Islanders Prospect Poll #25

Isles4ever11 · 08-12-2009, 12:00 AM

Same thing as usual...90 Votes today will mark the end.

Islanders Prospect List

1. John Tavares (F) - Played for London Knights (OHL) - Selected 1st Overall, 2009 NHL Entry Draft
2. Calvin de Haan (D) - Played for Oshawa Generals (OHL) - Selected 12th Overall, 2009 NHL Entry Draft
3. Kirill Petrov (F) - Played for Kazan Ak-Bars (KHL) - Selected 73rd Overall, 2008 NHL Entry Draft
4. Jesse Joensuu (F) - Played for Bridgeport Sound Tigers (AHL) - Selected 60th Overall, 2006 NHL Entry Draft
5. Aaron Ness (D) - Played for University of Minnesota (WCHA) - Selected 40th Overall, 2008 NHL Entry Draft
6. Mikko Koskinen (G) - Played for Blues (FNL) - Selected 31st Overall, 2009 NHL Entry Draft
7. Corey Trivino (F) - Played for Boston University (HE) - Selected 36th Overall, 2008 NHL Entry Draft
8. Travis Hamonic (D) - Played for Moose Jaw Warriors (WHL) - Selected 53rd Overall, 2008 NHL Entry Draft
9. Robin Figren (F) - Played for Djugarden (SEL) - Selected 70th Overall, 2006 NHL Entry Draft
10. Rhett Rakhshani (F) - Played for University of Denver (WCHA) - Selected 100th Overall, 2006 NHL Entry Draft
11. Justin DiBenedetto (F) - Played for Sarnia Sting (OHL) - Selected 175th Overall, 2008 NHL Entry Draft
12. David Ullstrom (F) - Played for HV71 (SEL) - Selected 102nd Overall, 2008 NHL Entry Draft
13. Jack Hillen (D) - Played for New York Islanders (NHL) - Undrafted, Free Agent Signing
14. Matt Martin (F) - Played for Sarnia Sting (OHL) - Selected 148th Overall, 2008 NHL Entry Draft
15. Mark Katic (D) - Played for Sarnia Sting (OHL) - Selected 62nd Overall, 2007 NHL Entry Draft
16. Jason Gregoire (F) - Played for University of North Dakota (WCHA) - Selected 76th Overall, 2007 NHL Entry Draft
17. Casey Cizikas (F) - Played for Mississauga St. Michaels Majors (OHL) - Selected 92nd Overall, 2009 NHL Entry Draft
18. Jyri Niemi (D) - Played for Saskatoon Blades (WHL) - Selected 72nd Overall, 2008 NHL Entry Draft
19. Trevor Smith (F) - Played for Bridgeport Sound Tigers (AHL) - Undrafted, Free Agent Signing
20. Anders Nilsson (G) - Played for Lulea U20 (SuperElite) - Selected 62nd Overall, 2009 NHL Entry Draft
21. Blake Kessel (D) - Played for University of New Hampshire (HE) - Selected 166th Overall, 2007 NHL Entry Draft
22. Andrew MacDonald (D) - Played for Bridgeport Sound Tigers (AHL) - Selected 160th Overall, 2006 NHL Entry Draft
23. David Toews (F) - Played for University of North Dakota (WCHA) - Selected 66th Overall, 2008 NHL Entry Draft
24. Matt Donovan (D) - Played for Cedar Rapids RoughRiders (USHL) - Selected 96th Overall, 2008 NHL Entry Draft

Prospect (for the purposes of this poll): (1) Must be under 25 years old, (2) Has played 50 career NHL games or less, (3) Has played no more than 41 games in one single NHL season

2008-2009 Graduates: Kyle Okposo (F), Josh Bailey (F), Frans Nielsen (F)
2007-2008 Graduates: Sean Bergenheim (F), Jeff Tambellini (F), Blake Comeau (F)
2006-2007 Graduates: Bruno Gervais (D)
2005-2006 Graduates: Chris Campoli (D), Robert Nilsson (F)

Added: Tony Romano (1) [2]
Also Receiving Votes: Michael Haley (1), Jase Weslosky (1), Jeremy Colliton (1)

Previous Prospect Polls

2005 Prospect Rankings - Prospects are ranked 1-19 (run by former moderator NYIsles1)
2006 Prospect Rankings - Prospects are ranked 1-20 (run by sketchykg)
2007 Prospect Rankings - Prospects are ranked 1-25
2008 Prospect Rankings - Prospects are ranked 1-25

DO NOT ADD ANYONE - THIS IS THE LAST POLL!

GutchBoring13 · 08-12-2009, 12:37 AM

Lee
add Colliton

islandersbob · 08-12-2009, 07:32 AM

voted Kohn

Great job with all the polls!!!!

Are you going to do an HM poll?

Sneekypete · 08-12-2009, 09:42 AM

xIsle · 08-12-2009, 10:16 AM

Voted for Spurgeon. The gap between Katic and Spurgeon is pretty small. Last year, as 19 yo, Team Canada U20 invited Spurgeon to the final camp (for the WJC) not Katic...

BennyBST · 08-12-2009, 10:48 AM

Kohn

Quote:

Originally Posted by paddy17

Voted for Spurgeon. The gap between Katic and Spurgeon is pretty small. Last year, as 19 yo, Team Canada U20 invited Spurgeon to the final camp (for the WJC) not Katic...

I have a feeling the Islanders won't sign Spurgeon by next june unfortunately. Still early but I have that feeling.

Isles4ever11 · 08-12-2009, 10:53 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by islandersbob

voted Kohn

Great job with all the polls!!!!

Are you going to do an HM poll?

Thanks.

And no, what I usually do is take the top 5 guys with the most votes after this poll and call them HM. If I run any more polls, there will be little, if any interest so I stop it right here.

Sneekypete · 08-12-2009, 10:59 AM

Look at the Poll from 2 years ago and the poll from this year. This team went from pothetic prospect depth to a solid farm system. A couple more years of good drafting and developing and the Isles system may be one of the best.
I am interested to see the organizational rankings of prospects for 2009-2010

xIsle · 08-12-2009, 04:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BennyBST

Kohn

I have a feeling the Islanders won't sign Spurgeon by next june unfortunately. Still early but I have that feeling.

Yeah and I can understand the reason. The Isles have to many small defensemen of is type (Ness, DeHaan, Hillen, Donavan, Katic). So they have to make a choice. And since Spurgeon is a 6th rounder they might let him go as a free agent like they did with Simon Lacroix.

Unfortunately like you said!

Isles4ever11 · 08-13-2009, 04:03 PM

Bump. This ends tonight.

danteipp · 08-13-2009, 08:24 PM

Wow, tough call between Anders Lee, Dustin Kohn and Kevin Poulin for the final spot. I went with Lee simply because of his size and potential. That said a top-five honorable mention of Kohn, Poulin, Klementyev, Spurgeon and Ridderwall is very solid. Hopefully Ridderwall gets untracked this year, stays healthy and convinces Calle Ridderwall to sign with the Islanders if he keeps progressing at Notre Dame.