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J-D said:Switched to ten, jumped on the gun too fast sorry.
That's fine, that seems to be the case when discussing anything Leaf related (both on the pro-Leafs side and the anti-Leafs side).
J-D said:Switched to ten, jumped on the gun too fast sorry.
good call, they are definitely in the upper tierDonnybrook said:San Jose, they have it now and in the future!
pavel datsyuk said:Detroit. Hands down.
Fischer, Kronvall, Groulx, Quincey???
I mean come on, no contest guys!!!
Everyone else was being a homer, thought i'd go along with it.
Anyway.
Flordia, Nashville and Calgary are the top 3 IMO. Nashville i would put #1 since last draft they did amazing, but the Flordia guys are a little more well know and further along in their development.
If 2 or 3 of the Nashville d-man prospects pan out though, that defense will be amazing. Now if they could only score a goal.
Flames Draft Watcher said:As for your EDM vs CGY comments I really can't agree. I would take Regehr, Leopold and Phaneuf over any of the Edmonton players. I fail to see how Edmonton has significantly more depth at that position.
? I thought Upshall was captain of the WJC team that year? or am I misundertanding you?elphy101 said:In response from an Oiler fan POV.
The Oilers guys have alot of depth, it's just that they are all younger and just starting to establish themselves.
Jeff Wowitka(voted best defensemen in the WHL during his last year and was captain of the WJC team, he's big, mobile, good with the puck, excellent first pass, does everything well)
looooob said:? I thought Upshall was captain of the WJC team that year? or am I misundertanding you?
by the way I don't think Flames Draft Watcher was implying that the Oilers had no depth in terms of young D I think he was just stating his preference for the Flames depth given that they've got a bunch of young guys already proven at the NHL level, plus a few good prospects, whereas Edmonton's list includes more question marks at this point
Keep in mind speeds here is a Oilers fan.speeds said:IMO FLA and CAL are the top 2 squads.
EDM might crack the top 10, but that's about as far as I'd guess.
Not enough top end upside in the EDM group, though maybe one of them will surprise and end up as a top pair guy.
Also, I'd have to say Brewer is more of a #2 than a #1.
speeds said:IMO FLA and CAL are the top 2 squads.
EDM might crack the top 10, but that's about as far as I'd guess.
Not enough top end upside in the EDM group, though maybe one of them will surprise and end up as a top pair guy.
Also, I'd have to say Brewer is more of a #2 than a #1.
I'm not sure if you're kidding or notflyers guy said:Flyers: Joni Pitkanen
Do the rest even matter?
I agree, I like Nashville most, but Pitt is great IMO, I really like Brooks Orpik though, I wish they'd give him more ice time.Evilo said:Well seems everyone is picking its own team...
Consider the Penguins then :
Whitney
Welch
Lupaschuk
Orpik
Rozsival
Melichar
Focht
Nemec
Schneider
Fernholm
Malenkhyk
All of these have a good chance to be at least solid NHLers.
No, I was just kidding, didn't want my post to be homeristic (is that even a word? )Splatman Phanutier said:I'm not sure if you're kidding or not
So Colaiacovo, Bell, and White are overrated?J-D said:IMO this is not even top (edit) 10. Colaiacovo, Bell and White are overrated, while Berg just plain sucks. Harrison will surely become a good d-man as well as Kondratiev, though. And we had many discussions about Kaberle here at HF but IMO he's not much to drool over.
Nashville, Calgary, Philadelphia, Florida, Montreal, Ottawa, St-Louis, Vancouver, New Jersey and Detroit will have a better d-corps in years to come.
stardog said:I can't believe how much of a HOMER thread this has turned out to be.