Now that we’re past the draft and free agency it’s time for the yearly /r/DetroitRedWings prospect ranking thread! As for how you vote it’s completely up to you: some may weigh ceiling and/or upside the highest, others may prefer a prospect that’s closest to the NHL – there’s no wrong answer on how to vote.
A new poll will be posted every 2-3 days depending on how close the voting is until we finish the top 15 prospects. I’ll include 10~ prospects every poll and will add one new prospect after each poll so discuss in the comments below who you feel should be added next.
Check out the subreddit’s previous rankings here (starting from 2018!): [LINK HERE](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1qmkO8YqMlR7TzWDaaWu9yMWKnIDTwNNe/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=112624943015473579853&rtpof=true&sd=true)
**NOTE**: Prospect criteria will be defined using the [NHL Guidelines](https://www.nhl.com/info/hockey-operations-guidelines).
**REMINDER!** Avoid downvoting those you disagree with in the comments, this whole exercise is focused on discussing prospects. People *WILL* have different opinions the farther we go.
**Candidates to be added next**: Tuomisto, Viro, Niederbach, ~~Hanas~~, ~~Buium~~, Savage, Dower-Nilsson(s), ~~James~~, ~~Buchelnikov~~, ~~Augustine~~, Gibson, Doucet
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[VOTE HERE – Poll #6](https://strawpoll.com/kogjkBPAEZ6)
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\#1. Simon Edvinsson (LD – 2021 #6) – 72% of 710 votes [[Results]](https://i.imgur.com/eL5VF2l.png)
\#2. Marco Kasper (C – 2022 #8) – 76% of 789 votes [[Results]](https://i.imgur.com/vfHt5zg.png)
\#3. Nate Danielson (C – 2023 #9) – 32% of 634 votes [[Results]](https://i.imgur.com/g8PmIlF.png)
\#4. Sebastian Cossa (G – 2021 #15) – 39% of 617 votes [[Results]](https://i.imgur.com/krNQRsn.png)
\#5. Axel Sandin Pellikka (RD – 2023 #17) – 33% of 674 votes [[Results]](https://i.imgur.com/VijfqHD.png)
by SimplySolace
15 Comments
Wallinder/Mazur next IMO
Johansson for me, but man this team has a good prospect pool. With how Yzerman talks about Johansson, I just can’t not go with him here
Soda, Mazur, AJ, Wally… could go anyway here I think.
Been Willying since 4 and I won’t stop Wallying.
Buch time
The first time I differed from the crowd, but it was a bit of a 50/50 for me. I’ll take Wallinder again here. Looked good against men in the SHL and the decently probable outlook of a top 4 D has positional value. Not sure yet where I want to go after this one.
Wallinder
Surely now it’s willy Wally time
Lombardi for me. We’ve got ourselves a goal scorer here.
Give me Soda pop!
Why we all sleeping on the giraffe man. Soderblom for president.
I think we’re sleeping on Mazur. Should probably be #3 on this list after Edvinsson and Kasper IMO
Johansson 😠
Only one of these guys has 20 NHL games under his belt. Was on a 20 goal pace during that time too.
Voted Wallinder but I get the arguments for AJ, Mazur, and Soderblom