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Hockey's Future's Top 20 ranking includes players across all years of birth who are currently playing in the WHL.
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Haha, three for three.. lovely..
Carey Price and Ryan White in the top 10.. and Ben Maxwell as a notable. I love our scouts.
Kind of an odd list.
As a list of the best players in the WHL (forgetting NHL potential), it isn't horrible, although there would be several notable names missing, starting with Ray Macias and Colton Yellowhorn.
As a list of prospects based on NHL potential ... it couldn't be much more random. ECHL-level overage players like Wacey Rabbit ranked ahead of sure-fire '07 #1 picks. Canucks' '06 #1 pick Grabner rated behind Canuck undrafted camp invite Bartley. And on and on.
And the WHL leading scorer in Hamill belongs high on this list somewhere no matter how you slice it.
Franson a better prospect then Price? Maxwell not in top20? White only 10th behind Wishart and Helm? call me biased but Habs are getting robed in that article!
1st and 5th.
I can live with that.
The Canucks invited Mitch Bartley, Victor is his younger brother, which I think he wasn't invited to the Canucks camp.Canucks' '06 #1 pick Grabner rated behind Canuck undrafted camp invite Bartley. And on and on.
Assuming this is a prospects list, it is VERY strange. Aaron Gagnon and Wacey Rabbit are barely NHL prospects at all, nevermind among the top 20 in the entire WHL. Kris Russel a better prospect than Karl Alzner? Darren Helm before Grabner, Setoguchi, etc? A defenseman who went undrafted... twice... in Dave Schlemko has better pro potential than Michael Sauer? Victor Bartley too? (I should point out that I actually like both Schlemko and Bartley as decent NHL prospects and was a little surprised that they both went undrafted, but ultimately that does not bode well for their future as pros). None of potential first round picks in the upcoming draft Blum, Hickey, Ross, Ellerby, Hamill, even Repik even listed as other notables? After #1, this list really starts getting weird...
I don't see anything wrong with that.
Thats a pretty terrible list. There is no way Franson is a better prospect than Price at this point, McCardle is not a better prospect than Grabner....and no Maxwell op 20? Come on Aaron...
Assuming this is a prospects list, it is VERY strange. Aaron Gagnon and Wacey Rabbit are barely NHL prospects at all, nevermind among the top 20 in the entire WHL. Kris Russel a better prospect than Karl Alzner? Darren Helm before Grabner, Setoguchi, etc? A defenseman who went undrafted... twice... in Dave Schlemko has better pro potential than Michael Sauer? Victor Bartley too? (I should point out that I actually like both Schlemko and Bartley as decent NHL prospects and was a little surprised that they both went undrafted, but ultimately that does not bode well for their future as pros). None of potential first round picks in the upcoming draft Blum, Hickey, Ross, Ellerby, Hamill, even Repik even listed as other notables? After #1, this list really starts getting weird...