Ottawa Senators Top 10 Prospects - as voted on by GMH members!

Anyone have Driedger in their top 5? He gets a lot of praise on hf, but I don't know much about the guy.

EDIT: I should mention, some list him as our top prospect.

spader wrote:Anyone have Driedger in their top 5? He gets a lot of praise on hf, but I don't know much about the guy.

EDIT: I should mention, some list him as our top prospect.

Saw a bit of him at the DC -- he looked very solid technically, but goalies are so tough to gauge early on. Tough to put any label on him now, especially the "top" one.

Oh, for sure. I just thought it would be worth mentioning. I'm just trying to get some discussion going.

Kudos for trying to generate discussion. It's mid-July so there's literally nothing to talk about.

tim1_2 wrote:Kudos for trying to generate discussion. It's mid-July so there's literally nothing to talk about.

Karlsson is going to be back in town in three weeks. Hold on for 20 more days.

Here's a list with Driedger at #3, behind Lazar and Ceci (Stone is #4):

http://www.hockeysfuture.com/articles/109653/ottawa-senators-2014-nhl-draft-preview/#more-109653

1. Curtis Lazar, C/W
2. Cody Ceci, D
3. Chris Driedger, G
4. Mark Stone, RW
5. Jean-Gabriel Pageau, C
6. Mark Borowiecki, D
7. Mike Hoffman, W/C
8. Ryan Dzingel, C
9. Matt Puempel, LW
10. Shane Prince, LW

spader wrote:Anyone have Driedger in their top 5? He gets a lot of praise on hf, but I don't know much about the guy.

EDIT: I should mention, some list him as our top prospect.

Top 10 for sure, top 5 is pushing it. I have for a while believed he was an NHL goaltender.

wprager wrote:Here's a list with Driedger at #3, behind Lazar and Ceci (Stone is #4):

http://www.hockeysfuture.com/articles/109653/ottawa-senators-2014-nhl-draft-preview/#more-109653

1. Curtis Lazar, C/W
2. Cody Ceci, D
3. Chris Driedger, G
4. Mark Stone, RW
5. Jean-Gabriel Pageau, C
6. Mark Borowiecki, D
7. Mike Hoffman, W/C
8. Ryan Dzingel, C
9. Matt Puempel, LW
10. Shane Prince, LW

I really think Stone will be a happy surprise this season.

Stone is close to breaking out. Not sure if he does it this year but by the end of next year he will be scoring 25-30 if he stays healthy.

Apparently Dzingel is impressing people as well.   Randy Lee says he may be their best 7th rounder ever -- of course that's still a 7th rounder.  
http://www.ottawasun.com/2014/07/03/senators-assistant-coach-big-on-teams-prospects?token=4b44fe8c27e9f22814ae389a09a20080

He was the leading scorer and MVP for the Buckeyes, and a Hobey Baker finalist.  In his first 9 games with Bingo he scored 2 goals and added 5 assists -- not bad for his games at the pro level.

Overall, the B-Sens led the AHL in goals.  I guess that's something, too.

NEELY wrote:Stone is close to breaking out.  Not sure if he does it this year but by the end of next year he will be scoring 25-30 if he stays healthy.  

If he doesn't, we'll need help on right wing.

I know Lazar is a center, but is he a RHS? There will be injuries and cold streaks, so there will be opportunities to play in the top six.

wprager wrote:Apparently Dzingel is impressing people as well.   Randy Lee says he may be their best 7th rounder ever -- of course that's still a 7th rounder.  
http://www.ottawasun.com/2014/07/03/senators-assistant-coach-big-on-teams-prospects?token=4b44fe8c27e9f22814ae389a09a20080

He was the leading scorer and MVP for the Buckeyes, and a Hobey Baker finalist.  In his first 9 games with Bingo he scored 2 goals and added 5 assists -- not bad for his games at the pro level.

Overall, the B-Sens led the AHL in goals.  I guess that's something, too.

Dzingle by all accounts is legit, I know nothing about him other than what most Sens fans know about him. We'll find out more.