Top 100 Prospects...

[chris39bong]

No Marcel Goc??

Great list all in all. Everyone's going to have some people rated a bit higher or lower based on personal bias and how much they actually saw of each player, but its darn near impossible to rank the world's top 100 prospects even for professional scouts.

In reguards to "No Marcel Goc", he probably shouldn't even be listed from #78-100 either. Goc isn't expected to be a big scorer and should have some trouble cracking the team's #2 center spot even after a few years of NHL experience (Marleau and Hennessey should fill those roles), so i have a hard time putting a 3rd line center (even a very good one) on a top 100 prospects list. I guess you can say the same about a guy like Mike Richards, who despite putting up a lot of points in juniors, is expected to be more of a strong two-way 3rd liner. I dunno.

 

[windowlicker]

1. Kari Lehtonen
2. Alexander Ovechkin
3. Marc Andre Fleury
4. Ryan Suter
5. Evgeni Malkin
6. Dion Phaneuf
7. Thomas Vanek
8. Cam Barker
9. Braydon Coburn
10. Ryan Miller
11. Andrei Kostitsyn
12. Milan Michalek
13. Jeff Carter
14. Andrew Ladd
15. Alvaro Montoya
16. Zach Parise
17. Anthony Stewart
18. Denis Grebeshkov
19. Marek Svatos
20. Mark Stuart
21. Igor Grigorenko
22. Fedor Tjutin
23. Dustin Brown
24. Ryan Getzlaf
25. Patrick O'Sullivan
26. Jeff Woywitka
27. Ryan Whitney
28. Marek Schwarz
29. Lauri Tukonen
30. Robbie Schremp
31. Pascal Leclaire
32. Hanu Toivonen
33. Dan Fritsche
34. Mike Richards
35. Scottie Upshall
36. Rostislav Olesz
37. Ilya Bryzgalov
38. Ryan Kesler
39. Drew Stafford
40. Pavel Vorobiev
41. Alexandre Picard
42. Robert Nilsson
43. Lukas Krajicek
44. Jiri Hudler
45. Carlo Colaicovo
46. Alex Perezhogin
47. Marc Antoine Pouliot
48. Brent Seabrook
49. Alexander Steen
50. Mikko Koivu
51. Chris Higgins
52. Maxime Ouellet
53. Niklas Kronwall
54. Ron Hainsey
55. Andrej Meszaros
56. Doug Lynch
57. Boris Valabik
58. Jared Aulin
59. Keith Ballard
60. Jesse Niinimaki
61. Eric Fehr
62. Ray Emery
63. Ladislav Smid
64. Hugh Jessiman
65. Anton Babchuk
66. Dan Paille
67. Alexander Polushin
68. Robert Nillson
69. Jeff Druin-Deslauries
70. Cam Ward
71. Igor Radulov
72. Kyle Chipchura
73. Shawn Belle
74. Blake Wheeler
75. Ari Ahonen
76. Alexei Mikhnov
77. Steve Bernier
78. Timofei Shishkanon
79. Wojtek Wolski
80. Petr Vrana
81. Matthew Greene
82. Alexander Radulov
83. Petr Sejna
84. Igor Mirnov
85. Tim Ramholt
86. Devan Dubnyk
87. Thomas Fleishmann
88. Timofei Shishkanon
89. Kirill Koltsov
90. Antero Niittymäki
91. Josh Harding
92. Roman Voloshenko
93. Rastislav Stana
94. Travis Zajac
95. Antti Miettinen
96. Evgeni Tunik
97. Corey Schneider
98. Patrick Sharp
99. Stefan Liv
100. Jani Rita

 

[Cayouche5]

