FlashyG

Thats not what people said before Datsyuk came over to North America. His best season in his days back home was 26 pts and he was a long shot to make the team. Maybe Jarnkrok and Pulkkinen will take their game to another level next year. All I'm saying is wait until these guys move over to North America before you judge them. I agree superstars are rare, especially when you don't get to pick in the top 20 picks but how can you tell that none of those guys I mentioned wont turn into superstars? Unless you're talking about different prospects than me, none of them have played a single game in the minors. They are playing in Junior or in Europe and all of them are putting up better numbers than Datsyuk did in his development. I'm not saying these guys will become better than or even as good as Datsyuk but the potential is there. So you disregard the opinion of even NHLers when you don't agree with it? Its not like CBC made up the results, that's the opinion of the players

Right now Calle Jarnkrok and Teemu Pulkkinen are in their 2nd year of development since their draft date and are putting up even better numbers than Datsyuk or Zetterberg did at their age. The Datsyuk and Zetterberg didn't really come out of nowhere either each played 3 years at home developing after they were drafted so the Wings had plenty of time to get a look at them Then you have prospects like Tverdon, Jurco, Ouellet, Sproul and Mrazek who are all having fantastic seasons in the CHL giving the Wings one of their deepest prospect pools they've had in decades. As far as that poll, it was done by CBC and was voted on by the players you can see it here. Its also interesting to note how many categories Datsyuk was selected in, on top of that Parise has already said he is his favorite player in the league. If he hits Free Agency Detroit will certainly be one of the favorites to land him.