VSN Presents: Grading Teams Prospects

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When I first started this project, I started out with the idea of rating every teams’ prospects and then grading the team on the selections that they made but the more I dove head first into collecting data the harder it was for me to justify grading only the Prospect Pool list on the team page since a majority of the teams had a failing grade due to some teams draft heavily in some drafts and not at all in other drafts. I then decided that a Prospect should be a player that is still in the prospect pool but also still on a rookie contract. While this moved some of the team into a positive position, I am still not complete sure that this is an accurate show case of a team’s prospect pool but rather more a show where a team currently stands or will stand in the next few seasons as it is only a small three season snap shot. Team in a competitive window of win now will not be drafting near the first round or at least not often enough to affect their score in a hugely positive manner. While a team rebuilding the past two or three seasons will show positive since they have collected or should have collected a good number of prospects and lastly a team just starting into a rebuild will have a hugely negative ranking since none of the prospect have either joined the team yet or been drafted yet.

 

Take the ranking at face value is what I am trying to say but could be a good indicator of what teams might be up and coming in the next few seasons while it could also indicate, which teams might be falling off slightly.

 

Either way let’s take a look at each teams’ prospects:

 

                                                                                                                                                                                                         

 

Number of Prospects:	10
1st Round Picks:	0
2nd Round Picks:	3
3rd Round Picks:	4
4th Round Pick:	3
Prospect in the VHL:	0
VHL Ready Prospects:	1
Inactive Prospects:	5

 

Calgary Wranglers Prospects
(S93) LW - Miner vHLer (OSL)	@Rhynex Entertainment	17th (2nd Round)
(S93) RW - Oliver Loo (SSK) (COL)	@Misty	23rd (2nd Round)
(S93) D - Wladyslaw Mintus (HOU) (OSL)	@mintusaurus	37th (3rd round)
(S93) D - Carson Tripp (SSK) (STO)	@Cartripp14	29th (2nd Round)
(S93) LW - Hunter s (SDM)	@Hunter S	59th (4th Round)
(S91) D - Hezeus Ohmontegue-Steinhardt X (VAS)	@Sisyphus	35th (3rd Round)
(S93) RW - Trimiskez Artav (STO)	@jake	60th (4th Round)
(S93) D - Vanman Stein (COL)	@Vanman	55th (4th Round)
(S91) C - Hershey McFleury	@YaBoiDuggie	44th (3rd Round)
(S91) D - Thickums Mcgillacutty	@Jer_Lefebvre	46th (3rd Round)

 

 

 

Grade: F (score: 29.00)

 

Calgary Wranglers prospect pool is rather shallow due to draft location in the past three season with only three 2nd round picks with (S93) LW - Miner vHLer (OSL) @Rhynex Entertainment the teams current best prospect ready to join the roster next season. (S93) RW - Oliver Loo (SSK) (COL) @Misty is still another season away and should join in season 96; with two other S93 Draft picks ready the season after in (S93) D - Wladyslaw Mintus (HOU) (OSL) @mintusaurus and (S93) D - Carson Tripp (SSK) (STO) @Cartripp14. So, how does Calgary have an F grade with four players joining their roster from their prospect pool in the next three seasons? This is due to the inactive players and the fact that the team doesn`t have a need for top prospects being VHL ready in the past three season this season or next thus the grading system hurts them more than other teams.

 

Calgary Wranglers have two player retiring at the end of the season in (S85) D - Phil Strasmore @Phil and (S85) LW - Larry Abass Jr @RileyL; (S93) LW - Miner vHLer (OSL)  should replace the retiring Abass Jr @RileyL nicely while Calgary will need to look for a temporary defender or two as the team waits on their top two defending prospects in (S93) D - Wladyslaw Mintus (HOU) (OSL) @mintusaurusand (S93) D - Carson Tripp (SSK) (STO) @Cartripp14; who won`t be ready until S97. Timing is also prefect for (S93) RW - Oliver Loo (SSK) (COL) @Misty as they should also replace the retiring (S86) RW - Adam Rage @MrMom at the end of next season should he resign this off season.

 

Overall, Calgary Wranglers are in an interesting position as they should be in a compete now situation but as if writing Calgary are tied for the final Wildcard spot and will hope that they can force their way into the playoffs. The team will need to re-tool or enter a rebuild in the next three or four season so should become larger players in future drafts and see their prospect pool become stronger.

 

                                                                                                                                                                                                         

 

Number of Prospects:	9
1st Round Picks:	4
2nd Round Picks:	3
3rd Round Picks:	1
4th Round Pick:	1
Prospect in the VHL:	4
VHL Ready Prospects:	2
Inactive Prospects:	0

 

Chicago Phoenix Prospects
(S91) RW - Bryce Woodworth	@SirRupertBarnes	22nd (2nd Round)
(S91) LW - Joshua Schwarzer	@Velevra	6th (1st Round)
(S91) D - Lionel Collberg	@Masu Chan	11th (1st Round)
(S92) D - Karol Lamb	@dlamb	8th (1st Round)
(S93) LW - UghSike (OSL)	@UghSike	5th (1st Round)
(S93) LW - Jean-Pierre Devote (COL)	@eagle_3450	20th (2nd Round)
(S93) C - Vanuza Kolesinska (ROM)	@chikn	18th (2nd Round)
(S93) LW - Kevin OConnor (OTT) (VAS)	@Luke033	52nd (4th Round)
(S93) C - Micah Cederbaum (SSK) (COL)	@MicahC	46th (3rd Round)

 

 

Grade: B +   (score: 78.33)

 

Chicago Phoenix has rather impressive depth in their prospect pool aided by the fact that four of the prospects from the past three season have already made the jump to the VHL for the team. More impress is the fact that they took a risk on (S93) LW - Jean-Pierre Devote (COL) @eagle_3450; who if I remember correctly had shown signs of inactivity just before the draft and seen his draft stock fall to the second round; in which now looks like a rather smart pick; as he is ready for the VHL next season along with last season 5th overall selection (S93) LW - UghSike (OSL) @UghSike. Mean while (S93) C - Vanuza Kolesinska (ROM) @chikn is still another full season away but means we will see three of the five players in the Chicago prospect pool making VHL debut in the next two seasons.