My Top 100 list

1.Alexander Ovechkin
2.Kari Lehtonen
3.Marc-Andre Fleury
4.Evgeni Malkin
5.Dion Phaneuf
6.Milan Michalek
7.Ryan Suter
8.Andrei Kostitsyn
9.Cam Barker
10.Braydon Coburn
11.Jeff Carter
12.Igor Grigorenko
13.Thomas Vanek
14.Denis Grebeshkov
15.Marek Schwarz
16.Alvaro Montoya
17.Zach Parise
18.Ryan Whitney
19.Lauri Tukonen
20.Ryan Miller
21.Mike Richards
22.Ryan Getzlaf
23a.Anthony Stewart
23b.A.J. Thelen
24.Andrew Ladd
25.Fedor Tjutin
26.Mark Stuart
27.Steve Bernier
28.Timofei Shishkanov
29.Marek Svatos
30.Rostislav Olesz
31.Dustin Brown
32.Chris Higgins
33.Alexandre Picard
34.Hanu Toivonen
35.Alex Perezhogin
36.Alexander Steen
37.Eric Fehr
38.Scottie Upshall
39a.Andrej Meszaros
39b.Marcel Goc
40.Maxime Ouellet
41.Alexander Radulov
42.Josh Hennessy
43.Patrick O'Sullivan
44.Marc Antoine Pouliot
45a.David LeNeveu
45b.Lukas Krajicek
46.Ladislav Smid
47.Brent Seabrook
48.Carlo Colaicovo
49.Drew Stafford
50.Jeff Woywitka
51.Devan Dubnyk
52.Blake Wheeler
53.Dan Fritsche
54.Ray Emery
55.Anton Babchuk
56.Boris Valabik
57.Antero Niittymäki
58.Petr Vrana
59.Robbie Schremp
60.Hugh Jessiman
61.Cam Ward
62.Dan Paille
63.Jiri Hudler
64.Keith Ballard
65.Tim Ramholt
66.Corey Schneider
67a.Lauri Korpikoski
67b.Ilya Bryzgalov
68.Pascal Leclaire
69.Ryan Kesler
70.Mikko Koivu
71.Tomas Plekanec
72.Shawn Belle
73.Wojtek Wolski
74.Kyle Chipchura
75a.Pavel Vorobiev
75b.Kevin Klein
76.Josh Harding
77.Robert Nilsson
78a.Doug Lynch
78b.Loui Eriksson
79.Jeff Drouin-Deslauriers
80.Alexander Polushin
81.Niklas Kronwall
82.Corey Perry
83.Ron Hainsey
84.Petteri Nokelainen
85.Lukas Kaspar
86.Jozef Balej
87.Jeff Tambellini
88.Travis Zajac
89.Antti Miettinen
90.Rotislav Stana
91.Jared Aulin
92.Jim Slater
93.Jesse Niinimaki
94.Ari Ahonen
95.Sean Bergenheim
96.Mike Green
97.Joannes Salomonsson
98.Adam Pineault
99.Bruno Gervais
100.Gregory Campbell

 

[Vic Rattlehead*]

I don't get it. Toivonen is our best prospect yet everyone is ranking him lower than our second best prospect Mark Stuart.

 

[Chaos]

