ESPN top 100 forwards

[dash]

No Flames on the list (because the dmen do all the scoring)

2014-15 NHL season -- #NHLrank forwards - ESPN

 

[jstewismybastardson]

No Flames on the list (because the dmen do all the scoring)

2014-15 NHL season -- #NHLrank forwards - ESPN

sedins fit to be tied

 

[awaz]

Voracek, tied for the league lead in points. Only two games he hasn't registered a point this year, the Flyers got shut out. 60th in ESPN's ranking. Seems legit.

 

[Bloody Brian Burke]

Patty Kane 6th? Ain't buying it.

MacKinnon 17th? A little premature for that. Not sure what Pacioretty's inconsistent ass is doing up so high, nor what David Backes is doing anywhere near the top 30.

Also, Crosby's playing in his tenth season?! Fuck I feel old.

 

[KennyBanyeah]

Patty Kane 6th? Ain't buying it.

MacKinnon 17th? A little premature for that. Not sure what Pacioretty's inconsistent ass is doing up so high, nor what David Backes is doing anywhere near the top 30.

Also, Crosby's playing in his tenth season?! Fuck I feel old.

That's what stuck out to me at first glance too. He's ahead of both Datsyuk and Zetterberg too.

At second and third glances there is all kinds of wrong on there. It's almost like ESPN has no clue when it comes to hockey. I know, crazy right?

 

[Comeds]

Patty Kane 6th? Ain't buying it.

MacKinnon 17th? A little premature for that. Not sure what Pacioretty's inconsistent ass is doing up so high, nor what David Backes is doing anywhere near the top 30.

Also, Crosby's playing in his tenth season?! Fuck I feel old.

Even as inconsistent as he is he has scored 30+ goals the last 2 full seasons and 15 in the strike season. That's not exactly common. I don't care about the list number though.

I am impressed by Pacioretty's defensive improvement this season. He supposedly been working very hard at it and so far his defensive game, and his over all game have looked much improved.

 

[forty_three]

Johansen ahead of Hossa, the Sedins, Nash and Gaborik?

I like the guy and all, but...

And I am sorry, NO ONE takes Wayne Simmonds over St Louis, Jagr, Nuge, Eberle or Marleau. Again, I like the guy, but...

 

[pixburgher66]

Johansen ahead of Hossa, the Sedins, Nash and Gaborik?

I like the guy and all, but...

And I am sorry, NO ONE takes Wayne Simmonds over St Louis, Jagr, Nuge, Eberle or Marleau. Again, I like the guy, but...

I would, but only based on team needs. And I'd still struggle with him and Nuge/Eberle. I think those guys need broken out of EDM and they'll go bananas.

 

[dash]

I would, but only based on team needs. And I'd still struggle with him and Nuge/Eberle. I think those guys need broken out of EDM and they'll go bananas.

If I was Kevin Lowe, I would hold onto Hall and RNH. Hall might have the hockey IQ of a doorknob, but with the right coaching (a subject for another thread), he could be dynamite. I've been hard on RNH in the past, but he's taken real strides this season both with his strength/conditioning and overall play. He's a keeper.

As for Eberle, move that guy asap. He's getting worse as each day goes by and worse, he's turning into a diving puke (slightest bit of contact and he falls to the ice).

 

[KennyBanyeah]

If I was Kevin Lowe, I would hold onto Hall and RNH. Hall might have the hockey IQ of a doorknob, but with the right coaching (a subject for another thread), he could be dynamite. I've been hard on RNH in the past, but he's taken real strides this season both with his strength/conditioning and overall play. He's a keeper.

As for Eberle, move that guy asap. He's getting worse as each day goes by and worse, he's turning into a diving puke (slightest bit of contact and he falls to the ice).

I agree dash. Eberle is turning into the definition of a perimeter player. Still skilled but not paying the price. Maybe he just needs a change of scenery.

At this point Yakupov is playing a lot more involved hockey than Ebs. I can actually see Yak's game coming around in the near future. Eberle seems to be regressing.

 

[jstewismybastardson]

As for Eberle, move that guy asap. He's getting worse as each day goes by and worse, he's turning into a diving puke (slightest bit of contact and he falls to the ice).

that dive on the breakaway last night was just the worst ... edler just leaned into him and it looked like eberle sloughfooted HIMSELF!!! ... talk about not being willing to pay the price and taking the easy way out

 

[Bloody Brian Burke]

I agree dash. Eberle is turning into the definition of a perimeter player. Still skilled but not paying the price. Maybe he just needs a change of scenery.

At this point Yakupov is playing a lot more involved hockey than Ebs. I can actually see Yak's game coming around in the near future. Eberle seems to be regressing.

I think if Yakupov was seriously being dangled at all by MacT, somebody is going to be beating themselves over the head for not having moved for him. Kid's barely 21 and he took as much shit last year as fucking Phaneuf did and that guy led his team off the rail bridge into a volcano.

Not that he couldn't have handled it better, but I still think we're looking at a very talented kid.

 

[tducey]

Good stuff, Malkin and Ovechkin should be a little higher though.

 

[pixburgher66]

Good stuff, Malkin and Ovechkin should be a little higher though.

I'd say I agree, but man that top 10 in general is just loaded. I still contend that Malkin is the most purely gifted player in the league, just isn't mentally as strong as some others. He's gotten better with that through the years, still just needs a bit of consistency in his game.

Bucci was doing a list on twitter or something for top players in the game and had Geno at like #20, and I think Ovi was at #18. Just seems wrong to me somehow.