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Bolt Prospects 2006-2007 Preliminary Rankings

Submitted by pete on October 3, 2006 - 19:22

The Bolt Prospects staff has completed it's evaluation of the Lightning organization's prospects. The rankings take into account how the players performed last season, their Lightning prospect and Traverse City play, how well they did at Lightning training camp and in exhibition games, as well as their performance at Springfield Falcons camp and in AHL exhibition games. We also factor in a player's potential upside as well as their NHL readiness in reaching our decisions. One note: due to his age, Morgan Cey is now classified as an "Overage Prospect" by Bolt Prospects criteria and is not elligible for the Top-25 Rankings. Any player 24 years of age or older on opening night, October 5th, 2006, who has not already graduated as an NHLer is an "Overage Prospect". For skaters, graduation occurs when a player either A.) plays 41 NHL games in a single season or B.) reaches 82 NHL games in their career. With Johan Holmqvist as the Lightning's backup entering the season, Bolt Prospects is establishing graduation criteria for goaltenders for the first time. For goaltenders, graduation occurs when a player either A.) has 30 decisions in a single season or B.) reaches 41 decisions in their NHL career.

Prospects

Submitted by pete on March 16, 2006 - 17:23

Bolt Prospects Top 25 Ranked Prospects*

Bolt Prospects 2012-2013 Midterm Prospect Rankings
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NO. PLAYER NAME POS Age HT WT LAST TEAM
1 Andrey Vasilevskiy Goaltender 18 6.03 207 Ufa (RUS-Jr)
2 Tyler Johnson Center 22 5.10 183 Syracuse (AHL)
3 Alex Killorn Left Wing 23 6.01 202 Tampa Bay (NHL)
4 J.T. Brown Right Wing 22 5.10 170 Syracuse (AHL)
5 Slater Koekkoek Defense 19 6.02 185 Windsor (OHL)
6 Richard Panik Right Wing 22 6.01 208 Syracuse (AHL)
7 Mark Barberio Defense 23 6.01 202 Syracuse (AHL)
8 Nikita Kucherov Right Wing 19 5.11 184 Rouyn-Noranda (QMJHL)
9 Vladislav Namestnikov Center 20 6.00 179 Syracuse (AHL)
10 Radko Gudas Defense 22 6.00 204 Syracuse (AHL)
11 Ondrej Palat Left Wing 22 6.00 180 Syracuse (AHL)
12 Jaroslav Janus Goaltender 23 6.00 194 Bratislava (KHL)
13 Tanner Richard Center 20 6.00 181 Syracuse (AHL)
14 Brian Hart Right Wing 19 6.02 216 Harvard (ECAC)
15 Dmitry Korobov Defense 24 6.02 236 Syracuse (AHL)
16 Adam Wilcox Goaltender 20 6.00 177 Minnesota (WHCA)
17 Nikita Nesterov Defense 20 5.11 181 Chelyabinsk (KHL)
18 Luke Witkowski Defense 23 6.02 210 Syracuse (AHL)
19 Nikita Gusev Left Wing 20 5.09 163 Khabarovsk (KHL)
20 Artem Sergeev Defense 20 6.02 217 Syracuse (AHL)
21 Dylan Blujus Defense 19 6.03 196 Brampton (OHL)
22 Jimmy Mullin Right Wing 21 5.10 166 Miami (Ohio) (CCHA)
23 Danick Gauthier Left Wing 21 6.02 210 Syracuse (AHL)
24 Cedric Paquette Center 19 6.00 198 Syracuse (AHL)
25 Matthew Peca Left Wing 20 5.09 167 Quinnipiac (ECAC)
* = Any skater who was under 24 years of age on opening night of the Lightning's season and has played less than 41 NHL games in any single season and less than 82 career NHL games is considered a prospect. For goaltenders, any netminder who has earned less than 30 NHL decisions in any single season and less than 41 career NHL decisions and was under 24 years of age on opening night is considered a prospect. The exception to these basic rules are NCAA based players, who are considered prospects for the duration of their college careers regardless of age.

Unranked Prospects

PLAYER NAME POS Age HT WT LAST TEAM
Brendan O'Donnell Left Wing 20 6.00 191 North Dakota (WCHA)
Charles Landry Defense 21 6.01 187 Florida (ECHL)
Daniel Milan Defense 21 6.02 200 Florida (ECHL)
Alex Hutchings Left Wing 22 5.10 177 Syracuse (AHL)
Andrej Sustr Defense 22 6.08 225 Syracuse (AHL)
Philippe Paradis Left Wing 22 6.02 205 Syracuse (AHL)

Overage Prospects

PLAYER NAME POS Age HT WT LAST TEAM
Evan Oberg Defense 25 6.00 185 Syracuse (AHL)
Pat Nagle Goaltender 25 6.01 179 Florida (ECHL)
Riku Helenius Goaltender 25 6.03 201 Syracuse (AHL)
Ben Bishop Goaltender 26 6.07 216 Tampa Bay (NHL)
Matt Taormina Defense 26 5.10 182 Syracuse (AHL)
Pierre-Cedric Labrie Left Wing 26 6.03 234 Tampa Bay (NHL)
Cedrick Desjardins Goaltender 27 6.00 192 Syracuse (AHL)
J.T. Wyman Right Wing 27 6.02 209 Syracuse (AHL)
Mike Angelidis Center 27 6.01 213 Syracuse (AHL)