1.Alexander Ovechkin
2.Kari Lehtonen
3.Marc-Andre Fleury
4.Evgeni Malkin
5.Dion Phaneuf
6.Milan Michalek
7.Ryan Suter
8.Andrei Kostitsyn
9.Cam Barker
10.Braydon Coburn
11.Jeff Carter
12.Igor Grigorenko
13.Thomas Vanek
14.Denis Grebeshkov
15.Marek Schwarz
16.Alvaro Montoya
17.Zach Parise
18.Ryan Whitney
19.Lauri Tukonen
20.Ryan Miller
21.Mike Richards
22.Ryan Getzlaf
23a.Anthony Stewart
23b.A.J. Thelen
24.Andrew Ladd
25.Fedor Tjutin
26.Mark Stuart
27.Steve Bernier
28.Timofei Shishkanov
29.Marek Svatos
30.Rostislav Olesz
31.Dustin Brown
32.Chris Higgins
33.Alexandre Picard
34.Hanu Toivonen
35.Alex Perezhogin
36.Alexander Steen
37.Eric Fehr
38.Scottie Upshall
39a.Andrej Meszaros
39b.Marcel Goc
40.Maxime Ouellet
41.Alexander Radulov
42.Josh Hennessy
43.Patrick O'Sullivan
44.Marc Antoine Pouliot
45a.David LeNeveu
45b.Lukas Krajicek
46.Ladislav Smid
47.Brent Seabrook
48.Carlo Colaicovo
49.Drew Stafford
50.Jeff Woywitka
51.Devan Dubnyk
52.Blake Wheeler
53.Dan Fritsche
54.Ray Emery
55.Anton Babchuk
56.Boris Valabik
57.Antero Niittymäki
58.Petr Vrana
59.Robbie Schremp
60.Hugh Jessiman
61.Cam Ward
62.Dan Paille
63.Jiri Hudler
64.Keith Ballard
65.Tim Ramholt
66.Corey Schneider
67a.Lauri Korpikoski
67b.Ilya Bryzgalov
68.Pascal Leclaire
69.Ryan Kesler
70.Mikko Koivu
71.Tomas Plekanec
72.Shawn Belle
73.Wojtek Wolski
74.Kyle Chipchura
75.Pavel Vorobiev
76.Josh Harding
77.Robert Nilsson
78.Doug Lynch
79.Jeff Drouin-Deslauriers
80.Alexander Polushin
81.Niklas Kronwall
82.Corey Perry
83.Ron Hainsey
84.Petteri Nokelainen
85.Lukas Kaspar
86.Jozef Balej
87.Jeff Tambellini
88.Travis Zajac
89.Antti Miettinen
90.Rotislav Stana
91.Jared Aulin
92.Jim Slater
93.Jesse Niinimaki
94.Ari Ahonen
95.Sean Bergenheim
96.Mike Green
97.Joannes Salomonsson
98.Adam Pineault
99.Bruno Gervais
100.Gregory Campbell

Loui Eriksson seems to be missing from alot of lists...Im wondering why?

 

[CH Wizard]

1.Alexander Ovechkin
2.Kari Lehtonen
3.Marc-Andre Fleury
4.Evgeni Malkin
5.Dion Phaneuf
6.Milan Michalek
7.Ryan Suter
8.Andrei Kostitsyn
9.Cam Barker
10.Braydon Coburn
11.Jeff Carter
12.Igor Grigorenko
13.Thomas Vanek
14.Denis Grebeshkov
15.Marek Schwarz
16.Alvaro Montoya
17.Zach Parise
18.Ryan Whitney
19.Lauri Tukonen
20.Ryan Miller
21.Mike Richards
22.Ryan Getzlaf
23a.Anthony Stewart
23b.A.J. Thelen
24.Andrew Ladd
25.Fedor Tjutin
26.Mark Stuart
27.Steve Bernier
28.Timofei Shishkanov
29.Marek Svatos
30.Rostislav Olesz
31.Dustin Brown
32.Chris Higgins
33.Alexandre Picard
34.Hanu Toivonen
35.Alex Perezhogin
36.Alexander Steen
37.Eric Fehr
38.Scottie Upshall
39a.Andrej Meszaros
39b.Marcel Goc
40.Maxime Ouellet
41.Alexander Radulov
42.Josh Hennessy
43.Patrick O'Sullivan
44.Marc Antoine Pouliot
45a.David LeNeveu
45b.Lukas Krajicek
46.Ladislav Smid
47.Brent Seabrook
48.Carlo Colaicovo
49.Drew Stafford
50.Jeff Woywitka
51.Devan Dubnyk
52.Blake Wheeler
53.Dan Fritsche
54.Ray Emery
55.Anton Babchuk
56.Boris Valabik
57.Antero Niittymäki
58.Petr Vrana
59.Robbie Schremp
60.Hugh Jessiman
61.Cam Ward
62.Dan Paille
63.Jiri Hudler
64.Keith Ballard
65.Tim Ramholt
66.Corey Schneider
67a.Lauri Korpikoski
67b.Ilya Bryzgalov
68.Pascal Leclaire
69.Ryan Kesler
70.Mikko Koivu
71.Tomas Plekanec
72.Shawn Belle
73.Wojtek Wolski
74.Kyle Chipchura
75.Pavel Vorobiev
76.Josh Harding
77.Robert Nilsson
78.Doug Lynch
79.Jeff Drouin-Deslauriers
80.Alexander Polushin
81.Niklas Kronwall
82.Corey Perry
83.Ron Hainsey
84.Petteri Nokelainen
85.Lukas Kaspar
86.Jozef Balej
87.Jeff Tambellini
88.Travis Zajac
89.Antti Miettinen
90.Rotislav Stana
91.Jared Aulin
92.Jim Slater
93.Jesse Niinimaki
94.Ari Ahonen
95.Sean Bergenheim
96.Mike Green
97.Joannes Salomonsson
98.Adam Pineault
99.Bruno Gervais
100.Gregory Campbell

Nice list Cayouche .Don't take too much attention at some opinions.Some poster are giving opinions and etc... about your list when they don't have enough guts to post their own ranking.

