Originally Posted by #-3
I was looking at how position players stack up in our new division. Here is the way I see things. I would be happy to defend my rankings, or see what others think of the new division.
LW
1. Tie Calgary (Cammaleri, Beartschi, Glencross, Galiardi)
& Edmonton (Hall, Perron, Smyth, Brown)
3. Vancouver (Burrows, Higgins, Booth, Sesito)
4. LA (Richard, King, Carcillo, Clifford)
5. Anaheim (Perry, Beleskey, Etem, Staubitz)
6. San Jose (Desjardins, Marleau, Torres, Hertl)
7. Phoenix (Korpikoski, Boedker, Klinkhammer, Bissonnette)
C
1. San Joe (Thornton, Couture, Pavelski, Burish)
2. LA (Kopitar, Carter, Stoll, Toffoli)
3. Vancouver (H Sedin, Kesler, Santorelli, Schroeder)
4. Edmonton (Nugent-Hopkins, Gagner, Gordon, Lander)
5. Phoenix (Vermette, Ribeiro, Hanzal, Chipchura)
6. Anaheim (Getzlaf, Cogliano, Bonino, Palmieri) Gets real thin after Getzlaf
7. Calgary (Backlund, Stajan, Monahan, Knight)
RW
1. LA (Williams, Brown, Lewis, Frattin)
2. Vancouver (D. Sedin, Hansen, Richardson, Kassian)
3. Edmonton (Eberle, Hemsky, Yakupov, Jones)
4. Calgary (D Jones, Stempniak, Hudler, Horak)
5. Phoenix (Vrbata, Doan, Moss, Yip)
6. San Jose (Burns, Kennedy, Havlat, Wingels)
7. Anaheim (Winnik, Koivu, Silfverberg, Smith-Pelly)
D
1. LA (Doughty, Mitchell, Voynov, Regher, Martinez, Greene)
2. Phoenix (OEL, Yandle, Michalek, Morris, Schlemko, Klesla)
3. San Jose (Boyle, Vlasic, Stuart, Demers, Hannan, Braun)
4. Anaheim (Beauchemin, Fowler, Sbisa, Souray, Allan, Vatanen)
5. Calgary (Wideman, Giordano, Brodie, O’Brien, Butler, Russell)
6. Vancouver (Bieksa, Edler, Hamhuis, Garrison, Tanev, Weber)
7. Edmonton (Schultz, Schultz, Smit, Ference, Petry, Potter)
G
1. LA (Quick, Scrivens)
2. Phoenix (Smith, Greiss)
3. San Jose (Niemi, Stalock)
4. Anaheim (Hiller, Fasth)
5. Vancouver (Luongo, Lack)
6. Edmonton (Dubnyk, Labarbera)
7. Calgary (Ramo, Berra)
Team
1. LA – Balanced Offense with a Great D and Goaltending
2. San Jose – Great Centers, but to many other guys playing out of position.
3. Vancouver – Allot of established Players but starting to fade
4. Phoenix – Good Defence and Goaltending will make up for a slower unskilled forward group.
5. Anaheim – Some young players stepping up could add the depth needed to be competative
6. Edmonton – To weak at D & G, and their Centers are not strong enough to put up the 5 GFA they would need to compete.
7. Calgary – An Elite Center, An Elite Goalie, and a Top4 Dman could put the Flames right in the SJ/Van range. Get to work Feaster.
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