 

Chicago forward core might look a lot different next season with (S85) RW - Babay Shrimp @Blazzer as the only player set to retire but both (S93) LW - UghSike (OSL) @UghSike and (S93) LW - Jean-Pierre Devote (COL) @eagle_3450 set to join the roster; something will need give!! Luckily for Chicago they have a single forward signed at the moment for next season so should easily have room for the two forward prospects and (S93) C - Vanuza Kolesinska (ROM) @chikn the season after.

 

Overall, Chicago Phoenix look like a team moving in the right direction but will need to follow last season strong draft by adding more VHL ready prospects to an already deep prospect pool.

 

                                                                                                                                                                                                         

 

Number of Prospects:	6
1st Round Picks:	1
2nd Round Picks:	2
3rd Round Picks:	2
4th Round Pick:	1
Prospect in the VHL:	1
VHL Ready Prospects:	1
Inactive Prospects:	2

 

D.C. Dragons Prospects
(S91) C - Theo Allard	@InstantRockstar	10th (1st Round)
(S91) RW - Tom Dufour (VAS)	@Cookie	29th (2nd Round)
(S89) LW - Justin Chen	@Jchin1604	33rd (3rd Round)
(S93) G - Herald Benson (HOU)	@Benson	19th (2nd Round)
(S93) G - Connor Hellebuyck (MEX)	@HockeyFan4Life	48th (3rd Round)
(S93) RW - Brash Candicoot	@TrinityMonk	64th (4th Round)

 

Grade:

E

(score: 41.67)

 

D.C. Dragons are the defending Continental Cup champions and it shouldn`t be a huge surprise that the Dragons have one of the small prospect pools of all the team in the league but have some very key prospects starting with (S93) G - Herald Benson (HOU) @Benson, who like it or not is going to be the goaltender of the future for the Dragons. But there is a problem; (S85) G - Henry Tucker Jr @NSG retires at the end of this season and Benson is still a season away so D.C. has a huge problem and question mark around what they will do in the off season; to get a goaltender until Benson is ready. (S91) RW - Tom Dufour (VAS) @Cookie is ready to make the jump to the VHL next season but doesn`t seem to have a place within the current roster structure in D.C. so could be moved during the off season in either a deal to bring in another defender or a stop gap goaltender.

 

D.C. Dragons are still in contend now mode but will need to find a goaltender to cover off the development gap while they wait for goaltender of the future Benson to be ready and with an aging forward core could look to retool in the off season or the following off season as majority of the forward core will retire.

 

                                                                                                                                                                                                         

 

Number of Prospects:	18
1st Round Picks:	4
2nd Round Picks:	5
3rd Round Picks:	4
4th Round Pick:	3
Prospect in the VHL:	0
VHL Ready Prospects:	3
Inactive Prospects:	1

 

HC Davos Dynamo Prospects
(S93) C - Antonia Bucatini (OSL)	@CowboyinAmerica	1st (1st Round)
(S91) D - Sunset Moth (PHI) (VAS)	@McWolf	13th (1st Round)
(S93) LW - Forum Content (BRA)	@frescoelmo	6th (1st Round)
(S91) G - David Slezak	@ShawnGlade	20th (2nd Round)
(S91) RW - Ivan Ivanov (VAS)	@KmaddFPS	32nd (2nd Round)
(S93) G - Aleksanteri Kaskiniemi-Kekkonen	@Snussu	12th (1st Round)
(S93) RW - Steve French (ROM)	@Seabass	21st (2nd Round)
(S91) C - Piston Maicupp (ROM)	@MandyManiac	43rd (3rd Round)
(S92) LW - Dwight shcrute (STO)	@Jamomayo	17th (2nd Round)
(S93) D - Billy Joel (HOU) (ROM)	@The goat of hockey	27th (2nd Round)
(S93) G - Kendra Cavill (LVA)	@Firekiss	42nd (3rd Round)
(S93) D - Masa Akimoto (LVA) (STO)	@Hokikeijot	47th (3rd Round)
(S93) RW - Armas Jortikka (MIA) (OSL)	@Kavadar	50th (4th Round)
(S93) G - Da TypThond (SSK)	@Erik	Undrafted
(S93) D - Russell Sprout (MIA) (ROM)	@betta57	45th (3rd Round)
(S93) G - Austin Goulet lll (SSK)	@Tuchy	Undrafted
(S93) D - Blaze Thunderstrike (LVA)	@eaglesfan036	56th (4th Round)
(S93) D - Magni Jinn (PHI) (VAS)	@DontCallMeCarson	49th (4th Round)

 

 

 

Grade:

E

(score: 40.56)

 

HC Davos went with the quantity over quality aspect when it comes to their team’s overall prospect pool but that doesn`t mean that they don`t have quality within their prospect pool as Davos has three prospect ready to join the VHL next season in (S93) C - Antonia Bucatini (OSL) @CowboyinAmerica, (S91) D - Sunset Moth (PHI) (VAS) @McWolf and (S93) LW - Forum Content (BRA) @frescoelmo. Whom should be followed rather quickly by three more prospect the following season in goaltender of the future (S93) G - Aleksanteri Kaskiniemi-Kekkonen @Snussu, (S93) RW - Steve French (ROM) @Seabass and (S93) D - Billy Joel (HOU) (ROM) @The goat of hockey. So, six prospect in the next two season joining your roster should sound great right? Not when you have nothing on your roster in the first place. These six players are the starting blocks of foundation of a building and will need to hold it together for another season or two. Expect to see Davos at the bottom of the league for at least another season or two unless they start to move prospect for veteran player to build a competitive team.

