If you look at the past polls from past years, there is usually 2-4 NHL players in the entire list and the rest were relatively equal failures.
Complaining about picls in the teens and pushing 20 is just complaining about nothing. What's happening now is like being upset about Robbie Earl being selected before Chad Rau or Tyler Ruegsegger.
Things are a bit different this year because our top 3 are 100% sure-fire NHLers. And we certainly have more than 1 NHLer from #4 on.
Spring 2008 hockey's future
1. (1) Justin Pogge, G, 21
2. (3)
Nikolai Kulemin, RW, 21
3. (2)
Jiri Tlusty, LW, 20
4. (5)
Anton Stralman, D, 22
5. (7) Dimitri Vorobiev, D, 22
6. (4) Robbie Earl, LW, 22
7. (9) Tyler Ruegsegger, C, 20
8. (8) Dale Mitchell, RW, 19
9. (10)
James Reimer, G, 20
10. (11) Matt Frattin, RW, 20
11. (20) Chris DiDomenico, C, 19
12. (12) Ben Winnett, LW, 19
13. (16) Chad Rau, C, 21
14. (17)
John Mitchell, C, 23
15. (6) Jeremy Williams, RW, 24
16. (13) Phil Oreskovic, D, 21
17. (19) Juraj Mikus, D, 19
18. (NR)
Korbinian Holzer, D, 20
19. (NR)
Viktor Stalberg, LW, 22
20. (NR) Alex Foster, LW, 24
Spring 2009 hockey's future
1.
Luke Schenn, D 8.5 B
2.
Nikolai Kulemin, LW 7.5 C
3. Justin Pogge, G 7.0 C
4. Dmitri Vorobiev, D 7.0 C
5. Mikhail Stefanovich, C 7.0 C
6.
Jimmy Hayes, RW 7.0 C
7. Chris DiDomenico, C 7.5 D
8.
Viktor Stalberg, LW 7.5 D
9. Chad Rau, C 7.0 D
10. Dale Mitchell, RW 6.5 C
11.
James Reimer, G 6.5 C
12. Ben Winnett, LW 6.5 C
13. Matt Frattin, RW 7.0 D
14.
John Mitchell, C 6.5 C
15. Ryan Hamilton, LW 6.0 C
16. Joel Champagne C 6.0 C
17. Phil Oreskovic, D 6.0 C
18. Tyler Ruegsegger, RW 6.5 D
19. Jerome Flaake, LW 6.5 D
20.
Korbinian Holzer, D 6.5 D
Spring 2010 hockey's future
1. (1)
Nazem Kadri, C
2. (2)
Jonas Gustavsson, G
3. (4)
Tyler Bozak, C
4. (18)
Carl Gunnarsson, D
5. (5)
Viktor Stalberg, LW
6. (NR) Keith Aulie, D
7. (6)
Jimmy Hayes, RW
8. (8) Jesse Blacker, D
9. (11)
James Reimer, G
10. (10) Christian Hanson, C
11. (13) Jerry D’Amigo, LW
12. (3) Mikhail Stefanovich, RW
13. (9) Chris DiDomenico, C
14. (NR) Philippe Paradis, LW
15. (7) Kenny Ryan, RW
16. (NR) Juraj Mikus, D
17. (NR)
Korbinian Holzer, D
18. (14) Phil Oreskovic, D
19. (15) Jerome Flaake, LW
20. (16) Matt Frattin, RW
2011 (Pronman) [couldn't find the hfboards list]
1.
Joe Colborne, Center
2.
