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Jozeph_Balej said:Eric Nystrom
Well THN polled a bunch of scouts and they had Nystrom as one of the top 50 prospects outside the NHL, not sure how that's disappointing can you explain how?
Jozeph_Balej said:Eric Nystrom
Spitfire11 said:Vaclav Nedorost
Brad Boyes
BlackJack21 said:BTW, I wont be surprised if he starts next year in the AHL...
BJ21
I agree. I would never count out a goaltender until he's well into his 20's because there is just so much to learn at that position.Flames Draft Watcher said:Much too early to write Krahn off especially with his injuries. He has a great last half last season and seems to be doing alright in his first pro year. He's definitely a long term project but he has the size and athletic ability to become a great NHLer. Look for the Flames goaltending coach David Marcoux to really help Krahn develop over the next couple years. It will really help him when we can get our own farm club so he can get more guaranteed starts.
Handsome B. Wonderful said:Kris Beech
vega007 said:Guys who played junior in Calgary also were drafted high and became big disappointments.....not only Krahn but Kris Beech someone mentioned earlier and how about Pavel Brendl.....he looked like a future 50+ goal scorer in the NHL, then got lazy and go sent down.....now he's injured....he's a guy who will get traded every year for his entire career....consider the fact that he was drafted by the Rangers 4th overall...
icarus said:Okay, if it appeases you: Daniel Tkachuk is a budding superstar
except not at hockey
X-SHARKIE said:Have you seen Brad Boyes play this year hahahaahha...56 points in 56 games, he's 4th in the AHL in scoring, he's much grittier now and competitive. His game has improved 10 fold. I cant believe Boyes is in this conversation.
Watch before you judge.
Caniacforever said:PAVEL BRENDL 18 5 3 8 0 8
It looks as if he's turning the corner actually, before this latest injury on a pretty questionable hit from McCabe .......
Reign Nateo said:He is also soft and way too skinny to play in the NHL. I've watched Beech since he was 16 and I was absolutley shocked that he was a 1st round pick, nevermind 7th overall. He never should have been picked that high in my opinion.
In addition the producing a goal and 2 assists and finishing most of his checks, Beech is apparently becoming a pretty good agitator. Beech ticked of Meloche by going hard to the net, bumping the goalie and laughing about it. Beech is beginning develop a Barnaby-esque smile that is almost always on his face. In addition, to Meloche he also had several other players irritated with him in both games. He got under Drake Berehowsky's skin so bad that Berehowsky knocked his helmet off his head and pushed him a couple more times. Beech never backed away, but it was very clear he wasn't going to drop his gloves first either. Berehowsky never dropped his, although McKenna and Buchberger did separate the two before it escalated any further.
Kris Beech appears to be playing with a little more edge this year. He finishes more checks and is going into traffic more
vik said:I'm just wondering what part of the hit you found questionable?? The fact that he got hurt does not mean the hit was questionable, quite clean
Caniacforever said:It's the same logistics behind the reason that people thought the Scott Stevens on Shane Willis was questionable. The hit was about as clean as it gets, but both hits occured in the neutral zone with less than 3 seconds remaining in the period. The only differance, the Stevens hit was in a playoff game. This one occured in the regular season. There was no reason at all for either hit to occur other than to hurt somebody. Neither were in position to score.
However, it can be argued that the Stevens hit was more hanus due to the fact it was at the end of the game. McCabe's hit came at the end of the 2nd period. I still feel it was in poor taste to hit a player that hard in the waining seconds of a period when he isn't in position to score. I'd be saying the same thing if Brendl had drilled McCabe.
MentalPowerHouse said:Go play soccer then.
People complain of lack of insensity and then when someone does play hard and intense for the whole game with no excuses they are told to back off.
Its easy to say its just the last few seconds take it easy, but just one little excuse like that can ruin a mindset of a player. He starts making other excuses to lay off, say there are down a few goals, or up, whatever the reason...