Top young players at WC

[philosophical___]

criteria is that the player must be atleast under 25 if he has no nhl experience, or less than 2 full seasons of nhl experience.

here are some names:

nikolai kulemin
nicklas backstrom
anton stralman
tomas plekanec
jaroslav halak
alexander steen
jonathan toews
...

add more names, RANK YOUR TOP 5!!!

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[Mirinho]

i think you can add Ladislav Smid (21yrs old)

 

[Snoil11]

Eric Johnson
Jack Johnson
Paul Stastny
Phil Kessel
Nathan Davis

Although Ovechkin, Phaneuf, Ward and Malkin are already NHL-superstars, they meet your conditions, too.

 

[Bam Beet*]

Paul Stastny

 

[Garl]

Patric Hornqvist(1987). Great player.

 

[Garl]

Also I liked Peter Regin(1986) and Kaspars Daugavins(1988)

 

[Sampe]

Mikko Koivu (24), 2 NHL seasons
Petri Kontiola (22), no NHL experience
Antti Pihlström (22), undrafted (hasn't played in the tournament yet)

The above three are Finland's only eligible players.

 

[msky]

Kulemin, Radulov for Russia, if you spoke about high-level.

 

[Frenzy31]

Lee Stempniak

 

[Iron]

Jordon Staal

 

[Redwingsfan]

philip gogulla. he has been excellent so far for germany.

 

[Ganz]

Ladislav Smid (21)

 

[Useless Yashin]

Sean Bergenheim is only 23

 

[ES]

Interesting thing is that top 5 of the 2006 NHL Entry Draft is playing in the tournament: E Johnson, Staal, Toews, Bäckström and Kessel.

 

[Rez]

Tuomo Ruutu falls into this group.

 

[Crazyhorse]

Tuomo Ruutu falls into this group.

Are you kidding me? He is a veteran in comparison with the others.

 

[sivert]

Patric Hornqvist(1987). Great player.

Also I liked Peter Regin(1986) and Kaspars Daugavins(1988)

I agree. These 3 impressed me most

 

[danaluvsthekings]

No love for Kopitar's 14 points in 5 games down a division?

 

[Snoil11]

No love for Kopitar's 14 points in 5 games down a division?

Have you ever watched a national game at a Division II championship?

 

[Kopistar]

No love for Kopitar's 14 points in 5 games down a division?

East coast bias.

 

[Panopticon]

Have you ever watched a national game at a Division II championship?

But Slovenia plays in Division I. Next year they'll play in the WCH. Kopitar totally dominated their division though, but he had pretty good points in last WCH as well. When Finland beat Slovenia 5-3, Kopitar had 2+1 and looked amazing. All in all, he had 9 points in 6 games as a 19-year-old playing for freaking Slovenia.

 

[Winston Wolf]

Mikko Koivu (24), 2 NHL seasons
Petri Kontiola (22), no NHL experience
Antti Pihlström (22), undrafted (hasn't played in the tournament yet)

The above three are Finland's only eligible players.

Lasse Kukkonen is 25, so not under 25, but he still has only played one NHL season. I heard he's been Finland's best defenseman, any comments on his play?

 

[gscorer]

Kontiola 1+5=6
Toews 0+4=4
Kessel 1+2=3
Stastny 0+3=3


They are best young players so far.

 

[Mirinho]

Kontiola 1+5=6
Toews 0+4=4
Kessel 1+2=3
Stastny 0+3=3


They are best young players so far.

Olesz (age: 21) 1+2=3 +2

and if we are speaking about players under 25 there must be Plekanec who is 24

Plekanec 2+3=5 +4

 

[msky]

Kontiola 1+5=6
Toews 0+4=4
Kessel 1+2=3
Stastny 0+3=3


They are best young players so far.

Kulemin 2+1..