The Hockey News Top 50 Prospect Rating...

[DARKSIDE]

Just got my issue of "The Hockey News." Ratings are a little different then say Redlines or some of the mocks I've seen on this board.

THN - Top 50:

1. S. Crosby
2. B. Pouliot
3. J. Johnson
4. G. Brule
5. B. Ryan
6. A. Kopitar
7. C. Price
8. J. Skille
9. M. Staal
10. Alex Bourret
11. R. Parent
12. L. Bourdon
13. Martin Hanzal
14. G. Latendresse
15. Niklas Bergfors
16. Ryan O'Marra
17. D. Setoguchi
18. Mark Zagrapan
20. Tuukka Rask
21. J. Kindl
22. Brian Lee
23. M. Lashoff
24. K. Mcardle
25. R. Stoa
26. B. Mikkelson
27. Radek Smolenak
28. C. Durand
29. Risto Korhonen
30. Tomas Pospisil
31. Sasha Pokulok
32. Dustin Kohn
33. Ilya Zubov
34. Jeff Frazee
35. Jakub Vojta
36. Andrei Zubarev
37. Denis Istomin
38. Andrew Cogliano
39. Michael Blunden
40. Mikko Lehtonen
41. Sergei Shirokov
42. James Neal
43. Chris Lawrence
44. Jean-Philippe Levasseur
45. Tomas Kudelka
46. Dan Bertram
47. Viacheslav Buravchikov
48. Alexandre Vincent
49. Vitaly Anikeyenko
50. Justin Abdelkader

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[FLYLine27*]

Crosby
Pouliot
Brule
Johnson
Ryan

Is the top 5.

So whos the lier.

 

[swflyers8*]

So whos the lier.

What's a lier?

 

[Riggins]

So whos the lier.

I have the issue. Johnson is at 3 and Brule is at 4.

 

[Barnaby]

I think Bertram, Frazee, and Lehtonen will probably go higher. This rating on Skille is better then redlines love affair IMHO.

 

[Habsfan 32]

Am I the only one that thinks that Tuukka Rask is a bit low?

 

[McDonald19]

I got the issue today.

I'm glad The Hockey News did something for this draft class, even the draft might not be happening any time soon.

Whats with Pouliot being #2 all the sudden?

 

[Rabid Ranger]

I think Bertram, Frazee, and Lehtonen will probably go higher. This rating on Skille is better then redlines love affair IMHO.

Well, he seems to be an almost universal top ten pick, so it's not outside the realm of possibility someone takes him a bit higher than many would expect. Skille's one of those guys that projects (IMO) to be a better pro than college player, so who knows?

 

[FLYLine27*]

What's a lier?

French way of spelling Liar, like Canadien/Canadian

....(ok ok so i spelled liar wrong)

 

[monster_bertuzzi]

French way of spelling Liar, like Canadien/Canadian

....(ok ok so i spelled liar wrong)

Chill. I meant to have it that way, I was stoned when I made that post.

 

[Habsfan 32]

What kind of game does Hanzal play?

 

[The Imp]

Where's Slava Trukhno?!

 

[AnThGrt]

Ya wtf is up with Rask at 20? and Carey Price so far ahead

 

[Pepper]

Where's Teemu Laakso??

 

[Jeffrey]

French way of spelling Liar, like Canadien/Canadian

....(ok ok so i spelled liar wrong)

nope you liar!!
liar in french = menteur !

 

[Diaboli]

Price at #7 and Rask at #20?

Korhonen #29, and Laakso doesn't even get into top 50?

Weird to say the least..

 

[Blind Gardien]

Price at #7 and Rask at #20?

Korhonen #29, and Laakso doesn't even get into top 50?

Weird to say the least..

I think it's fair to have a weird list this year. Beyond the top-12 or so, it kind of gets like last year, where there are a plethora of choices and individual favourites could easily creep surprisingly high on a given team's list. If we ever have a draft, I imagine it'll go a bit off the map like that.

 

[DARKSIDE]

Seems like Mcardle and Stoa have dropped, at least on this on this list anyway.

 

[Crosbyfan]

nope you liar!!
liar in french = menteur !

In English we use these guys as role models!

 

[DaaaaB's]

Latrendesse, Rask and Bertram are too low IMO.

 

[ALF AmericanLionsFan]

Still waiting to get mine

 

[Bender]

What kind of game does Hanzal play?

Hockey.

 

[Le Golie]

What kind of game does Hanzal play?

He's got the size of Handzus. He's got the hands of Havlat. He's got the effort of Brendl.

 

[scout46]

He's got the size of Handzus. He's got the hands of Havlat. He's got the effort of Brendl.

So if he can correct the Brendl effort situation, the potential looks pretty good.

 

[scout46]

Pospisil at 30 and ISS rated him at 210. So who's drinking here?