on what I've seen + potential. Dansk will be very good, but he isn't as close to realizing that as others.
So? That's, what, 4 days worth of pretty low-key hockey?
I don't get the Dansk love. He wasn't even the best goalie in prospect camp. I've always voted these things based on what I've seen + potential. Dansk will be very good, but he isn't as close to realizing that as others.
I tend to agree. This poll is obviously a crap shoot once you get by the top 3 or maybe 5 (and based on some previous polls maybe the whole thing). I think people are going by what they read and in many cases, what they hope- that Dansk will finally be the long term goalie solution.
To add to his allure he was drafted in the 2nd round by the Jackets
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There are two things to blame:
1) the random number generator at random.org, for picking your name, and
2) YOURSELF, for voting to add someone other than Tynan in the last poll.
voted for Calvert.
