New York Islanders Top 25 Prospects - 8/14/09

Isles4ever11 · 08-14-2009, 12:03 AM

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
25. Anders Lee (F) - Played for Edina (HS) - Selected 152nd Overall, 2009 NHL Entry Draft

Honorable Mention

Dustin Kohn (D) - Played for Bridgeport Sound Tigers (AHL) - Selected 46th Overall, 2005 NHL Entry Draft
Kevin Poulin (G) - Played for Victoriaville Tigers (QMJHL) - Selected 126th Overall, 2008 NHL Entry Draft
Anton Klementyev (D) - Played for Lokomotiv Yaroslavl-2 (Rus-3) - Selected 122nd Overall, 2009 NHL Entry Draft
Stefan Ridderwall (G) - Played for Djugarden (SEL) - Selected 173rd Overall, 2006 NHL Entry Draft
Jared Spurgeon (D) - Played for Spokane Chiefs - Selected 156th 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)

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

Isles4ever11 · 08-14-2009, 12:04 AM

Analysis

Positions

Forward - 14 (Tavares (1), Petrov (3), Joensuu (4), Trivino (7), Figren (9), Rakhshani (10), DiBenedetto (11), Ullstrom (12), Martin (14), Gregoire (16), Cizikas (17), Smith (19), Toews (23), Lee (25))
Defense - 9 (de Haan (2), Ness (5), Hamonic (8), Hillen (13), Katic (15), Niemi (18), Kessel (21), MacDonald (22), Donovan (24))
Goalie - 2 (Koskinen (6), Nilsson (20))

Countries

Canada - 12 (Tavares (1), de Haan (2), Trivino (7), Hamonic (8), DiBenedetto (11), Martin (14), Katic (15), Gregoire (16), Cizikas (17), Smith (19), MacDonald (22), Toews (23))
USA - 6 (Ness (5), Rakhshani (10), Hillen (13), Kessel (21), Donovan (24), Lee (25))
Sweden - 3 (Figren (9), Ullstrom (12), Nilsson (20))
Finland - 3 (Joensuu (4), Koskinen (6), Niemi (18))
Russia - 1 (Petrov (3))

Draft Year

Undrafted - 2 (Hillen (13), Smith (19))
2006 - 4 (Joensuu (4), Figren (9), Rakhshani (10), MacDonald (22))
2007 - 3 (Katic (15), Gregoire (16), Kessel (21))
2008 - 10 (Petrov (3), Ness (5), Trivino (7), Hamonic (8), DiBenedetto (11), Ullstrom (12), Martin (14), Niemi (18), Toews (23), Donovan (24))
2009 - 6 (Tavares (1), de Haan (2), Koskinen (6), Cizikas (17), Nilsson (20), Lee (25))

Draft Rankings

Moved Up

David Ullstrom +11 (23 --> 12)
Travis Hamonic +9 (17 --> 8)
Jesse Joensuu +5 (9 --> 4)
Trevor Smith +2 (21 --> 19)
Aaron Ness +1 (6 --> 5)

Stayed The Same

Kirill Petrov - 3

Dropped

David Toews -9 (14 --> 23)
Robin Figren -5 (4 --> 9)
Blake Kessel -5 (16 --> 21)
Mark Katic -4 (11 --> 15)
Jack Hillen -3 (10 --> 13)
Jason Gregoire -3 (13 --> 16)
Jyri Niemi -3 (15 --> 18)
Rhett Rakhshani -2(8 --> 10)

New Additions - Eligible Last Year

Justin DiBenedetto - 11
Matt Martin - 14
Andrew MacDonald - 22
Matt Donovan - 24

Isles4ever11 · 08-14-2009, 12:05 AM

Prospect Depth Charts

Standard 12 F, 6 D, 2 G based solely on rankings

2009

Line 1: John Tavares, Kirill Petrov, Jesse Joensuu
Line 2: Corey Trivino, Robin Figren, Rhett Rakhshani
Line 3: Justin DiBenedetto, David Ullstrom, Matt Martin
Line 4: Jason Gregoire, Casey Cizikas, Trevor Smith

