Nhl Forward group #4

[stl76]

Colorado went WAY too high.

Voted Washington, it’s close between them and Vegas IMO.

Winnipeg and Pitt are also up there tho I have some concerns about each (meh 2C and losing Kessel). Nashville’s looks so much better w/ Duchene.

 

[Stewie Griffin]

Florida will be up near the top. One of the top offenses last year, and they have some nice offensive prospects like Tippet, Heponiemi, Denisenko, and even Noel. Oh and I forgot Borgstrom. Not bad...

 

[Bluesnatic27]

I'm thinking Florida should be getting some love real soon. Great top-6 with youth sprinkled in with the solid depth.

 

[Fugazy]

Washington.

 

[Taak19]

You're really downplaying Kadri IMO also don't believe Soderberg will be a 49 pts guy next year I think he goes 30-40 with the Yotes. He should be able to put more pts since he will now have the #2C spot playing with one of Landeskog or Rantanen I hope and he will probably be in the 2nd PP unit. But hey I agree that the Avs forwards shouldn't be #3 considering they have proven nothing so far compared to teams like Vegas or Washington.

What exactly has Vegas proven again? Avs beat em in goals for and improved their team in comparison to last year.

 

[Sidney the Kidney]

Where the hell were all of you guys when they were voting for #3 lol

I was waiting until after to complain, obviously.

 

[Spilot23]

What exactly has Vegas proven again? Avs beat em in goals for and improved their team in comparison to last year.

Well they were in the Stanley Cup final one year ago. They added Stone who is probably one of the best wingers in the game and played only 18 games with them.

 

[SHANNYPLAN]

Had a very tough time choosing between Vegas, Washington and Winnipeg. Went with Vegas but can’t go wrong with either.

 

[Hawkaholic]

HF boards lost some credibility by voting avs as the 3rd best offence - they are around 7-9th in the league

No, it lost credibility when Chicago wasn't even an OPTION in the last poll. Sure, they don't deserve #3, but to not even have them listed but have 15 other teams listed....
LOL

 

[Mighty Makar]

Vegas

 

[um]

Avs at #3 is brutal, kind of ruins the whole thing.

Is it the shiny new toy factor? Donskoi is a third liner and Burakovksy is a 3/4th liner who was often scratched last year. Even if Kadri gets back to 30-30 numbers, what is the hype based on?

Or are Landy, MacKinnon, and Rantanen gonna improve even more? regression is more likely.

 

[Coffey]

HF boards lost some credibility

As if HFB had any credibility to begin with, cmon.

 

[Nocashstyle]

Well they were in the Stanley Cup final one year ago. They added Stone who is probably one of the best wingers in the game and played only 18 games with them.

Stone is really the only elite player there though. They’re solidly deep with a lot of “pretty good” guys. No way would I take that lineup over the many teams left on the board with several elite players.

 

[Iggys Dome]

1. Tampa | Ranking Forward Groups across the league.

Palat - Stamkos - Kucherov
Gourde- Point - Johnson
Killorn - Cirelli - Joseph
Martel - Paquette - Erne
Conacher/Volkov

2. Toronto |

Hyman - Tavares - Marner
Johnsson - Matthews - Nylander
Mikheyev - Kerfoot - Kapanen
Moore - Spezza - Shore
Gauthier/Agostino/Petan

#3 Colorado |

Colorado

Landeskog - Mackinnon - Rantanen
Donskoi - Kadri - Burakovsky
Compher - Jost - Wilson
Calvert - Bellemare - Nieto
Greer/Kamenev

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On the Docket

Boston

Marchand - Bergeron - Pastrnak
Debrusk - Krejci - Kuhlman
Heinen - Coyle - Backes
Wagner - Kuraly - Ritchie
Nordstrom/Lindholm

Calgary

Gaudreau - Monahan - Lindholm
Tkachuk - Backlund - Frolik
Bennett - Jankowski - Dube
Mangiapane - Ryan - Neal
Czarnik/Quine/Lomberg

Chicago
Saad - Toews - Sikura
Debrincat - Strome - Kane
Kubalik - Anisimov - Perlini
Carpenter - Kampf - Shaw
Wedin/Caggiula

Dallas
Benn - Seguin - Radulov
Dickinson - Hintz - Pavelski
Janmark- Faksa - Perry
Cogliano - Dowling- Comeau
Hanzal/Gurianov/ Kiviranta

Florida

Huberdeau - Barkov - Dadonov
Hoffman - Trocheck - Tippett
Vatrano - Borgstrom - Connolly
Sceviour - Acciari - Malgin
Greco/Toninato/Hawryluk

Nashville

Forsberg - Johansen - Arvidsson
Granlund - Duchene- Turris
Jarnkrok - Bonino - Smith
Grimaldi - Sissons -Watson
Gaudreau/Salomaki

New Jersey

Hall - Hischier - Bratt
Boqvist - Hughes -Palmieri
Coleman - Zajac - Simmonds
Wood - Zacha - Anderson
Rooney/Hayden/Seney

New York Rangers

Panarin - Zibanejad - Buchnevich
Kreider - Chytil - Kakko
Lemieux -Howden- Andersson
Namesnitkov- Strome - Fast
Nieves/Mckegg/Fogarty/Beleskey

Philadelphia

Giroux - Couturier - Konecny
JVR - Hayes - Voracek
Lindblom - Patrick - Frost
Raffl - Laughton - Pitlick
Vorobyev/Kase

Pittsburgh
Guentzel - Crosby - Hornqvist
Galchenyuk - Malkin - Kahun
Bjugstad - Mccann - Rust
Simon - Blueger - Tanev
Lafferty/ZAR/Johnson

San Jose

Meier - Couture -Labanc
Kane - Hertl - True
Sorensen - Gambrell - Karlsson
Radil - Suomela - Goodrow
Brodzinski/Kellman


ST Louis

Schwartz- Schenn- Tarasenko
Blais - O'reilly - Perron
Fabbri - Bozak -Thomas
Steen - Barbashev - Sundqvist
Kyrou/Sanford/Nolan

Vegas

Pacioretty - Stastny -Stone
Marchessault - Karlsson - Smith
Gusev- Glass - Tuch
Carrier - Eakin - Reaves
Nosek/Pirri/Mackenzie/Zykov

Washington

Ovechkin - Kuznetsov - Wilson
Vrana - Backstrom -Oshie
Hagelin - Eller - Panik
Stephenson - Dowd - Hathaway
Leipsic/Boyd/Gersich

Winnipeg

Connor - Scheifele - Wheeler
Ehlers - Little - Laine
Perreault - Roslovic - Vesalainen
Copp - Lowry - Appleton
Griffith/Shaw/Lipon

Added Chicago n San Jose

Who should be added next?

Colorado getting third pretty much invalidates this whole thing.