NHL's next generation would be...

[Lafontaine2Mogilny]

Gone will be Sakic, Yzerman, Lemieux, Hull, ect....
Here are Kovalchuk, Heatley, Iginla, Gaborik
Next to arrive should be:Top 5 big names
K Lehtonen
N Zherdev
P Bergeron
MA Fleury
T Ruutu

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[HellsBells]

Spezza
Ovechkin
Zherdev
Phaneuf
Suter
Lehtonen

Imagine having those 6 on the ice at once.

 

[DownFromNJ]

Zherdev
Ruutu
Ovechkin
Suter
Coburn
Fleury

 

[EroCaps]

Spezza
Ovechkin
Zherdev
Phaneuf
Suter
Lehtonen

Imagine having those 6 on the ice at once.

Ovechkin
Nash
Lehtonen
Phaneuf
Ruutu

 

[#2]

As the generation of Sakic, Lemieux etc... pass i think the new generation of superstars will be filled with 50% European players or more, unlike the previous generation of mostly North American Players.

 

[MrMastodonFarm*]

Dubnyk

That certainly is an interesting pick when you have Lehtonen and MA Fluery available.

 

[Jovo Cop]

Spezza
Nash
Heatley
J-Bo
Dion
Dubnyk

 

[CaptainBure]

HAHAHAHAHA Dubnyk,dream on bro,dream on,not even a top 15 goalie prospect.

 

[Guig]

Nash
Lethonen
Ruutu
Pitkanen
Bouwmeester
Ovechkin
Zherdev

 

[Amen evil king]

Kovalchuk, Horton, Bouwmeester, Lehtonen, Ovechkin.

And thats just from the Southeast

 

[CH Wizard]

Kovalchuk, Horton, Bouwmeester, Lehtonen, Ovechkin.

And thats just from the Southeast

Yeah the southeast division don't look pretty.Washington,Atlanta , Floride yeah Tampa bay are lucky to be in this division it's not pretty hard to win the southeast division.These teams are last on the standings that's why they almost alawaus have good draft.

 

[monster_bertuzzi]

Bergeron is NOT one of the league's next big star players.

 

[Vic Rattlehead*]

Bergeron is NOT one of the league's next big star players.

True. He will be a consistent 60 point player though.

 

[rnyquist]

True. He will be a consistent 60 point player though.

consistent 60 points? Lets not get crazy, remember how he vanished in the playoffs. I could see 40 points but 60 i dunno, I think Bergeron will hit the sophmore slump hard

 

[DBL]

consistent 60 points? Lets not get crazy, remember how he vanished in the playoffs. I could see 40 points but 60 i dunno, I think Bergeron will hit the sophmore slump hard

He didn't vanish in the playoffs, I don't know what the hell your talking about. He scored a nice OT goal in the 2nd game and had a strong first 4 games. The last 3 weren't great, but the whole team blew...

Bergeron IMO, will be a star player in the NHL. He doesn't have elite skills, but he has skills nonetheless to have at least a few PPG seasons. The best thing about Bergeron's potential though is how well of an overall game he's going to have. Future great leader IMO too, will have the ability to lead a team to the Cup. Definite playoff performer.

I also want to make this clear about Bergeron, he will max out his potential whatever it maybe, this guy is a true player. He's the closiest thing to an young Yzerman right now.

Bergeron sophmore slump... I don't think so, no way...

 

[Sting]

I also want to make this clear about Bergeron, he will max out his potential whatever it maybe, this guy is a true player. He's the closiest thing to an young Yzerman right now.

I think you're overrating him just a bit. I highly doubt there will be many more Steve Yzerman's out there. Bergeron is not one of them, I'll let you that.

I see him being a 50-60 pt player and nothing more. Players like him are excellent 2nd liners, but they can't lead a team to a cup.

 

[10 ft. pole]

I thnk that Frolov has to be included on that list as well as Malkin

 

[BigAl]

Patrice Bergeron is one of the hardest working players I have ever seen on the ice. From what I understand he is also one of the hardest working players off the ice as well. I could definetley put a few different players instead of him for the next wave of star players, but he will have a great career.

 

[BigAl]

HAHAHAHAHA Dubnyk,dream on bro,dream on,not even a top 15 goalie prospect.

Why would you say that? Dubnyk is huge and has loads of raw talent. Don't be surprised if he is the next coming of Sean Burke. It may take time, but Dubnyk has the potential to be as good as any other goalie prospect.

 

[PigPen]

He's the closiest thing to an young Yzerman right now.

That's an insult to a young Yzerman, who was a gamebreaking talent as soon as he stepped into the league.

Bergeron is more like a Brindamour type player. Might have a similar career, IMO but comparing Bergeron to Yzerman is just insane. Might as well compare Afinegenov to Bure.

 

[MrMastodonFarm*]

Why would you say that? Dubnyk is huge and has loads of raw talent. Don't be surprised if he is the next coming of Sean Burke. It may take time, but Dubnyk has the potential to be as good as any other goalie prospect.

No, he doesn't.

He doesn't have the potential of Lehtonen or MA Fluery.

 

[Kugel]

Gone will be Sakic, Yzerman, Lemieux, Hull, ect....
Here are Kovalchuk, Heatley, Iginla, Gaborik
Next to arrive should be:Top 5 big names
K Lehtonen
N Zherdev
P Bergeron
MA Fleury
T Ruutu

Care to add to the list>

its not like anyone coming up will be as good as lemieux, i dont care about how good ilya or alex are......and hull is no longer a superstar, he was in the early 90's; but the other guy u said still are stars.

 

[BigAl]

No, he doesn't.

He doesn't have the potential of Lehtonen or MA Fluery.

OH...i see....what was I thinking....oh yeah...kind of like the same way Martin Brodeur couldn't compare to Trevor Kidd. Dubnyk has the potential to be the best goalie.....every goalie has that potential. That is the thing with prospects, some of them don't show their true colors (skills) until years down the road. So yeah actually, Dubnyk could be the best goalie prospect out there.

 

[Crosbyfan]

He didn't vanish in the playoffs, I don't know what the hell your talking about. He scored a nice OT goal in the 2nd game and had a strong first 4 games. The last 3 weren't great, but the whole team blew...

Bergeron IMO, will be a star player in the NHL. He doesn't have elite skills, but he has skills nonetheless to have at least a few PPG seasons. The best thing about Bergeron's potential though is how well of an overall game he's going to have. Future great leader IMO too, will have the ability to lead a team to the Cup. Definite playoff performer.

I also want to make this clear about Bergeron, he will max out his potential whatever it maybe, this guy is a true player. He's the closiest thing to an young Yzerman right now.

Bergeron sophmore slump... I don't think so, no way...

His scoring in the playoffs was on pace with what he did during the year. I'm a Montreal fan and never felt comfortable when he had the puck in our end. Don't worry about the "elite skills"; He just (July) turned 19 as he was a very young '03. He's the fastest improving '03 over the last two years no matter where you rank him overall. He cannot continue to improve at this pace or he would be top 20 in scoring this coming year. Of the '03s only Zerdev (who's 9 months older) had a comparable season. Not bad for a guy who was supposed to play another year of Junior after only one season in the Q.

 

[K9]

Don't be surprised if he is the next coming of Sean Burke.

A journeyman no.1 goalie who has never won anything?