Grading the Future of Helsinki

[McLovin 466]

With the S70 draft recently, and my media spot on the draft picks from Helsinki, let's take a look at the grand scale of the Helsinki's prospect pool, and grade each one, list pros and cons and all that good stuff. We'll sort by draft year too, just for the readers sake

 

S70: 

 

Jared Spaz:

Grade: A

Pros: Impressive offensive awareness, solid puck handling

Cons: Very little physicality

Projection: Top 6 winger

 

Kyle Andersen:

Grade: A

Pros: Strong two-way game, good skating & puck skills

Cons: Not much physicality despite being 6'8''

Projection: Top 4 defenseman

 

Ike Bennett:

Grade: C

Pros: Offensive ability & skating

Cons: Very little defensive awareness/physicality

Projection: Top 9 forward

 

Vladimir Shaposnikov:

Grade: C-

Pros: Decent two-way game

Cons: Defensive consistency/physical presence.

Projection: Top 9 forward

 

Julian Dalvao:

Grade: D-

Pros: Glimpses of offensive ability

Cons: Basically everything else

Projection: Career VHLMer

 

S69:

 

Daldo:

Grade: B

Pros: Great all-around game

Cons: Consistent growth

Projection: Top 6/9 forward

 

Gary Tarantino:

Grade: C+

Pros: Elite two-way forward in VHL

Cons: Offensive consistency

Projection: Top 6/9 forward

 

Jack Russell:

Grade: C-

Pros: Strong power forward center

Cons: Offensively lacking

Projection: Top 9 forward

 

S68:

 

Joakim Sakic:

 

Grade: C

Pros: Elite scorer at VHLM level

Cons: Defensively lacking & slow skater

Projection: Top 9 forward

 

Keith Harris:

 

Grade: D

Pros: Defensively strong

Cons: Little offense, slow skater, no growth

Projection: Career VHLMer

 

S67:

 

Jesse Nyman:

 

Grade: C-

Pros: Elite two-way forward at VHLM level

Cons: Little growth, no physicality

Projection: Career VHLMer/Top 9 forward

 

Alexander Shaw:

 

Grade: F

Pros: Occasional offense

Cons: No growth, severely lacking in everything else

Projection: Career VHLMer

 

I might update this more as time goes on but I thought this'd be a fun little experiment

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3 minutes ago, McLovin said:

Kyle Andersen:

Grade: A

Pros: Strong two-way game, good skating & puck skills

Cons: Not much physicality despite being 6'8''

Projection: Top 4 defenseman

 

big boi @Cusemode

[Cusemode 21]

I'm honoured to be given such a grade