I think Brule gonna OUTSCORE Kostistsyn this year, whitout a doubt if he play with LW Rick Nash and RW David Vyborny, and if he get the second line Powerplay time. They're 3 players who's drafted in 2005 and play NHL. Sidney Crosby, Gilbert Brule and Danny Syvret ( the other one was already drafted in 2003 draft). So, i think in real hockey life, Brule gonna get more brutal statstic then AK! But, just gave him a Michael Ryder and Mike Johnson like linemate, he doesnt gonna do more then Brule. The Habs have drafted Price just before him, and i got to admit, i was on edge to cry that evening, and when a look at this today, its not so bad, because we got enough Young Guns, who gonna be really good in future.
In true offensive skillz, AK is far behind, I mean he's like a Thomas Vanek or Marian Hossa ( not the 2-way sense of him), like the other says, but we can add the "tremendous stick handling and shifty move" of Alexander Ovechkin... I'm already thinking what guy you gonna say and bash me, doesnt matter.
But i didnt really see a spot for him this year, IMO we need to trade Ryder against a #2-3 d-men.
Higgins-Koivu-Ryder
Samsonov-Ribeiro-Kovalev
Perez-Plekanec-Johnson
Begin-Bonk-Murray
IMO, we don't need Bonk in the roster, but with his contract, its kinda hard to impossible to trade him, so we got to do with that. But i'm stick to the idea i'm afraid when i see Ryder with the puck, without the time he's in the slot or clutch whatever the word english people use, everywhere on the ice he's not good.
So i would take i chance to put Kostistsyn in the roster, first line, with Koivu and Higgins... At 21, I think he's ready, he got some difficulty in the AHL first year, but IMO Timmins did a mistake to sent him to the AHL before ( WHL,LHJMQ,OHL ) for his first year.