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Samuel Dube

Rouyn-Noranda vs Halifax (QMJHL)

1/14/2019

Moves well, but doesn't seem to have the kind of elusive, explosive skating needed for a smaller player, yet. He's only 16. (Currently listed at 5'8, 153 pounds)

Number of Players

Number of Notes

Number of Games Noted

1,556

10,061

363

Brian Fogarty 19 August 2023

Vegas Golden Knights Top Prospects

Below are the top prospects in the Vegas Golden Knights organization, separated into forwards and defensemen.

Top Forwards

Top Forward Prospects By Team
Team Rank	Rank	Name	Position	Age	Height	Weight	Draft Selection	Pre-Draft Ranking	A/P Score
1	29	Ihs-Wozniak, Jakob	Center	18	6'3	185	55	20	-1.02
2	46	Connelly, Trevor	Center	19	6'0	160	19	12	-1.87
3	66	Nobert, Mateo	Center	17	6'0	166	85	39	-1.57
4	121	Cataford, Mathieu	Right Wing	20	5'11	190	77	40	-1.10
5	135	Swick, Trent	Left Wing	21	6'7	216	180	300	0.36
6	181	Sapovaliv, Matyas	Center	21	6'4	194	48	49	-0.11
7	215	Gustafson, Jordan	Center	21	5'11	175	79	78	-0.44
8	241	Uronen, Tuomas	Center	20	5'11	183	192	72	-0.40
9	293	Bowman, Braeden	Right Wing	22	6'2	194	250	300	-0.73
10	387	Hemmerling, Ben	Right Wing	21	5'10	160	177	149	-0.39
11	631	Demek, Jakub	Right Wing	22	6'4	196	128	458	1.21
12	661	Weiermair, Alexander	Center	20	6'1	190	186	300	-0.05
13	681	Van Vliet, Lucas	Center	19	6'1	178	197	277	0.98
14	774	Guay, Patrick	Center	23	5'9	179	145	223	-1.18
15	787	Hallum, Jackson	Center	22	6'0	170	91	269	0.70
16	813	Brabanec, Jakub	Center	21	6'1	174	102	216	1.35

Top Defensemen

Top DefensemenProspects By Team
Team Rank	Rank	Name	Position	Age	Height	Weight	Draft Selection	Pre-Draft Ranking	A/P Score
1	68	Karki, Arttu	Defenseman	21	6'2	176	96	48	-1.63
2	101	Leslie, Mazden	Defenseman	20	6'1	181	250	83	-1.56
3	130	Cormier, Lukas	Defenseman	24	5'8	170	68	30	-1.77
4	158	Sotheran, Carter	Defenseman	20	6'3	195	135	92	0.03
5	227	Wiebe, Abram	Defenseman	22	6'3	194	300	300	0.91
6	245	Kmec, Jozef Viliam	Defenseman	22	6'1	200	250	277	0.80
7	363	Bulans, Peteris	Defenseman	21	6'0	181	250	204	-0.77
8	482	Sjoqvist, Gustav	Defenseman	20	6'3	207	187	197	0.46
9	494	Sedoff, Christoffer	Defenseman	24	5'11	159	250	149	1.96
10	542	Cholach, Artur	Defenseman	22	6'4	201	190	422	0.99
11	544	Ellis, Noah	Defenseman	24	6'1	187	184	185	0.79

Brian Fogarty 19 August 2023

Winnipeg Jets Top Prospects

Below are the top prospects in the Winnipeg Jets organization, separated into forwards and defensemen.

