It seems like Skinner was the model for this type of new generation player.
In other words, what rookie drafted lower than 5th or 6th overall will be in the best position to have the biggest rookie season? Considering situation as well as pedigree and overall talent/work ethic...

Will Tarasenko shine in St. Louis?
Will Baertshi rip it up in Calgary?
Will Grigorenko stick in Buffalo?
Will Granlund or Coyle make waves in Minny?

Not limited to the players I just mentioned, which player in this type of category do you see standing out from the rest?

Cheers.

i'm hoping for tarasenko, granlund and baertschi do all do exactly that...

but safe bet is maybe on granlund... most opportunity imo

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F: E.Staal, Eberle, Kopitar, Voracek, Eriksson, Sharp, Tarasenko, Kulemin, Backlund, Granlund, Bjugstad, Loktionov, Toffoli, Chiasson, Baertschi
D: Yandle, Carlson, Edler, Gardiner, Gilbert, Barberio, Barrie
G: Quick, Ramo

Team 2 - 14-Team keep 7f, 3d, 1g
F: Zetterberg, Voracek, Eriksson, Ladd, Carter, Iginla, Hudler, Cullen, Backes, Callahan, Fisher, Brouwer, Setoguchi, Eakin, J.Jokinen
D: Kronwall, Phaneuf, Voynov, Edler, Chara, Del Zotto, Greene
G: Lundqvist, Quick, Anderson

I'd say Baertschi

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12 Team Dynasty H2H, Daily Starts
G, A, +/-, PIM, PPP, SHP, SOG, Hits
W, GAA, SV%, SV, SO

C: Malkin, Backstrom, Briere, Lecavalier
LW: Ryan, Parise, Hartnell, Fleischmann, Ladd
RW: St. Louis, Skinner, Voracek, Neil
D: Phaneuf, Boyle, J. Johnson, Suter, Goligoski
G: Lundqvist, Lehtonen, Anderson

Farm Notables: Schultz, Elliott, Eakin, Fasth

Agreed.
I have a feeling he's gonna be a real spark-plug for the Flames' offence.

Baertschi will be the man in Calgary.

I thought the OP was looking for guys that got drafted this year, not in the top 5, who will surprisingly make the jump to the NHL and be impressive ala Jeff Skinner.

Unfortunately, I don't think anyone from this years draft class is going to pull a Skinner.

Guys with the biggest shot of doing so, in my opinion, are:

Grigorenko
and
Hertl

Faksa could be a good choice to make the team out of camp this year. He only has Cody Eakin to compete with for #2C since Ribeiro& Ott are gone and Roy is injured.

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ESPN - 12 Team H2H Keeper League, 25 Players - 13 Keepers
(G, A, +/-, PIM, PPP, SOG, GWG, W, GAA, SV%)
Keepers
C: Tavares, Benn, Stepan
LW: Galchenyuk, Parenteau, Ryan.
RW: Brunner, Conacher.
D: Pietrangelo, Subban, Schultz.
G: Price, Dubnyk.

ESPN - 12 Team H2H Keeper League, 24 Players - 10 Keepers
(G, A, +/-, PIM, PPP, SOG, PTS, W, GAA, SV%)
Keepers
C: Duchene, B. Richards
LW: Skinner, Ovechkin,
RW: Ryan, Eriksson
D: Subban, Shattenkirk,
G:Halak, Quick

Depends exactly what you mean.

I assume your looking for a rookie that was just drafted and surprises people by making his respective team and playing well. A guy that sort of went under the radar.

I'm going to say Girgensons or Faksa. Both have NHL size, both play a game that would be NHL ready, and both are talented. They aren't slick skating goal scorers like Skinner but could be talented players nonetheless.

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14T BiWeekly H2H. 4 C/RW/LW, 6 D, 2 G
Cats:G(3), A(1.5), +-(1), PIM(0.2), PPP(1), SOG(0.2), GWG(1), SHP(2), Hits(0.3), BkS(0.4). W(2), SO(2), OTL(0.5), SV(0.2), GA(-1), L(-1).

LW - Pactches, Benn, Ott, Foligno, Belesky
C - Staal, Thornton, M Richards, Giroux
RW - Ovie, Hossa, Callahan, Tara, Neil
D - Weber, OEL, Shatty, Seidenberg, Suter, Wiz, Beauch, Wiz, MacDonald
G - Lundqvist, Varlamov, Allen
Prospects - Schultz, M Rielly, Ramo, Brodin, RNH, Forsberg, D Shore, Trouba, Bjugstad
IR- RNH, Kulikov

Thinking more of just the upcoming NHL rookies regardless of draft year. Not necessarily sticking with the big club and making an impact straight out of the draft...

Hertl has no shot as he won't even be at their main camp.