Top 25 players under the age of 23

[Bileur]

I guess we're all just too good at reading?

Hold your horses mine is coming.

I thought he was 24

Nope. April 19th 1981,

 

[Amen evil king]

Hold your horses mine is coming.

Well I hope the list doesn't include any 23 year olds..

 

[Inactive]

Well you failed pretty miserably with the 'under-23' criteria, but who's counting.

yah i know.. i was looking at guys who were rookies last year though, and i didnt really think if they were 23 or not..

 

[Lou is God]

Kovalchuk, Heatley, Semin, Spezza, Lehtonen, Bouwmeester, Nash, Horton, Ovechkin (even if he hasn't played an NHL game, he's phenomenal), Staal, Zherdev, Michalek, Svatos, Gaborik, Paul Martin (if he's under 23, I forget, he may be 23 or 24), Hamhuis, Pitkanen, Erhoff, Weiss,

I dunno. I guarantee you I forgot a ton. This was just off the top of my head.

From FLA, at least Bouwmeester, Horton, and maybe Weiss.

Bare in mind all the players here have played in hte NHL a considerable amount aside from Ovechkin. He's just awesome though.

Paul Martin is 23. And he should be on everybody's list too.

 

[Amen evil king]

Paul Martin is 23. And he should be on everybody's list too.

Except of course, he is 23.

 

[Luigi Lemieux]

I guess we're all just too good at reading?

that had me laughing out loud

23 year olds shouldnt be included in an under 23 list.

 

[Bileur]

I tried to keep it to players with NHL experience

Kovalchuk
Heatley
Nash
Gaborik
Havlat
Spezza
Zherdev
Staal
Bouwmeester
Horton
Hamhuis
Semin
Frolov
Hemsky
Hartnell
Bergeron
Pitkanen
Ruutu
Torres
Weiss
Jackman
Volchenkov
Fleury
Stajan
I couldnt figure out who for #25
Stoll/Kobasew/Svitov/King/Vermette/Klesla/Komisarek/Exelby are all in there

I havent seen a most of the prospects (no NHL experience) ouside of a few times WJC's etc... so I didnt include them.

 

[Amen evil king]

Heatley is 23..

 

[Kritty]

Paul Martin is 23. And he should be on everybody's list too.

In your opinion he should be.

 

[Bileur]

Heatley is 23..

Yeah I know, when I saw him on the thread starter's list I figured 23 and under was ok.

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23 year olds on the list or not?

 

[Kritty]

Sorry, my mistake. I meant to put 23 and under, not under 23. Sorry for the confusion.

 

[PanthersRule96]

I think the purpose of this thread was the top 25 NHL PLAYERS. Not prospects. I only included NHL players in my random list and Ovechkin because of his superiority he has shown against top level competition. He's the only one who hasn't played an NHL game and he is my exception. If you put the top 25 players under 23, heck just take the top prospects list an mix it in with all the draft picks from the last 5 years. There's a reason it's for the top 25 NHL players I think.

 

[hillbilly]

I think scott Hartnell should be mentioned, I don't think I saw him on anyone's list, and I think he definately belongs on it

 

[Bileur]

I think scott Hartnell should be mentioned, I don't think I saw him on anyone's list, and I think he definately belongs on it

I deleted most of my post just kept Hartnell and the name above and below him.

Hemsky
Hartnell
Bergeron

He's on Kritty's list too

Hemsky
Hartnell

 

[Crosbyfan]

If Crosby's not on your list then let's call them "The top 25 eighteen to twenty three year old's list".

 

[Kritty]

If Crosby's not on your list then let's call them "The top 25 eighteen to twenty three year old's list".

How can you call a 17 year old that has proven ZERO at the pro level one of the top players under 23? Right now he is the top junior player, nothing more. Regardless of what people think, he isn't at that level. I'll take a Nash or Kovalchuk over Crosby at this point. Crosby still has that chance to not live up to the hype. Will it happen? I don't think so, but it could. I don't see how anyone can put him above players that are established at the pro level.

 

[MrMastodonFarm*]

If Crosby's not on your list then let's call them "The top 25 eighteen to twenty three year old's list".

Why?

He isn't an NHL prospect until he is affiliated with an NHL team.

 

[Lou is God]

In your opinion he should be.

Well apparently I can't because he's not under 23.


But if it was 23, I think I could make a case and a very good one too.

 

[Bileur]

Well apparently I can't because he's not under 23.


But if it was 23, I think I could make a case and a very good one too.

Sorry, my mistake. I meant to put 23 and under, not under 23. Sorry for the confusion.

Thats already been cleared up.

 

[andora]

Ummm i think youve never heard of Zbynek Michalek
http://www.nhl.com/lineups/player/8469760.html

i tried to open that link up, but those stats burned my desktop up...

 

[leafaholix*]

i tried to open that link up, but those stats burned my desktop up...

 

[Crosbyfan]

How can you call a 17 year old that has proven ZERO at the pro level one of the top players under 23? Right now he is the top junior player, nothing more. Regardless of what people think, he isn't at that level. I'll take a Nash or Kovalchuk over Crosby at this point. Crosby still has that chance to not live up to the hype. Will it happen? I don't think so, but it could. I don't see how anyone can put him above players that are established at the pro level.

Are Nash and Kovulchuk your #24 & 25?

 

[BuppY]

I know.

Stajan is nowhere near the Gaborik's, Kovalchuk's, Nash's, etc... but when I see Zyblany Michalek, Backman, Koltsov, Semenov, and Kobasew ahead of Stajan, it irks me.

He would make the top 30 but I don't know about top 25. His potential isn't as high as some of these other guys on this list.

 

[mooseOAK*]

He would make the top 30 but I don't know about top 25. His potential isn't as high as some of these other guys on this list.

That's what I love about these lists. Potential always trumps actually producing.

 

[Kritty]

Are Nash and Kovulchuk your #24 & 25?

It's pretty simple. Crosby is a junior player, thus there is no way you can take him over an NHL talent that is 18 or older, that's just common sense. Once he has proven something, then things might change. By your name is pretty simple to see that trying to convince you about anything that doesn't say Crosby is god is a waste of time.