Top Forwards

Top Forward Prospects By Team
Team Rank	Rank	Name	Position	Age	Height	Weight	Draft Selection	Pre-Draft Ranking	A/P Score
1	47	Yager, Brayden	Center	20	5'11	179	14	19	-1.18
2	48	Barlow, Colby	Left Wing	20	6'1	194	18	10	-1.74
3	160	Walton, Kieron	Center	19	6'5	203	187	121	0.06
4	165	Martin, Owen	Center	18	6'0	185	92	86	-0.56
5	230	He, Kevin	Left Wing	19	5'11	181	109	61	-0.42
6	238	Levis, Connor	Center	20	6'2	194	210	85	-0.52
7	252	Loponen, Markus	Center	19	6'1	185	155	109	-0.76
8	303	Lambert, Brad	Center	21	6'0	183	30	41	1.15
9	380	Chibrikov, Nikita	Left Wing	22	5'10	161	50	33	0.19
10	384	Julien, Jacob	Center	20	6'3	181	146	300	1.17
11	499	Klingsell, Viktor	Left Wing	18	5'10	188	156	82	0.09
12	504	Zhilkin, Danny	Center	21	6'0	196	77	55	-0.21
13	531	Nehring, Zach	Right Wing	20	6'2	182	82	182	0.87
14	590	Cloutier, Jacob	Right Wing	18	5'10	170	220	239	0.00
15	756	Wagner, Fabian	Right Wing	21	5'11	180	175	118	0.00

Top Defensemen

Top DefensemenProspects By Team
Team Rank	Rank	Name	Position	Age	Height	Weight	Draft Selection	Pre-Draft Ranking	A/P Score
1	19	Boumedienne, Sascha	Defenseman	19	6'1	184	28	35	-0.05
2	30	Freij, Alfons	Defenseman	20	6'0	197	37	30	-0.93
3	69	Salomonsson, Elias	Defenseman	21	6'2	185	55	51	-0.67
4	134	Sward, Graham	Defenseman	22	6'2	169	250	409	0.90
5	256	Brown, Garrett	Defenseman	22	6'2	179	99	238	0.59
6	288	Engle, Edison	Defenseman	19	6'1	173	188	155	0.52
7	549	Bauer, Tyrel	Defenseman	24	6'3	205	164	290	0.42

Brian Fogarty 19 August 2023

Boston Bruins Top Prospects

Below are the top prospects in the Boston Bruins organization, separated into forwards and defensemen.

Top Forwards

Top Forward Prospects By Team
Team Rank	Rank	Name	Position	Age	Height	Weight	Draft Selection	Pre-Draft Ranking	A/P Score
1	6	Hagens, James	Center	18	5'10	186	7	5	-1.28
2	88	Moore, William	Center	18	6'2	180	51	30	-0.27
3	98	Locmelis, Dans	Center	21	6'0	170	119	224	0.42
4	108	Minten, Fraser	Center	21	6'2	194	38	74	-0.50
5	209	Lysell, Fabian	Right Wing	22	5'11	176	21	14	-0.46
6	283	Simpson, Cooper	Center	18	6'1	179	79	194	0.12
7	318	Pelosi, Christopher	Center	20	6'2	185	92	300	0.86
8	342	Zellers, Will	Left Wing	19	5'11	170	76	144	0.48
9	378	Walsh, Ryan	Center	21	6'1	181	188	300	-0.43
10	379	Harrison, Brett	Center	22	6'1	172	85	60	-0.92
11	463	Jellvik, Oskar	Center	22	5'11	179	149	282	0.06
12	469	Hendrickson, Beckett	Left Wing	20	6'1	174	124	125	0.13
13	491	Chandler, Cole	Center	18	6'1	187	133	258	0.50
14	514	Letourneau, Dean	Center	19	6'6	214	25	89	0.74
15	517	Gasseau, Andre	Center	22	6'4	203	213	188	0.15
16	542	Spicer, Cole	Center	21	5'10	174	117	116	0.10
17	620	Nassen, Casper	Left Wing	21	6'4	205	214	300	0.75
18	624	Yemelyanov, Kirill	Center	18	6'0	170	165	250	0.61
19	638	Morello, Jonathan	Center	19	6'3	192	154	133	0.32
20	845	Pederson, Owen	Center	23	6'3	190	250	186	-1.06
21	958	Duran, Riley	Center	23	6'1	174	182	352	0.91

