Old HF Rankings

[MLSE]

Does anyone have team prospect rankings from like way back? So we can see how good their rankings were?

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[Frolov 6'3]

You're gonna laugh your *** off.

 

[JSmith81x]

Example ...
-- Team Organizational Rankings, June 2000

Others ...
-- Top 50 Prospects, Oct 1998
-- Top 50 Prospects, Sept 1999
-- Top 50 Prospects, July 2000

 

[pitseleh]

Heh, Vancouver has the top 3 and 5 of the top 20 prospects from 2000 on their team right now,

 

[Oedi]

man thats pretty funny

 

[Abyss]

"Don't forget that with the 7th pick in this year's draft, they will only stand to get even better..."


HAHA just kidding

 

[1datsyuk3*]

Niko Kapanen provides finesse and speed, but he's likely too small for NHL play.

 

[pitseleh]

"Don't forget that with the 7th pick in this year's draft, they will only stand to get even better..."


HAHA just kidding

I thought this one was pretty funny (sorry Islander fans):

With the first pick in the 2000 draft, Gaborik or Heatley will be welcomed additions and do nothing but keep them on the top of Hockey's Future organizational rankings.

 

[True North]

Novoseltsev is drawing comparisons to teammate Pavel Bure, and they're not unwarranted.

 

[Goose]

almost all of the 1998 players are still going and producing fairly well.

 

[Rand]

Probably the most unfortunate list:

Rnk. Name Pos. Team Pts Votes
1. Roberto Luongo G Florida 300 6
2. Daniel Sedin RW Vancouver 291 6
3. Henrik Sedin C Vancouver 288 6
4. Pavel Brendl RW Rangers 266 6
5. Milan Kraft C Pittsburgh 253 6
6. Kris Beech C Washington 248 6
7. Marian Gaborik LW Minnesota 239 6
8. Dany Heatley LW Atlanta 238 6
9. Denis Shvidki RW Florida 236 6
10. Jamie Lundmark C Rangers 234 6

11. Mika Noronen G Buffalo 233 6
12t. Rick DiPietro G Islanders 225 6
12t. Vitaly Vishnevsky D Anaheim 225 6
14. Oleg Saprykin C Calgary 223 6
15. Jeff Jillson D San Jose 220 6
16. Maxime Oullette G Philadelphia 208 6
17. Rostislav Klesla D Columbus 194 6
18. Taylor Pyatt LW Islanders 193 6
19. Martin Havlat C Ottawa 169 6
20. Steve McCarthy D Chicago 166 6

21. Ladislav Nagy C St. Louis 161 6
22. Kiril Safranov D Phoenix 156 6
23t. J-S Giguere G Anaheim 147 6
23t. Dimitri Kalinin D Buffalo 147 6
25t. Brian Finley G Nashville 145 6
25t. Ivan Novoseltsev RW Florida 145 6
27. Maxim Balmochnykh RW Anaheim 137 6
28. Rico Fata C/RW Calgary 130 6
29. Bryan Allen D Vancouver 99 5
30. David Tanabe D Carolina 97 6

31. Raffi Torres LW Islanders 94 5
32. Mike Van Ryn D St. Louis 93 6
33. Petr Schastlivy LW Ottawa 77 5
34. Michal Sivek C Washington 75 6
35. Scott Hartnell C Nashville 68 4
36. Brad Richards C Tampa Bay 67 6
37. Mikhail Yakubov C Chicago 56 5
38. Alexei Smirnov C Anaheim 52 3
39. Mark Bell C Chicago 50 6
40. Barret Jackman D St. Louis 45 4

41. J-M Pelletier G Carolina 42 4
42. Daniel Tkaczuk C Calgary 39 4
43. Ari Ahonen G New Jersey 37 5
44. Alexei Tezikov D Washington 29 3
45. Branislav Mezei D Islanders 28 3
46. Samuel Pahlsson C Boston 26 3
47. Eric Chouinard C Montreal 23 2
48. Kristian Huselius RW Florida 21 4
49t. Andrei Markov D Montreal 16 4
49t. David Aebischer G Colorado 16 2

Honorable Mention

Michel Riesen RW Edmonton
Mathieu Garon G Montreal
Konstantin Koltsov LW Pittsburgh
Alexey Volkov G Los Angeles
Sheldon Keefe RW Tampa Bay
Ossi Vannanen D Phoenix
Michael Henrich RW Edmonton
Marty Turco G Dallas
Pavel Vorobiev RW Chicago
Lars Jonsson D Boston
Dimtri Afanasenkov LW Tampa Bay
Brent Krahn G Calgary
Barrett Heisten LW Buffalo
Jeff Heerema RW Carolina
Brooks Orpik D Pittsburgh
Richard Jackman D Dallas
Nick Boynton D Boston
Mike Mottau D Rangers
Vaclav Nedorost C Colorado
Zdenek Blatny C Atlanta
Jeff Farkas LW Toronto
Jonathan Girard D Boston

 

[Rand]

The Flames have a great top line on the way (Fata, Tkazcuk, Saprykin)

I'm going to take a wild guess and assume AHL goalies aren't terrified. The best of them is probably Sparykin but a career high of 29Pts isn't particularly auspicious.

Novoseltsev is drawing comparisons to teammate Pavel Bure, and they're not unwarranted. He's a bluechip prospect, and along with Denis Shvidki, they may add some much needed depth to the finesse wingers in Florida. Shvidki passing to Bure. A goaltender's worst nightmare.

Novoseltsov as the wannabe Bure, and Shvidki feeding him. A goaltenders fondest dreams.

 

[Milvesof Brown]

Shvidki passing to Bure. A goaltender's worst nightmare.

The next wave of defensemen (Jesse Wallin, Kuznetsov, Golubovsky) are on the way for the rapidly aging Red Wings blueline corps.

Only Volkov could be considered an outstanding prospect... The Kings have a little bit of offense and Volkov in their farm system but they don't have much else.

Much like Tampa Bay, the Senators possess several potentially terrific players. Schastlivy's a sniper who should bloom next season in the NHL. Vauclair, Lajeunesse,.... Hurme, Verenkin and Chouinard round out a strong prospect core.

Finley is a more than capable netminder

Finally, some offense on the way for the Capitals. Beech is an intriguing prospect, and Tezikov, Sivek, Lupaschuk, Tvrdon, provide solid depth.

Lundmark and Brendl both have good skills and are future NHLers.

Lee Goren: NCAA MVP. Plus: Jeff Zehr, Matt Zultek and Jonathan Girard.

The Flames have a great top line on the way (Fata, Tkazcuk, Saprykin)

The Sabres have a strong potential blueline, a top young netminder, and a potential sniper. It also wouldn't hurt to get a few more offensive players like Norm Milley.

And, (as already mentioned) my personal favorite:

With the first pick in the 2000 draft, Gaborik or Heatley will be welcomed additions and do nothing but keep the Isles on the top of Hockey's Future organizational rankings.

 

[The_Human_Atombomb]

The Maple Leafs sure had a strong prospect depth at the time:

Toronto Maple Leafs -- (Jeff Farkas, Adam Mair, Petr Svoboda, Frantisek Mrazek, Allan Rourke)

Those were the top 5 Leafs prospects

 

[Garo]

Add Pyatt, Mezei, Krog, Kudroc, Weinhandl, etc... and you have yourself a very very bright future.

Even the top team turned out really bad.

Though we could say that about a few teams on the recent list in few years...