 

                                                                                                                                                                                                         

 

Number of Prospects:	13
1st Round Picks:	2
2nd Round Picks:	5
3rd Round Picks:	3
4th Round Pick:	2
Prospect in the VHL:	2
VHL Ready Prospects:	0
Inactive Prospects:	5

 

Helsinki Titans Prospects
(S92) LW - Adi Dassler	@BOOM	3rd (1st Round)
(S91) LW - Isaac mclflopper	@sportexperts show	19th (2nd Round)
(S92) LW - Matthew Highmore (VAS)	@NineIQ v2	19th (2nd Round)
(S93) C - Tyler Lawson (ROM)	@Nyx	14th (1st Round)
(S90) RW - Barry McOckiner (COL)	@LanerDUST	33rd (3rd Round)
(S93) RW - Anthony Simmons II (MIS) (COL)	@Starchychaff	35th (3rd Round)
(S92) D - Dustin Moore (HFX)	@Maxx	24th (2nd Round)
(S93) G - Samuel Wazinski	@samthemancub	30th (2nd Round)
(S91) C - Keegan Vos (ROM)	@DDZ_44	39th (3rd Round)
(S93) D - Landon Flatt (OTT) (BRA)	@Lando10	62nd (4th Round)
(S93) C - Aiden Paige (MIA)	@Apaige131	Undrafted
(S93) RW - Cole Stermer (HOU) (BRA)	@Bazeus	57th (4th Round)
(S93) LW - Filip Zinek (HOU) (BRA)	@FiZi	32nd (2nd Round)

 

 

Grade:

F

(score: 30.77)

 

With one of your best prospect being a player that you just traded for in (S92) LW - Adi Dassler @BOOM; who came over via a trade with Moscow Menace shows that the team might be heading in the wrong direction. No VHL ready prospect for a team that is outside of the playoff looking in and traded away their starting goaltender without having a goalie of the future in place means Helsinki looks to be in a tight spot, needing to either trade for a starting goaltender or draft a starting goaltender this off season but likely means if the team cannot get a starter next season; will once again be watching the playoff next season.

 

(S92) LW - Matthew Highmore (VAS) @NineIQ v2 and (S93) C - Tyler Lawson (ROM) @Nyx are two season away and should replace retiring pair (S87) RW - Ellis Woolfenden @D3X and (S87) LW - Jarkko Laakkonen @Xdjk93 at that time. After that Helsinki will need to hope that they hit on majority of their twelve picks this coming draft as the rest of the prospect are rather slim picking at the moment; not helped by five inactive prospects. Helsinki seems to be throwing as many darts at the board and hoping a few of them will stick; not the best way of building a prospect pool in my opinion. If I am correct Helsinki with have twenty-four prospect by the end of this season draft. Luckily for Helsinki; they don`t have any major needs to build a roster next season other than a starting goaltender.

 

                                                                                                                                                                                                         

 

Number of Prospects:	8
1st Round Picks:	1
2nd Round Picks:	3
3rd Round Picks:	2
4th Round Pick:	2
Prospect in the VHL:	0
VHL Ready Prospects:	0
Inactive Prospects:	3

 

London United Prospects		Drafted
(S90) D - Joseph Dubois (COL)	@Dubois	37th (3rd Round)
(S91) C - Alexandros Mograine (COL)	@sliceruser	42nd (3rd Round)
(S91) D - Scrungle Bungle (COL)	@Novanod	21st (2nd Round)
(S91) D - Arne Holmquist (BRA)	@axtron	25th (2nd Round)
(S92) D - Vanellope von Schweetz (COL)	@Arce	13th (1st Round)
(S92) G - Hugo Boss (OTT)	@Dil	22nd (2nd Round)
(S93) C - Jacob Longstreet (SSK) (COL)	@Dynamicmlb_42	51st (4th Round)
(S93) LW - Owen two (MEX) (BRA)	@do3bo1	63rd (4th Round)

 

 

 

Grade:

F

(score: 12.50)

 

By far the worse prospect pool in the VHL but should anyone be surprised when the team has been super competitive for the past six or seven season; if not longer. An aging roster in a season of either win or bust means that they have either traded away most of their future picks, prospects or selected late in the first round to be competitive. This team is set to enter a rebuild regardless of what happens during this season playoff and will look to see their prospect pool depth increase in the next few seasons.

 

Doesn`t help either when 40% of your prospect pool is also inactive and your top prospect in (S90) D - Joseph Dubois (COL) @Dubois is also inactive. (S91) C - Alexandros Mograine (COL) @sliceruser seems like a hidden gem grabbed in the 3rd round and could make the roster as early as next season; rather impressive from such a late pick. While (S91) D - Scrungle Bungle (COL) @Novanod is two season away at best still but could play a large role as part of the rebuild in London. It will be an interesting off-season in London to see how they start to retool or enter a complete rebuild like I think they are headed for.

