Is the player a full time NHL'er? thus my cutoff is a full season, of 82 professional games. So Bobby Ryan is obviously no longer considered a prospect and is now a fulltime NHL'er.
Let's start with number 20.
20.Matt McCue
McCue was signed by the ducks as an undrafted free agent in 2008. He’s a big physical stay at home defensemen who will mainly play the body and clear the crease, not much of a puck handler which limits his upside but at 6’5 220 he’s a big boy who could be yet another nasty Dman on the Ducks blueline in the future.
I could see him being what Sean O’Donnell was for the Ducks, a steady tough in your face guy who will stick up for teammates and not try anything risky and out of a 5-7 D that’s all you really ask of them.
He must improve his skating and is several years away, but players with this size are always interesting to watch in terms of pro hockey.
ARTHUR:
ReplyDeleteHaha. We may be different, but we both went for raw size at 20.
I'm not sure what you mean about your cutoff. You mean 82 total career NHL games, right, not 82 games in a single season? The latter seems a bit extreme, and would obviously disqualify Bobby Ryan.
Prospect graduation is always tricky; Lupul played 75 games before going back to Cincinnati for a full year. I figure once someone's played their rookie NHL season (25 games), I'll put a graduation sign around their neck, as the organization seems to be confident that their head is bobbing above the water line of the prospect pool.