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Hockey Foreseen: A Prospect Spotlight  

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Conor Geekie

 

By Brian Fogarty, April 9, 2021

 

The Hockey Prophets are pleased to publish the first of a monthly feature series called Hockey Foreseen: A Prospect Spotlight, in which a deeper look will be taken at a current under-17 prospect making a name for themselves in junior or international hockey.

 

Conor Geekie, a 6’4, 205-pound center playing for the Winnipeg Ice of the WHL, is the perfect player to lead off this series. The Ice—then based in Kootenay—drafted Geekie second overall in the 2019 WHL Bantam draft, and he entered the league this season as a sixteen-year-old rookie with the size and hockey smarts of a much older player. Through his first 14 games for Winnipeg, Geekie has posted four goals and seven assists, and the team’s second-youngest player is currently sixth overall in team scoring (82% of his points at even strength) and has registered at least one point in 15 of the 20 games he has played. Geekie also leads the squad in plus/minus with a +6 rating. Recent 16-year-old WHL players with similar production include 2019’s 3rd-overall pick Kirby Dach and 2017’s 9th-overall pick Michael Rasmussen. 

 

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A Two-Man Race For The 2020-2021 Calder Trophy

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By Brian Fogarty, April 22, 2021

 

 

The 2020-2021 NHL season is entering the final weeks, and the race to win the Calder Trophy as the league's top rookie has become a dead heat between two remarkable young forwards, Kirill Kaprizov and Jason Robertson. Each player brings their own set of strenghts and weaknesses, but each has taken a leading role with their teams despite their relative lack of experience, and each is likely equally deserving the award. But, there can be only one Rookie of the Year, so the Hockey Prophets took a long look at each player (and the other rookies) to try to determine a winner. Typically, as a previous Hockey Prophets Calder Trophy article detailed, the trophy almost always goes to the rookie who scored the most points, but after roughly four-fifths of the season's games, Kaprizov and Robertson are practically tied in points (38 and 35, respectively), so it may turn out that scoring is not the prime determinator this season. With that in mind, what will set one apart from the other in order to sway the hockey writers when they vote for the Calder Trophy winner?

 

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Top Prospects: The Forwards

 

Below are the top 50 current U24 forward prospects that are not regular NHL players. There is not set limit for NHL games played, but in general if a prospect has played more than half of a season on an NHL roster he will graduate from this list.

Premium members have access to the full list of 1,000+ forward prospects.

 

Fall 2021 Edition

Last Updated September 1, 2021

 

