Bobby Ryan Coming Into His Own

504Heater wrote:He's an amazing player, but before we can compare him to a present day Heatley, he'll have to post at least one 100 point season (preferably two...in a row).

You're right in that I do think he compares with the younger, faster Heatley in Atlanta.

I don't think Ryan boasts Heatley's goal-scoring instincts, though. He'll put the puck in the net a lot, but I don't know if I see back-to-back 50 goal seasons in him.

504Heater wrote:And now Rinne may have pushed Versteeg a little farther down.

Hey, Ryan, Versteeg and Rinne are ALL sensational...nobody's pushing anybody down.

But Mason IS the rookie of the year.

Doughty and Schenn have been pretty tremendous too, and I'm convinced Bogosian would have been as well had he not been injured.

It's been a pretty good year for rookies, though I'm not sure we'll ever see an all-rookie team like the class of 2005-2006 quite again:

Ovechkin - Crosby - Boyes

Meszaros - Phaneuf

Lundqvist

asq2 wrote:Doughty and Schenn have been pretty tremendous too, and I'm convinced Bogosian would have been as well had he not been injured.

It's been a pretty good year for rookies, though I'm not sure we'll ever see an all-rookie team like the class of 2005-2006 quite again:

Ovechkin - Crosby - Boyes

Meszaros - Phaneuf

Lundqvist

An excellent crop this season any way you look at it...the young players are getting better every year...

:D: :D: :D:

asq2 wrote:
Ovechkin - Crosby - Boyes

Meszaros - Phaneuf

Lundqvist

Not too good on D :KJK:

davetherave wrote:
Hey, Ryan, Versteeg and Rinne are ALL sensational...nobody's pushing anybody down.

But Mason IS the rookie of the year.

Yeah, it's been a great year thus far. I'd be a little surprised if Rinne didn't knock Versteeg out of the Calder running though, but it's still been mighty impressive.

The Guy With The Mustache wrote:

asq2 wrote:
Ovechkin - Crosby - Boyes

Meszaros - Phaneuf

Lundqvist

Not too good on D :KJK:

That season, though, they sure as hell were.

Phaneuf scored 20 goals and Meszaros was dynamite.

I guess they peaked too early

davetherave wrote: An excellent crop this season any way you look at it...the young players are getting better every year...

:D: :D: :D:

Actually, now that I think about it, the 2006-2007 rookie class was pretty dynamite as well: Malkin, Kopitar, Toews, Backstrom, Jordan Staal...

Can't remember who was on D or in nets though.