Hockey's Future Top 50 prospects Spring 2007: 11-25

[Squeaky]

EJ
JJ
Backstrom
Mueller
Rask
Parent
Kessel
Radulov
Barker
Toews

Are probably the top-10, in no particular order.

 

[Hunter Gathers]

wow i forgot about barker and o'sullivan too haha

Yeah, they've played around 30 games each so they will be on the list.

 

[Hunter Gathers]

EJ
JJ
Backstrom
Mueller
Rask
Parent
Kessel
Radulov
Barker
Toews

Are probably the top-10, in no particular order.

So O'Sullivan drops from 9th to out of the top 50?

NO WAY that happens.

 

[Jeffrey]

EJ
JJ
TOEWS
MUELLER
RASK
O'SULLIVAN
RADULOV
BARKER
BACKSTROM
KESSEL

in no order

 

[GSK*]

EJ is so overhyped.


Backstrom
Toews
JJ
Rask
EJ
Barker
Mueller
Toews
Parent
O'Sullivan (even if he don't deserve it)

 

[Squeaky]

So O'Sullivan drops from 9th to out of the top 50?

NO WAY that happens.

Yeah, I suppose. I guess Parent is out and he is in then.

 

[veronesepk]

How could Parent not be a top 50 prospect? Seriously.

If that happens, I'll have some grave doubts about the HF scouting staff.

Parent has had a massive surge in popularity since the Forsberg trade. Prior to the trade, he was FAR behind Cody Franson in the eyes of the Predators organization. Changing teams should not make that big of a deal.

And with the converse - if Ryan Parent IS in the top 10, I'll lose a lot of faith in the HF scouting staff (oh, wait, did I ever have much faith in them to begin with...?).

 

[Hunter Gathers]

Yeah, I suppose. I guess Parent is out and he is in then.

Considering he wasn't even on last year's top 50 list, it's certainly possible. Frankly, I don't see what he's done to leap frog nearly every prospect on that list, either.

 

[Nalyd Psycho]

I think HF is going to take a lot of flack for this list, but people need to remember it's all in good fun.

They always do.

But, they always do a very good job.

 

[Garo]

New HF Gospel: If a Top 50 prospects list reaches 5 pages that quickly, it's because of an Habs prospect.

As for the list... I'd love to have Boyd on my team, but 19? Giroux over Brassard? Meh.

 

[Dipsy Doodle]

Parent has had a massive surge in popularity since the Forsberg trade. Prior to the trade, he was FAR behind Cody Franson in the eyes of the Predators organization. Changing teams should not make that big of a deal.

And with the converse - if Ryan Parent IS in the top 10, I'll lose a lot of faith in the HF scouting staff (oh, wait, did I ever have much faith in them to begin with...?).

Doesn't make a lick of difference to me; I'm a Penguins fan, and I've always thought highly of Parent's game. Both being 19, and having seen them both extensively at the WJCs, I'd take Parent over Franson without a second thought.

What possible qualms could you have with Parent? Any time i've seen him, he's been virtually without fault in his own end, and neutralizing players like Malkin.

 

[xander]

WJC MVP ?

but montoya has also been a WJC mvp.

 

[Hunter Gathers]

but montoya has also been a WJC mvp.

I thought that Team Canada GAVE him that MVP and gold medal!?

 

[xander]

Considering he wasn't even on last year's top 50 list, it's certainly possible. Frankly, I don't see what he's done to leap frog nearly every prospect on that list, either.

I see your point, it is unlikely that he jumped everyone, HF just doensn't work that way. I also don't think he's in anyway a top 10 prospect.

At the same time, he's a tremendous defender with great skating that is a much better bet to make it in the NHL than most. Like Staal, he's as much of a sure thing as you'll come by in the world of prospects. I don't understand how he isn't in the top 50. I'd certainly take him over Coburn, who is right in the middle of the list.

 

[stazza18]

Doesn't make a lick of difference to me; I'm a Penguins fan, and I've always thought highly of Parent's game. Both being 19, and having seen them both extensively at the WJCs, I'd take Parent over Franson without a second thought.

What possible qualms could you have with Parent? Any time i've seen him, he's been virtually without fault in his own end, and neutralizing players like Malkin.

While I haven't gotten much of a chance to see the players with my own eyes, I thought that Parent went to the top of the Flyers prospect list. And while I'm not sure he doesn't belong in the top ten, I'm pretty sure he should be at least an honorable mention. I also doubt becoming a Flyers prospect would be the thing to propel him into the list. Is it that much of a reach for his play to propel him into the list? Again, I don't get to see much being in Philly.

 

[Ziggy Stardust]

Someone should pull up the 2000, 2001 HF Top 50 rankings...

 

[Shabutie]

I thought that Team Canada GAVE him that MVP and gold medal!?

M-A Fleury did blow it that last game. We had the game.

(not to take anything away from Montoya)

 

[Hunter Gathers]

M-A Fleury did blow it that last game. We had the game.

 

[Le Golie]

Al Montoya never won a WJHC MVP.

 

[Shabutie]

Why cry? I 've always hated M-A Fleury, this only made me hate him more.

So USA won a gold medal, big woop.

Just saying that Fleury is to blame for losing that game.

 

[Hunter Gathers]

Why cry? I 've always hated M-A Fleury, this only made me hate him more.

So USA won a gold medal, big woop.

Just saying that Fleury is to blame for losing that game.

I just find it pathetic that Canadians will never, ever give the US credit for winning that game. Instead, it was their goalie who lost it for them.

Just unreal!

 

[EagleBelfour]

So, all and all, prospect like Mueller, Parent, Rask, Barker, O'sullivan and Schremp will not be in the top-50 list, not even in the HM. I can't understand that at all.

Also, Varlamov out of this list is also mind bogging .

All in all, I don't really like this list.

 

[Thirty One]

Al Montoya never won a WJHC MVP.

no, he won the top goalie in the tourney. I think Parise was the MVP.

 

[veronesepk]

Doesn't make a lick of difference to me; I'm a Penguins fan, and I've always thought highly of Parent's game. Both being 19, and having seen them both extensively at the WJCs, I'd take Parent over Franson without a second thought.

That's fine and dandy, but by placing him in the top 10, they are making a statement that he is better than Marc Staal (#13 on the list), and I honestly don't think that situation resembles anything close to reality.

 

[Dipsy Doodle]

It's alright. That can be your Miracle 2.

We'll try to soldier on with our 3 in a row.