Too early. Any of Matthews/Eichel/Laine could jump to the group of McDavid/Crosby/Ovie/Malkin but we don't know yet
McDavid isn't in that group either.
Possible but unlikely. Unless you see Matthews/Eichel as multiple art ross winners and Laine as a 6 time richard winner.Too early. Any of Matthews/Eichel/Laine could jump to the group of McDavid/Crosby/Ovie/Malkin but we don't know yet
Possible but unlikely. Unless you see Matthews/Eichel as multiple art ross winners and Laine as a 6 time richard winner.
Draft 2004 + 2005
Ovechkin - Crosby - Wheeler
Ladd - Malkin - Neal
Ryan - Kopitar - Oshie
Stastny - Krejci - Radulov
(Hornqvist, Hanzal, Dubinsky, Zajac)
Draft 2015 + 16
Laine - McDavid - Marner
Keller - Matthews - Rantanen
Tkachuk - Eichel - Aho
Konecny - Jost - Puljujarvi
(Strome D., Zacha, Barzal, Boeser, Eriksson Ek, Connor)
The youngsters' group is super impressive and already making an impact as top pairing players in their teens, even though it usually takes many years for defensemen to truly hit their stride. I'd actually take 2015+2016 here.Draft 2004 + 2005
Letang - Vlasic
Green - Yandle
Niskanen - Johnson J.
(Goligoski, Streit, Edler, Hjalmarsson, Stralman)
Draft 2015 + 16
Provorov - Werenski
Hanifin - McAvoy
Chychrun - Carlo
(Chabot, Sergachev)
2004+2005 goalie group is just insane, all have great careers as clear cut #1 goalies. 2 Vezinas (surprisingly few actually?), 6 Vezina nominations, Lindsay, Hart, Conn Smythe.Draft 2004 + 2005
Price
Quick
Schneider
(Rask, Dubnyk, Bishop)
Draft 2015 + 16
Samsonov
Hart