NHL comparisons of top 50 prospects (2011)

Cousin Eddie

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1-Ryan Nugent-Hopkins : Claude Giroux
2-Adam Larsson : A better version of a young Roman Hamrlik
3-Gabriel Landeskog : a mix of a young Jamie LAngenbrunner and Brenden Morrow
4- Sean Couturier : A slightly more offensive Jordan Staal
6-Jonathan Huberdeau : A bigger Pat Kane but Kane has better ice vision.
7-Dougie Hamilton : Jack Johnson with better skill on D but less offensively
8-Ryan Murphy : Rafalski with a greater vision
9-Duncan Siemens : A more physical Meszaros to me is a solid comparison
10-Mark McNeil : Jason Arnott
12-Mika Zibanejad : A bigger Patrice Bergeron but doesn't have his elite 2way skill yet
13-Mark Scheifele : Ryan Getzlaf at the same age

These are upside's only.

as an avs fan that scares me. can he play d?
 

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as an avs fan that scares me. can he play d?

I was not aware that Hamrlik was bad defensively, he slowed down this year at 38 years old but was still very effective especially in his own end.
 
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1-Ryan Nugent-Hopkins : Joe Sakic/Pavel Datsyuk
2-Adam Larsson : Victor Hedman/Niklas Lidstrom
3-Gabriel Landeskog : Peter Forsberg
4- Sean Couturier : Eric Staal
5-Ryan Strome : Ilya Kovalchuk
6-Jonathan Huberdeau : Vincent Lecavalier
7-Dougie Hamilton : Niklas Lidstrom
8-Ryan Murphy : Mike Green
9-Duncan Siemens : Anton Volchenkov
10-Mark McNeil : Mike Richards/Shane Doan
11-Nathan Beaulieu : Drew Doughty
12-Mika Zibanejad : Patrick Sharp/Alex Burrows
13-Mark Scheifele : Jason Spezza
14-Joel Armia : Selanne?
15-Jamie Oleksiak : Chris Pronger
16-Ty Rattie : Wojtek Wolski
17-Sven Bartschi : Zach Parise
18-Tyler Biggs : Kyle Okposo
19-Nicklas Jensen : PAtrick Marleau
20-Vladislav Namestnikov : Mike Ribeiro
23-Matt Puempel: Marian Hossa
24-Joe Morrow: Duncan Keith
27-Brandon Saad: Rick Nash
28-Alexander Khoklachev: Sergei Fedorov
29-Scott Mayfield: Brent Burns
30-David Musil: Lukas Kraijcek
31-Tomas Jurco: Jussi Jokinen
32-Daniel Catenacci: Andrew Cogliano
33-Boone Jenner: Jeff Carter
37-Rocco Grimaldi: Danny Briere
40-Michael St.Croix: Doug Gilmour
45-Rickard Rakell: Patrice Bergeron
47-Seth Ambroz: Ryan Kesler
48-Rasmus Bengtsson
49-Victor Rask: Henrik Sedin

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Maria Sharapova

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1-Ryan Nugent-Hopkins : GRETZKY
2-Adam Larsson : LIDSTROM
3-Gabriel Landeskog : CLARK
4- Sean Couturier : LEMIEUX
5-Ryan Strome : BOSSY
6-Jonathan Huberdeau : BELEVIEU
7-Dougie Hamilton : COFFEY
8-Ryan Murphy : ORR
9-Duncan Siemens : BOURQUE
10-Mark McNeil : NEELY
11-Nathan Beaulieu : HARVEY
12-Mika Zibanejad : SUNDIN
13-Mark Scheifele : GILMOUR
14-Joel Armia : BURE
15-Jamie Oleksiak : ROBINSON
16-Ty Rattie : DIONNE
17-Sven Bartschi : KURRI


WHO YOU WANT :P

With or without his hips :sarcasm:
 

zjh

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I see a lot of Alex Tanguay in RNH. Not a bog guy. Very good vision, and can put the puck in the net if given the chance. RNH might have better skating intagibles though..
 

