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Jayrome · 09-30-2020, 03:37 AM

First look at the S57 SHL Prospects

Road to the #1 Pick

First article of a series to be published during the season to track the SMJHL S57 prospects and their development coming towards the S57 draft.

The season has just begun, but for the S57 SMJHL prospects, the clock is ticking until arguably one of the most defining moment of their young careers. The SHL Draft. SHL GMs scout every prospect thoroughly on every aspect of their person, on and off the ice. The value of a draft pick in the SHL is important enough for a franchise that a pick should represent as less as possible a guess. Sure, some prospects are picked on their possible upside and their potential, but those hidden gems are rarely picked with the first pick. That first pick has a special meaning on a player's resume. It means to a franchise that you are the prospect who is the best balance of talent and probable to keep progressing. First picks did not lead to tanking as a strategy for teams for nothing, it represents a turning point for a franchise.

How are prospects evaluated?

Cultural fit - How well is a prospect going to fit with his future team? Age, interests, personality, beliefs, all these factors are key to keep a player motivated to train hard an develop. An unhappy player won't see the benefit of working hard for a team he does not believe in.

Positional requirement - Obviously, a team will draft to fit their needs in terms of position. This can cause for trades on draft day and cause players dropping off the board, but the market for players is changing every year. A draft pick is a strategic investment, and this aspect is one that can't be controlled by the prospects, other than being versatile in their skills to play another position.

Activity levels - Drafting a SMJHL prospect for SHL GMs also means trying to find a player who will remain active. It's easy to stay active until the draft, where you have something to prove, but GMs need a player who will give them the most constant progress past the draft.

TPE - The most obvious and to a certain extent - representative - indicator of a hard working and active player is the total points he has earned. Responsible for a player's stats, TPEs are only available in a finite amount, so they can also be used as an activity level monitor.

Since the season has just begun, that we are far from knowing what the draft order will look like, and thus anticipating the positional requirements and cultural fits, this article will only use TPE to evaluate prospects. Next articles will feature activity levels, TPE gained since last article and others, but since this is the first week, the first prospect ranking will rely solely on TPE. The ranking might seem basic, and it is, but it would be useless to rate players on their activity levels, game stats and others on the first week of the season.

EARLY S57 SHL DRAFT PROSPECTS RANKING
(TPE according to last update on 29/9/20)

