Tb0ne said:9.5A or 10B. Depends on how much the league opens up and who ends up in Pittsburg by the beginning of the season.
EroCaps said:
jcorb58 said:Surely he will be rated higher than AO....and he is a 9A. Cant let a russian be ranked higher than the next NA great one can we?
jcorb58 said:Surely he will be rated higher than AO....and he is a 9A. Cant let a russian be ranked higher than the next NA great one can we?
I think the hole is the new rule and stuff. Have to see how things pan out.10 - Generational talent -- a player for the ages, one who can do things with a puck that no other player would even contemplate doing. Very, very few players will be deserving of this rating, probably one per decade. Think Wayne Gretzky, Mario Lemieux, Bobby Orr, maybe Sidney Crosby, but we'll see.
B - Should reach potential, could drop 1 rating - likely to reach potential, but may have a hole or two in his game that will keep him from reaching his full potential. The potential rating is multiplied by 90 percent, which indicates slightly less certainty about a player’s future performance.
I think that's certainly debateable. Despite the hype, Alex is an extremely good prospect and if he's not Sidney's equal, he's darn close. Let's face it, if Alex were north american he'd have been more hyped. After all Spezza recieved significantly more hype than Kovalchuk did until about 1 month before the draft when it became clear Ilya would go 1st. I'm with McKenzie on this one, that the gap between Crosby and Ovechkin is very small.DrMoses said:Take Ovechkin's rating and add a point...
He's a better prospect than AO even at a younger age...
PecaFan said:I personally think 8A or B
JayRice66 said:I know i'm not a scout, and I have nothing to do with the NHL besides being a fan. But I don't see Crosby being anything less that a top 5 player in the league. The guy has skill that previous draft picks could only dream of. I'd say he will be a Joe Sakic type player before his carreer is over. I believe he will be slightly more productive than sakic.
CoupeStanley said:As good as Sakic is, he has the potential to be a notch above
Edit : Can't beleive I wasted my 900th post, on something not positive about Joe.