Landeskog for me.

- opportunity
- superior compete level
- NHL body
- will be physical

18-33-51

May even find some quality minutes on the PK. Some PP time. Everyone will love the 18 year old that's busy running people over, well, not the 570 guys on the other 29 teams, not their fans... the people in Colorado will love the kid!

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Darryl Sittler (10 point game)
Tom Bladon (8 point game - blueliner)
Sam Gagner (8 point game)
Al Hill (5 points in 1st NHL game)
Brian Boucher (5 consecutive SO)
Ian Turnbull (5 goal game)
Stastny Brothers (16 point game)

Huberdeau is conspicuously absent. He's got a decent shot, no?

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In Princeton's defence, polls only allow for 10 options I believe. Maybe we should have a Top 10 Calder Vote for Forwards, Defensemen and Goaltenders separately.

Yeah I gotta think Landeskog has a decent shot for the Calder simply due to opportunity and the fact that he provides a lot more than scoring. Really though any of these guys have a good shot and the opportunity is there for a lot of them to take and run with.

As for RNH, is he even expected to play for the Oils next year? I thought he had some growing to do or something.

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Goalies: If I'm pickin em you best be sittin em!

I'm going to go with Landeskog. My runners-up are: Larsson and Gudbranson.

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START = 13F, 6D, 2G
F Pts = G (2), A (1), PP/SH (+1), GW (+2)
D Pts = G (3), A (2), PP/SH (+1), GW (+2)
G Pts = W (3), OTL (1), SO (+2), SV (.10)

F: Backstrom, Kopitar, Perry, P.Kane, Spezza, E.Staal, Nash, Vanek, Couture, B.Ryan, Eberle, J.Staal, D.Brown, Lucic, N.Horton, Backes, Tarasenko, van Riemsdyk, T.Ennis, B.Gallagher, Armia, Teravainen
D: Karlsson, P.Subban, Pietrangelo, Shattenkirk, Doughty, Yandle, Chara, Kronwall, J.Johnson, Myers, J.Faulk, E.Johnson, A.Larsson, J.Morrow, S.Elliott, M.Rielly, Ceci
G: Price, Rask, M.Smith, Hiller

Much crazier suggestions that Huberdeau, Vincent Vega!

Quite frankly, the field is pretty wide open.

Who is the goaltending surprise? (Markstrom type)

Who is the blueline surprise? (Gragnani type) (Cowan type)

A guy like Luke Adam (crowded Buffalo front) could step forward... various Perreault/Morin types out there...

It seems to be as open a field as we've entertained in a while. Already RNH has essentially been ruled out and usually the 1st overall is the odds on favourite.

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Best One Moment Wonders
Darryl Sittler (10 point game)
Tom Bladon (8 point game - blueliner)
Sam Gagner (8 point game)
Al Hill (5 points in 1st NHL game)
Brian Boucher (5 consecutive SO)
Ian Turnbull (5 goal game)
Stastny Brothers (16 point game)

I'll throw my hat in Landeskog's corner as well (although I might have a slight bias since I have him as a prospect).

The opportunity will be there, and there was just something about COL last season that screamed intentional tanking.

Duchene's first 41 games: 40 pts. Last 39 games: 27 pts
Stastny's first 39 games: 36 pts. Last 35 games: 21 pts

Landeskog will play with one of these guys and I don't expect to see such a drop off in the second half of the upcoming season. Sure, there are a lot of other factor's such as Varlamov's health, but I have a gut feeling that COL will be fighting for a playoff spot this season (probably just missing getting into the dance).

Runners up will be 2 of RNH, Larsson, Schenn

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14F, 4D, 2G, 6 Bench.

F: Backstrom, Parise, Iginla, Perry, Heatley, Krejci, Duchene, Vanek, Briere, Neal, Burrows, Morrow, Jagr, Williams.
D: Chara, Pietrangelo, Weber, Myers
G: Luongo, Quick

Bench: Brodeur, Havlat, Markov, Grabner, Purcell, Simmonds

Prospects: Johansson, Filatov, Kadri, Skinner, Schroeder, Rajala, Beach, Glennie, Benn, Rensfeldt, Landeskog, Pulkkinen, Kucherov, Karlsson, Fowler, Murphy

I am going with Landeskog for reasons already mentioned. I also think Smith will be in the mix, just gut feeling he'll get much more time in the " D " than alot of us think, whether it be injury or his gameplayer, whichever. Big things coming from Smith.

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There have been some great posts.

I tried to stay away from kids from this year's draft because it is usually someone that was drafted and waited the extra year or two. Skinner and Kane are a couple of exceptions.
Huberdeau will most likely be sent back to Junior IMO. I honestly believe Tallon is looking for the 1st overall pick and why not give the kid some extra time if they don't need him yet. (Bjugstad, Howden etc.....)

I believe RNH will eventually be the best player but I don't think it will show next year.

Landeskog has the physique to play but I don't see him putting up a ton of points yet.

Like DY said, I only had 10 spots and you can see the results. Very close with the majority picking someone other than the 9 I listed.

Right now I believe Landeskog might be right up there with Nino if I had put him on the list.

Keep voting.

I was under the impression Charlie Coyle was playing in the NCAA, meaning he hasn't signed a pro-contract which means he can't even try out for the NHL team. From what I understood he'd have to quit the college route in order to have any chance of this NHL this year. I kinda pegged him as dominating this year in the NCAA, then in the NHL in 2012-13.

A guy that I'm pretty high on (may not be 2011-12 though) is Mark McNeill. If I had to peg a sleeper pick, it would be someone from this year's draft surprising most of everyone.

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Forwards: Crosby Neal Giroux JVR Voracek Getzlaf Ryan Hall Pacioretty E Kane Little Hodgson
Defense: Yandle Edler Carlson Bieksa Enstrom Schultz
Goalies: Luongo Rask
Bench: Stafford Hanzal Clutterbuck EJ Petry Kesler (IR) Weiss (IR) Versteeg (IR) M Staal (IR) S. Mason

Top prospects: Couturier Nyquist Coyle Kassian Faksa Saad Dumba Brodin Lack