Craig Button's look at our prospects

[puckhead]

C - Hodgson - Grade B - 3rd line player (not a knock on skillset, more a view on his versatility)
RW - Rodin - Grade B - 2nd line player
LW - B Sweatt - Grade C - 3rd line player
C - Schroeder - Grade C - 2nd line player (got the skills, had a disappointing AHL season)
D - Sauve - Grade C - 5-6 D-man

A: Impact, B: Useful, C: Project


Interesting that Tanev seems to have moved beyond prospect.
and Shirokov's not even on the map anymore.


caveat: not sure how much Button pays attention to our system.
But he ranks out prospect pool as 28th in the league.

 

[mooger_35]

What? no goalie rank for Lack? or no goalie ranks period?

 

[merlynbc]

Not too many east of the Rockies know much about what is happening to the west of them....

 

[mattola]

was this online or on tv? If on TV he may have had a very short segment but you know how it goes. to rank it 29th in the league is a bit weak

 

[jstewismybastardson]

I dont like Craig Button (lol)

Hockeysfuture.com ranks them 27th ... looks like its fairly up to date

none of the rankings ever take into account all the money the canucks sink into player development ... alot more than other franchises ... so a big meh to me

 

[puckhead]

What? no goalie rank for Lack? or no goalie ranks period?

They had Lehner as an A level prospect for Ottawa, so it was an oversight on our list.

was this online or on tv? If on TV he may have had a very short segment but you know how it goes. to rank it 29th in the league is a bit weak

It was on TV. They spent a few minutes on each CDN team.
can't seem to find the vid from a quick search.

 

[puckhead]

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