Jake Gardiner, Defense
3. Jesse Blacker, Defense
4. Greg McKegg, Center
5. Stuart Percy, Defense
6. Marcel Mueller, Left Wing
7. Jerry D'Amigo, Left Wing
8. Matt Frattin, Right Wing
9. Brad Ross, Left Wing
10. Sondre Olden, Left Wing
2012 hockey's future
1. (NR)
Morgan Rielly, D, 8.5C
2. (1)
Nazem Kadri, C, 7.5C
3. (3)
Joe Colborne, C, 7.5C
4. (4) Jesse Blacker, D, 7.5C
5. (NR) Matt Finn, D, 7.0C
6. (6) Matt Frattin, RW, 7.0C
7. (9) Stuart Percy, D, 7.0C
8. (5) Carter Ashton, RW, 7.0C
9. (8) Tyler Biggs, RW, 7.0C
10. (10) Brad Ross, LW, 7.0C
11. (7) Greg McKegg, C, 7.0C
12. (11) Ben Scrivens, G, 6.5B
13. (12)
Korbinian Holzer, D, 6.0B
14. (13) Mark Owuya, G, 7.0C
15. (14) Jerry D'Amigo, LW, 6.5C
16. (18) Nicolas Deschamps, LW, 6.5C
17. (NR) Spencer Abbott, C, 6.5C
18. (NR)
Petter Granberg, D, 6.5C
19. (16) Josh Leivo, LW, 6.5C
20. (20) Jussi Rynnas, G, 7.0D
2013 hockey's future
1. (1)
Morgan Rielly, D, 8.5C
2. (NR) Frederik Gauthier, C, 7.5C
3. (2)
Joe Colborne, C, 7.0C
4. (8) Josh Leivo, 7.0C
5. (3) Matt Finn, D, 7.0C
6. (7) Stuart Percy, D, 7.0C
7. (4) Carter Ashton, RW, 6.5C
8. (5) Jesse Blacker, D, 6.5C
9. (9) Jerry D'Amigo, LW, 6.5C
10. (6) Tyler Biggs, RW, 6.5C
11. (10) Greg McKegg, C, 6.5C
12. (13)
Petter Granberg, D, 6.5C
13. (11) Brad Ross, LW, 6.5C
14. (15) Dominic Toninato, C, 6.5C
15. (14) Tom Nilsson, D, 6.5C
16. (16) Tony Cameranesi, C, 6.5C
17. (NR) Carter Verhaeghe, C, 6.5C
18. (NR) Garret Sparks, G, 7.0D
19. (NR) David Broll, RW, 6.0C
20. (NR) Ryan Rupert, C, 6.0C
2014 hockey's future [stopped bolding... too early to tell]
1. (NR) William Nylander, C/W, 8.0C
2. (4) Josh Leivo, LW, 7.5C
3. (6) Matt Finn, D, 7.0C
4. (3) Frederik Gauthier, C, 7.0C
5. (8) Stuart Percy, D 7.0C
6. (5) Connor Brown, RW, 7.0C
7. (9) Carter Verhaeghe, C, 7.0C
8. (14) Andreas Johnson, RW, 7.0C
9. (10) Carter Ashton, LW, 6.5B
10. (NR) Rinat Valiev, D, 7.0C
11. (7) Greg McKegg, C, 7.0C
12. (13) Petter Granberg, D, 6.5C
13. (NR) Tom Nilsson, D, 6.5C
14. (NR) Viktor Loov, D, 6.5C
15. (11) Tyler Biggs, RW, 6.5C
16. (NR) Christopher Gibson, G, 6.5C
17. (18) Dominic Toninato, C, 6.5C
18. (20) Garret Sparks, G, 6.5C
19. (NR) Sam Carrick, C, 6.0C
20. (NR) Andrew MacWilliam, D, 6.0C
2015 hockey's future
1. (NR) Mitch Marner, C/RW, 8.5 C
2. (1) William Nylander, C/RW, 8.0 C
3. (NR) Kasperi Kapanen, RW, 7.5 C
4. (NR) Scott Harrington, D, 6.5 B
5. (6) Connor Brown, RW, 7.0 C
6. (5) Stuart Percy, D, 7.0 C
7. (NR) Antoine Bibeau, G, 7.0 C
8. (NR) Brendan Leipsic, LW, 7.0 C
9. (8) Andreas Johnson, LW, 7.0 C
10. (NR) Jeremy Bracco, RW, 7.5 D
11. (4) Frederik Gauthier, C, 6.5 C
12. (12) Petter Granberg, D, 6.5 C
13. (14) Viktor Loov, D, 6.5 C
14. (2) Josh Leivo, LW, 6.5 C
15. (NR) Travis Dermott, D, 7.0 D
16. (10) Rinat Valiev, D, 7.0 D
17. (NR) Nikita Soshnikov, RW, 7.0D
18. (NR) Zach Hyman, RW, 7.0 D
19. (NR) Casey Bailey, RW, 7.0 D
20. (19) Sam Carrick, C, 6.0 C