It's a pretty big issue when a guy tries to preach his religion in the dressing room.

Just look at his twitter account.

This is a concern for me as well. The hockey dressing room is a unique place and I am not sure how well a (small) kid preaching his faith in the dressing room would sit with me if I were on the team. I think Grimaldi realizes that the dressing room isn't the place to do his preaching but there are many teammates who could be offended by his overly active twitter preachings.

Hopefully Grimaldi knows where to draw the line as he's a very skilled player with lots of potential.



As for Noesen, I am not sure that his upside is necessarily the lowest as he did post more points than Namestnikov but there the jury is still out on his offensive upside. I actually like his upside to improve and could see him improve drastically in this upcoming season. I expect the same for Namestnikov as he enters his second season on NA ice. I have both Namestnikov and Noesen very very close together.

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I 'followed' him right before the draft.

Then I 'unfollowed' him right before the draft

That said, he's on my list:

Koko
Namestnikov
Grimaldi

I would rank them the same. Grimaldi is in a perfect situation in FLA.

My top 3:

Namestnikov
Rattie
Noesen

When I heard Rocco was a devout Christian, I had concerns. In fact, his life after hockey he wants to be a pastor. But watch this interview from the combine:

http://hockeysfuture.craveonline.com...us-ntdp-304883

There is some point blank questions about his religious views and he gives good, honest answers. I guess the most important thing he says is that he wants to focus on making the NHL, and a long, successful career, and then become a pastor.

In terms of the list ranking I WILL say that Rocco should still be at the top of this group.

its funny because this kinda shit in the world of football...NFL and especially college no one would bat a ****ing eyelash, its almost the norm, especially in the south

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P=1 DPts=1.2 +/-=.32 PIM=.08 PPP=.4 SHP=.6 S=.015 Blk=.2 Hit=.08
W=2 OTL=.8 GA=-.64 SV=.08 SO=3

Pro (23 keep 17)
C- Filppula,Turris,Stastny,Backstrom
D-Boyle,MDZ,Karlsson,Robidas,Goligoski,Schenn,Seiden berg
G-Anderson,Hiller,Rinne
LW-Malone,Parise,Rolston,Eriksson,Ruutu
RW-Alfredsson,Callahan,Setoguchi,Brown,Ryder,Vrbata

Farm (9 keep all, max 200 GP, 100 Goalies)
Colborne,Leblanc,Loktionov,Perreault,Tangradi,Blum ,Poulin,Markstrom

This is true, but in hockey and in Canada it really stands out. Maybe its good that Rocco is drafted by Florida?

Yes I would agree with DY except I would switch Namestnikov for Rattie in the rankings, put the Russian one spot higher.

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the are all good prospects, I just like where Namestnikov ended up I think he is in the best situation, especially if Vinny, Marty and Stamkos are eating up half their salary they are going to bring guys up earlier then expected.

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F- Campbell, Carter, Dupuis, Fedotenko, Goc, Helm, Pyatt, M Ryder, Spaling, Stoll, Talbot, Upshall
D- Aulie, Chr Butler, Hamonic, Methot, Tallinder, Wisniewski
G- Brodeur, S. Mason
Enforcer - Burish
Rookie - Brodie
Bench -Alberts, Cumiskey, Eckford, Gervaid, Halsichuck, Mackenzie, Oreilly, Sestito
Prospects - Beck, Burlon, Cousins,F Hamilton, Knight, Lalonde, Mahalak, Mattsson, Pedan, Prince, Quine, Scheifele, Spooner, Syvret, Szwarz, Varone, Visentin, Zatkoff