 

                                                                                                                                                                                                         

 

Number of Prospects:	7
1st Round Picks:	1
2nd Round Picks:	3
3rd Round Picks:	1
4th Round Pick:	0
Prospect in the VHL:	0
VHL Ready Prospects:	1
Inactive Prospects:	2

 

Los Angeles Stars Prospects
(S91) RW - Nico Belique (STO)	@Syzygy	24th (2nd Round)
(S92) LW - Joe Shmo (BRA)	@matt sovick	15th (1st Round)
(S93) D - WWumbo (STO)	@Fire Tortorella	22nd (2nd Round)
(S91) LW - Leo Neelson III (SSK)	@silentnyrf31	Undrafted
(S93) C - Taylor Swift (MIS) (ROM)	@lilchrist	26th (2nd Round)
(S93) LW - Connor simard (HFX) (BRA)	@Alex99	36th (3rd Round)
(S93) D - Connor Mclaughlin (LVA)	@Connor Mclaughling	Undrafted

 

 

 

Grade:

F

(score: 28.57)

 

Considering Los Angeles Stars took majority of their roster straight into retirement; they have done a fairly good job at starting the process of rebuilding their prospect pool by adding picks; which I am not reviewing and (S91) RW - Nico Belique (STO) @Syzygy via a trade from Vancouver Wolves. The Stars will need to hit on every pick in the next two drafts with limited draft picks and the fact that they have already missed on (S93) D - WWumbo (STO) @Fire Tortorella with their 22nd overall pick last season as he seems to have gone inactive. The only 1st round prospect in (S92) LW - Joe Shmo (BRA) @matt sovick has also gone inactive since being traded to Los Angeles from Vancouver. (S93) C - Taylor Swift (MIS) (ROM) @lilchrist and (S93) LW - Connor simard (HFX) (BRA) @Alex99 are still a few season away from joining the VHL and the Stars but should be joining the roster just as it starts to turn the corner.

 

The Stars have a large shopping list and they should be shopping this off season when the draft starts in a few more weeks. It will be interesting to see who they draft at either 1st overall or 2nd overall depending the outcome of the draft Lotto but with a very strong draft they should come out with three or four really strong foundational pieces to build their team around.

 

                                                                                                                                                                                                         

 

Number of Prospects:	7
1st Round Picks:	2
2nd Round Picks:	2
3rd Round Picks:	3
4th Round Pick:	0
Prospect in the VHL:	1
VHL Ready Prospects:	1
Inactive Prospects:	2

 

Malmo Nighthawks Prospects
(S91) C - Phillip Rave	@tcookie	17th (2nd Round)
(S93) G - Jorgen Lovstrom	@Pifferfish	7th (1st Round)
(S92) G - Olafur Gunnleifsson	@JartY	10th (1st Round)
(S93) RW - Ocean Codoller (OTT) (BRA)	@FreshOceanCod	39th (3rd Round)
(S91) G - Shaunca (MIS)	@shaun1979	48th (3rd Round)
(S93) C - Caleb Nowell (OTT) (ROM)	@PhoenixsPc	44th (3rd Round)
(S92) RW - Bjorn Ragnulf	@ng1291	26th (2nd Round)

 

 

 

Grade:

F

(score: 37.86)

 

S92 Draft was very unkind to the Malmo Nighthawks as the drafted two players in (S92) G - Olafur Gunnleifsson (10th overall) and (S92) RW - Bjorn Ragnulf (26th overall) @ng1291; both have since gone inactive meaning Malmo came away from the S92 draft with no prospects. This forced them to double down and select (S93) G - Jorgen Lovstrom (7th overall) @Pifferfish their only VHL ready prospect following season. (S93) G - Jorgen Lovstrom @Pifferfish will join the team as the teams goaltender of the future just in time as (S86) G - Ash Sparks @DarkSpyro is set to retire of the second time in his career but with a season of transition means Malmo shouldn`t see any drop off in way of a team in the contention for the Continental Cup. With only one hole to fill due to surprise announcement that (S86) RW - Yaroslav Bogatyrev @Bojovnik was retiring a season early and no 1st round picks in the next two season; it looks like the prospect pool might remain rather slim pickings for at least a few more seasons. Not a huge concern since most of the team is still in the prime and a key piece already in place in (S93) G - Jorgen Lovstrom @Pifferfish.

 

                                                                                                                                                                                                         

 

Number of Prospects:	11
1st Round Picks:	6
2nd Round Picks:	5
3rd Round Picks:	0
4th Round Pick:	0
Prospect in the VHL:	4
VHL Ready Prospects:	2
Inactive Prospects:	4

 

Prospects
(S91) LW - Grimgor Ironhide	@FrostBeard	7th (1st Round)
(S92) C - George Richmond	@badcolethetitan	2nd (1st Round)
(S91) D - Leif Reingaard	@Zetterberg	3rd (1st Round)
(S91) G - Olober Syko	@Spartan	5th (1st Round)
(S93) D - Benjamin Abenduct (OSL)	@Schnee	9th (1st Round)
(S90) D - Didier Verhault (ROM)	@FTK	21st (2nd Round)
(S91) LW - Olumide Anderson (OSL)	@Theory	23rd (2nd Round)
(S92) D - Petit Hughie (LVA) (ROM)	@Sen	14th (1st Round)
(S92) D - Viktor Vyzovsky (STO)	@Vik	18th (2nd Round)
(S93) C - Walter Jinn (PHI) (VAS)	@Adrest245	31st (2nd Round)
(S92) C - Wernher von Braun (VAS)	@Prof. Zach Enron	20th (2nd Round)

 

 

Grade:

C

(score: 59.54)

 

Moscow has collected a lot of young talent over the past four or five season but I would have thought that they would have scored higher with four players already on the main roster in the likes of (S91) LW - Grimgor Ironhide @FrostBeard, (S92) C - George Richmond @badcolethetitan, (S91) D - Leif Reingaard @Zetterberg and (S91) G - Olober Syko @Spartan  but missing on four draft pick seems to have driven down the score; not to mention either rebuild really started in S90 and I am only going to S91 due to rookie contracts. This shows that Moscow really has transitioned or really should be transitioning into a win now situation. Scary to think not only does Moscow have (S93) D - Benjamin Abenduct (OSL) @Schnee and (S91) LW - Olumide Anderson (OSL) @Theory ready to join the roster as early as next season but they also currently hold two first round pick in this season strong first round draft. How likely are we to see some of these prospect trade to rebuilding teams?