Rank Previous Ranking Player Name Tier Birth Date Position Draft Year Age Height Height (CMs) Weight Draft Position Pre-draft Ranking Age/Production Score Score NHL
1 1 Quinton Byfield 1 8/19/2002 Center 2020 19 6'4 193 214 2 3 -3.42 -3.57 LAK
2 2 Marco Rossi 2 9/23/2001 Center 2020 20 5'9 175 179 9 7 -3.77 -2.91 MIN
3 4 Cole Perfetti 2 1/1/2002 Center 2020 20 5'10 178 185 10 5 -3.03 -2.83 WPG
4 NR William Eklund 2 10/12/2002 Left Wing 2021 19 5'10 178 172 7 4 -2.40 -2.80 SJS
5 NR Matthew Beniers 2 11/5/2002 Left Wing 2021 19 6'0 183 168 2 3 -1.25 -2.79 SEA
6 6 Anton Lundell 2 10/3/2001 Center 2020 20 6'1 185 183 12 14 -1.43 -2.74 FLA
7 NR Dylan Guenther 2 4/10/2003 Left Wing 2021 18 6'1 185 170 9 6 -3.71 -2.71 ARZ
8 9 Seth Jarvis 3 2/1/2002 Center 2020 20 5'10 178 172 13 17 -2.71 -2.51 CAR
9 7 Lucas Raymond 3 3/28/2002 Right Wing 2020 19 5'10 178 165 4 6 -1.40 -2.39 DET
10 11 Dawson Mercer 3 10/27/2001 Right Wing 2020 20 6'0 183 172 18 14 -2.34 -2.38 NJD
11 NR Kent Johnson 3 10/18/2002 Center 2021 19 6'1 185 168 5 10 -1.38 -2.32 CBJ
12 3 Alex Turcotte 3 2/26/2001 Center 2019 21 5'11 180 186 5 5 -2.42 -2.29 LAK
13 5 Alexander Holtz 3 1/23/2002 Left Wing 2020 20 6'0 183 183 7 9 -1.69 -2.17 NJD
14 27 Cole Caufield 3 1/2/2001 Center 2019 21 5'7 170 163 15 9 -1.45 -2.16 MON
15 13 Peyton Krebs 3 1/26/2001 Left Wing 2019 21 5'11 180 183 17 9 -0.99 -2.15 VGK
16 12 Alex Newhook 3 1/28/2001 Center 2019 21 5'10 178 192 16 15 -0.37 -2.14 COL
17 NR Cole Sillinger 3 5/16/2003 Center 2021 18 6'0 183 187 12 12 -1.97 -2.12 CBJ
18 8 Matthew Boldy 3 4/5/2001 Right Wing 2019 20 6'2 188 196 12 9 -1.02 -2.10 MIN
19 10 Jack Quinn 4 9/19/2001 Right Wing 2020 20 5'11 180 176 8 10 -1.77 -2.07 BUF
20 NR Mason McTavish 4 1/30/2003 Center 2021 19 6'1 185 196 3 7 -0.25 -2.04 ANA
21 24 Connor Zary 4 9/25/2001 Center 2020 20 6'0 183 174 24 18 -1.98 -1.99 CGY
22 NR Chaz Lucius 4 5/2/2003 Center 2021 18 6'0 183 175 18 13 -1.99 -1.98 WPG
23 16 Arthur Kaliyev 4 6/26/2001 Left Wing 2019 20 6'2 188 194 33 22 -2.54 -1.98 LAK
24 NR Matthew Coronato 4 11/14/2002 Left Wing 2021 19 5'10 178 180 13 15 -2.14 -1.94 CGY
25 22 Mavrik Bourque 4 1/8/2002 Center 2020 20 5'10 178 165 30 24 -1.99 -1.84 DAL
26 50 Hendrix Lapierre 4 2/9/2002 Center 2020 20 5'11 180 172 22 18 -0.48 -1.76 WAS
27 14 Jonatan Berggren 4 7/16/2000 Center 2018 21 5'10 178 183 33 33 -1.47 -1.75 DET
28 21 Tyson Foerster 4 1/18/2002 Center 2020 20 6'1 185 194 23 29 -1.56 -1.72 PHI
29 18 Phillip Tomasino 4 7/28/2001 Center 2019 20 5'11 180 183 24 21 -1.25 -1.68 NAS
30 17 Jakob Pelletier 4 3/7/2001 Left Wing 2019 20 5'9 175 165 26 33 -1.91 -1.61 CGY
31 31 Jacob Perreault 4 4/15/2002 Right Wing 2020 19 5'11 180 198 27 24 -1.53 -1.60 ANA
32 26 Samuel Poulin 4 2/25/2001 Left Wing 2019 21 6'1 185 212 21 29 -1.16 -1.59 PIT
33 NR Xavier Bourgault 4 10/22/2002 Right Wing 2021 19 6'0 183 170 22 22 -1.66 -1.58 EDM
34 15 Vitali Kravtsov 5 12/23/1999 Right Wing 2018 22 6'4 193 183 9 17 -1.02 -1.53 NYR
35 44 Brendan Brisson 5 10/22/2001 Center 2020 20 5'11 180 179 29 27 -1.17 -1.45 VGK
36 20 Ryan Suzuki 5 5/28/2001 Center 2019 20 6'0 183 180 28 22 -1.33 -1.45 CAR
37 30 Rodion Amirov 5 10/2/2001 Left Wing 2020 20 6'0 183 168 15 19 -0.67 -1.43 TOR
38 42 Barrett Hayton 5 6/9/2000 Center 2018 21 6'1 185 191 12 12 -0.85 -1.43 ARZ
39 33 Akil Thomas 5 1/2/2000 Center 2018 22 6'0 183 180 51 26 -1.26 -1.42 LAK
40 NR Zachary Bolduc 5 2/24/2003 Center 2021 19 6'0 183 175 17 23 -1.01 -1.42 STL
41 19 Joseph Veleno 5 1/13/2000 Center 2018 22 6'1 185 191 30 18 -1.40 -1.42 DET
42 23 Raphael Lavoie 5 9/25/2000 Center 2019 21 6'4 193 199 38 19 -1.06 -1.41 EDM
43 54 Jake Neighbors 5 3/29/2002 Left Wing 2020 19 5'11 180 201 26 37 -1.12 -1.40 STL
44 41 Connor McMichael 5 1/15/2001 Center 2019 21 5'11 180 182 25 30 -1.00 -1.40 WAS
45 51 Emil Heineman 5 11/16/2001 Left Wing 2020 20 6'0 183 179 43 65 -1.69 -1.39 FLA
46 48 Ridly Greig 5 8/8/2002 Center 2020 19 5'11 180 159 28 28 -1.28 -1.39 OTT
47 53 Roby Jarventie 5 8/8/2002 Left Wing 2020 19 6'2 188 185 33 55 -1.15 -1.38 OTT
48 NR Zachary L'Heureux 5 5/15/2003 Center 2021 18 5'11 180 194 27 27 -1.45 -1.37 NAS
49 59 Alex Beaucage 5 7/25/2001 Right Wing 2019 20 6'1 185 192 78 81 -1.58 -1.37 COL
50 78 Tristen Robins 5 11/15/2001 Center 2020 20 5'10 178 174 56 46 -1.13 -1.36 SJS