 

[NYRangers]

Is Ari Ahonen really better than Henrik Lundqvsit? Not a retorical question - I havent seen Ahonen play.

 

[Cayouche5]

Loui Eriksson seems to be missing from alot of lists...Im wondering why?

Cause i Forgot him
I'll add him now.
Thanks

 

[NewHabsEra*]

Cause i Forgot him
I'll add him now.
Thanks

Forgot Perezhogin too?

 

[Zetterberg4Captain*]

Isn't it great how everyone and their grandma has an opinion on other people's lists but no one is putting out their own list. At least one guy had the balls to lay it all out there to let everyone else criticize him for forgetting someone or putting one guy too high or too low.

It takes to long to make a list and there's really no point to it seeing that I have'nt seen many prospects play and therefore dont know much about their playing abilities.

 

[sharkyz15]

1.Alexander Ovechkin
2.Kari Lehtonen
3.Marc-Andre Fleury
4.Evgeni Malkin
5.Dion Phaneuf
6.Milan Michalek
7.Ryan Suter
8.Andrei Kostitsyn
9.Cam Barker
10.Braydon Coburn
11.Jeff Carter
12.Igor Grigorenko
13.Thomas Vanek
14.Denis Grebeshkov
15.Marek Schwarz
16.Alvaro Montoya
17.Zach Parise
18.Ryan Whitney
19.Lauri Tukonen
20.Ryan Miller
21.Mike Richards
22.Ryan Getzlaf
23a.Anthony Stewart
23b.A.J. Thelen
24.Andrew Ladd
25.Fedor Tjutin
26.Mark Stuart
27.Steve Bernier
28.Timofei Shishkanov
29.Marek Svatos
30.Rostislav Olesz
31.Dustin Brown
32.Chris Higgins
33.Alexandre Picard
34.Hanu Toivonen
35.Alex Perezhogin
36.Alexander Steen
37.Eric Fehr
38.Scottie Upshall
39a.Andrej Meszaros
39b.Marcel Goc
40.Maxime Ouellet
41.Alexander Radulov
42.Josh Hennessy
43.Patrick O'Sullivan
44.Marc Antoine Pouliot
45a.David LeNeveu
45b.Lukas Krajicek
46.Ladislav Smid
47.Brent Seabrook
48.Carlo Colaicovo
49.Drew Stafford
50.Jeff Woywitka
51.Devan Dubnyk
52.Blake Wheeler
53.Dan Fritsche
54.Ray Emery
55.Anton Babchuk
56.Boris Valabik
57.Antero Niittymäki
58.Petr Vrana
59.Robbie Schremp
60.Hugh Jessiman
61.Cam Ward
62.Dan Paille
63.Jiri Hudler
64.Keith Ballard
65.Tim Ramholt
66.Corey Schneider
67a.Lauri Korpikoski
67b.Ilya Bryzgalov
68.Pascal Leclaire
69.Ryan Kesler
70.Mikko Koivu
71.Tomas Plekanec
72.Shawn Belle
73.Wojtek Wolski
74.Kyle Chipchura
75.Pavel Vorobiev
76.Josh Harding
77.Robert Nilsson
78a.Doug Lynch
78b.Loui Eriksson
79.Jeff Drouin-Deslauriers
80.Alexander Polushin
81.Niklas Kronwall
82.Corey Perry
83.Ron Hainsey
84.Petteri Nokelainen
85.Lukas Kaspar
86.Jozef Balej
87.Jeff Tambellini
88.Travis Zajac
89.Antti Miettinen
90.Rotislav Stana
91.Jared Aulin
92.Jim Slater
93.Jesse Niinimaki
94.Ari Ahonen
95.Sean Bergenheim
96.Mike Green
97.Joannes Salomonsson
98.Adam Pineault
99.Bruno Gervais
100.Gregory Campbell

