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In 2000...
The Avs defense was rated like so...
1. Alex Riazantsev - 8
2. Agris Saviels - 6
3. Rick Berry - 6
4. Kurt Sauer - 6
5. Dan Smith - 6
6. Ben Storey - 5
7. Brian White - 4
8. William Magnuson - 4
9. Sanny Lindstrom - 4
10. John-Michael Liles - 3
The Hawks had 30 players ranked ahead of a 24 year old Tyler Arnason, including...
2. Reto von Arx, LW
7. Ty Jones, RW
8. Jonas Nordqvist, C
9. Nolan Baumgartner, D
10. Jeff Paul, D
11. Dimitri Levinski, LW
13. Dmitri Tolkunov, D
14. Nathan Perrot, RW
15. Michel Larocque, G
16. Jeff Maund, G
17. Erasmo Saltarelli, G
18. Chris Herperger, RW
19. Geoff Peters, C
20. Mike Souza, LW
21. Stepan Mokhov, D
22. Jonas Elofsson, D
23. Jari Viukola, C
24. Casey Hankinson, LW
25. Jason Hamilton, D
26. Marty Wilford, D
27. Arne Ramholt, D
28. Scott Balan, D
29. Olli Malmivaara, D
30. Alexander Barkunov
The Sabres were ranked as the 4th best system with the likes of...
Barret Heisten - 8 (what?)
Artem Kriukov - 8 (what?)
Brian Campbell - 8 (what?)
Norm Milley - 7 (what?)
Mike Zigomanis - 7 (what?)
Jaroslav Kristek - 7 (who?)
Gerard Dicaire - 7 (what?)
The Montreal Canadians had many future stars coming up, led by...
Andrei Markov - 9 (potential superstar... ?)
Eric Chouinard - 8 (top forward)
Mathieu Garon - 8
Alexander Buturlin - 8 (top forward... ?)
The Ottawa Senators had a few surprises...
Petr Schastlivy - 7 (#2 ranked prospect)
Simon Lajeunesse - 6
Mathieu Chouinard - 6
Martin Prusek - 4
The Leafs...
Jeff Farkas - 8 (what?)
Brad Boyes - 8 (hmm...)
Adam Mair - 8 (rrrright)
Konstantin Kalmikov - 7 (didn't make the cut on CBC's new reality show)
Don MacLean - 7 (career minor leaguer)
Mihail Travnicek - 7 (0 NHL games)
Mikael Hakansson - 7 (0 NHL games)
Jonathan Zion - 7 (ECHL regular)
The New York Rangers...
Organizational Ranking: 8
Produced a total of 3 NHL players (Lundmark, Brendl, Kloucek?).
Atlanta's top prospects...
Dany Heatley - 8
Zdenek Blatny - 8
Tomi Kallio - 8
Luke Sellars - 7
Ilja Nikulin - 7
Rob Zepp - 7
...
Garnett Exelby - 4
Our Stanley Cup champs had six players rated 8's...
Sheldon Keefe
Dmitri Afanasenkov
Ruslan Zainullin
Brad Richards
Kristian Kudroc
Nikita Alexeev
The #1 ranked organization in 2001...
The Pittsburgh Penguins:
- Kris Beech
- Konstantin Koltsov
- Brooks Orpik
- Colby Armstrong
- Michal Sivek
- Ryan Malone (not mentioned on OR's list of notables, ranked #19)
The #28 ranked organizaton in 2001...
The New York Islanders:
- Raffi Torres
- Juraj Kolnik
- Justin Mapleloft
- Mattias Weinhandl
- Trent Hunter
- Rick DiPietro (not mentioned on OR's list of notables)
The #29 ranked organization in 2001...
The Detroit Red Wings:
- Henrik Zetterberg
- Pavel Datsyuk (not mentioned on OR's list of notables)
- Niklas Kronwall
- Jason Williams
- Tomas Kopecky
- Sean Avery (not mentioned on OR's list of notables)
- Igor Grigorenko (not mentioned on OR's list of notables)
Other not-so-great rankings...
4. Tampa Bay (Alexeev, Svitov, Keefe, Kudroc, Mathieu Biron)
7 Phoenix (Kolanos, Sjostrom, Safronov, Zainullin, Taffe)
9. Buffalo (Noronen, Miller, Campbell, Kriukov, Novotny)
13. New York (Lundmark, Blackburn, Novak, Mottau, Heisten)
Point is... don't take player and organizational rankings seriously.