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1-Ryan Nugent-Hopkins : Joe Sakic/Pavel Datsyuk
2-Adam Larsson : Victor Hedman/Niklas Lidstrom
3-Gabriel Landeskog : Peter Forsberg
4- Sean Couturier : Eric Staal
5-Ryan Strome : Ilya Kovalchuk
6-Jonathan Huberdeau : Vincent Lecavalier
7-Dougie Hamilton : Niklas Lidstrom
8-Ryan Murphy : Mike Green
9-Duncan Siemens : Anton Volchenkov
10-Mark McNeil : Mike Richards/Shane Doan
11-Nathan Beaulieu : Drew Doughty
12-Mika Zibanejad : Patrick Sharp/Alex Burrows
13-Mark Scheifele : Jason Spezza
14-Joel Armia : Selanne?
15-Jamie Oleksiak : Chris Pronger
16-Ty Rattie : Wojtek Wolski
17-Sven Bartschi : Zach Parise
18-Tyler Biggs : Kyle Okposo
19-Nicklas Jensen : PAtrick Marleau
20-Vladislav Namestnikov : Mike Ribeiro
23-Matt Puempel: Marian Hossa
24-Joe Morrow: Duncan Keith
27-Brandon Saad: Rick Nash
28-Alexander Khoklachev: Sergei Fedorov
29-Scott Mayfield: Brent Burns
30-David Musil: Lukas Kraijcek
31-Tomas Jurco: Jussi Jokinen
32-Daniel Catenacci: Andrew Cogliano
33-Boone Jenner: Jeff Carter
37-Rocco Grimaldi: Danny Briere
40-Michael St.Croix: Doug Gilmour
45-Rickard Rakell: Patrice
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47-Seth Ambroz: Ryan Kesler
48-Rasmus Bengtsson
49-Victor Rask: Henrik Sedin
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Why do you have to compare some prospects with players from the same country? Rask = H Sedin? Landeskog = Forsberg? Oh plz
 

JimmyG89

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1-Ryan Nugent-Hopkins : GRETZKY
2-Adam Larsson : LIDSTROM
3-Gabriel Landeskog : CLARK
4- Sean Couturier : LEMIEUX
5-Ryan Strome : BOSSY
6-Jonathan Huberdeau : BELEVIEU
7-Dougie Hamilton : COFFEY
8-Ryan Murphy : ORR
9-Duncan Siemens : BOURQUE
10-Mark McNeil : NEELY
11-Nathan Beaulieu : HARVEY
12-Mika Zibanejad : SUNDIN
13-Mark Scheifele : GILMOUR
14-Joel Armia : BURE
15-Jamie Oleksiak : ROBINSON
16-Ty Rattie : DIONNE
17-Sven Bartschi : KURRI


WHO YOU WANT :P

None:

Where is Mark Messier? I want him.
 

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1-Ryan Nugent-Hopkins : Claude Giroux
2-Adam Larsson : A better version of a young Roman Hamrlik
3-Gabriel Landeskog : a mix of a young Jamie LAngenbrunner and Brenden Morrow
4- Sean Couturier : A slightly more offensive Jordan Staal
6-Jonathan Huberdeau : A bigger Pat Kane but Kane has better ice vision.
7-Dougie Hamilton : Jack Johnson with better skill on D but less offensively
8-Ryan Murphy : Rafalski with a greater vision
9-Duncan Siemens : A more physical Meszaros to me is a solid comparison
10-Mark McNeil : Jason Arnott
12-Mika Zibanejad : A bigger Patrice Bergeron but doesn't have his elite 2way skill yet
13-Mark Scheifele : Ryan Getzlaf at the same age

These are upside's only.
Thats a great list right there but I'll go with Tomas Vanek for Landeskog. IMO he'll move to wing and be a great player around the net.

Robbie Russo - Goligoski
Rocco Grimaldi - Ennis
Alexander Khoklachev - Radulov
Matt Puempel - Skinner
Tomas Jurco - Semin
 

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I will take a crack at Sault Ste. Marie potential draftees:

Catennaci: I want to say Briere but I don't think he'll ever be as good on the pro-level.
Cousins: Milan Michalek
Sproul: Eric Brewer
 

theIceWookie

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Couturier - Travis Zajac - Guy who plays a strong defensive game, and can hit 70 points. Can play on the top line but would be better suited to playing on the 2nd line.