I think this is by far the best list

Marcel Goc may abe a bit too high but he defently deserves to be on the list
Just look at his performance in the WC exabition games
3gp 3g 1a 4pts

I think Stewart should also be a little higher

 

[Chaos]

I think this is by far the best list

Marcel Goc may abe a bit too high but he defently deserves to be on the list
Just look at his performance in the WC exabition games
3gp 3g 1a 4pts

I think Stewart should also be a little higher

Thats why their exhibition games.....

 

[Cayouche5]

Forgot Perezhogin too?

No, he's 35th

 

[NewHabsEra*]

No, he's 35th

sorry didnt see

 

[NewHabsEra*]

I would rank Kostitsyn 5th after Lehtonen - Ovechkin - Malkin and Phaneuf..

Perezhogin ranks in the top 20 (People underrate him a big time)

Plekanec Chipchura and Higgins in the top 60 (Plekanec is grossly underrated... pathetic )

 

[NYRangers]

I dont think Balej should be up there. I like him, but I dont think he has huge upside. I think Lundqvist should be in his place though.

 

[NewHabsEra*]

I dont think Balej should be up there. I like him, but I dont think he has huge upside. I think Lundqvist should be in his place though.

Balej ranks in the top 40 easy!

 

[Bileur]

No love for Ray Emery

He should be pretty good at least IMO

 

[NYRangers]

Balej ranks in the top 40 easy!

then Lundqvist should be top 30. Balej has some sick skills but I'd like to see some more playmaking/passing.

 

[Amen evil king]

I would rank Kostitsyn 5th after Lehtonen - Ovechkin - Malkin and Phaneuf..

Perezhogin ranks in the top 20 (People underrate him a big time)

Plekanec Chipchura and Higgins in the top 60 (Plekanec is grossly underrated... pathetic )

*sigh*, when will it end.

 

[NewHabsEra*]

then Lundqvist should be top 30. Balej has some sick skills but I'd like to see some more playmaking/passing.

Lundqvist is a goalie...

I dont know much about him but its harder to evaluate a goalie than a skater.

 

[NewHabsEra*]

*sigh*, when will it end.

About 2 years from now... When you will see what I meant.

Did you see Perezhogin play in the second half of the last season?

He was the leading scorer tie with Semin in the AHL playoffs just before his suspension... He was something like +5 in 5 games playing great in both ends of the ice... Perezhogin' skills, vision and competitiveness are great, he has solid first line winger wrote all over him... Its not to be bias its fact, just wait and see...

Kostitsyn is a top level prospect and I would'nt trade him for any players other than Lehtonen, Ovechkin, Phaneuf and Malkin... You will see why management and most Habs fans are so high on him!

Then you have Plekanec, ranked 6th best AHL player by the hockey news

http://bb.hockeybird.com/viewtopic.php?t=9461

Then you have Higgins, ranked 10th best AHL player by the hockey news at his first PRO year...

Then you have Chipchu... Is it insane to say he ranks in the top 60?

Wait and see... Habs prospects are'nt overrated over here, they are underrated by the simple fact that most of Habs fans dont want to be considered Homer!

Do you ever heard about Balej before he got traded to NY Rangers in return of Kovalev? Do you ever heard about Urquhart? ...early second round selection in 2003... We hear about Henessey, Vrana, OSullivan, Bergeron... Do you know who is Urquhart? Do you know about his amazing stickhandling skills?

Take a look at this... http://hfboards.com/showthread.php?threadid=14298

From a Bruins fan..

Marcel, Marian's brother... still is a very solid prospect and will play a big role on an offensive line for us next year... Do you hear many Habs fans talking about him saying how good he is?

Marcel would easily be a top 5 prospect in most organisations...

 

[Puckhead]

Man O man is Milan Michalek going to make people eat some crow same with Anthony Stewart and A.J. Thelen.

I am with you Sharkie!