Top Defensemen

Top DefensemenProspects By Team
Team Rank	Rank	Name	Position	Age	Height	Weight	Draft Selection	Pre-Draft Ranking	A/P Score
1	70	Pettersson, Liam	Defenseman	19	6'2	170	61	84	0.03
2	138	Brunet, Frederic	Defenseman	22	6'2	185	300	300	-1.02
3	161	Gallagher, Ty	Defenseman	23	6'0	190	217	106	-0.50
4	173	Blanar, Vashek	Defenseman	18	6'4	183	100	199	0.74
5	232	Groenewold, Elliott	Defenseman	20	6'2	201	110	142	0.61
6	329	Edward, Jackson	Defenseman	22	6'2	194	200	273	1.17
7	427	Kostadinski, Kristian	Defenseman	20	6'5	214	220	151	0.75
8	437	Wanner, Maximus	Defenseman	23	6'3	185	212	367	0.64
9	449	Johansson, Loke	Defenseman	20	6'3	214	186	198	0.52
10	485	Langenbrunner, Mason	Defenseman	23	6'2	195	250	272	0.48
11	506	Myrenberg, Jonathan	Defenseman	23	6'2	190	140	212	-0.12

Brian Fogarty 19 August 2023

Buffalo Sabres Top Prospects

Below are the top prospects in the Buffalo Sabres organization, separated into forwards and defensemen.

Top Forwards

Top Forward Prospects By Team
Team Rank	Rank	Name	Position	Age	Height	Weight	Draft Selection	Pre-Draft Ranking	A/P Score
1	33	Helenius, Konsta	Center	19	5'11	189	14	8	-2.21
2	92	Ostlund, Noah	Center	21	5'11	163	16	26	-0.83
3	157	Richard, Jake	Center	20	5'11	165	170	153	-0.43
4	162	Poltapov, Prokhor	Left Wing	22	5'10	161	33	76	0.13
5	179	Ziemer, Brodie	Right Wing	19	5'11	196	71	38	-0.95
6	192	Miedema, Ethan	Left Wing	20	6'4	208	109	96	-0.18
7	198	Wahlberg, Anton	Center	20	6'3	192	39	58	-0.02
8	214	Neuchev, Viktor	Center	21	6'2	165	74	91	-0.26
9	282	Rosen, Isak	Left Wing	22	5'10	154	14	22	-0.16
10	346	Ratkovic Berndtsson, Joel	Right Wing	21	6'0	179	202	300	-0.01
11	408	Novotny, Melvin	Center	18	6'1	187	195	151	-0.04
12	440	Kucharcik, Matous	Center	18	6'3	180	103	212	0.67
13	445	Nadeau, Olivier	Right Wing	22	6'2	204	97	37	-1.64
14	544	Sardarian, Stiven	Center	22	6'1	154	88	375	0.70
15	559	Rucinski, Ryan	Center	18	5'10	176	219	233	-0.06
16	570	Karlsson, Gustav	Center	21	6'1	165	187	154	-0.31
17	581	Kisakov, Alexander	Left Wing	22	5'10	150	53	69	-0.49
18	583	Schultz, Ashton	Center	18	5'11	180	167	268	0.52
19	616	Zelenov, Vasili	Right Wing	19	5'11	170	204	355	0.89
20	653	Kozak, Tyson	Center	22	5'11	160	193	320	0.40
21	772	Tullio, Tyler	Center	23	5'9	161	126	52	-1.04
22	805	Von Barnekow, William	Center	22	6'4	190	161	202	-0.32
23	821	Fiddler-Schultz, Riley	Center	23	5'11	190	250	291	0.39
24	869	Costantini, Matteo	Center	22	6'0	173	131	163	0.03
25	900	Sjodin, Linus	Center	22	6'0	168	211	443	0.86

Top Defensemen

Top DefensemenProspects By Team
Team Rank	Rank	Name	Position	Age	Height	Weight	Draft Selection	Pre-Draft Ranking	A/P Score
1	12	Mrtka, Radim	Defenseman	18	6'5	218	9	17	-1.88
2	57	Kleber, Adam	Defenseman	20	6'5	215	42	47	-0.16
3	76	Strbak, Maxim	Defenseman	20	6'2	190	45	82	0.13
4	84	Bedkowski, David	Defenseman	19	6'4	221	71	135	0.95
5	109	McCarthy, Gavin	Defenseman	20	6'1	186	86	61	-0.94
6	114	Osburn, Luke	Defenseman	19	6'0	172	108	98	-0.29
7	185	Laberge, Noah	Defenseman	19	6'1	187	135	113	-0.40
8	205	Komarov, Vsevolod	Defenseman	22	6'2	185	134	171	0.41
9	207	Novikov, Nikita	Defenseman	22	6'4	207	188	148	0.48
10	219	Belliveau, Isaac	Defenseman	23	6'2	185	154	341	0.51
11	274	Brunet, Simon-Pier	Defenseman	20	6'2	196	123	282	0.75
12	330	Panocha, Norwin	Defenseman	21	6'1	185	205	101	-0.40
13	394	Geary, Patrick	Defenseman	22	6'1	185	250	300	0.89
14	446	Keohane, Sean	Defenseman	21	6'4	194	173	300	1.30

