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That’s exactly what you’ll find in the ranking of the NHL’s top 100 prospects concocted by the team at Elite Prospects‘ affiliate site, EP Rinkside.
Ranking the NHL’s top 100 affiliated prospects ahead of the 2024-25 season. Complete with…
-Scouting reports on all 100 prospects
-Tools grades
-Honourable mentions
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Unsurprisingly, the very first Canadian prospect on this list is Ivan Demidov, who ranks third overall. That’s exactly the same ranking Scott Wheeler gave him in his top prospects ranking for The Athletic.
In fact, Wheeler’s and EP Rinkside ‘s top 3 are identical, with Matvei Michkov in second place and Macklin Celebrini at the top.
Except that EP Rinkside has much more hope in David Reinbacher than Wheeler. The defenseman is ranked 13th in this ranking, whereas he was 38th in Wheeler’s!
- Joshua Roy (52nd)
- Michael Hage (72nd)
- Owen Beck (76th)
- Logan Mailloux (95th)
That’s all well and good, but the creators of this ranking seem to have forgotten one very important Canadiens prospect: Jacob Fowler.
Fowler had an impressive final season in the NCAA with Boston College and still doesn’t seem to be getting the recognition he needs. He has the potential to become an excellent NHL goalie.
This ranking remains subjective, and some players ranked further down this list are likely to cause a surprise during their NHL careers. We’ll just have to keep our fingers crossed that some of them turn out to be Canadiens players.
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