eva unit zero 271 Report post Posted November 16, 2005 Yet according to HF's own player ratings, Detroit stacks up very wll to them. Makes you wonder if Detroit is not ranked low just because they were just used to ranking the Wings low? No. It makes YOU wonder. Not me. Detroit doesn't have anywhere near the depth or star quality of any of those teams you compared to them. That and all of those teams' best prospects are currently in the NHL because that's where good prospects go. HF ranked them including players like Crosby, Ovechkin, Eminger, Fleury, Seabrook, Perezhogin, etc... Had injuries not delayed Grigorenko and Kronwall we'd be awfully thin. peace Ok, let's take a look at the changes for Washington specifically, if you add the guys who are in the league. In: Ovechkin 9.0A; Fleischmann 7.0C, Eminger 7.5B; Morrison 7.0B; Green 7.0C Out: Johansson 6.5B, Aulin 7.0C, Pokuluk 6.0B, Finley 6.0C, Lepisto 6.0B Ovechkin is the only guy who makes a difference in comparison to Detroit. Detroit F: Grigorenko 8.5C, Hudler 7.5B, Filppula 7.5B, McGrath 7.0C, Jamtin 6.5B, Ellis 6.0B D: Kronwall 8.5B, Kindl 7.0C, Quincey 7.0C, Blatak 7.0C G: Howard 7.5B Washington F: Ovechkin 9.0A, Semin 8.5A, Fehr 7.5B, Klepis 7.0C, Fleischmann 7.0C, Bourque 7.0C D: Eminger 7.5B; Morrison 7.0B; Green 7.0C, Schultz 6.5B G: Daigneault 6.5B Detroit still compares to Washington very well. Ovechkin is the only advantage for Washington...Detroit has a significant advantage on defense and in goal. If you compare Ovechkin to Kronwall and Eminger to Hudler, The quality of the systems are virtually even. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
J-Swift 0 Report post Posted November 16, 2005 Detroit still compares to Washington very well. Ovechkin is the only advantage for Washington...Detroit has a significant advantage on defense and in goal. If you compare Ovechkin to Kronwall and Eminger to Hudler, The quality of the systems are virtually even. I think it would be somewhat ridiculous to compare Kronwall and Ovechkin. Niklas is an excellent defensive prospect (one of the best in the league) but he is somewhat injury-prone, and doesn't really stack up to quite easily the best goal-scoring/power-forward prospect in the league right now. That is if you consider him to still be a prospect, which I'm assuming you do. And as snapshots has said, the writers rate their systems somewhat differently from team to team. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
norrisnick 1 Report post Posted November 16, 2005 Ok, let's take a look at the changes for Washington specifically, if you add the guys who are in the league. In: Ovechkin 9.0A; Fleischmann 7.0C, Eminger 7.5B; Morrison 7.0B; Green 7.0C Out: Johansson 6.5B, Aulin 7.0C, Pokuluk 6.0B, Finley 6.0C, Lepisto 6.0B Ovechkin is the only guy who makes a difference in comparison to Detroit. Detroit F: Grigorenko 8.5C, Hudler 7.5B, Filppula 7.5B, McGrath 7.0C, Jamtin 6.5B, Ellis 6.0B D: Kronwall 8.5B, Kindl 7.0C, Quincey 7.0C, Blatak 7.0C G: Howard 7.5B Washington F: Ovechkin 9.0A, Semin 8.5A, Fehr 7.5B, Klepis 7.0C, Fleischmann 7.0C, Bourque 7.0C D: Eminger 7.5B; Morrison 7.0B; Green 7.0C, Schultz 6.5B G: Daigneault 6.5B Detroit still compares to Washington very well. Ovechkin is the only advantage for Washington...Detroit has a significant advantage on defense and in goal. If you compare Ovechkin to Kronwall and Eminger to Hudler, The quality of the systems are virtually even. Ovechkin is exponentially better than anyone we have in our system. We don't compare. peace Share this post Link to post Share on other sites