Landeskog - Dustin Brown - A second line guy. Provides solid leadership and can do everything but his offensive potential is not first line quality. Possibly even more of a tweener offensively but the rest of his game elevates him to 2nd line quality.

Ryan Murphy - Dan Boyle with better vision or a high octane MAB - This guy is just an incredible offensive talent. He should not drop past 10.

Mika Zibanejad - Daniel Alfredsson/Mikko Koivu cross - Two way player with a mean streak and an offensive potential similar to both above. He has some leadership qualities in him too.

Joel Armia - Nikolai Kulemin - Has some very nice offensive potential and an untapped defensive game. Size that gets used to create space more than thrown around.

Jamieson Oleksiak - Hal Gill - Like the guy and love the size but I'm a little wary that people might be overrating his game because of his size.

Dougie Hamilton - Poor mans Zdeno Chara - The all around type game that Chara has.

Mark McNeill - Higher Offensive David Backes or Less Defensive Ryan Kesler
 

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7-Dougie Hamilton : Ed Jovanovski
8-Ryan Murphy : Brian Rafalski
10-Mark McNeil : Brooks Laich
21-JT Miller : Ryan Kesler
31-Tomas Jurco : Ales Hemsky
32-Daniel Catenacci : Darren Helm
37-Rocco Grimaldi : Martin St. Louis
 

AlexanderTheGood

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Part I

1-Ryan Nugent-Hopkins : A Patrick Kane-Jonathan Toews hybrid!
2-Adam Larsson : A more disciplined Ulf Samuelsson.
3-Gabriel Landeskog : Your poor man's Peter Forsberg.
4- Sean Couturier : Benoit Pouliot with more upside in both ends.
5-Ryan Strome : He's your Tyler Seguin version 2.0.
6-Jonathan Huberdeau : Patrice Bergeron plus a few inches.
7-Dougie Hamilton : Jay Bouwmeester with more personality.
8-Ryan Murphy : He might be Brian Rafalski/Phil Housley/P. Coffey.
9-Duncan Siemens : A better, or cooler, version of Colten Teubert?
10-Mark McNeil : He's this year's Joey Hishon, with less off. upside.
11-Nathan Beaulieu : Matt Carle type; two-way defenseman.
12-Mika Zibanejad : A slightly quicker and tougher Mikael Backlund.
13-Mark Scheifele : Poor man's Ryan Johansen, or Brendan Morrison.
14-Joel Armia : A bigger, slower, + less talented, Teemu Selanne.
15-Jamie Oleksiak : Haven't seen enough; I've heard he's a Hal Gill.
16-Ty Rattie : A homeless man's Jordan Eberle (very, very, good).
17-Sven Bartschi : A more skilled version of Janik Hansen.
18-Tyler Biggs : Your poor man's Modano, standing on the wing.
19-Nicklas Jensen : He reminds me of a Mikkel Boedker...
20-Vladislav Namestnikov : A poor man's Alexander Burmistrov.
21-JT Miller : Drew Stafford, could be on the cusp of a breakout.
22-Jonas Brodin : A homeless man's Nicklas Lidstrom.
23-Matt Puempel : A Nathan Horton type, without Horton's size.
24-Joe Morrow : Duncan Keith 2.0 in development.
25-Dmitrij Jaskin : A rich man's Jaroslav Spacek, without the fat.
26-Zach Phillips : A less talented, but equally spirited, Jeff Carter.
27-Brandon Saad : He reminds me of a less talented Keith Tkachuk.
28-Alexander Khoklachev : He's a Russian Michael Nylander.
29-Scott Mayfield : He might be an Eric Brewer type in ten years?
30-David Musil : An Andrew Ference-type, with way less personality.​
 

