Awesome!
We all hoped Suter would be the 'next' gem found from overseas like Panarin, Kahun, Kubalik and he hasn't really disappointed has he?
Kurashev I'd say is the biggest surprise, I know their were a few supporters on here but he really is good at hockey, how good will get?
Mitchell has been about what I had hoped he'd be, do any rookie dmen ever really get 20 minutes a game in year one?
Beaudin to me is the bonus prospect on defence, under the radar with Boqvist and Mitchell getting all the hype, his future affects that of Carlsson, Kalynuk, Krys, Phillips, Krutil, Vlasic, Kaiser, who has to be moved to make room?
Carlsson to me is solid like Carl Dahlstrom and Klas Dahlbeck were, and like both of those will probably be lost either via waivers, expansion draft space or as a package deal, does he get resigned or traded?
Lankinen is the real surprise this season, it was known that a trifecta of goalies would be auditioning for th starters job and Lankinen has won it hands down! Does the second half continue to his year?
Hagel is the player I'm most happy for, and it's come at the expense of both Highmore and Wallmark. Both have under performed, Hagel is what I hoped Highmore would be this season...hopefully he can pick up some finishing touches from Kubalik soon, we need him and Kampf to start finishing like Carpenter and Soderberg have of late. He scored in junior. Could Hagel be our next Bolland/Frolik type player?
