Few of those will be graduting this year, one won't be back to North America, and the rest are nothing impressive. Not nearly close enough to rank with Nashville or Pit.Remax said:No love for the Panthers? I think they are definately in the top 5.
Bouwmeester
Horton
Stewart
Olesz
Krajicek
McArdle
Meyer
Plante
Campbell
Globke
Kreps
Booth
Taticek
Shantz
Pemberton
Jacina
Lojek
Swanson
Uchevatov
underscore_boy said:nashville alone is a couple notches above the canadiens.
shishkanov, radulov, upshall
klein, parent, suter, laakso, weber
rinne
David A. Rainer said:When you create a thread, at the bottom, it asks if you would like to make it a poll.
But to be honest, this one has been done to death.
Seph said:Pittsburgh is the pretty clear winner, and Washington is hard to beat for #2. #3 is where it gets tricky. I have to say, the Predators make a strong case for it though. Chicago as well. Anaheim probably rounds out the top five, but it's tough with Ottawa, Columbus and Atlanta all making solid bids as well. The distinctions between those five teams are pretty slim.
I was actually just editing my post, I completely brainfarted on the Rangers, who (though, as an Isles fan, I'm loathe to give them credit) clearly belong in that group. I also felt Buffalo deserved mention as well.UAGoalieGuy said:You dont see the Rangers in that group of teams?
UAGoalieGuy said:I still have no idea how to do it. What I was going to do was put 8 or 10 teams on to start..by using the hockeys future rankings from october of last year. Then add a team each poll as the team receiving the most votes moves off. I would leave the poll open for 2 or 3 days for each. Do it for all 30 teams. Something similar as to what flyline is doing for the rangers prospects on the rangers board.
I dont know if this has been done before because I am new to these boards so feedback on this would be good.
David A. Rainer said:Maybe you don't have the ability to post a poll. I have the ability but that might be because I'm a global mod. Can someone else confirm whether you are able to post a poll in this forum or not? Otherwise, there is an HF Polls and Petitions forum that you should most definitely be able to post a poll on.
A couple of months ago, there were several very similar threads and polls. In fact, this thread is already playing out very similar to those other threads:
Pit clearly #1. Wash most certainly #2 with a little debate. Chicago, Nashville and LA round out the remaining top 5 with many arguments about Montreal, Buffalo, Anaheim and Rangers also making the top 5 somewhere. Then the arguments will begin about who has the better defensive prospects - Chicago or Nashville - with fans of other teams chimming in about how [insert team name here] defensive prospects are diamonds in the rough that no one respects.
WILDTATE10 said:Wild:
1. Josh Harding
2. Patrick O'Sullivan
3. Kurtis Foster
4. Miko Koivu
5. Roman Voloshenko
6. Benoit Pouliot
7. Thelen
8. Danny Irmen
9. Clayton Stoner
RallyKiller said:Theres a good shot most of those prospects won't pan out, ditto to the guy who listed 30 pens prospects.
sandels said:You think its fair to count J-bo as a prospect when he's played 82 games in 02-03 already? I think not.
Stajan is not a prospect anymore either.
WILDTATE10 said:only reason i put Foster on there Doobi was because everyone else was putting there players that arnt prospects on there lists.
DoobieDoobieDo said:The guy is 26...
Remax said:I only included Jbo because guys like Eminger, Stajan, Brown were included.
Chrisd said:Kurtis Foster just turned 25 a month ago or so.
DustinBrownFan said:Pittsburg Marc-Andre Fleury is NOT A PROSPECT because of the number of games that he has played in the NHL.
NYR Fedor Tyutin is NOT A PROSPECT
Washington Steve Eminger is NOT A PROSPECT
Shaone Morrisonn is NOT A PROSPECT
LA Dustin Brown is NOT A PROSPECT
Tim Gleason is NOT A PROSPECT
Steadfast said:The Preds have a better prospect group than the Habs. Look at those defencemen. Oh and Radulov > Perezhogin.
A lot may have a chance, but far from bein great prospects.Remax said:I wouldn't say most here is a list of guys who have played in the NHL already
BouwmeesterNo longer a prospect
HortonNo longer a prospect
Stewartplayed very few games to show anything at the NHL level, and didn't stand out in the A
OleszDecent rookie season, but jury is still out
KrajicekNo longer a prospect
Campbellthird/fourth liner
Globkethird/fourth liner
Taticekthird/fourth liner
Jacinathird/fourth liner
and here are guys that have been called up or were close this year or might make it next year
McArdleSee Stewart
Meyersecond/third liner
Krepssecond/third liner
Pembertonstretch for NHL
Lojekstretch for NHL
so yeah I think a lot have a chance
MaDdY said:Those Montreal prospects you mentioned dont merit them a top 5 status.
Kostitsyn hasnt showed much yet. Carey Price was beaten by Pogge for the WJC job. Perezhogin, after an impressive start to the season calmed down and was sent to the minors.