 

                                                                                                                                                                                                         

 

Number of Prospects:	5
1st Round Picks:	4
2nd Round Picks:	0
3rd Round Picks:	1
4th Round Pick:	0
Prospect in the VHL:	2
VHL Ready Prospects:	1
Inactive Prospects:	1

 

Prospects
(S91) D - Callum Gary Yannick Janser	@Daniel Janser	1st (1st Round)
(S91) D - Rin Kagamine	@Rin	15th (1st Round)
(S92) C - Wayne Gretzky (OSL)	@MubbleFubbles	11th (1st Round)
(S93) LW - Chris Reynolds Jr (OSL)	@Crstats23	11th (1st Round)
(S91) LW - Luna Everdeen (STO)	@Dee	34th (3rd Round)

 

 

Grade:

B

(score: 75.00)

 

S91 Draft was the last draft ran by the old management @thadthrasher before handing over the management duties to current Manager @STZ but set the team up for the future with (S91) D - Callum Gary Yannick Janser (1st overall) @Daniel Janser and (S91) D - Rin Kagamine (15th overall) @Rin late in the first round. These two prospects joined an already young developing core and have no helped push the Americans to two consecutive playoff appearances; which should continue to be the norm with one of the better, but smallest prospect pools. Add in (S92) C - Wayne Gretzky (OSL) @MubbleFubbles; who should be VHL ready next season and (S93) LW - Chris Reynolds Jr (OSL) @Crstats23; who will be VHL the following season allowing a steady stream of young prospect to continue to flow onto the teams’ roster. New York Americans are in a good place right now as they continue to improve!!

 

                                                                                                                                                                                                         

 

Number of Prospects:	6
1st Round Picks:	2
2nd Round Picks:	2
3rd Round Picks:	1
4th Round Pick:	0
Prospect in the VHL:	0
VHL Ready Prospects:	1
Inactive Prospects:	1

 

 

Prospects
(S91) C - Spanish Moon Moth	@Renomitsu	4th (1st Round)
(S93) D - Chuck E Cheese (LVA) (VAS)	@a_Ferk	24th (2nd Round)
(S93) RW - Jack Dickins (MIS) (OSL)	@Mystery_boy98	28th (2nd Round)
(S91) RW - Elle Aura Ashe	@Lynersify	Undrafted
(S93) C - Charlie klepacki (HOU) (STO)	@chuck.hockey7	40th (3rd Round)
(S93) G - Ondrej Vencko	@Mutti	8th (1st Round)

 

 

Grade:

E

(score: 45.83)

 

Prague Phantoms look all but set to be heading into a rebuild with (S85) C - John Jameson @Frank, (S85) LW - Nikolas Kauppi @Tetricide and (S85) G - Matt Murdock @Acydburn retiring at the end of the season. Prague prospect pool isn`t the deepest or strongest but do have some key prospect in place with (S93) G - Ondrej Vencko @Mutti being the most important as he takes over the starting role from Murdock likely next season. Prague will look to build through what should be a deep draft this off season with four picks in the first two rounds; but they will need to really hit on their selections or they could be looking at a long rebuild. Another key prospect already in the VHL for the Phantom will be (S91) C - Spanish Moon Moth @Renomitsu as likely a key piece to build around. Prague is in for an interesting off season and draft but have put in enough effort to keep them from getting an F so far!!

 

                                                                                                                                                                                                         

 

Number of Prospects:	12
1st Round Picks:	5
2nd Round Picks:	1
3rd Round Picks:	5
4th Round Pick:	1
Prospect in the VHL:	2
VHL Ready Prospects:	1
Inactive Prospects:	1

 

Prospects
(S92) LW - Kimi Raikkonen	@mattyIceman	9th (1st Round)
(S91) G - Red Panda	@Lemorse7	8th (1st Round)
(S93) D - Lucy Leitner (VAS)	@LucyXpher	3rd (1st Round)
(S90) RW - Stefan Nikolaev (VAS)	@Is_thatok	46th (3rd Round)
(S91) C - Dan jr (STO)	@Danzo	26th (2nd Round)
(S93) RW - Yermolai Nabokov (VAS)	@fonziGG	15th (1st Round)
(S91) D - Bric Sheithaus (COL)	@Oldhead91	38th (3rd Round)
(S91) C - Caesar Monterrey (BRA)	@CaptainGatsby	40th (3rd Round)
(S93) C - French Fries (SSK) (ROM)	@solyom	33rd (3rd Round)
(S93) D - Ray Stanton (HOU) (ROM)	@horoscope	16th (1st Round)
(S93) LW - Elf shoes (HOU) (COL)	@ELF_SH0ES	54th (4th Round)
(S93) C - Isaak Robinson (MIA) (ROM)	@isaak	38th (3rd Round)

 

 

 

Grade:

E

(score: 47.08)

 

End of an era in Riga as current GM @hedgehog337 will hand over the duties to a new manager at the end of the season; likely before this season draft. Hedge has done a good job collecting young roster just looking to breakout and collecting a steady stream of young talent that should give the new manager a few tools to help shape the team’s future. Three solid picks in the last three drafts (S91) G - Red Panda @Lemorse7, (S92) LW - Kimi Raikkonen @mattyIcemanand (S93) D - Lucy Leitner (VAS) @LucyXpher should make the team much better starting as soon as next season. All the other prospects are still another season or two away with eleven of the twelve prospects active tell you a lot about the scout effort put in by current so to be former management. Riga can afford to wait for these prospects to develop or use them to add pieces to improve the current roster moving forward since they have such a young roster. Add in two first round picks this season and they could really start to contend sooner than later; not to mention to see a strong prospect pool starting as soon as this season draft.