D1: Calvin de Haan, Aaron Ness
D2: Travis Hamonic, Jack Hillen
D3: Mark Katic, Jyri Niemi

G: Mikko Koskinen, Anders Nilsson

2008

Line 1: Kyle Okposo, Josh Bailey, Kirill Petrov
Line 2: Robin Figren, Corey Trivino, Frans Nielsen
Line 3: Rhett Rakhshani, Jesse Joensuu, Max Gratchev
Line 4: Jason Gregoire, David Toews, Jeremy Colliton

D1: Aaron Ness, Jack Hillen
D2: Mark Katic, Jyri Niemi
D3: Blake Kessel, Travis Hamonic

G: Poulin, Ridderwall

2007

Line 1: Kyle Okposo, Sean Bergenheim, Jeff Tambellini
Line 2: Blake Comeau, Frans Nielsen, Petteri Nokelainen
Line 3: Rhett Rakhshani, Jeremy Colliton, Max Gratchev
Line 4: Jesse Joensuu, Shea Guthrie, Sean Bentivoglio

D1: Dustin Kohn, Mark Katic
D2: Andrew MacDonald - Blake Kessel
D3: Drew Fata

G: Stefan Ridderwall

2006

Line 1: Robert Nilsson, Ryan O'Marra, Kyle Okposo
Line 2: Sean Bergenheim, Petteri Nokelainen, Jeff Tambellini
Line 3: Blake Comeau, Jesse Joensuu, Jeremy Colliton
Line 4: Shea Guthrie, Frans Nielsen, Igor Volkov

D1: Bruno Gervais, Denis Grebeshkov
D2: Dustin Kohn, Wes O'Neill
D3: N/A

G: N/A

Isles4ever11 · 08-14-2009, 12:07 AM

Be patient while I fix up the reserved posts. It's a lot of information I've gathered and worked on for you guys.

Also, I just wanted to thank everyone for voting in this year's polls. This is by far the most votes we've gotten for these polls, at least in my 3 years of doing it. Whether there's more activity because of Tavares or not, it doesn't matter. We got over 90 votes in 1 day for like the first 10 polls, which has never even come close to happening.

So thank you guys. You made this year the best year so far. And I guess we'll do it all over in 2010.

EDIT: All done, guys. Enjoy.

Forty Six and Two · 08-14-2009, 01:29 AM

Thanks I4E11

I met you in the parking lot before the draft party and I just want to say great job.

46 & 2

BelovedIsles · 08-14-2009, 02:12 AM

Thanks for doing this I4e.

What strikes me is the amount of prospect depth the Isles have compared to past years. Some of those HM-caliber prospects would undoubtedly be in the top-25 years ago.

Forty Six and Two · 08-14-2009, 02:48 AM

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Originally Posted by BelovedIsles

Thanks for doing this I4e.

What strikes me is the amount of prospect depth the Isles have compared to past years. Some of those HM-caliber prospects would undoubtedly be in the top-25 years ago.

Some of those HM-caliber prospects were in the top-25 years ago

isles31 · 08-14-2009, 08:41 AM

wow, amazing job...this is something that really popped out at me, that i didnt see last year for some reason
Line 1: Kyle Okposo, Josh Bailey, Kirill Petrov
that COULD be insane...or swap bailey for JT and then opposing teams would have some issues defending that line for years to come...if only petrov could get his arse over here

btw, 2/3 of 2006's top line is gross...o'marra as the top rated center...jeez. and that defense?! wow the prospect pool has grown exponentially in both depth and talent

Sneekypete · 08-14-2009, 09:35 AM

Great Jobs Isles , That is more work then I would do at my job in a month or 2

Islanders4Cups · 08-15-2009, 09:34 AM

The bolded players are NHL starters on the Islanders as opposed to other teams which is a good sign. The rebuild from within is on...