Defected Prospects

PLAYER NAME POS Age HT WT LAST TEAM
Denis Kazionov Left Wing 25 6.02 192 Cherepovets (KHL)
Jan Zapletal Defense 26 6.01 183 Unknown
Johan Harju Left Wing 26 6.03 210 Brynas (SEL)
Martins Karsums Right Wing 27 5.10 198 Riga (KHL)
Alexei Glukhov Left Wing 28 6.04 214 Ufa (KHL)
Dmitri Kazionov Center 28 6.03 194 Magnitogorsk (KHL)
Albert Vishnyakov Left Wing 29 6.02 187 Volzhsk (VHL)
Alexander Polushin Right Wing 29 6.03 212 Kiev (UKR)
Vitali Smolianinov Center 29 6.03 236 Almaty (KAZ)
Ilya Solarev Center 30 6.03 198 Astana (KHL)
Vasily Koshechkin Goaltender 30 6.07 231 Cherepovets (KHL)
Pavel Sedov Right Wing 31 6.03 205 Unknown
Anton But Left Wing 32 6.02 201 Khanty-Manisysk (KHL)
Dmitri Bezrukov Right Wing 35 6.03 196 Retired

Bolt Prospects Alumni

GRAD DATE PLAYER NAME POS Age HT WT LAST TEAM
02/16/2013 Anders Lindback Goaltender 24 6.06 203 Tampa Bay (NHL)
01/29/2013 Keith Aulie Defense 23 6.06 229 Tampa Bay (NHL)
03/19/2012 Tim Wallace Right Wing 28 6.02 182 Charlotte (AHL)
02/11/2012 Brett Connolly Right Wing 20 6.02 200 Syracuse (AHL)
01/12/2011 Dana Tyrell Right Wing 24 5.10 188 Tampa Bay (NHL)
03/12/2010 Paul Szczechura Center 27 5.10 186 Riga (KHL)
01/08/2010 Victor Hedman Defense 22 6.06 236 Tampa Bay (NHL)
01/06/2010 Zenon Konopka Center 31 6.00 215 Minnesota (NHL)
01/06/2010 James Wright Left Wing 22 6.04 212 Winnipeg (NHL)
11/22/2009 Steve Downie Right Wing 25 5.10 188 Colorado (NHL)
04/07/2009 Karri Ramo Goaltender 26 6.03 207 Omsk (KHL)
04/07/2009 Matt Smaby Defense 27 6.06 239 Norfolk (AHL)
01/12/2009 Steven Stamkos Center 23 6.00 186 Tampa Bay (NHL)
03/01/2008 Mike Smith Goaltender 30 6.04 215 Phoenix (NHL)
01/19/2008 Mathieu Darche Left Wing 37 6.01 210 Retired
01/03/2008 Mike Lundin Defense 27 6.02 191 Ottawa (NHL)
03/01/2007 Karl Stewart Left Wing 29 5.11 185 Straubing (DEL)
02/09/2007 Johan Holmqvist Goaltender 34 6.01 190 Brynas (SEL)
01/13/2007 Nick Tarnasky Left Wing 29 6.02 233 Rochester (AHL)
01/04/2007 Doug Janik Defense 32 6.02 210 Mannheim (DEL)
01/04/2007 Eric Perrin Center 36 5.09 176 JYP (SM-liiga)
04/03/2006 Ryan Craig Center 30 6.02 220 Springfield (AHL)
01/24/2006 Evgeny Artyukhin Right Wing 29 6.04 254 St. Petersburg (KHL)
01/20/2006 Paul Ranger Defense 27 6.02 215 Toronto (AHL)

McKeen's Mock and Small Player Slippage

Submitted by pete on July 27, 2005 - 21:54

McKeen's hockey has released their mock draft and has Swedish winger Nicklas Bergfors falling to the Lightning's pick at #30. A tip of the hat to Johan Nilsson of Eliteprospects.com. Bergfors, the brother of Lightning prospect Henrik Bergfors, is slated to come to North America as an import to play in the QMJHL next season.

While I don't necessarily see Bergfors, the top Swedish born prospect in this draft, falling all the way to 30 this mock is far more realistic with regard to the Lightning's pick than FoxSport's, Hockeysfuture's and even TSN's which have the Lightning selecting D Risto Korhonen, G Alexandre Vincent and G Ondrej Pavelec respectively.

Pete's Prospects: 5-1

Submitted by pete on June 8, 2005 - 20:41

The final five have arrived feature two Russians, a former Stan Butler protige and two former Hitmen. A project a month in the making comes to its conclusion. Check it out:

Pete's Rankings: 10-6

Submitted by pete on June 6, 2005 - 19:30

The top ten of my rankings has finally arrived. A former ECAC goaltender, the Springfield Falcons' leading scorer and three oustanding young blueliners make the cut. More after the break:

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