I'm looking for the players that will have the highest points upside for next year and beyond. Who do you guys think the 2012-2013 NHL Calder Candidates might be? Who do you see jumping out of the minors (AHL/CHL/KHL/Europe)?

Maybe the top 10 forwards and top 10 defensmen (points only) for young players moving to the NHL next year??

I know its rather early and a little hard to judge.. I need some impact players for next year..

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"dARK wING dUCKS" 2011-2012 CHAMPS

10 Team Points Only Limited Keeper Pool (keep any 12)

Top 12 Forwards, 5 Defense & 2 Goalies Count
Goals = 1, Assist = 1, Shutout = 3, Win = 2,

F: Malkin, Neal, Spezza, Benn, Hossa, Ribero, Purcell, Bergeron, Desarnais, Roy, Elias, Berglund, Briere, Dupruis, Versteeg
D: Karlsson, Letang, Pieterangelo, Kronwall, Pitkanen, Souray, Martin
G: Lundquist, Rinne

Mikael Granlund

Hard to tell this far ahead of the season. These are hazy guesses at best...

Forwards:
Mikael Granlund
Jonathan Huberdeau
Nail Yakupov
Vladimir Tarasenko (if he comes over from KHL)
Evgeny Kuznetsov (also if he comes over from KHL)

Defensemen:
Brendan Smith (if he's eligible after playing games this year)
Ryan Murphy
Dougie Hamilton (though that's a long shot)

Silfverberg

Granlund, Yakupov, Smith, Huberdeau

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Yahoo keeper (13) 10 TEAMS
G A Pims Shots Blocks GWG SHG PPG +- W L GA SO
3 C 3 RW 3 LW 6 D 2 G 5 Bench 2IR

C: Crosby Getzlaf Gagner (RW) Boyes (RW)
LW:Neal Pacorietty Glencross
RW:Seguin Vrbata Kessel Eberle
D:Weber Letang Boyle Frason Kronwall Goligoski
G:Rinne Price Allen Vokoun
IR:Kovalchuck

Guys like Grigorenko (if he comes to the big show), Etem, Bartschi, Rattie Stone, Strome, Tartar all gotta be in there somewhere too...

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"dARK wING dUCKS" 2011-2012 CHAMPS

10 Team Points Only Limited Keeper Pool (keep any 12)

Top 12 Forwards, 5 Defense & 2 Goalies Count
Goals = 1, Assist = 1, Shutout = 3, Win = 2,

F: Malkin, Neal, Spezza, Benn, Hossa, Ribero, Purcell, Bergeron, Desarnais, Roy, Elias, Berglund, Briere, Dupruis, Versteeg
D: Karlsson, Letang, Pieterangelo, Kronwall, Pitkanen, Souray, Martin
G: Lundquist, Rinne

My Top 5 in no order

Kuznetsov
Granlund
Yakupov
Huberdeau
Silfverberg

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13 team keeper Sim league
40 player 100 year cap,
C: Toews, Roy, Spezza, Josefson, Zibanejad, Grabovski, Granlund
LW: Kovalchuk, Elias, Booth, Baertchi
RW: Erat, Filppula, Frolik, Tarasenko,
D: Visnovsky, Goligoski, B. Smith, Gill, Ohlund, Elliott, Gudbranson, Klefbom
G: Hiller, Reimer, Toivonen, Montoya, Thomas

Top 5
Yakupov
Granlund
Kuznetsov
Smith
Huberdeau

Other notable names not already mentionned:

Nyquist
Palmieri
Conacher
Kreider
Barberio

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Points only keeper league
7 teams
28 keepers
Weekly line up: 12 F / 6 D / 2 G
Goalie stats: W=2 / SO=2

For me:
Huberdeau
Granlund
Nyquist
Yakupov
Bartschi
+1 "surprise player" (Craig Smith/Matt Read etc)

Defense is really hard to predict for me... How about:
Justin Schultz
Ryan Murray

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14 Team Full Keeper - G, A, SO G (1), +- (.2), PIMs (.1), Shots (.05), Wins (2), SO (5)

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

Top prospects: '13 1st overall Couturier Zucker Kassian Faksa Dumba Lack

I understand these lists are hard to predict but some are all over the board.. Dobber has Huberdeau higher then Granlund for points 3yr and Upside.. Some of these lists have Huberdeau last. Huberdeaus stats are huge right now (65 ponts in 32 games) in the QMJHL and Granlund's are less (51 points in 45 games).. I know Huberdeau might be playing against kids and on a inflated roster team full of great players but is there that much difference or is this race to close to predict?

I look at a guy like Burmistrov who has 26 points in 61 games and wonder how affective Huberdeau or Grandlund might be. Kuznetsov is also high on my list of candidates..

Yakupov worries me in Columbus. He could have amazing potential because of the lack off offense on that team however we all know Columbus kills talent. Yakupov has the KHL risk and the Columbus risk.. Could be golden.. Could be Radulov..

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"dARK wING dUCKS" 2011-2012 CHAMPS

10 Team Points Only Limited Keeper Pool (keep any 12)

Top 12 Forwards, 5 Defense & 2 Goalies Count
Goals = 1, Assist = 1, Shutout = 3, Win = 2,

F: Malkin, Neal, Spezza, Benn, Hossa, Ribero, Purcell, Bergeron, Desarnais, Roy, Elias, Berglund, Briere, Dupruis, Versteeg
D: Karlsson, Letang, Pieterangelo, Kronwall, Pitkanen, Souray, Martin
G: Lundquist, Rinne