The Fehr part surprises me, but not because of Penner. Apparently Penner wasn't that great of high school hockey player and never really developed until he hit the college ranks. I heard that he wasn't the best player on his high school hockey team, but I never knew that Eric Fehr played on that team. That makes a ton of sense.
As for the Penner-Rupp comparison, that's absurd. Anyone who says Penner came out of nowhere like Rupp in 2003 is living under a rock. Anyone who paid any attention to Anaheim or the AHL would've known of Penner. Penner was very awesome in Ducks training camp, stuck up there, was voted to the AHL All-Star game, but missed the game due to being in the bigs, was a second team All-Star despite playing just over half a season, and then came for his big playoff run. Prior to this year you can say Penner came out of nowhere, but you cannot say he was some unkown prior to the Ducks' playoff run. And frankly, despite scoring the cup winner, I didn't think Rupp was all that great in 2003, anyway. He was good, but not one of the best Devils on the ice like Penner was for the Ducks this year.