Rank the top 10 prospects in the world

NEELY wrote:

spader wrote:

NEELY wrote:I think The Oilers will regret not taking Larsson for a very long time.

Very interesting. You may well be right.

Meh, we'll see. What The Sens did with Karlsson/Cowen/Rundblad is, IMO, exactly the way to build a team. Pheonix and Florida are doing it that way as well. Florida and Ottawa are so similar in their prospect pools they may very well mirror each other for the next decade (although being in Florida they may do somethign stupid to attract fans).

spader wrote:I don't mean to be selling them short. I believe that building is best done from the blue line out, but I'm very interested to see how their method works (or doesn't work). I didn't mean to imply that I think they'll fail. I'm curious to see how Edmonton compares to Ottawa in the coming years, as each team has an opposite approach to drafting (seemingly).

SpezDispenser wrote:Mine would be:

1.Brayden Schenn - still a top prospect, although his time is now
2.RNH - in terms of skill, he's second to none
3.Ryan Johansen - powerful, big pivot could be Columbus' 2nd line C - soon
4.David Rundblad - top rated D prospect
5.Nino Niederreiter - it's time for "El Nino" to join the Isles young top 6 and produce
6.Vladimir Tarasenko - oozes skill, character and has a sturdy frame to boot
7.Erik Gudbranson - a personal favourite, a shutdown D with snarl
8.Brendan Smith - scary vision and amazing hockey sense
9.Evgeny Kuznetsov - his stock has rocketed up
10a.Jonathan Huberdeau - everything you want in a top 6 forward
10b.Adam Larsson - basically everything you want in a top pairing D-man

SpezDispenser wrote:Let's not sell Edmonton too short here, they have Hall + RNH + Eberle + MPS (this is where I'm sure they wish they had Cowen) + Gagner + Omark up front, they'll be trading a forward for a D at some point - and if not, they'll be able to spend all their UFA $$s solely on D and or a G.

Not to mention the guy they drafted this year Klefbom, he's quite good. They need to get proactive about their D and G soon, but not quite yet...next draft IMO, all D all the time.

sandysensfan wrote:

SpezDispenser wrote:Mine would be:

1.Brayden Schenn - still a top prospect, although his time is now
2.RNH - in terms of skill, he's second to none
3.Ryan Johansen - powerful, big pivot could be Columbus' 2nd line C - soon
4.David Rundblad - top rated D prospect
5.Nino Niederreiter - it's time for "El Nino" to join the Isles young top 6 and produce
6.Vladimir Tarasenko - oozes skill, character and has a sturdy frame to boot
7.Erik Gudbranson - a personal favourite, a shutdown D with snarl
8.Brendan Smith - scary vision and amazing hockey sense
9.Evgeny Kuznetsov - his stock has rocketed up
10a.Jonathan Huberdeau - everything you want in a top 6 forward
10b.Adam Larsson - basically everything you want in a top pairing D-man

No Landeskog?

sandysensfan wrote:

SpezDispenser wrote:Let's not sell Edmonton too short here, they have Hall + RNH + Eberle + MPS (this is where I'm sure they wish they had Cowen) + Gagner + Omark up front, they'll be trading a forward for a D at some point - and if not, they'll be able to spend all their UFA $$s solely on D and or a G.

Not to mention the guy they drafted this year Klefbom, he's quite good. They need to get proactive about their D and G soon, but not quite yet...next draft IMO, all D all the time.

Doesn't the 2012 draft have a lot of really good defense prospects?

Big Ev wrote:Why wouldn't Landeskog be on the list if Huberdeau and Larsson are? I mean, he was picked over them.

Big Ev wrote:Why wouldn't Landeskog be on the list if Huberdeau and Larsson are? I mean, he was picked over them.

Big Ev wrote:No but Landeskog has been consistently ranked as a Top 3 draft prospect for the 2011 draft. He deserves recognition.

Brian lee was just a stupid reach.

spader wrote:

Big Ev wrote:No but Landeskog has been consistently ranked as a Top 3 draft prospect for the 2011 draft. He deserves recognition.

Brian lee was just a stupid reach.

Ha. Agreed. I'm just pointing out that it's silly to apply a direct correlation between draft ranking and real value/ability. While draft position gives some indication, it definitely doesn't mean that a player will succeed.

spader wrote:

Big Ev wrote:No but Landeskog has been consistently ranked as a Top 3 draft prospect for the 2011 draft. He deserves recognition.

Brian lee was just a stupid reach.

Ha. Agreed. I'm just pointing out that it's silly to apply a direct correlation between draft ranking and real value/ability. While draft position gives some indication, it definitely doesn't mean that a player will succeed.