RANK TPE PLAYER

1 231 Falcons

Jonathan Granstrom
2 231 Kraken

Freyja Hellstrom
3 231 Whalers

Jon St. Ark
4 230 Battleborn

Rude Sniff
5 230 Outlaws

Arsene Leclerc
6 229 Raptors

Ruggs McOoooh
7 225 Battleborn

Rob Wright
8 220 Raptors

Yanno Rosejac
9 219 Battleborn

Jarmo Kekalainen
10 216 Falcons

Wen Baters
11 215 Knights

Vlastislav Malik
12 214 Armada

Pablo Salvatici
13 214 Berserkers

Matty Sandeen
14 214 Citadelles

Jari Heikkinen
15 214 Outlaws

Vincent Mietitore
16 213 Armada

Tokkulu Lakkamaa
17 213 Berserkers

Bas O'Bigbers
18 212 Knights

Anna Pontecorvo
19 211 Berserkers

Dwayne Gretzky
20 205 Raptors

Ren-Ekelemchi Shimizu-Okoli
21 203 Outlaws

Farley Hank
22 203 Raptors

Robert Feltersnatch
23 199 Berserkers

Chad Alfa
24 198 Kraken

Kyle Murray
25 197 Armada

Bjorn Thornsen
26 195 Timber

Sean Gatez
27 194 Scarecrows

Victor Fedorov
28 193 Berserkers

Hugo Gronroos
29 186 Knights

Kian Hamilton Jr.
30 183 Outlaws

Michael Scotch
31 182 Battleborn

Noah Johns III
32 180 Citadelles

Igor Petrov
33 180 Citadelles

Mikael Koskinen
34 178 Raptors

Bobby Motz
35 176 Falcons

Thomas Duddy
36 175 Timber

Franz Zipfel
37 173 Knights

Brennan Huff
38 172 Knights

Cian McFelter
39 171 Berserkers

Jannik Hansen
40 171 Falcons

Tyler Burnett
41 170 Scarecrows

Marabelle Octive
42 168 Timber

Bigga Foryu
43 161 Scarecrows

Borek Podlezi
44 158 Raptors

Wally Herman
45 158 Scarecrows

Tanner McLeod
46 155 Citadelles

Tyler Ward
47 155 Kraken

Brian Vrieze
48 155 Scarecrows

John Mimis
49 155 Scarecrows

Alex Haas
50 155 Timber

Hanke's Spride
51 155 Falcons

Jimmy Nutcluster
52 155 Falcons

Anton Mihailov
53 155 Falcons

Mikhail Borisnoff
54 155 Raptors

Sonata Diamante

PROSPECTS TO WATCH

RW Kyle Murray (198 TPE) Kraken

S56 SMJHL Draft : 59th overall (5th round)

S57 SHL Draft (Expected) : 24th overall (2nd round)

When many teams said "Pass", Carolina took a chance. Kyle Murray surpassed every expectation and worked his way to turn Carolina's into one of the S56 SMJHL draft's biggest steal so far. Murray keeps earning ice time as he keeps training hard and paving his way as one of the biggest surprise of the S56 SMJHL draft. Expected to be drafted in the 2nd round as of right now, who knows how high Murray can get in the rankings if he keeps up his work ethic.

LD Robert Feltersnatch (203 TPE) Raptors

S56 SMJHL Draft : 44th overall (4th round)

S57 SHL Draft (Expected) : 22nd overall (2nd round)

Another late pick who started paying off during the offseason, Robert Feltersnatch quickly focused on becoming a useful player for the Raptors. Although he was the 3rd LD drafted coming in the fourth round, Feltersnatch saw the opportunity to stay competitive and work among other prospects to establish himself as a versatile player who understands what it means to be a teammate. His hard work and determination earned him already above 16 minutes of ice time in this first week, and it seems the best is yet to come for Robert as Colorado has not been defeated in 5 matches.

RD Rude Sniff (230 TPE) Battleborn

S56 SMJHL Draft : 24th overall (2nd round)

S57 SHL Draft (Expected) : 4th overall (1st round)

This list of prospects to watch wouldn't be complete without Sniff's insane leap into the top 5 discussion for the SHL S57 Draft. The late 2nd rounded catapulted in discussion for the top 5 pick, which is contested fiercely by 6 SMJHL top prospects. Unique defenseman with magic hands, Rude Sniff quickly stood out from other prospects for his puckhandling abilities as a defenseman. He leads a group of 3 Battleborn prospects in the top 10, himself along with Rob Wright and Jarmo Kekalainen on a quest to keep turning heads at their progress.

CLOSING STATEMENT

The 56th season of the SMJHL still holds a lot of surprises and storylines along the way. This is a very early and simple look at the top prospects coming into the S57 SHL Draft. Future editions of Road to the S57 #1 Pick will feature other factors such as Activity Levels, TPE differential and TPE potential at the end of the season, leading to a more dynamic ranking with the rise and fall of prospects. Please keep in mind this is only for entertainment and is not representative of the upcoming SHL Draft.

That being said

GO KNIGHTS Knights

Roamus · 09-30-2020, 08:34 AM

Wow awesome first article, you got a fan for sure

FuzzSHL · 09-30-2020, 11:04 AM

Awesome article!

Aleksi Kettu

Mr. Finland · 09-30-2020, 01:04 PM

Can you update this next week, since there is a lot of new 155 guys, who doesn't updated their stats/TPE :s yet? @Jayrome

Jayrome · 09-30-2020, 07:00 PM

09-30-2020, 01:04 PMMr. Finland Wrote: Can you update this next week, since there is a lot of new 155 guys, who doesn't updated their stats/TPE :s yet? @Jayrome

Sure! I will try to update it every weekly TPE update for the beginning of the season at least.

Mr. Finland · 10-01-2020, 02:43 AM

09-30-2020, 07:00 PMJayrome Wrote:
09-30-2020, 01:04 PMMr. Finland Wrote: Can you update this next week, since there is a lot of new 155 guys, who doesn't updated their stats/TPE :s yet? @Jayrome

Sure! I will try to update it every weekly TPE update for the beginning of the season at least.

Sounds amazing!

Snoopdogg · 10-02-2020, 10:16 PM

Well done looking forward to more of this

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