Which Canucks Prospects will make the jump?

[Cornuck]

It's not a deep pool, but there's a couple of legit players in there.

Who do you predict will be a (somewhat) permanent fixture in the NHL?

1...Jonathan Lekkerimaki RW 20 Abbotsford/Vancouver
2...Tom Willander RHD 19 Boston U.
3...Elias Pettersson LHD 20 Abbotsford
4...Aatu Raty C 22 Abbotsford/Vancouver
5...Sawyer Mynio LHD 19 Calgary
6...Melvin Fernstrom RW 18 Orebro
7...Arturs Silovs G 22 Abbotsford/Vancouver
8...Danila Klimovich RW 22 Abbotsford
9...Riley Patterson C 18 Barrie
10...Anthony Romani RW 19 Barrie
11...Kirill Kudryavtsev LHD 21 Abbotsford
12...Ty Mueller C 21 Abbotsford
13...Nikita Tolopilo G 24 Abbotsford

[Meds]

Sushi will make the jump, but I'm betting he gets packaged up in a trade.
Willander will make the jump.....hopefully he is developed properly.
D. Petey is making the jump. He looked NHL ready in his limited showing prior to the break.
Klimovich will make the jump back across the pond.
Raty likely makes the jump in 2026.

[Blob Mckenzie]

Melvin Belvin is a Penguin.

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[Picker of Cherries]

I think Kudryavtsev will make it to the show, but probably not with the Canucks - if Hughes sticks around long term.

[Cornuck]

I think that Ty Mueller has a chance in a couple of years to fill in on the 3rd and 4th line - decent skater with a 200 foot game. Give him a couple of years, but I won't be surprised if makes it.

[Cousin Strawberry]

Mancini isn't on there. He probably slots in around DPT

[Argay Ham]

1 2 3 5 9 and 12.

The rest I don’t really see enough in their game or enough of their games to make a call on.

I think that Ty Mueller has a chance in a couple of years to fill in on the 3rd and 4th line - decent skater with a 200 foot game. Give him a couple of years, but I won't be surprised if makes it.

I feel the exact same way. Mueller was a great find.

[Todd Bersnoozi]

It seems like we have some RWers on the farm who are really lighting it up. Lekkermaki leads the team in Gs with 17G; L.Karlsson is scoring at like a G/game pace with 15G and the KlimReaper (Klimovich) seems to be finally showing signs of turning it around with 14G. Karlsson and Klimovich are long shots, but I think they have a chance. Maybe become tweeners, good players in the AHL, but decent depth guys in the NHL who can fill in with injuries and what not.

I like what Raty has shown in some of the games here. I think he can become a PS24 type, but bigger, harder to play against and hopefully a bit more skilled. I do like what I hear from R.Patterson, hopefully he can become a poor man's Kesler.

I think King Arthurs will eventually be a factor again. He'll prob follow a similar path like Lankinen and play as a backup for a few years and then surprise a team and fans when he has more experience and confidence when given a chance.

[Megaterio Llamas]

Add Victor Mancini to the list at #3 or 4. Kudryavtsev and Mueller should be ahead of Klimovich, Patterson, and Romani.

Who makes it? Mancini and Pettersson definitely, Lekkerimaki and Willander probably, Raty, Mynio and Silovs maybe. Kudryavtsev and Mueller are the dark horse candidates.

[UWSaint]

Sushi will make the jump. There's so much room for improvement in his game, but where he's at is pretty close to being an NHL player. If he can be stronger on the puck and defensively one on one, I think he's got a real chance at being a very good NHL player. That shot is exceptional, and he's got creativity.

Raty will make the jump, but I have my doubts his value will be more than the $2-3M centers available every offseason. There were like 5 good games that Jason Dickenson had in his Canucks career -- I think that's what Raty will be. Roster worthy, better than replacement, but not much.

I haven't seen Willander beyond highlights, but I think the Canucks D prospect system is looking better than it has in a very long time. Willander, EP2, KK, and Mynio are all legitimate potential NHLers, all with room to grow, all much closer to being there than other 20 or younger defensemen the Canucks have drafted since the past, I don't know, 2 decades? Hughes, Hutton, Tryamkin, Edler. Those are the last 4 Canucks draftees to provide better-than-replacement level play to the Canucks. Forsling provided it to others. But that's it. For 20 years. 5 players better than replacement -- one of whom went back to Russia after a season and change -- and one of whom (Hutton) you might argue was never better than replacement. (You also might argue Connaughton (traded) was better than replacement, but whatever, let's take a half a point for Hutton and a half a point for Connaughton....).

They might all flame out, but I think the chances are decent two of these guys will earn NHL roles beyond 6-8 types. We could add Mancilli to this group, too. He was good enough to start the season and not embarrass himself with the Rangers, and he still has another full season after this of being waiver exempt.

The other forward prospects I am not enthusiastic about. Sasson and Karlsson can play a bit, but I don't see them being more than roster fillers -- you can find players like this for near league minimum. I'd be happy for them if they found that role in Vancouver or anywhere else in the NHL, but it just doesn't matter much. I think you can write off Klimovich, and I don't see Baines as an NHL prospect. The others are all long shots.

[Megaterio Llamas]

McWard is playing some great two way defense down in Abby lately. We shouldn't forget about him, he's been playing the best hockey of his career. We've got four D down there with NHL upside right now if youu include Kudryavtsev. I think you guys are going to be surprised by how good Mancini is, he was no small throw in piece in that trade. He's right there with Pettersson.

[Picker of Cherries]

For me the thing that puts Willander and D-Petey ahead is their defensive reputation. Both are expected to be very good PK defensemen. With Hughes and Hronek providing the offence on the big club, those are the type of skills most likely to lead to bigger minutes in Vancouver. I don’t know enough about Mancini to know if he is going to be as good defensively as those two at the NHL level even if he is large and skates well. Besides those top two, Mynio is supposed to be quite good defensively, but he needs time at the pro level to prove he can handle it. KK and McWard look to be more two way defensemen that don’t stand out either defensively or offensively. I think they can both make it to the NHL, but not likely above the others, so in the long run they are most likely trade bait once Hughes signs his next contract. That being said, they are all still developing, so no one knows how good they can be yet.

[Cousin Strawberry]

Really hoping to see Mancini play soon, especially his skating. I've heard he's a surprisingly good skater for a 230 pounder

[Megaterio Llamas]

Really hoping to see Mancini play soon, especially his skating. I've heard he's a surprisingly good skater for a 230 pounder

Really mobile, and really, really smart.He has a knack for stealing pucks by anticpating offensive plays at the blueline and reversing the play making a good outlet pass, or rushing the puck the other way. Sometimes the defensive takeway is so savvy that his teammate isn't expecting the pass. No physicality though, despite the big frame. That's the only downside. But Pettersson has that in spades, it gives us some real variety and some really good quality in the pipeline.

[Argay Ham]

McWard is playing some great two way defense down in Abby lately. We shouldn't forget about him, he's been playing the best hockey of his career. We've got four D down there with NHL upside right now if youu include Kudryavtsev. I think you guys are going to be surprised by how good Mancini is, he was no small throw in piece in that trade. He's right there with Pettersson.

No, I actually believe you Meg. I think a lot of us are sleeping on Mancini. I don’t really know his game, but he looks a lot like Matt Greene.