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Rhn - sakic
larsson - eric brewer
hurbedeau - lecavalier
landeskog - dustin brown
couturier - jordan staal
hamilton - glen wesley
murphy - coffey
strome - andy macdonald
mika z- patrice bergeron
siemens - bieksa
beaulieu - doughty
grimaldi - gionta
Morrow - edler
olesiak - hall gill
schiefele - spezza
phillips - adam oates
mcneill - dubinsky
jt miller - bobby ryan
bartschi - hossa
jurco - jussi jokinen
biggs - byflugien as forward
Brodin - suter
klefbom - weber
puempel - jeff carter
 

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here i put together a compilation of most of the posts so far:

Ryan Nugent Hopkins: Sakic, Datsyuk, Giroux, H. Sedin
Adam Larsson: Ulf Samuelsson, Eric Brewer, Victor Hedman, Niklas Lidstrom, Fredrik Olausson, Hamrlik
Gabriel Landeskog : Peter Forsberg, Dustin Brown, Adam Deadmarsh, Jamie Langenbrunner, Brenden Morrow
Sean Couturier : Benoit Pouliot, Jordan Staal, Eric Staal, Joe Thornton, Zajac
Ryan Strome : Tyler Seguin, Andy Macdonald, Kovalchuk, Kane
Jonathan Huberdeau: Patrice Bergeron, Lecavalier, Gilbert Brule, Spezza
Dougie Hamilton: Jay Bouwmeester , Glen Wesly, Lidstrom, Luke Richardson, Jack Johnson, Ed Jovanovski, Chara
Ryan Murphy : Brian Rafalski, Paul Coffee, Mike Green, John-Michael Liles, Dan Boyle
Duncan Siemens: Colten Teubert, Bieska, Volchenkov, Richard Matvichuk
Mark McNeil: Joey Hishon, Dubinsky, Mike Richards, Shane Doan, Arnott, Brooks Laich, Backes, Kesler
Nathan Beaulieu : Matt Carle, Doughty, Dan Girardi, Mike Green
Mika Zibanejad : Mikael Backlund, Pat Bergeron, Patrick Sharp, Alex Burrows, Daniel Alfredsson, Mikko Koivu
Mark Scheifele: Ryan Johansen, Brendan Morrison, Spezza, Ryan Getzlaf
Joel Armia : Teemu Selanne, Luc Robitaille, Alex Kovalev, Nikolai Kulemin
Jamie Oleksiak: Hal Gill, Pronger, Myers
Ty Rattie : Jordan Eberle, Wolski, Mason Raymond
Sven Bartschi: Janik Hansen, Hossa, Parise
Tyler Biggs : Modano, Byflugien, Okposo, Horton, Lucic, Mike Grier
Nicklas Jensen: Mikkel Boedker, Patrick Marleau, Hossa
Vladislav Namestnikov : Alexander Burmistrov, Ribeiro, Jan Hlavac, Zherdev
JT Miller : Drew Stafford, Bobby Ryan, Ryan Kesler, Sharp, Jeff Carter
Jonas Brodin : Nicklas Lidstrom, Suter
Matt Puempel: Nathan Horton, Jeff Carter, Marian Hossa, Skinner, Boyes
Joe Morrow : Duncan Keith, Edler
Dmitrij Jaskin : Jaroslav Spacek,
Zach Phillips : Jeff Carter, Adam Oates, Brad Richards, Parise, Justin Williams
Brandon Saad : Keith Tkachuk, Kunitz, Rick Nash, Bobby Ryan
Alexander Khoklachev : Michael Nylander, Radulov, Fedorov, Stan Chistov, Zetterberg
Scott Mayfield: Eric Brewer, Brent Burns
David Musil : Andrew Ference, Lukas Kraijcek
Rocco Grimaldi: Gionta, Ennis, Martin St Louis, Briere
Thomas Jurco : jussi jokinen, Hemsky, Semin
Oskar Klefbom : Weber, Byfuglien
Daniel Catennaci: Briere, Helm, Cogliano
Nick Cousins: Milan Michalek
Ryan Sproul: Eric Brewer
Stefan Noesen: Brendan Morrow, Andrew Ladd
Mike St.Croix: Danny Briere, Doug Gilmour
Robbie Russo : Goligoski, Mathieu Schneider
Seth Ambroz: Clowe, Ryan Kesler
Boone Jenner: Jeff Carter
Rickard Rakell : Patrice Bergeron, Alex Radulov
Victor Rask : Henrik Sedin, Miko Koivu
Joel Edmundson: Mike Komisarek
Nikita Kucherov: Potential Ilya Kovalchuk
Brett Ritchie : Darcy Tucker
 

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My comparisons based on people I've spoken to, articles read, discussions had, videos watched, etc...

