Funny ESPN Ranking

[elphy101]

Gotta love ESPN's high quality hockey coverage. This is a nice comical read. Although as an Oiler fan, I can't help but dream that they are right. They really should stick to football and baseball.

http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/columns/story?id=1632492

If only Hemsky were 6'5, 220 pounds and had 104 years worth of life experience, like his bio on ESPN.

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[incawg]

A 104 year-old prospect? Talk about a late bloomer.

 

[Disco Volante]

I love how they rank Thornton behind Tootoo and Parise... Great read! ( ) - Thx.

 

[Preds]

A 104 year-old prospect? Talk about a late bloomer.

 

[KillToronto]

ESPN sucks.

 

[evildreams]

bouwmeester and spezza a combines 206 yrs. old? honestly, i would have never guessed.

 

[Ford Prefect]

I'm sorry.. Jordin Tootoo over Joe Thornton. WHAT?!?!?

 

[PhoPhan]

What am I missing?

 

[me2]

What am I missing?

I've missed it too, according to espm

HEMSKY Height: 6-0
Weight: 170 lbs.
Pos: RW
Shoots: Right
Age: 20
Born: August 13, 1983, Pardubice , Czechoslovakia

http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/players/profile?statsId=2849

 

[Fedz]

Jordin Tootoo and Zach Parise ahead of Thornton, Lecavalier, and Iginla...thats sick!

 

[#37-#93-#27*]

The article itself is more pathetic then the player profiles.

 

[Hiishawk]

Jordin Tootoo and Zach Parise ahead of Thornton, Lecavalier, and Iginla...thats sick!

Is it really a ranking? Or just a listing. I suspect it's the latter, in which case it's OK. This wouldn't be the first time HF board people have confused the two.

AS for the strange size/b-days quoted above- I couldn't find those.

 

[RI Canuck]

ESPN sucks.

I agree. They need to focus on sports they understand and not allow some idiot like Linda Cohn make up wild stories or make predictions about hockey. If that is a list in order of who they think the next superstar is then it is really sad.