Brian Fogarty 19 August 2023

Carolina Hurricanes Top Prospects

Below are the top prospects in the Carolina Hurricanes organization, separated into forwards and defensemen.

Top Forwards

Top Forward Prospects By Team
Team Rank	Rank	Name	Position	Age	Height	Weight	Draft Selection	Pre-Draft Ranking	A/P Score
1	51	Artamonov, Nikita	Right Wing	19	5'11	187	50	24	-1.28
2	71	Nadeau, Bradley	Right Wing	20	5'10	172	30	36	-0.73
3	105	Ryabkin, Ivan	Center	18	5'11	210	62	33	-0.78
4	112	Cerrato, Charlie	Center	20	6'0	190	49	300	-0.63
5	166	Trikozov, Gleb	Center	20	6'1	192	60	33	-1.17
6	227	Unger Sorum, Felix	Center	19	5'11	172	62	87	-0.68
7	239	Vuollet, Oskar	Center	19	5'11	181	133	83	-1.05
8	248	Rykov, Alexander	Right Wing	20	5'11	170	100	90	0.01
9	273	Robidas, Justin	Center	22	5'7	175	147	59	-0.90
10	278	Krutov, Andrei	Left Wing	19	5'11	174	220	243	-0.84
11	321	Poirier, Justin	Right Wing	18	5'8	181	156	66	-1.70
12	344	Ekberg, Filip	Left Wing	18	5'10	168	221	58	-0.45
13	364	Perevalov, Alexander	Left Wing	21	6'0	191	71	52	-0.76
14	470	Perron, Jayden	Right Wing	20	5'9	166	94	54	-0.93
15	533	Yarovoy, Stanislav	Center	21	5'11	183	250	300	0.14
16	578	Emerson, Michael	Center	21	6'2	190	190	300	-0.04
17	596	Nordlund, Viggo	Center	18	5'9	165	183	203	-0.37
18	629	Avramov, Fyodor	Right Wing	19	6'3	190	188	119	0.15
19	724	Mukhanov, Timur	Center	20	5'8	170	163	105	-0.74

Top Defensemen

Top DefensemenProspects By Team
Team Rank	Rank	Name	Position	Age	Height	Weight	Draft Selection	Pre-Draft Ranking	A/P Score
1	50	Limatov, Kurban	Defenseman	19	6'3	198	67	31	-0.06
2	55	Fransen, Noel	Defenseman	20	6'0	185	69	60	-1.29
3	58	Badinka, Dominik	Defenseman	20	6'2	185	34	44	-0.61
4	74	Bausov, Roman	Defenseman	18	6'5	180	87	69	0.63
5	97	Forsmark, Simon	Defenseman	22	6'2	194	101	72	-1.82
6	165	Grudinin, Vladimir	Defenseman	22	5'10	159	156	50	-0.61
7	167	Siryatsky, Alexander	Defenseman	19	6'2	159	124	116	-0.39
8	228	Nystrom, Joel	Defenseman	23	5'10	159	300	300	1.65
9	266	Heimosalmi, Aleksi	Defenseman	22	5'11	170	44	49	-0.38
10	357	Shokhrin, Roman	Defenseman	20	6'4	201	184	162	0.23
11	410	Legault, Charles-Alexis	Defenseman	22	6'3	207	250	265	1.43
12	454	Kol, Timur	Defenseman	19	6'3	198	168	85	-0.57
13	467	Seeley, Ronan	Defenseman	23	5'11	176	208	68	-0.73
14	468	Pelevin, Alexander	Defenseman	21	5'11	172	205	143	0.58
15	553	Montgomery, Bryce	Defenseman	23	6'4	220	170	386	1.56

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