Numbers Game: TSN Top 40 Forwards Chart

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Since we've already looked at the best rookie defencemen and best rookie goaltenders in the NHL this year, we would be remiss if we didn't bother addressing the forwards, particularly considering this year's rookie crop is the biggest and best rookie crop of forwards ever.

We're all aware, almost painfully so, of marquee names like Sidney Crosby and Alexander Ovechkin. Not to diminish their greatness, because they are special, but there is a whole group of freshman forwards making an impact in the NHL and some of them are just outside the glare of the spotlight.

To address that, if only a little, here's a look at the Top 40 Rookie Forwards in the NHL this year:

http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/news_story/?ID=155720&hubname=nhl

Click to read more...

 

[Winston Wolf]

Saw this yesterday, I think Jussi Jokinen is way too low. Nice to see the Flyers with #'s 8, 10, and 20. Umberger sure looks like a nice signing.

 

[The Mars Volchenkov]

Atleast Patrick Eaves is getting a little love somewhere else.

 

[Hockey-Freak]

Hmm...somebody forgot Meszaros I would guess...

 

[Hockeyfan02]

Hmm...somebody forgot Meszaros I would guess...

Meszaros is on the defenseman list (http://tsn.ca/nhl/nhl_mail/?ID=154226), the link posted was the forwards list.

 

[AlienWorkShop]

Hmm...somebody forgot Meszaros I would guess...

They forgot Phaneuf tooooooooooooo!!!

 

[Winston Wolf]

They forgot Phaneuf tooooooooooooo!!!

How dare they not put Phaneuf on the best 40 rookie forwards list!!! I'm boycotting TSN.

 

[Fan-of-#9]

Goose, TV and Pominvillain all in the top 20 (6-7-19). Beautiful.

 

[Strong Island]

It's fixed now but originally the article said that Kunitz was signed out of Fresno State

 

[Hockey-Freak]

Meszaros is on the defenseman list (http://tsn.ca/nhl/nhl_mail/?ID=154226), the link posted was the forwards list.

 

[petrobruin]

It is forwards only

How dare they not put Phaneuf on the best 40 rookie forwards list!!! I'm boycotting TSN.

 

[Epsilon]

After the top 3 they may as well have said "in no particular order". Jokinen down at 15 is just brutal.

 

[thestonedkoala]

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Good job, TSN, you forgot the top rookie in the AHL this year.

 

[Epsilon]

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Good job, TSN, you forgot the top rookie in the [g]AHL[/g] this year.

Good thing the list is about NHL rookies. But don't let your homerism get in the way of that fact...

 

[thestonedkoala]

Sorry, I mistaken this thread with another