Poached from the Mains - Best & Worst after 16 games

[EspenK]

I thought this was an interesting thread so I thought I would bring it here and see what the group consensus is (like there is group consensus ) here are my choices to get it started:

Best Forward- Brandon Dubinsky

Best D-man- Ryan Murray

Biggest Surprise Player- Ryan Johansen

Biggest Disappointment- Bobrovsky/Jack Johnson

Most Under Appreciated- ?

Biggest Team Need- #1C (although Johansen is looking good)/a scoring LW

Top 3 Prospects- Erixon, then it gets shaky-hopefully Wennberg & Rychel

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[Fro]

Best Forward- Brandon Dubinsky

Best D-man- Ryan Murray

Biggest Surprise Player- Ryan Johansen

Biggest Disappointment- Jack Johnson

Most Under Appreciated- Dalton Prout/David Savard

Biggest Team Need- a scoring LW

Top 3 Prospects- Erixon, Rychel, Zaar

 

[alphafox]

Best Forward- Brandon Dubinsky

Best D-man- Ryan Murray

Biggest Surprise Player- Ryan Johansen

Biggest Disappointment- Marian Gaborik

Most Under Appreciated-Wiz

Biggest Team Need- A Top Line

Top 3 Prospects- Erixon, Rychel, Wennberg (Honorable Mention Oliver Bjorkstrand)

 

[NotWendell]

Best Forward- Brandon Dubinsky

Best D-man- Ryan Murray

Biggest Surprise Player- Ryan Johansen

Biggest Disappointment- Artem Anisimov and Wiz

Most Under Appreciated- Matt Calvert

Biggest Team Need- a LW sniper

Top 3 Prospects- Erixon, Golobef, Wennberg

 

[joshjoshjosh]

Best - Murray

Worst - The part of the game where you put the puck past the other team's goalie



Oh yeah Wiz is such a disappointment we signed that guy to be the next Jan Hejda and he goes and scores at a .8 ppg pace and is a defensive liability that's not was I was expecting I tell ya what

 

[SuperGenius]

Best Forward- Brandon Dubinsky

Best D-man- Ryan Murray

Biggest Surprise Player- Ryan Johansen

Biggest Disappointment- Artem Anisimov

Most Under Appreciated- Blake Comeau

Biggest Team Need- sniper

Top 3 Prospects- Erixon, Goloubef, Chaput

 

[Samkow]

Best Forward- Brandon Dubinsky

Best D-man- Fedor Tyutin

Biggest Surprise Player- Ryan Johansen

Biggest Disappointment- Jack Johnson

Most Under Appreciated- James Wisnewski

Biggest Team Need- Bob to become the Bob of last season

Top 3 Prospects- Wennberg, Erixon, Bjorkstrand,

 

[CBJx614]

Best Forward- Brandon Dubinsky/Ryan Johansen

Best D-man- Ryan Murray

Biggest Surprise Player- Murray (knew he was going to be pretty damn good, didn't think he'd establish himself as our most consistently performing player.

Biggest Disappointment- Jack Johnson

Most Under Appreciated- James Wisnewski

Biggest Team Need- Consistency.

Top 3 Prospects- Wennberg, Erixon, Bjorkstrand

 

[stevo61]

Best Forward- Brandon Dubinsky

Best D-man- Fedor Tyutin

Biggest Surprise Player- Ryan Johansen

Biggest Disappointment- Jack Johnson, Bobrovsky, Anisimov (insert most of team here)

Most Under Appreciated- Calvert, MacKenzie

Biggest Team Need- To get back to what made the team successful. Stop trying to beat teams with skill. More physical play, get the forecheck back and of course more consistent goaltending

Top 3 Prospects- Wennberg, Erixon, Rychel

 

[1857 Howitzer]

Best Forward- Ryan Johansen

Best D-man- Ryan Murray

Biggest Surprise Player- David Savard

Biggest Disappointment- Jared Boll

Most Under Appreciated- RJ Umberger, Blake Comeau and James Wisniewski

Biggest Team Need- Need to get back the fore check and goaltending that we saw last season. The team could also use a sniper.

Top 3 Prospects- Wennberg, Erixon, Rychel

 

[blahblah]

Best Forward- Brandon Dubinsky

Best D-man- Ryan Murray

Biggest Surprise Player- Savard - how can you go with Johansen when very few, if any, even saw Savard making the team?

Biggest Disappointment- Letestu - I'm not surprised by Bob's play (nor is upcoming rebound). How anyone can list Wiz is baffling.

Most Under Appreciated- Probably Johansen, I guess - based on the number of people "surprised" by his play.

Biggest Team Need- Horton and Calvert

Top 3 Prospects- Erixon Wennberg & Rychel

 

[Nanabijou]

Biggest team need: To get Horton, Jenner, and Calvert back from injury and see what our offense looks like with those three.

