07 draft prospects potential

caniacnation

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Hey guys, I was wondering if we could get a thread going about the top and bottom potential of the top prospects in this draft. Ex: Angelo Esposito top: Alexei Yashin bottom:Alexander Daigle(I don't know how accurate that is, but you get the picture)

Thanks everyone!
 

PHX FireBirds18

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I think he's trying to ask for the topend and the downside of the top 2007 draft prospects. Ex. Voracek... (topend)=Hossa (Downside)=Vasicek Something along those lines. I'm especially curious about Kane. Seeing as I'm a yotes fan and will likely be getting a shot at him.
 

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Before someone comes in with the obligatory "every prospect's upside is the Hall of Fame legend and every prospects downside is a heroin shooting, toilet scrubber, out on parole", why don't we clear something up; The original poster is looking for realistic higher expectation comparisons and realistic lower expectation comparisons. My input isn't very valuable since I haven't seen a whole ot of any of these guys but I'll give Pat Kane a shot

Higher end: Paul Kariya
Lower end: Pierre-Marc Bouchard

Now I'm not very good at this but here is my reasoning; both Kariya and Bouchard, like Kane, were very highly touted, smallish, offensive dynamos. Kariya came into the league and immediately set the world on fire. Bouchard has taken longer to develop, and at 22, we still don't know what his upside is. Kane could take the Kariya route, or the Bouchard route. I also chose these two because they were high draft picks, like Kane should be, and good players, also like Kane should be. Like I said, I'm not very knowledgable about this year's crop, and I'm no good with comparisons, but I'm pretty sure that this is what the original poster had in mind. This is the type of thing I'd like to see, anyway.
 
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Sort of like...Kane - Kariya of his first six years
Kane - Amonte of the past 4 years

That should get some debate started. ;)
 

Dicky Dangles

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I think he's trying to ask for the topend and the downside of the top 2007 draft prospects. Ex. Voracek... (topend)=Hossa (Downside)=Vasicek Something along those lines. I'm especially curious about Kane. Seeing as I'm a yotes fan and will likely be getting a shot at him.

Oh, not so fast my friend. I think the Flyers will block that likely shot. Unless they lose the lottery, which is entirely possible, but not "likely".
 

knifer

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Before someone comes in with the obligatory "every prospect's upside is the Hall of Fame legend and every prospects downside is a heroin shooting, toilet scrubber, out on parole", why don't we clear something up; The original poster is looking for realistic higher expectation comparisons and realistic lower expectation comparisons. My input isn't very valuable since I haven't seen a whole ot of any of these guys but I'll give Pat Kane a shot

Higher end: Paul Kariya
Lower end: Pierre-Marc Bouchard

Now I'm not very good at this but here is my reasoning; both Kariya and Bouchard, like Kane, were very highly touted, smallish, offensive dynamos. Kariya came into the league and immediately set the world on fire. Bouchard has taken longer to develop, and at 22, we still don't know what his upside is. Kane could take the Kariya route, or the Bouchard route. I also chose these two because they were high draft picks, like Kane should be, and good players, also like Kane should be. Like I said, I'm not very knowledgable about this year's crop, and I'm no good with comparisons, but I'm pretty sure that this is what the original poster had in mind. This is the type of thing I'd like to see, anyway.

Kariya and Bouchard are 2 different types of players.
 

Amadeus

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High-end : Mike Fisher, with maybe a little more offense
Low : Mathieu Lombardi of the past few years, except this one where he's really been solid.
 

hardice

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2007 U.S. National Under-18 Team Roster

GOALTENDERS (2)
No Name Ht (cm) Wt (kg) Birthdate S/C Birthplace 2006-07 Team
29 Thomas McCollum 6-1 (185) 198 (90) 12/07/89 L Sanborn, N.Y. Guelph Storm (OHL)
31 Josh Unice 6-1 (185) 172 (78) 06/24/89 L Toledo, Ohio U.S. National Under-18 Team

DEFENSEMEN (7)
28 Ian Cole 6-1 (185) 211 (96) 02/21/89 L Ann Arbor, Mich. U.S. National Under-18 Team

25 Tommy Cross 6-3 (191) 205 (93) 09/12/89 L Simsbury, Conn. Westminster Academy
27 Cade Fairchild 5-10 (178) 184 (83) 01/15/89 L Duluth, Minn. U.S. National Under-18 Team
4 Ryan McDonagh 6-1 (185) 200 (91) 06/13/89 L Arden Hills, Minn. Cretin-Derham Hall High School
5 Teddy Ruth 6-1 (185) 200 (91) 02/14/89 R Naperville, Ill. U.S. National Under-18 Team
8 Kevin Shattenkirk 5-11 (180) 192 (87) 01/29/89 R New Rochelle, N.Y. U.S. National Under-18 Team

3 A.J. Sturges 6-4 (194) 192 (87) 04/06/89 L Madison, Wis. U.S. National Under-18 Team

FORWARDS (13)
15 John Albert 5-10 (178) 179 (81) 01/19/89 L Concord, Ohio U.S. National Under-18 Team
12 Jimmy Hayes 6-4 (194) 201 (91) 11/21/89 R Dorchester, Mass. U.S. National Under-18 Team
10 Ryan Hayes 5-9 (175) 176 (80) 06/04/89 R Syracuse, N.Y. U.S. National Under-18 Team
19 James O’Brien 6-2 (188) 184 (83) 01/29/89 R Maplewood, Minn. University of Minnesota (WCHA)
9 Matt Rust 5-10 (178) 188 (85) 03/23/89 L Bloomfield Hills, Mich. U.S. National Under-18 Team
74 Vinny Saponari 5-11 (180) 174 (79) 02/15/90 R Powder Springs, Ga. U.S. National Under-17 Team
79 Jordan Schroeder 5-8 (172) 168 (76) 09/29/90 R Lakeville, Minn. U.S. National Under-17 Team
20 C.J. Severyn 6-1 (185) 184 (83) 06/02/89 L Beaver, Pa. U.S. National Under-18 Team
21 James vanRiemsdyk 6-3 (191) 198 (90) 05/04/89 L Middletown, N.J. U.S. National Under-18 Team
26 Justin Vaive 6-6 (198) 205 (93) 07/08/89 L Buffalo, N.Y. U.S. National Under-18 Team
17 Brennan Vargas 6-1 (185) 208 (94) 06/15/89 R Coon Rapids, Minn. U.S. National Under-18 Team
6 Patrick White 6-1 (185) 186 (84) 01/20/89 R Grand Rapids, Minn. Grand Rapids, High School
22 Colin Wilson 6-1 (185) 208 (94) 10/20/89 L Greenwich, Conn. U.S. National Under-18 Team
 

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For Voracek, I've read that some scouts see him topping out at Peter Forsberg levels, and his lower end being (Insert favorite solid #3 here).
 

LePalle

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For Voracek, I've read that some scouts see him topping out at Peter Forsberg levels, and his lower end being (Insert favorite solid #3 here).

They arent saying hes going to reach Forsberg level, theyre just saying he has Forsberg like qualities.

Noone in this draft has the potential to reach Forsberg's level.
 

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