Project your 2008/09 NHL team 2 years from now ...

[BadBruins]

Bruins I doubt all these prospects will be NHL calibre in 2 years but what the hell. I also doubt that both Stuart and Mara will still be here, so here it is:

Boyes-Bergeron-Kessel
Sturm-Savard-Murray
Kalus-Krejci-Karsums
Axellson-Marchand-Lucic

Chara-M.Stuart
Stuart-Lashoff
Jurcina-Mara
Alberts

Toivonan
Rask

 

[shureshot66]

2008-09 Pittsburgh Penguins

Staal-Crosby-Armstrong
Christensen-Malkin-Ouellet (Ekman?)
Moulson-Stone-Filewich
Carcillo-Talbot-Ruutu (eh, what the hell...)

Decisions to make on contracts before summer 08.... Malone, Moore, Ekman, Ruutu

Gonchar-Welch
Whitney-Eaton?
Goligoski-Orpik

Contract decisions... Orpik, Eaton

Fleury
Ehelechner


Threw that together pretty quickly.... probably missed a few guys since there are so many damned prospects in the Pens system. Some of those younger guys I used have an uphill climb to reach where I put 'em... feel free to fire away.

 

[dogorman]

Lupul - Shremp - Hemsky
Smyth - Horcoff - Mikhnov
Torres - Stoll - Pisani
Jaques - Pouliot - Winchester

Extras: Thoreson, Brodziak, Altorp, Trukhno, Umicevic

Smith - Smid
Gilbert - Greene
Tjarnquist - Bergeron
Extras: Chorney, Syvret, Young

Roloson
Dubnyk

Some choices are debateable but I think thats pretty solid. Man down the middle looks great considering a guy like cogs will be ready to make the jump. My longshot pick is Spurgeon, gotta a love this kid.

 

[blinkman360]

Lupul - Shremp - Hemsky
Smyth - Horcoff - Mikhnov
Torres - Stoll - Pisani
Jaques - Pouliot - Winchester

Extras: Thoreson, Brodziak, Altorp, Trukhno, Umicevic

Smith - Greene
Gilbert - Bergeron
Tjarnquist - Staois

Extras: Chorney, Syvret, Young

Roloson
Dubnyk

Some choices are debateable but I think thats pretty solid. Man down the middle looks great considering a guy like cogs will be ready to make the jump. My longshot pick is Spurgeon, gotta a love this kid.

Smid?

 

[Vyse64]

Smid?

thats what i'm wondering

 

[Burke's Evil Spirit]

Here's how IMO Vancouver could end up looking...

??????????-Brendan Morrison-Michael Grabner
Daniel Sedin-Henrik Sedin-Jannik Hansen
Matt Cooke-Ryan Kesler-Mike Brown

Luc Bourdon-Willie Mitchell
Mattias Ohlund-Alexander Edler
Daniel Rahimi

Roberto Luongo
Cory Schneider

Don't really have a 1st line LW in the system...some dark horses in Laliberte, Simek, and Shirokov, but no-one who really deserves to be pencilled in.

 

[Scottkmlps]

Frolov-Kopitar-Cammalleri
O'Sullivan-Boyle-Brown
Pushkarev-Lewis-Tukonen
Avery-Avery-Avery

Petiot-Gleason
Lubo-Norstrom
Sopel-Ryan

Bernier
Garon

The offense is downright scary, the defense is solid, the goaltending is developing.

Pretty good, but I think it could look more like this:

Frolov/Kopitar/Camm
O'Sullivan/Boyle/Brown
Pushkarev/Belanger/Tukonen
Avery/Lewis/Kanko

Petiot/Gleason
Lubo/Norstrom
Harrold/Hersley

Garon
Bernier

*Fixed. Only 1 Brown now*

 

[dogorman]

Damn, I forgot about him, I'll make the change

Thanks

 

[shureshot66]

Actually, reading now that Malkin isn't likely able to escape Russia for this season, maybe I should pencil in Angelo Esposito somwehere into that top 6...