 

 

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Top Prospects: The Defensemen

Below are the Top 50 Under-24 defensemen prospects that are not regular NHL players. There is no set limit for NHL games played before a player is no longer condsidered a prospect, but in general if he has played more than half of a season on an NHL roster he will graduate from this list.

Premium members have access to the full list of 550+ defensemen prospects.

  

Fall 2021 Edition

Last Updated Spetember 11, 2021

 

Rank Previous Rank Player Name Tier Birthdate Position Draft Year Age Height Height (CMs) Weight Draft Position Pre-Draft Ranking Age/Production Score Prospect Score NHL
1 1 Jamie Drysdale 1 4/8/2002 Defenseman 2020 19 5'11 180 165 6 6 -2.42 -3.46 ANA
2 2 Bowen Byram 1 6/13/2001 Defenseman 2019 20 6'0 183 195 4 3 -2.96 -3.45 COL
3 NR Owen Power 1 11/22/2002 Defenseman 2021 19 6'5 196 209 1 1 -1.39 -3.41 BUF
4 6 Moritz Seider 2 4/6/2001 Defenseman 2019 20 6'3 191 208 6 17 0.39 -3.05 DET
5 5 Victor Soderstrom 2 2/26/2001 Defenseman 2019 21 6'0 183 182 11 14 -0.34 -3.03 ARZ
6 NR Luke Hughes 2 9/9/2003 Defenseman 2021 18 6'0 183 161 4 7 -2.13 -3.02 NJD
7 3 Jake Sanderson 2 7/8/2002 Defenseman 2020 19 6'1 185 170 5 9 -0.96 -2.99 OTT
8 4 Evan Bouchard 2 10/20/1999 Defenseman 2018 22 6'2 188 195 10 9 -3.52 -2.97 EDM
9 NR Brandt Clarke 3 2/9/2003 Defenseman 2021 19 6'1 185 181 8 6 -0.66 -2.85 LAK
10 NR Simon Edvinsson 3 2/5/2003 Defenseman 2021 19 6'4 193 185 6 5 0.61 -2.67 DET
11 7 Kaiden Guhle 3 1/18/2002 Defenseman 2020 20 6'3 191 187 16 19 -0.89 -2.50 MON
12 9 Thomas Harley 3 8/19/2001 Defenseman 2019 20 6'3 191 193 18 19 -2.12 -2.31 DAL
13 10 Braden Schneider 3 9/20/2001 Defenseman 2020 20 6'2 188 209 19 18 -0.99 -2.28 NYR
14 12 Cam York 3 1/5/2001 Defenseman 2019 21 5'11 180 172 14 16 -1.29 -2.17 PHI
15 11 Philip Broberg 4 6/25/2001 Defenseman 2019 20 6'3 191 200 8 14 0.53 -2.05 EDM
16 8 Ville Heinola 4 3/2/2001 Defenseman 2019 21 5'11 180 178 20 27 -1.84 -1.95 WPG
17 NR Olen Zellweger 4 9/10/2003 Defenseman 2021 18 5'10 178 174 34 50 -3.62 -1.83 ANA
18 NR Carson Lambos 4 1/14/2003 Defenseman 2021 19 6'1 185 201 26 21 -0.98 -1.79 MIN
19 22 Alexander Alexeyev 4 11/15/1999 Defenseman 2018 22 6'3 191 195 31 34 -1.59 -1.73 WAS
20 27 Helge Grans 4 5/10/2002 Defenseman 2020 19 6'3 191 192 35 43 -1.67 -1.64 LAK
21 NR Corson Ceulemans 4 5/5/2003 Defenseman 2021 18 6'2 188 190 25 23 -1.04 -1.64 CBJ