1-Ryan Nugent-Hopkins : Joe Sakic type
2-Adam Larsson : Nicklas Lidstrom-Lite
3-Gabriel Landeskog : Dustin Brown
4- Sean Couturier : More offensive Jordan Staal
5-Ryan Strome : Jason Spezza
6-Jonathan Huberdeau: Pavel Datsyuk type but maybe less defense
7-Dougie Hamilton :Shea Weber type
8-Ryan Murphy : Lubomir Visnovsky
9-Duncan Siemens : Brent Burns
10-Mark McNeil :Ryan Kesler
12-Mika Zibanejad : more physical Ryan Getzlaf
14-Joel Armia : Alex Kovalev
15-Jamie Oleksiak : Tyler Myers type
16-Ty Rattie : Mason Raymond
17-Sven Bartschi : Zach Parise lite
18-Tyler Biggs : A poor-man's Milan Lucic, or Mike Grier
19-Nicklas Jensen : Marian Hossa
20-Vladislav Namestnikov : Nik Zherdev
21-JT Miller : Jeff Carter
22-Jonas Brodin: Ryan Suter type but less offense
23-Matt Puempel: Brad Boyes
28-Alexander Khoklachev: This years version of Jacob Josefson, could potentially be a Zetterberg, great skill, great set
31-Tomas Jurco: Ales Hemsky
36-Oscar Klefbom: Dustin Byfuglien
37-Rocco Grimaldi: Marty St. Louis
43-Joel Edmundson: Mike Komisarek
49-Victor Rask: Mikko Koivu but with alot of issues
50-Nikita Kucherov: Potential Ilya Kovalchuk


All comparisons are obviously what their ceiling could be in my opinion.

1-Ryan Nugent-Hopkins : Joe Sakic/Pavel Datsyuk
2-Adam Larsson : Victor Hedman/Niklas Lidstrom
3-Gabriel Landeskog : Peter Forsberg
4- Sean Couturier : Eric Staal
5-Ryan Strome : Ilya Kovalchuk
6-Jonathan Huberdeau : Vincent Lecavalier
7-Dougie Hamilton : Niklas Lidstrom
8-Ryan Murphy : Mike Green
9-Duncan Siemens : Anton Volchenkov
10-Mark McNeil : Mike Richards/Shane Doan
11-Nathan Beaulieu : Drew Doughty
12-Mika Zibanejad : Patrick Sharp/Alex Burrows
13-Mark Scheifele : Jason Spezza
14-Joel Armia : Selanne?
15-Jamie Oleksiak : Chris Pronger
16-Ty Rattie : Wojtek Wolski
17-Sven Bartschi : Zach Parise
18-Tyler Biggs : Kyle Okposo
19-Nicklas Jensen : PAtrick Marleau
20-Vladislav Namestnikov : Mike Ribeiro
23-Matt Puempel: Marian Hossa
24-Joe Morrow: Duncan Keith
27-Brandon Saad: Rick Nash
28-Alexander Khoklachev: Sergei Fedorov
29-Scott Mayfield: Brent Burns
30-David Musil: Lukas Kraijcek
31-Tomas Jurco: Jussi Jokinen
32-Daniel Catenacci: Andrew Cogliano
33-Boone Jenner: Jeff Carter
37-Rocco Grimaldi: Danny Briere
40-Michael St.Croix: Doug Gilmour
45-Rickard Rakell: Patrice Bergeron
47-Seth Ambroz: Ryan Kesler
48-Rasmus Bengtsson
49-Victor Rask: Henrik Sedin

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Looks like the greatest draft of all-time.
 