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Originally Posted by Isles4ever11

Prospect Depth Charts

Standard 12 F, 6 D, 2 G based solely on rankings

2009

Line 1: John Tavares, Kirill Petrov, Jesse Joensuu
Line 2: Corey Trivino, Robin Figren, Rhett Rakhshani
Line 3: Justin DiBenedetto, David Ullstrom, Matt Martin
Line 4: Jason Gregoire, Casey Cizikas, Trevor Smith

D1: Calvin de Haan, Aaron Ness
D2: Travis Hamonic, Jack Hillen
D3: Mark Katic, Jyri Niemi

G: Mikko Koskinen, Anders Nilsson

2008

Line 1: Kyle Okposo, Josh Bailey, Kirill Petrov
Line 2: Robin Figren, Corey Trivino, Frans Nielsen
Line 3: Rhett Rakhshani, Jesse Joensuu, Max Gratchev
Line 4: Jason Gregoire, David Toews, Jeremy Colliton

D1: Aaron Ness, Jack Hillen
D2: Mark Katic, Jyri Niemi
D3: Blake Kessel, Travis Hamonic

G: Poulin, Ridderwall

2007

Line 1: Kyle Okposo, Sean Bergenheim, Jeff Tambellini
Line 2: Blake Comeau, Frans Nielsen, Petteri Nokelainen
Line 3: Rhett Rakhshani, Jeremy Colliton, Max Gratchev
Line 4: Jesse Joensuu, Shea Guthrie, Sean Bentivoglio

D1: Dustin Kohn, Mark Katic
D2: Andrew MacDonald - Blake Kessel
D3: Drew Fata

G: Stefan Ridderwall

2006

Line 1: Robert Nilsson, Ryan O'Marra, Kyle Okposo
Line 2: Sean Bergenheim, Petteri Nokelainen, Jeff Tambellini
Line 3: Blake Comeau, Jesse Joensuu, Jeremy Colliton
Line 4: Shea Guthrie, Frans Nielsen, Igor Volkov

D1: Bruno Gervais, Denis Grebeshkov
D2: Dustin Kohn, Wes O'Neill
D3: N/A

G: N/A

JKP · 08-15-2009, 11:04 AM

Nice job. Thanks for the efforts.

petrocelli · 08-15-2009, 01:00 PM

Great job!!..

I think this list more accurately ranks our prospects compared to the HF rankings that just came out... The fans know best!!

Isles4ever11 · 08-17-2009, 05:24 PM

Thanks guys. My favorite thing on HF is doing these polls, and it was really great to see the amount of votes that were coming in this year.

IslesFanatic · 08-17-2009, 05:38 PM

Yup, great job again I4E11.

kevin27NYI · 08-17-2009, 06:26 PM

well done

Hipster Doofus · 08-17-2009, 08:16 PM

Damn, amazing how much better our pool is. Especially on defense. We have a legit top end guy in de Haan and some real good players like Ness, Katic, and Hamonic who have legit shots. Jack Hillen will be a regular and graduate. Obviously results are what count, but progress is being made.

StuDog · 08-17-2009, 09:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Hipster Doofus

Damn, amazing how much better our pool is. Especially on defense. We have a legit top end guy in de Haan and some real good players like Ness, Katic, and Hamonic who have legit shots. Jack Hillen will be a regular and graduate. Obviously results are what count, but progress is being made.

you like jack hillen? i hope, at the most, that he's a place holder until they get a little more size.

Smithtown31 · 08-18-2009, 12:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hipster Doofus

Damn, amazing how much better our pool is. Especially on defense. We have a legit top end guy in de Haan and some real good players like Ness, Katic, and Hamonic who have legit shots. Jack Hillen will be a regular and graduate. Obviously results are what count, but progress is being made.

Agreed. There are a lot more "warm bodies" on that list than in previous years. Quite a few future NHL'ers of varying degrees IMHO (not all of whom will ultimately play for us of course). Not spectacular (Tavares aside)- but for the first time in awhile... respectable.

Thanks Isles4ever11!! Great work!