22 28 Pierre-Olivier Joseph 4 7/1/1999 Defenseman 2017 22 6'2 188 168 23 32 -1.20 -1.63 PIT
23 30 Nicolas Beaudin 4 10/7/1999 Defenseman 2018 22 5'10 178 172 27 42 -2.32 -1.62 CHI
24 33 Calen Addison 4 4/11/2000 Defenseman 2018 21 5'10 178 178 53 40 -2.41 -1.61 MIN
25 31 Matthew Robertson 5 3/9/2001 Defenseman 2019 21 6'3 191 200 49 27 -0.88 -1.51 NYR
26 23 Ryan O'Rourke 5 5/16/2002 Defenseman 2020 19 6'2 188 181 39 41 -1.35 -1.50 MIN
27 39 Lukas Cormier 5 3/27/2002 Defenseman 2020 19 5'8 173 170 68 48 -1.81 -1.48 VGK
28 25 Nils Lundkvist 5 7/27/2000 Defenseman 2018 21 5'11 180 173 28 36 -0.72 -1.46 NYR
29 37 Jeremie Poirier 5 6/2/2002 Defenseman 2020 19 6'0 183 192 72 41 -1.97 -1.45 CGY
30 16 Ryan Merkley 5 8/14/2000 Defenseman 2018 21 5'11 180 167 21 35 -3.08 -1.44 SJS
31 20 Justin Barron 5 11/15/2001 Defenseman 2020 20 6'2 188 187 25 32 -0.50 -1.43 COL
32 18 Timothy Liljegren 5 4/30/1999 Defenseman 2017 22 6'0 183 193 17 14 -1.41 -1.42 TOR
33 34 Sean Durzi 5 10/21/1998 Defenseman 2017 23 6'0 183 188 52 52 -2.56 -1.38 LAK
34 32 Lassi Thomson 5 9/24/2000 Defenseman 2019 21 6'0 183 186 19 37 -0.79 -1.37 OTT
35 35 Mattias Samuelsson 5 3/14/2000 Defenseman 2018 21 6'4 193 218 32 36 -0.53 -1.35 BUF
36 NR Daniil Chayka 5 10/22/2002 Defenseman 2021 19 6'2 188 187 38 28 -0.26 -1.35 VGK
37 26 Jared McIsaac 5 3/27/2000 Defenseman 2018 21 6'1 185 188 36 30 -1.42 -1.35 DET
38 73 David Farrance 5 6/23/1999 Defenseman 2017 22 5'11 180 195 92 66 -0.80 -1.33 NAS
39 15 Olli Juolevi 5 5/5/1998 Defenseman 2016 23 6'2 188 185 5 7 -1.54 -1.31 VAN
40 29 Bode Wilde 6 1/24/2000 Defenseman 2018 22 6'2 188 198 41 22 -0.90 -1.27 NYI
41 55 Ronnie Attard 6 3/20/1999 Defenseman 2017 22 6'3 191 205 72 80 -1.97 -1.25 PHI
42 52 Zac Jones 6 10/18/2000 Defenseman 2019 21 5'9 175 175 68 74 -1.67 -1.25 NYR
43 44 Ryan Johnson 6 7/24/2001 Defenseman 2019 20 6'0 183 170 31 35 -0.54 -1.20 BUF
44 46 Emil Andrae 6 2/23/2002 Defenseman 2020 20 5'9 175 183 54 57 -1.38 -1.18 PHI
45 NR Jack Peart 6 5/15/2003 Defenseman 2021 18 5'11 180 180 54 42 -0.89 -1.17 MIN
46 74 Robin Salo 6 10/13/1998 Defenseman 2017 23 6'0 183 181 46 77 -0.51 -1.15 NYI
47 68 Topi Niemela 6 3/25/2002 Defenseman 2020 19 6'0 183 163 64 44 0.25 -1.11 TOR
48 NR Shai Buium 6 3/26/2003 Defenseman 2021 18 6'3 191 214 36 45 -0.40 -1.10 DET
49 85 Alex Vlasic 6 6/5/2001 Defenseman 2019 20 6'5 196 198 43 37 -0.49 -1.10 CHI
50 36 Jett Woo 6 7/27/2000 Defenseman 2018 21 6'0 183 200 37 46 -1.00 -1.08 VAN
 

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