Comments on: Wild pass Panthers, top Hockey’s Future prospect rankings

By: davej0731

davej0731 — Tue, 18 Dec 2012 18:09:53 +0000

You obviously don’t do any research before you make comments. Yes before Fletcher the regime drafted horribly (I.E. Sheppard, Poulliot, Thielen, etc..) Since Risebrough has left Fletcher has done everything in his power to make this team a true competitor and now it’s finally starting to show off. With your comment on how Granlund and Brodin couldn’t even make this team is a complete joke. You do realize that both of them wanted to obligate the rest of the European contracts, right? Granlund stayed 1 more year to get everything (Military Duty, Schooling) off his plate before coming to North America. What’s even funnier, they’re pretty much penciled in this year to be on the team that is way better (on paper) than last year. With the Panthers and Huberdeau, the kid is a stud, and he would’ve probably played for the Panthers this year hadn’t their been this stupid lockout.

By: phillyphannn83

phillyphannn83 — Tue, 18 Dec 2012 15:46:31 +0000

See, what happened when you’re good, you don’t get high draft picks. The Flyers have missed the playoffs, what, 2 maybe 3 times in the last 15 years? How about only 8 times in their 44 year history. They’ve had only 2 Top 10 draft picks since 1993, and one of them, Sean Couturier in 2011, is already playing for the big club so he’s not counted among our prospects anymore. Meanwhile, the Florida Panthers have had 12 Top 10 picks since ’93 and the Wild have had 8 Top 10 picks since 2000. 2 of those picks, Granlund(2010) & Brodin (2011) still can’t get on the ice for a terrible Wild team, while Couturier has. So for the purpose of this list, they help the Wild look good for the future but Couturier doesn’t help the Flyers. Talk about skewed results. I’m sorry, but if Granlund is so good, and he has a year on Couturier, why isn’t he playing for the Wild yet? Likewise, the Panthers #3 overall draft pick last year Jonathan Huberdeau, hasn’t played in the NHL either. Florida has been at the top of this list for awhile and it hasn’t translated into wins, has it. Bottom line is this list means nothing.

By: greatminnesotasportsmind

greatminnesotasportsmind — Sun, 16 Dec 2012 22:20:20 +0000

Let’s not pretend those 2 contracts are the first contracts that are long term (see DiPietro, Kovalchuk, and Hossa. Kovalchuk’s first contract was voided by the league the first time around). So pinning the lockout on Parise and Suter’s contracts are plain idiotic. Not to mention the Wild had planned for years to make a big splash this past summer or next summer. They hasn’t signed a free agent to a big contract in franchise history.

By: andyb02

andyb02 — Sun, 16 Dec 2012 21:25:42 +0000

Flyers come in last because a lot of their top young rookies are already contributing to the pro team. Couturier would be considered a top 5 prospect if he still had his rookie status and didn’t play almost all of last season on the Flyers.

By: manchestermiracle

manchestermiracle — Sun, 16 Dec 2012 17:31:58 +0000

Regarding your #2: Those idiotic 13-year contracts are one of the big reasons the NHL isn’t playing right now.

Other than that the Wild are doing well. I only hope we get to see some of the results of their work before those guys are all too old to play.

By: hockeyfan28

hockeyfan28 — Sun, 16 Dec 2012 17:05:16 +0000

The bottom 5 on this list has 3 teams with over a hundred points….these rankings mean nothing unless these prospects get to the NHL and produce at a high level… look at the Islanders they’re 5 and have picked in the top 10 forever while the flyers and devils are 30th and 27th very rarely if ever do.

By: northstars17

northstars17 — Sun, 16 Dec 2012 10:18:02 +0000

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northstars17 — Sun, 16 Dec 2012 10:16:13 +0000

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By: greatminnesotasportsmind

greatminnesotasportsmind — Sun, 16 Dec 2012 08:21:46 +0000

1. It’s a good thing you told everyone the other day that Minnesota is one if the teams in trouble if they do ever this lockout resolved. Even though I will say, they have no problems, especially with Backstrom’s 6 million and Bouchard’s outrageous contracts coming off the books.

2. Like every Wild fan said on here all summer, this is part of the reason why Suter and Parise signed here. When you are signing 13 year contracts, it is a factor how the team is looking down the road, just not short sighted, like most of you other people think about your teams.

3. Tip of the hat to Chuck Fletcher, when he inherited this mess a few years ago, the Wild either dead last or at the bottom of this list.

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