2008-09 Pittsburgh Penguins

Staal-Crosby-Armstrong
Christensen-Malkin-Ouellet (Ekman?)
Moulson-Stone-Filewich
Carcillo-Talbot-Ruutu (eh, what the hell...)

Decisions to make on contracts before summer 08.... Malone, Moore, Ekman, Ruutu

Gonchar-Welch
Whitney-Eaton?
Goligoski-Orpik

Contract decisions... Orpik, Eaton

Fleury
Ehelechner


Threw that together pretty quickly.... probably missed a few guys since there are so many damned prospects in the Pens system. Some of those younger guys I used have an uphill climb to reach where I put 'em... feel free to fire away.

 

[BelovedIsles]

NY Isles:

Nilsson-O'Marra-Satan
Tambellini-Colliton-Okposo
Bergenheim-Nokelainen-Comeau
Marjamaki-Bates-Asham

Zhitnik-Grebeshkov
Campoli-Gervais
Witt-O'Neil

DiPietro
Doobs

Here we have in two years:

-Yashin bought out?
-Trent Hunter being let go or traded?--He's a guy I'd use as a piece to the puzzle.
-Too early for Okposo to be a top 6'er?
-O'Marra progresses that much, that quickly to be our TOP line center, replacing Yash?
-Sillinger was signed to 3 years. Traded, probably?

I see it as and boy this is difficult:

Bergenheim-Yash-Nilsson
Tambellini-O'Marra-Satan
Comeau-Nokelainen-Hunter
Marjamaki-Colliton-Asham

Zhitnik-Grebeshkov
Campoli-Gervais
Witt-??

DiPietro
Doobs

 

[The Fuhr*]

Meszaros

Always make that mistake. Always add the U, Im cursed.

 

[triggrman]

Nashville

Sullivan-Arnott-Radulov
Hartnell-Legwand-Erat
Upshall-Vasicek-Tootoo
Segal-Smithson-Hordichuk

Weber-Hamhuis
Suter-Parent
Klein-Zidlicky

Vokoun
Rinne

 

[brody30*]

Devils are set if they can get by the next couple years. Heres what I think they look like:

Elias-Zajac-Bergfors (8 million)
Tallackson-Parise-Gionta (6.5 mill)
Pandolfo-Madden-Langenbrunner (6 mill)
Ryznar-Clarkson/Vrana-Janssen (2 mill)

Martin-White (6 mill)
Hale-Rafalski? (5 mill)
Greene-Corrente? (1.5 mill)

Brodeur (6 mill)
Doyle/Parise??

Total: 41 million

Im assuming Gomez is gone. I dont think Vrana would be well suited on the 4th line but maybe we could break him in there. I think he will be a good player but wont pan out on NJ because we already have Parise and Zajac down the middle. Another possibility is that Vrana plays second line center and Parise moves to LW. Tallackson drops to third line LW and Pando moves down to split time with Janssen and Ryznar on 4th line wing. I dont know if I like this though because its tough to break up Pando and Madden and I dont know if Vrana will be on the team in two years. Also I think we would get a veteran 6th defenseman instead of using Corrente.

 

[StickShift]

Sedin-Sedin-SomeUFAonAOneYearContractAgain
Raymond-Morrison(C)-Grabner
Cooke-Kesler-Hansen
Burrows-Butcher-Brown

Bourdon-Mitchell
Ohlund-Allen
Edler-Bieksa

Luongo
Schneider

 

[Dominator13]

I'll try for the Habs

Chris Higgins - Saku Koivu - Alexei Kovalev
Andrei Kostitsyn - Mikhail Grabovsky - Guillaume Latendresse
Alex Perezhogin - Tomas Plekanec - Michael Ryder
Steve Begin - Kyle Chipchura - Maxim Lapierre

extras: Siahrei Kostitsyn, Mathieu Aubin, Garth Murray, Matt D'Agostini

Andrei Markov - Mike Komisarek
Alexei Emelin - Craig Rivet
Ryan O'Byrne - Francis Bouillonextras: Côté, Benoit, Streit
Price
Danis/Halak

Was tough... more depth than I thought, good thing

WHAT A TEAM!
Speed, roughness, leadership, skill, potential, 3 off. lines, big defense, still missing size at center but Grabo is too good to let go of.... anyways much faster and has a better shot with the same smooth hands of Ribeiro

 

[Dominator13]

Sedin-Sedin-SomeUFAonAOneYearContractAgain
Raymond-Morrison(C)-Grabner
Cooke-Kesler-Hansen
Burrows-Butcher-Brown

Bourdon-Mitchell
Ohlund-Allen
Edler-Bieksa

Luongo
Schneider

wasn't he traded to Florida?