 

                                                                                                                                                                                                         

 

Number of Prospects:	10
1st Round Picks:	6
2nd Round Picks:	2
3rd Round Picks:	2
4th Round Pick:	0
Prospect in the VHL:	4
VHL Ready Prospects:	2
Inactive Prospects:	3

 

Prospects
(S91) LW - Toby Kadachi	@ROOKIE745	14th (1st Round)
(S91) RW - Gustav Mattias	@Berocka	16th (1st Round)
(S91) D - Mina	@Baozi	12th (1st Round)
(S92) G - Giorgiy Costanzov	@Mongoose87	5th (1st Round)
(S93) LW - Gianfranco Del Rocco (VAS)	@Victor	2nd (1st Round)
(S93) RW - Nathan Ecker (ROM)	@Nathan_8	10th (1st Round)
(S93) RW - Marek Nowaczyk (OTT) (OSL)	@Chillybro	34th (3rd Round)
(S92) LW - Alexis Laffayette (ROM)	@DustyMclaren	21st (2nd round)
(S93) D - Enn Jinn (VAS)	@jhatty8	43rd (3rd Round)
(S92) C - Brent Pritchett	@Brent	30th (2nd Round)

 

 

Grade:

C

(score: 61.50)

 

The Seattle Bears are back after a strong S91 Draft that seen them select (S91) LW - Toby Kadachi @ROOKIE745, (S91) RW - Gustav Mattias @Berocka and acquiring (S91) D – Mina @Baoziin a trade; all playing in the VHL for the Bears. Mix in a few veteran players; acquired via UFA and at this season trade deadline; and the Bears won the North American Conference after starting the season as surprise team even fighting for a wildcard spot. With only one retiring player in (S85) RW - Henry Eagles @Greg_Di and two prospect ready to make their debut in the VHL next season in (S93) LW - Gianfranco Del Rocco (VAS) @Victorand (S93) RW - Nathan Ecker (ROM) @Nathan_8; the Bears will need to make a few rosters decision this off season to make room but that is always a nice situation to be in considering that Seattle should still be a contender next season. I haven`t even mentioed (S92) G - Giorgiy Costanzov @Mongoose87, the team goalie of the future who made his debut this season but could move into a back-up role to develop a bit longer behind (S86) G - Fuukka Rask @Jubis allowing the team to continue to contend without seeing a huge drop off. The VHL was hoping for a few season without being mauled by the Bears; yeah that won`t happen now!!

 

                                                                                                                                                                                                         

 

Number of Prospects:	6
1st Round Picks:	2
2nd Round Picks:	1
3rd Round Picks:	1
4th Round Pick:	2
Prospect in the VHL:	1
VHL Ready Prospects:	1
Inactive Prospects:	2

 

Prospects
(S91) G - Toddly Bobbly	@ToddlyBobbly	30th (2nd Round)
(S93) D - Gul Dukat (COL)	@MSouthworth	13th (1st Round)
(S92) LW - Wayne Shotzky (STO)	@Kenamatic	16th (1st Round)
(S93) D - Phil Taylor (OTT) (STO)	@Legacy	61st (4th Round)
(S91) RW - Kel Varnsen (OSL)	@JayF	36th (3rd Round)
(S91) C - Rory Sullivan	@Odette.Boudreaux	45th (4th Round)

 

 

 

Grade:

E

(score: 40.00)

 

Toronto Legion have been contender for the past few seasons now after winning the Continental Cup in S91 so it shouldn`t come as much of surprise that Toronto doesn`t have the deepest prospect pool in the league but they have some very key prospect with (S91) G - Toddly Bobbly @ToddlyBobbly learning this season as back-up to soon to retire (S86) G - Joel Castle @animal74 and Toronto will hope he is ready to take over the net in the next season or two. Bobbly has looked good in his fifteen starts this season with an 7-3-1 record 2.84ga and 0.910sav%. (S93) D - Gul Dukat (COL) @MSouthworth should add some nice youth to the blueline next season and strength the team backend. (S92) LW - Wayne Shotzky (STO) @Kenamaticand (S93) D - Phil Taylor (OTT) (STO) @Legacy are still a few season away from joining the big club. Toronto still look to be competive for a few more season but that will depend on Bobbly transition to the starting role.

 

                                                                                                                                                                                                         

 

Number of Prospects:	9
1st Round Picks:	7
2nd Round Picks:	1
3rd Round Picks:	1
4th Round Pick:	0
Prospect in the VHL:	6
VHL Ready Prospects:	1
Inactive Prospects:	2

 

Prospects
(S92) RW - Logan Ninefingers	@Scurvy	1st (1st Round)
(S92) RW - Riley Martin	@Smarch	4th (1st Round)
(S92) D - Guntis Gavilrovs	@Girts	7th (1st Round)
(S92) D - Vlad Von Carstein	@Dom	6th (1st Round)
(S92) D - DB IV	@wcats	12th (1st Round)
(S91) G - Dalkr Vidarsson	@KaleebtheMighty	9th (1st Round)
(S93) RW - Annie Oaks (COL)	@Noodle Enjoyer	4th (1st Round)
(S92) LW - Loic Trepagoat (ROM)	@Trepagoat	23rd (2nd Round)
(S91) RW - Demko (ROM)	@Demko	41st (3rd Round)

 

 

Grade:

B +

(score: 76.67)

 

Vancouver Wolves have no problem selecting in the first round with seven of the nine prospects being selected in the first round of the past three drafts, with S92 Draft being a huge turning point in the teams rebuild; where they selected five players in the first round. All seven first round picks should be in the VHL as of next season when (S93) RW - Annie Oaks (COL) @Noodle Enjoyer joins the roster. Overall score for the Wolves was hurt by later round picks both as both are currently inactive otherwise this would have been the only team with an A grade. Luckily for Vancouver they have a chance to increase their overall prospect pool and prove that they can draft in later rounds with three 3rds round picks in this season draft; not to mention adding two more highly rated players as Vancouver will select twice in the top 6 again!! Ugh!! This team should be an interesting team to watch as they have the talent to contend sooner rather than later.