Mr. Hab

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here i put together a compilation of most of the posts so far:

Ryan Nugent Hopkins: Sakic, Datsyuk, Giroux, H. Sedin
Adam Larsson: Ulf Samuelsson, Eric Brewer, Victor Hedman, Niklas Lidstrom, Fredrik Olausson, Hamrlik
Gabriel Landeskog : Peter Forsberg, Dustin Brown, Adam Deadmarsh, Jamie Langenbrunner, Brenden Morrow
Sean Couturier : Benoit Pouliot, Jordan Staal, Eric Staal, Joe Thornton, Zajac
Ryan Strome : Tyler Seguin, Andy Macdonald, Kovalchuk, Kane
Jonathan Huberdeau: Patrice Bergeron, Lecavalier, Gilbert Brule, Spezza
Dougie Hamilton: Jay Bouwmeester , Glen Wesly, Lidstrom, Luke Richardson, Jack Johnson, Ed Jovanovski, Chara
Ryan Murphy : Brian Rafalski, Paul Coffee, Mike Green, John-Michael Liles, Dan Boyle
Duncan Siemens: Colten Teubert, Bieska, Volchenkov, Richard Matvichuk
Mark McNeil: Joey Hishon, Dubinsky, Mike Richards, Shane Doan, Arnott, Brooks Laich, Backes, Kesler
Nathan Beaulieu : Matt Carle, Doughty, Dan Girardi, Mike Green
Mika Zibanejad : Mikael Backlund, Pat Bergeron, Patrick Sharp, Alex Burrows, Daniel Alfredsson, Mikko Koivu
Mark Scheifele: Ryan Johansen, Brendan Morrison, Spezza, Ryan Getzlaf
Joel Armia : Teemu Selanne, Luc Robitaille, Alex Kovalev, Nikolai Kulemin
Jamie Oleksiak: Hal Gill, Pronger, Myers
Ty Rattie : Jordan Eberle, Wolski, Mason Raymond
Sven Bartschi: Janik Hansen, Hossa, Parise
Tyler Biggs : Modano, Byflugien, Okposo, Horton, Lucic, Mike Grier
Nicklas Jensen: Mikkel Boedker, Patrick Marleau, Hossa
Vladislav Namestnikov : Alexander Burmistrov, Ribeiro, Jan Hlavac, Zherdev
JT Miller : Drew Stafford, Bobby Ryan, Ryan Kesler, Sharp, Jeff Carter
Jonas Brodin : Nicklas Lidstrom, Suter
Matt Puempel: Nathan Horton, Jeff Carter, Marian Hossa, Skinner, Boyes
Joe Morrow : Duncan Keith, Edler
Dmitrij Jaskin : Jaroslav Spacek,
Zach Phillips : Jeff Carter, Adam Oates, Brad Richards, Parise, Justin Williams
Brandon Saad : Keith Tkachuk, Kunitz, Rick Nash, Bobby Ryan
Alexander Khoklachev : Michael Nylander, Radulov, Fedorov, Stan Chistov, Zetterberg
Scott Mayfield: Eric Brewer, Brent Burns
David Musil : Andrew Ference, Lukas Kraijcek
Rocco Grimaldi: Gionta, Ennis, Martin St Louis, Briere
Thomas Jurco : jussi jokinen, Hemsky, Semin
Oskar Klefbom : Weber, Byfuglien
Daniel Catennaci: Briere, Helm, Cogliano
Nick Cousins: Milan Michalek
Ryan Sproul: Eric Brewer
Stefan Noesen: Brendan Morrow, Andrew Ladd
Mike St.Croix: Danny Briere, Doug Gilmour
Robbie Russo : Goligoski, Mathieu Schneider
Seth Ambroz: Clowe, Ryan Kesler
Boone Jenner: Jeff Carter
Rickard Rakell : Patrice Bergeron, Alex Radulov
Victor Rask : Henrik Sedin, Miko Koivu
Joel Edmundson: Mike Komisarek
Nikita Kucherov: Potential Ilya Kovalchuk
Brett Ritchie : Darcy Tucker

Good work :handclap: (and good idea! compilation idea).

;)
 
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