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Nikishin turning heads.
I've never really seen Ryan Suter play - - but he's got BIG shoes to fill to be included in this impressive group.
Dark Metamorphosis said:you have to consider that crosby is two years younger than ovechkin though. crosby's accomplishments for his age are pretty awesome.
big_steve said:Solid top ten. I haven't posted on it yet but I just cannot believe that they ranked Shawn Belle ahead of Mark Stuart.
Til the End of Time said:Who would you have ranked Parise in front of?
Mallard said:I've never really seen Ryan Suter play - - but he's got BIG shoes to fill to be included in this impressive group.
so does zherdev and malkin. would you rank them ahead of crosby too?GoBuckeyes9 said:great point! an even better point would be to say the Ovechkin plays hockey against men. and has been one of the best players in that league with NHL stars playing in it against him.
FLYLine88 said:Toivonen & Lundqvist(homer vote ) should be before him. Fluery didnt exactly put up steller numbers this season in the AHL.
John Flyers Fan said:I'll disagree with that, Lehtonen's 4 games & Niittymaki's 3 games played in 03-04 were very bit as good if not better than Fleury's October.
JDB3939 said:Has Lundqvist even played in the AHL? He is what, 24? And Fleury is 20?
Toivonen from what I've heard is a good prospect, but Fleury is just lacking in the mental game. When he wason in WBS he was absolutely stellar. He just lacks consistency at this point to his game. As far pure skills I don't think there is a goalie in the league as quick as he is.
#37 said:Well, Zherdev does have 57 NHL games, and is no longer qualified to compete for the Calder... Should he really even be on that list? This is in no way a knock on Zherdev at all, I think the kid has a great future ahead of him.
JDB3939 said:Lehtonen's were extremely impressive. But take a look at the defense Niittymaki had in front of him compared to Fleury. MAF faced 40 shots a game his first month in the league and stood on his damn head. Fleury shouldn't have been playing in Pittsburgh. He started trying to do too much and that's when his game started to faulter a bit. Bringing him up then may have done some serious damage.
What has Malkin done to be ranked ahead of Lehtonen? I can't think of a single reason why he should be myself.scoutman1 said:I still think Malkin should go ahead of Lehtonen.
I agree, I think Lehtonen is right there with Crosby and Ovechkin. He's one of those special special goaltending prospects, better then any i've seen since at least Luongo (and I think he's better then Roberto as well). I would've ranked the top 10 like this:The Maltais Falcon said:What has Malkin done to be ranked ahead of Lehtonen? I can't think of a single reason why he should be myself.
Ovechkin and Crosby, yes. Malkin and every other prospect out there, no. The HF staff nailed the top three (not that it was that tough a call.)
What has he done at all?Reveille! said:I'm not happy with Fleury being that high. Should be somewhere in the teens. What has he done, AT ALL, to be ranked that high in this group? I would take him over Lundqvist right now and over Ward, also. But definately not over Toivenan. He definately falls into that category of "picked high so he must be a top 10 prospect" type deal. He's done nothing to solidify this ranking at all and it's one of the few in the entire list that absolutely makes no sense to me.
Evilo said:What has he done at all?
Being arguably the best goalie in the NHL for one whole month last year and seeting the franchise record for most wins in WB this year.
That one month in the NHL was nearly 2 years ago now. What has he done since then? .901 Save percentage is a pathetic number in the AHL. Yea he's a young guy with a lot of talent, but if he was say a late 1st rounder or picked even later then that he would be no where to be found on this list. The guy got beat out for a job by Andy Chiodo and when he played in the playoffs he was lit up. There is simply no way to justify his ranking above guys like Jeff Carter, Tomas Vanek, and Ryan Suter other then his draft position and that one month that you are still hanging on to.Evilo said:What has he done at all?
Being arguably the best goalie in the NHL for one whole month last year and seeting the franchise record for most wins in WB this year.
Gags1288 said:That one month in the NHL was nearly 2 years ago now. What has he done since then? .901 Save percentage is a pathetic number in the AHL. Yea he's a young guy with a lot of talent, but if he was say a late 1st rounder or picked even later then that he would be no where to be found on this list. The guy got beat out for a job by Andy Chiodo and when he played in the playoffs he was lit up. There is simply no way to justify his ranking above guys like Jeff Carter, Tomas Vanek, and Ryan Suter other then his draft position and that one month that you are still hanging on to.
The Pens Are Back said:another way to look at it is potential (thats why they are prospects, they get drafted that high on their raw talent). obviously the great potential is still there, and many feel that he is young and talented enough to better his game into what they envisioned 2 years ago
here a question.....would the rangers trade luvquist staight up for fluery. same with the flyers and their goalie?
no brainer
The Pens Are Back said:another way to look at it is potential (thats why they are prospects, they get drafted that high on their raw talent). obviously the great potential is still there, and many feel that he is young and talented enough to better his game into what they envisioned 2 years ago
here a question.....would the rangers trade luvquist staight up for fluery. same with the flyers and their goalie?
no brainer