 

                                                                                                                                                                                                         

 

Number of Prospects:	14
1st Round Picks:	1
2nd Round Picks:	9
3rd Round Picks:	3
4th Round Pick:	1
Prospect in the VHL:	3
VHL Ready Prospects:	0
Inactive Prospects:	6

 

Prospects
(S91) RW - Thor Reingaard	@N0HBDY	2nd (1st Round)
(S91) LW - Behrens Minion	@UnknownMinion	18th (2nd Round)
(S91) G - Pipo Popa	@npuBeT	31st (2nd Round)
(S91) C - Jacob Smith Jr (VAS)	@jacobaa19	27th (2nd Round)
(S90) C - Aeschylus Jigglejawns CXXXVII II (BRA)	@.sniffuM	34th (3rd Round)
(S90) RW - Joseph Jec (STO)	@Joseph Jec	32nd (2nd Round)
(S90) LW - Jorji Costova	@Hybrid1486	31st (2nd Round)
(S93) D - Cody Toland (OTT) (COL)	@ctoland102	25th (2nd Round)
(S91) RW - Dietrich Reingaard (ROM)	@JigglyGumballs	28th (2nd Round)
(S93) RW - Leon Bruhmaninho (SSK) (OSL)	@BigBruhman	41st (3rd Round)
(S91) LW - Aanarsi Reingaard (HFX) (VAS)	@Laine	33rd (3rd Round)
(S93) C - Gavin Bebard (MEX) (STO)	@Gavin Bebard	53rd (4th Round)
(S92) LW - Commander Doom (LVA)	@Mech hi	29th (2nd Round)
(S92) D - John Season (HFX) (ROM)	@dylanjj37	28th (2nd Round)

 

 

 

Grade:

F

(score: 30.36)

 

With only one first round draft pick in the past three season in their current prospect pool you would think Warsaw has been a contender but sometimes things just don`t work out as planned; no matter how good they actually look on paper. Also, when I look at Warsaw this shows the state of the prospect pool and the league ability to generate top end talent more than Warsaw’s ability to draft. With nine second round picks you would think Warsaw has a decent prospect pool but it has been rather hit or miss. Four of the nine second round prospect have gone inactive, retired or have large stretches of inactivity. Warsaw actually has been rather unlucky. Warsaw is still a young and developing team; that really needs (S91) G - Pipo Popa @npuBeT to take over the starting role in a season or two from newly acquired (S86) G - Lachlan Summers @kirbithan. Warsaw will also look for (S91) LW - Behrens Minion @UnknownMinion to take a larger step forward along with the other prospects; who are still a few seasons away. (S91) C - Jacob Smith Jr (VAS) @jacobaa19 at the moment is the next prospect to likely make the Predators roster but that won`t be until S95 unless fast tracked.

 

 

Overall Ranking of Teams Prospect Pools:

Team name	Score	International  Grade
Chicago Phoenix	78.33	B +
Vancouver Wolves	76.67	B +
New York Americans	75.00	B
Seattle Bears	61.50	C
Moscow Menace	59.54	C
Riga Reign	47.08	E
Prague Phantoms	45.83	E
D.C. Dragons	41.67	E
HC Davos Dynamo	40.56	E
Toronto Legion	40.00	E
Malmo Nighthawks	37.86	F
Helsinki Titans	30.77	F
Warsaw Predators	30.36	F
Calgary Wranglers	29.00	F
Los Angeles Stars	28.57	F
London United	12.50	F

Edited April 26 by Gaikoku-hito

[Chillybro 27]

let’s go Bears

[Banackock 8,143]

1 hour ago, Chillybro said:

let’s go Bears

LETS GO BROTHER  

[Crstats23 341]

Shouldn’t NY and Vancouver be flipped since NY score is higher?

Edited April 26 by Crstats23

[Gaikoku-hito 2,135]

10 minutes ago, Crstats23 said:

Shouldn’t NY and Vancouver be flipped since NY score is higher?

No, Typo since I had problems formatting earlier today and deleted Moscow from my data sheet and even from the article at one point. I was able to recover the data but never corrected the final data scores that you are looking at. If you look at the score under Vancouver you will see that they have 76.67 as a score; so are rightfully ahead of New York with the wrong score showing.

 

I will fix it and hopefully it won`t cause formatting issues or data deletion.

 

Edit: Moscow final score was also incorrect so has been corrected!!

Edited April 26 by Gaikoku-hito

[Spartan 4,531]

2 hours ago, Gaikoku-hito said:

deleted Moscow from my data sheet and even from the article at one point.

wtf

[mattyIceman 1,229]

How did you come up with the score?

[mattyIceman 1,229]

Number of Prospects:	10
1st Round Picks:	0
2nd Round Picks:	3
3rd Round Picks:	4
4th Round Pick:	3
Prospect in the VHL:	0
VHL Ready Prospects:	1
Inactive Prospects:

 

What is this supposed to indicate?

Edited April 26 by mattyIceman

[MicahC 19]

All other teams missed out. Phoenix is #1!

[BOOM 8,818]

Great article. As for Helsinki, having Dassler AND other elite prospects, well that would just be greedy 

[Gaikoku-hito 2,135]

5 hours ago, mattyIceman said:

How did you come up with the score?

Good Question:

 

Score is based around projected time frame for a player to make to the VHL as so:

 

Grading	A+	100	Already on the team
	A	90	Joins one season after draft
	B	75	Two Season
	C	50	Three
	D	25	Four or More
	F	0	VHLE & Never joins team.

 

That does mean every player does have a ranking and a projected time frame to make the VHL but I thought it was a bit unfair to label individual draft picks but rather keep it as team score. If in the future I run a draft ranking I would likely keep similar scoring system. Only issue that I have at the moment with the scoring system is it is nearly impossible for a team to have a really good score if they draft later rounds of a draft due to prospect taking longer to make it to the VHL but also doesn`t rewards draft super-star prospects in the first round so if anyone can come up with a better system than I am all ears!!

