04-05 Top Defensemen in the AHL:
Anton Volchenkov - 55 - NHLer
Niklas Kronwall - 53 - NHLer
Dan Hamhuis - 51 - NHLer
Travis Roche - 50 - Solid AHLer couldnt cut it in the NHL (play and attributes compares well to Mike Koska)
Chris Campoli - 49 - Fringe NHLer, one sided
Denis Grebeshkov - 49 - NHL capable but likes Russia
Brian Pothier - 48 - Fringe NHLer
Greg Hawgood - 47 - Career Minor Lger
Joel Kwiatkowski - 45 - Career Minor Lger
Andrew Hutchinson - 45 - Fringe NHLer, one sided
Brett Clark - 45 - low end NHLer
John Slaney - 44 - Career Minor Lger
Dennis Wideman - 43 - NHLer
Lawrence Nycholat - 43 - Career Minor Lger
Kurtis Foster - 42 - low end NHLer
Dennis Seidenberg - 41 - NHLer
Joni Pitkanen - 41 - NHLer
Ryan Whitney - 41 - NHLer
Kevin Bieksa - 39 - NHLer
Nolan Baumgartner - 39 - Career Minor Lger
Marty Wilford - 37 - Career Minor Lger
Christain Ehrhoff - 35 - NHLer
Mike Commodore - 35 - Shutdown NHLer
Mike Mottau - 35 - Career Minor Lger
Kevin Dallman - 34 - Career Minor Lger
Trevor Daley - 34 - NHLer
Thats top 26... (
http://www.eliteprospects.com/league...ort=Defensemen)
Current Top Defencemen in the AHL: (and my personal projection)
Justin Schultz - 45 - NHLer
Mike Kostka - 31 - Career Minor Lger
T.J. Brennan - 29 - NHLer
Tyson Barrie - 25 - NHLer
Mark Barberio - 22 - Fringe NHLer, one sided
Justin Faulk - 22 - NHLer
Adam Clendening - 22 - NHLer
Andre Benoit - 21 - Career Minor Lger
Oliver Ekman-Larsson - NHLer
David Savard - 21 - Fringe NHLer, one sided
Brian Connelly - 21 - Career Minor Lger
David Rundblad - 20 - NHLer
Bobby Sanguinetti - 19 - Fringe NHLer
Tim Erixon - 19 - NHLer
Tomas Kundratek - 18 - Fringe NHLer (I'm yet to see much of him, but have good reports)
Michael Stone - 18 - Career Minor Lger
Sami Vatanen - 18 - NHLer
Thomas Pock - 18 - Career Minor Lger
T.J. Brodie - 18 - NHLer
Jake Gardiner - 17 - NHLer
Patrick Wiercioch - 17 - NHLer
Paul Postma - 17 - fringe NHLer
Sena Acolatse - 17 - NHLer
Paul Ranger - 17 - NHLer
Derek Meech - 17 - Career Minor Lger
Brayden McNabb - 17 - Fringe NHLer
Chad Billings - 17 -(I haven't seen enough of him nor noticed him in games I've watched)
Like Sparrowtrini, I don't quite understand why we are keeping in mind the past for today in relation to Mike Kostka other than our opinions of him and the relation I made towards Travis Roche...
Every year the list is littered with a combo of players that are 1 sided, career Minor Lgs, bonafied NHL talent and guys that are piggy backing other talents on a team...
Last Lockouts Goal numbers are very similer to this years at 5.35 Goals per game last lockout to 5.67 Goals per game this season so far (yes I worked out the #s)
The only differnce I'm seeing is the defensemen are more active in the point leaders this year with what projects to be higher totals that last lockout...
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