The Avs defense was rated like so...
1. Alex Riazantsev - 8
2. Agris Saviels - 6
3. Rick Berry - 6
4. Kurt Sauer - 6
5. Dan Smith - 6
6. Ben Storey - 5
7. Brian White - 4
8. William Magnuson - 4
9. Sanny Lindstrom - 4
10. John-Michael Liles - 3
The Hawks had 30 players ranked ahead of a 24 year old Tyler Arnason, including...
2. Reto von Arx, LW
7. Ty Jones, RW
8. Jonas Nordqvist, C
9. Nolan Baumgartner, D
10. Jeff Paul, D
11. Dimitri Levinski, LW
13. Dmitri Tolkunov, D
14. Nathan Perrot, RW
15. Michel Larocque, G
16. Jeff Maund, G
17. Erasmo Saltarelli, G
18. Chris Herperger, RW
19. Geoff Peters, C
20. Mike Souza, LW
21. Stepan Mokhov, D
22. Jonas Elofsson, D
23. Jari Viukola, C
24. Casey Hankinson, LW
25. Jason Hamilton, D
26. Marty Wilford, D
27. Arne Ramholt, D
28. Scott Balan, D
29. Olli Malmivaara, D
30. Alexander Barkunov
The Sabres were ranked as the 4th best system with the likes of...
Barret Heisten - 8 (what?)
Artem Kriukov - 8 (what?)
Brian Campbell - 8 (what?)
Norm Milley - 7 (what?)
Mike Zigomanis - 7 (what?)
Jaroslav Kristek - 7 (who?)
Gerard Dicaire - 7 (what?)
The Montreal Canadians had many future stars coming up, led by...
Andrei Markov - 9 (potential superstar... ?)
Eric Chouinard - 8 (top forward)
Mathieu Garon - 8
Alexander Buturlin - 8 (top forward... ?)
The Ottawa Senators had a few surprises...
Petr Schastlivy - 7 (#2 ranked prospect)
Simon Lajeunesse - 6
Mathieu Chouinard - 6
Martin Prusek - 4
The Leafs...
Jeff Farkas - 8 (what?)
Brad Boyes - 8 (hmm...)
Adam Mair - 8 (rrrright)
Konstantin Kalmikov - 7 (didn't make the cut on CBC's new reality show)
Don MacLean - 7 (career minor leaguer)
Mihail Travnicek - 7 (0 NHL games)
Mikael Hakansson - 7 (0 NHL games)
Jonathan Zion - 7 (ECHL regular)
The New York Rangers...
Organizational Ranking: 8
Produced a total of 3 NHL players (Lundmark, Brendl, Kloucek?).
Atlanta's top prospects...
Dany Heatley - 8
Zdenek Blatny - 8
Tomi Kallio - 8
Luke Sellars - 7
Ilja Nikulin - 7
Rob Zepp - 7
...
Garnett Exelby - 4
Our Stanley Cup champs had six players rated 8's...
Sheldon Keefe
Dmitri Afanasenkov
Ruslan Zainullin
Brad Richards
Kristian Kudroc
Nikita Alexeev
The #1 ranked organization in 2001...
The Pittsburgh Penguins:
- Kris Beech
- Konstantin Koltsov
- Brooks Orpik
- Colby Armstrong
- Michal Sivek
- Ryan Malone (not mentioned on OR's list of notables, ranked #19)
The #28 ranked organizaton in 2001...
The New York Islanders:
- Raffi Torres
- Juraj Kolnik
- Justin Mapleloft
- Mattias Weinhandl
- Trent Hunter
- Rick DiPietro (not mentioned on OR's list of notables)
The #29 ranked organization in 2001...
The Detroit Red Wings:
- Henrik Zetterberg
- Pavel Datsyuk (not mentioned on OR's list of notables)
- Niklas Kronwall
- Jason Williams
- Tomas Kopecky
- Sean Avery (not mentioned on OR's list of notables)
- Igor Grigorenko (not mentioned on OR's list of notables)
Other not-so-great rankings...
4. Tampa Bay (Alexeev, Svitov, Keefe, Kudroc, Mathieu Biron)
7 Phoenix (Kolanos, Sjostrom, Safronov, Zainullin, Taffe)
9. Buffalo (Noronen, Miller, Campbell, Kriukov, Novotny)
13. New York (Lundmark, Blackburn, Novak, Mottau, Heisten)
Point is... don't take player and organizational rankings seriously.