 

I was thinking something like:

 

Grading	A+	125	Already on the team
	A	100	Joins one season after draft
	B	75	Two Season
	C	50	Three
	D	25	Four or More
	F	0	VHLE & Never joins team.

 

This was to try to balance off some of the negative effects of draft in later rounds and inactive prospects; mainly to just bring up the overall scores.  So if I changed to the new scoring system and adjusted the grading system I think in the future this is what I will use as it reflects the teams prospect pool slightly more effectively!!

 

Team name	Old Score	Score	Old Grade	New Grade
Calgary Wranglers	29.00	30.00	F	E
Chicago Phoenix	78.33	91.67	B +	A
D.C. Dragons	41.67	45.83	E	D +
HC Davos Dynamo	40.56	41.67	E	D
Helsinki Titans	30.77	34.62	F	E
London United	12.50	12.50	F	F
Los Angeles Stars	28.57	28.57	F	E
Malmo Nighthawks	37.86	41.43	F	D
Moscow Menace	59.55	68.64	C	B -
New York Americans	75.00	85.00	B	A
Prague Phantoms	45.83	50.00	E	C -
Riga Reign	47.08	52.08	E	C -
Seattle Bears	61.50	75.00	C	B +
Toronto Legion	40.00	45.83	E	D +
Vancouver Wolves	76.67	94.44	B +	A
Warsaw Predators	30.36	35.71	F	D -

 

 

Grading System
80-100%	A
75-79%	B +
70-74%	B
65-69%	B -
60-64%	C +
55-59%	C
50-54%	C -
45-49%	D +
40-44%	D
35-39%	D -
25-34%	E
0-25%	F

 

Like mentioned above if you have any suggests I am open to them but looking at the new data and the adjusted scores I think that will be used in the future since it give a wider range and better scores!! Let me know what you think!!

[Gaikoku-hito 2,135]

5 hours ago, mattyIceman said:

Number of Prospects:	10
1st Round Picks:	0
2nd Round Picks:	3
3rd Round Picks:	4
4th Round Pick:	3
Prospect in the VHL:	0
VHL Ready Prospects:	1
Inactive Prospects:

 

What is this supposed to indicate?

Just a general over view of where the teams have drafted their prospects so the total number of prospects; which is used to based on their individual score to be divided to give an overall score of the teams prospect pool.

 

So, in the case of the copied Calgary list:

10 Prospects in their pool

Drafted none in the first round

Three in the second

four in the third

 

Number of players on rookie contracts in the VHL

Prospects that will join the team next season.

Inactive Prospects

 

It was used to try to indicate why some team might have higher scores than others and how well some teams do actually drafting in later rounds compared to say other teams. Chicago vs. Vancouver would be the best example or Warsaw vs. Moscow. As the whole process isn`t a black & white as it might seem when ranking prospects so it was my attempt to show the difference of each teams prospect pool and maybe standing within the different drafts.

 

If you want to see further changes or ways to make the data more clear let me know and I will try my best to improve these moving forward.

[Gaikoku-hito 2,135]

2 hours ago, BOOM said:

Great article. As for Helsinki, having Dassler AND other elite prospects, well that would just be greedy 

I might have been a bit unfair to (S91) LW - Isaac mclflopper @sportexperts show since he is also on the roster in Helsinki and should develop nicely and (S93) C - Tyler Lawson (ROM) @Nyx as he should develop into a star. When I read back what I wrote I think I was too much focused on the fact that Helsinki need to find a replacement for Rask @Jubis as he is going to be missed badly in Helsinki!!

 

Helsinki drafting twice in the first round and top 6 should really improve the teams future prospects but they need to find a goalie (Draft - Soju @Frank) or wait and pick with the second 1st rounder pick (S94) Jon Webber III @Webberj; maybe even steal (S94) THE MIGHTY ICE WIZARD @DaddyFizz as he is a fast develop tender in this draft that I think a ton of GM might be sleeping on; similar to (S93) G - Herald Benson (HOU) @Benson last season.

[Gaikoku-hito 2,135]

7 hours ago, Spartan said:

wtf

[mattyIceman 1,229]

3 hours ago, Gaikoku-hito said:

Just a general over view of where the teams have drafted their prospects so the total number of prospects; which is used to based on their individual score to be divided to give an overall score of the teams prospect pool.

 

So, in the case of the copied Calgary list:

10 Prospects in their pool

Drafted none in the first round

Three in the second

four in the third

 

Number of players on rookie contracts in the VHL

Prospects that will join the team next season.

Inactive Prospects

 

It was used to try to indicate why some team might have higher scores than others and how well some teams do actually drafting in later rounds compared to say other teams. Chicago vs. Vancouver would be the best example or Warsaw vs. Moscow. As the whole process isn`t a black & white as it might seem when ranking prospects so it was my attempt to show the difference of each teams prospect pool and maybe standing within the different drafts.

 

If you want to see further changes or ways to make the data more clear let me know and I will try my best to improve these moving forward.

Oh damn it formatted weird on mobile where I didn't see the numbers, I just saw blank spaces

[Sen 47]

wait im confused, am i listed as an inactive prospect? because theres such a difference between lazy and inactive.

[Gaikoku-hito 2,135]

6 hours ago, Sen said:

wait im confused, am i listed as an inactive prospect? because theres such a difference between lazy and inactive.

Nope, You I have listed as active. I never gave the final ranking to each prospect, but if you want yours you can ask..... It was a C since I have you joining the VHL in S95!!

[ShawnGlade 1,010]

I stay disrespected

[Alex 3,248]

Let’s be honest here Davos>everyone

[Sen 47]

On 4/29/2024 at 3:28 AM, Gaikoku-hito said:

Nope, You I have listed as active. I never gave the final ranking to each prospect, but if you want yours you can ask..... It was a C since I have you joining the VHL in S95!!

i believe i am more than a simple "C", i'd rank myself at a C+ at best