 

[major major]

Best Forward - Dubinsky

Best D-man - Tyutin

Best Surprise - Ryan Johansen

Biggest Dissapointment - Anisimov

Most Under Appreciated - Umberger

Biggest Team Need - Horton

Top 3 prospects - Erixon, Wennberg, Rychel

 

[Sore Loser]

Best Forward- Brandon Dubinsky

Best D-man- Ryan Murray

Biggest Surprise Player- David Savard

Biggest Disappointment- Todd Richards

Most Under Appreciated- David Savard

Biggest Team Need- Top end talent up front

Top 3 Prospects- Wennberg, Rychel, Jenner (in no particular order)

Of note: Went with Savard over Johansen as the biggest surprise, because coming into the year most people had written him off as being expendable via waivers. Johansen has been excellent - but not to toot my own horn - some of us expected this out of him.

For biggest disappointment, I went with Todd Richards, because I feel that a good/great head coach can make a difference with any team in this league. Bruce Boudreau took the abysmal Anaheim Ducks from the bottom of the pack to the top in short fashion. This is just one example ... too many occasions this year, this team has been out played. That can't happen anymore.

Lastly, does Erixon really count as a prospect anymore, after spending last year with the big club?

EDIT: I will toot my own horn in regards to Murray, though ... I believe it was myself who said, after last year's draft, that a rookie Murray would step into the top-4 and make someone expendable

 

[stevo61]

Best Forward- Brandon Dubinsky

Best D-man- Ryan Murray

Biggest Surprise Player- Savard - how can you go with Johansen when very few, if any, even saw Savard making the team?

Biggest Disappointment- Letestu - I'm not surprised by Bob's play (nor is upcoming rebound). How anyone can list Wiz is baffling.

Most Under Appreciated- Probably Johansen, I guess - based on the number of people "surprised" by his play.

Biggest Team Need- Horton and Calvert

Top 3 Prospects- Erixon Wennberg & Rychel

I can't speak for others but Johansen being a surprise for me is based on the offense. We knew what we had defensively and it's not even about his numbers it's about how something just clicked and he learned how to use his body to control the play and find people with those passes. We all knew he had the skill to do it, I guess the surprise is that it all came together at once and so soon into the year

 

[Robert]

Best Forward- Brandon Dubinsky

Best D-man- Ryan Murray

Biggest Surprise Player- Ryan Johansen

Biggest Disappointment- Artem Anisimov, Nikitin (healthy scratches have meaning)

Most Under Appreciated- Mackenzie

Biggest Team Need- scoring

Top 3 Prospects- Erixon, Wennberg, Rychel

 

[NotWendell]

I should have listed Jenner as one of top three prospects.

As far as Wiz as a disappointment, even though he's been scoring as of late, the dude has played some horrendous games this year. I expect more for $5.7 million.

 

[EspenK]

Lastly, does Erixon really count as a prospect anymore, after spending last year with the big club?

As long as he is in the A I guess he's a prospect.

 

[candyman82]

Best Forward- Brandon Dubinsky

Best D-man- Ryan Murray

Biggest Surprise Player- David Savard

Biggest Disappointment- Jack Johnson

Most Under Appreciated- Fedor Tyutin

Biggest Team Need- Game-breaking forwards

Top 3 Prospects- Wennberg, Dansk, Rychel

 

[TaketheCannoli]

Best Forward - Brandon Dubinsky

Best D-man - Fedor Tyutin

Best Surprise - David Savard

Biggest Dissapointment - Artem Anisimov/Jack Johnson

Most Under Appreciated - MacKenzie or Johansen

Biggest Team Need - A sense of urgency

Top 3 prospects - Wennberg, Erixon, Bjorkstrand

 

[TheOllieC]

Best Forward- Brandon Dubinsky

Best D-man- Ryan Murray

Biggest Surprise Player- Johansen

Biggest Disappointment- JJ, Nikitin

Most Under Appreciated- McKenzie

Biggest Team Need- Players back from injuries

Top 3 Prospects- Dansk, Wennberg, Bjorkstrand

 

[jackets4life]

Best Forward- Ryan Johansen

Best D-man- Ryan Murray

Biggest Surprise Player- Curtis McElhinney. I wrote that dude off too quickly during preseason based on his previous NHL experience.

Biggest Disappointment- Anisimov/Gaborik

Most Under Appreciated- Comeau

Biggest Team Need- Harder forecheck, Horton wouldn't hurt either.

Top 3 Prospects- Erixon, Wennberg, Bjorkstrand

 

[CBJWerenski8]

Best Forward- Ryan Johansen

Best D-man- Ryan Murray

Biggest Surprise Player- Ryan Johansen

Biggest Disappointment- Anisimov, Letestu

Most Under Appreciated- Fedor Tyutin

Biggest Team Need- Scoring Winger

Top 3 Prospects- Erixon, Wennberg, Dansk

 

[CBJx614]

Biggest Surprise Player- Savard - how can you go with Johansen when very few, if any, even saw Savard making the team?

Most Under Appreciated- Probably Johansen, I guess - based on the number of people "surprised" by his play.

There was A LOT of Johansen trade talks in the check boards thisoffseason.

 

[Robert]

There was A LOT of Johansen trade talks in the check boards thisoffseason.

But who has been scratched this season? I don't see Joey sitting, Savard? Yep...