With this issue, we'll look at our overall system and try and come up with the top ten ranking each month...
1) Dennis Cholowski DET - D - The young blueliner remains atop of our prospect rankings and he's has handled himself well in the Wings first few weeks of play this season. Tied for 3rd among rookie scorers, DC is averaging over 20 minutes per game for a weak Wings team.
2) Maxime Comtois ANA - LW - Despite missing a week due to an injury, Comtois is tied for 6th in rookie scoring with 7 pts. in just 10 games. Second only to Vancouver's Elias Pettersson in rookie shooting percentage, Comtois will have a place in the Ducks top six as long as he produces...
3) Aleksi Heponiemi - FLA - C - After a monster year in the WHL, the Panthers felt a year playing against men in the Finnish Liiga, would be good for the small but very slick play-maker. With 19 games under his belt, Heponiemi leads his team in scoring and sits tied for 7th overall in the league. 17 pts. in 19 games...against men. Wow...
4) Drake Batherson - OTT - C - Polishing his tools in the AHL in his first year of pro hockey, Batherson has posted 13 points in his first 12 games for Belleville. Not much blocking his way to the bigs for the Sens, look for him to taste the NHL within a year...
5) Ville Husso - G - STL - With the Blues twosome in nets this year averaging something close to a combined .877 save percentage and a 3.75 GAA so far this NHL season, how long will it be before Husso gets the call from San Antonio in the AHL? San Antonio is terrible this season, but Husso's still the future for the Blue's in net. Stay tuned...
6) Andrei Svechnikov - CAR - RW - 'Canes are being patient with the kid, biding his time on the 3rd line and the 2nd pp unit. Veteran Justin Williams won't block him for long...
7) Olle Juolevi - VAN - D - Quietly, as seems to be his style, Juolevi has been steady playing for Utica in the AHL. Leading the Comets on scoring for dmen, the future Canuck needs to tighten his defensive coverage but seems on track so far...
8) Gabe Villardi - LAK - C - About to return form his training camp back issue, the future pivot for the Kings will probably return to the Kingston Frontenacs of the OHL for this season. Had he remained healthy during camp, who knows where he might've been playing for the last few weeks?
9) Ukka Pekka Luukkonnen - BUF - G - After 12 games for Sudbury in the AHL, "UPL" sits 5th with 8 wins, tied for 3rd in save % of G's with 10 or more games and 6th in GAA for the same group. With the Sabres future bright, UPL stands to be in the right place at the right time in a year or so...
10) Daniel Sprong - PIT - RW - With a modest 4 pts. in his first few weeks of the season, Sprong has played on the 1st, 4th and now the 3rd line. Defensively challenged, PIT MGT seems determined to help the talented sniper develop his defensive awareness by learning how to play responsibly ion the Pen's checking line. He doesn't look all that out of place so far. Once his understanding of the pro game catches up to his skill set, he should be fun to watch.
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