 

[bfire]

Steen - Wellwood - (expensive UFA)
Tlusty - Stajan - Tucker
Kilger - Williams - Kulemin
Newbury - Mitchell - Ondrus

Kaberle - McCabe
Kubina - Coliacavo
White - Kronwall

Raycroft
Aubin

 

[Vman]

wasn't he traded to Florida?

yeah,

IMO, Koltsov should take Allen's spot, since he will play one more year in the RSL

 

[StickShift]

Clearly, I'm running on the assumption that Allen comes back to Vancouver upon free agency.

IMO, when the Canucks lose Sami Salo to free agency next season, they will make a move to bring back Allen to fill his hole in the top-four.

 

[TopProspect91]

This is how I see the Maple Leafs lineup in a couple of years.....

Forwards:
Alexander Steen ---- Kyle Wellwood ---- Aleksander Suglobov
Dary Tucker ---- Jiri Tlusty ---- Alexei Ponikarovsky
Nikolai Kulemin ---- Matt Stajan ---- Jeremy Williams
Robbie Earl ---- Michael Peca ---- Chad Kilger

Defensemen:
Bryan McCabe --- Tomas Kaberle
Carlo Colaiacovo --- Pavel Kubina
Jay Harrison --- Ian White/Staffan Kronwall

Goaltenders:
Andrew Raycrfot
Justin Pogge

Pogge won't be a starter for a few years and I see Raycroft coming back to how he was in his Calder year, so the Leafs won't be in a rush to start Pogge at the NHL level.

 

[vbet*]

Lupul - Schremp - Hemsky

 

[CapeB]

Bruins:

Kessel- Bergeron- Boyes
Sturm- Savard- Kalus
Collins - Krejci - Karsums
Lucic- Sobotka- Marchand

Chara- Jurchina
Alberts- Mara
B.Stuart- M.Stuart
M.Lashoff

H.Toivonen
T.Rask

*I doubt all these players will be there but you never know. I'm hoping line-3 plays together in Providence this year and lights it up

 

[Poochie_D]

Higgins - Koivu - Kostitsyn
Perezoghin - Grabovsky - Kovalev
Latendresse - Plekenec - Ryder
Begin - Chipchura - Lapierre

Markov - Komisarak
Emelin - Rivet
O'Bryan - Dandeneault

Huet
Danis

 

[Puck U]

Pretty good, but I think it could look more like this:

You didn't like his Avery 3 times so you put Brown in twice ? lol

Lets try this ...

2008/09 LOS ANGELES KINGS
--------------------------------
Frolov / Kopitar / Cammalleri
O'Sullivan / Boyle / Brown
Pushkarev / McCauley* / Tukonen
Lukacevic / Lewis / Avery
x - Parros, Parse, Kanko
{I don't see Belanger still around after 2 yrs, *McCauley signed 'til '09}

Gleason / Visnovsky
Petiot / Hersley
Ryan / Harrold
x - Fast, McGinnis
{Not sure I see Blake or Norstrom still around after 2 yrs, Sopel for sure will be gone}

Garon / Bernier
x - Zatkoff

 

[Teemu]

Ruutu-Toews-Havlat
Bourque-Bolland-Skille
Salmelainen-Kontiola-Makarov
Blunden-Sharp-Bertram

Aucoin-Seabrook
Barker-DKeith
Vandermeer- Danis-Pepin

Khabibulin
Crawford


Yes, Bulin and Aucoin are seriously under contract that long.