Top 5: Jonathan Quick, Drew Doughty, Mike Richards, Jeff Carter and Anze Kopitar
You can understand why this team won a cup. Quick is perhaps the best goalie in the world right now. Doughty can play like the best defenseman, and Kopitar when he is healthy is impossible to contain. Richards and Carter might be ass-hats off the ice, and they don't always show up. Just in the playoffs, when winning actually matters. Great group of five.

Top 5 Players - Erik Karlsson, Jason Spezza, Bobby Ryan, Craig Anderson and Mika Zibanejad
Ah, the first to include a player not for what they've done, but because of what's to come. Zibanejad is going to be an absolute force this season. Big, gifted, gritty...Love this kid. If I was coaching Team USA at the Olympics, I'd put Anderson in net. Karlsson is the best defenseman in hockey. Adding Ryan is going to make up for the loss of Alfredsson and then some.

the contradictions never end
- zakkour83

Makes me wish I would have actually read the blog.....wait a second, no it doesn't.

Yeah, like was he even nominated for the Norris trophy this year?
- Dangles13

Chara
Karlsson
Keith
Doughty
Suter

Change out Johnson for Stastny and Varlamov for O'Reilly and I'll give them probably 16 on his list.
- Dangles13

Having MacKinnon at all is dumb. He isn't Sid. For all we know he's Patrik Stefan

Having MacKinnon at all is dumb. He isn't Sid. For all we know he's Patrik Stefan
- DTF69

What's a better developmental league for NHL prospects, the Czech league or the CHL? I'll let you take you're time with that.

Having MacKinnon at all is dumb. He isn't Sid. For all we know he's Patrik Stefan
- DTF69

Patrik Stefan makes me giggle.

Patrik Stefan makes me giggle.
- Dangles13

Well that's because he's part of one of the better Oilers highlights in recent memory.

What's a better developmental league for NHL prospects, the Czech league or the CHL? I'll let you take you're time with that?
- tomburton99

Yes the CHL has never produced a bust. And Stefan came out of the IHL back when those leagues actually developed good players.

Well that's because he's part of one of the better Oilers highlights in recent memory.
- tomburton99

(frank) you. What about the 3 first overall pics and draft parties.

Yes the CHL has never produced a bust. And Stefan came out of the IHL back when those leagues actually developed good players.
- DTF69

Stefan played in the Czech league at age 16 and 17 against men, which stunted any chance of him become a a good player at the NHL level. Again what has produced more quality players, the Czech league or the CHL

(frank) you. What about the 3 first overall pics and draft parties.
- ruttager17

I didn't mean that to be incendiary, I was just making fun of Stefan.

Doesn't look too bad though i think your top four need to be chi bos pits and la in order from cup finals to conference finals. naturaly the cup winner is first folowed by the runner up. otherwise seems fair to me.

Leafs top 5 - Kessel, Lupul, Phaneuf, JVR, Kadri... Honorable mention to Reimer
and Clarkson... Those four forwards put up a combined .92 ppg pace..I'm thinking the leafs will be ranked bottom 5 to get more hits/comments

I didn't mean that to be incendiary, I was just making fun of Stefan.
- tomburton99

I know, either way it was funny, gotta be able to laugh at yer own team once in a while. I even watched that game. Took a few days to actually believe what I saw.

Another pointless Cloutier blog.

Having MacKinnon at all is dumb. He isn't Sid. For all we know he's Patrik Stefan
- DTF69

So Drouin is acceptable in TB but Mackinnon is stupid?

Another pointless Cloutier blog.
- isles10289

What would be the point of a blog? If you don't mind my asking.

So Drouin is acceptable in TB but Mackinnon is stupid?
- koarik91

No thats dumb too

How did I miss Fasth also in the top5 in Anaheim? Dude is riding a whole lot of hype from 8 great games until the league changed his gear and then was a .500 goalie. All like 18 games of his NHL career. At 31 or 30.

Dammit you moron put Fowler in there instead.
- DTF69

sense when was 31 younger then 30 learn to put numbers in their proper places before calling anyone a moron. beside where it not for getslaf and perry the ducks would be number 30

Those players are surrounded by established NHL players like Spezza, Ryan, Stamkos and St. Louis. The Oilers are surrounded by the bars of a crib.
- Dangles13

fantastic

sense when was 31 younger then 30 learn to put numbers in their proper places before calling anyone a moron. beside where it not for getslaf and perry the ducks would be number 30
- deadsector

Because having 2 numbers go in descending order when you're unsure is completely the dumbest thing ever

getslaf

red wings got alfredsson?

Ive been wondering what all that female doging coming out of Ottawa has been about.

Look! Clouts isn't a homer at all!!!

Another pointless Cloutier blog.
- isles10289

Imagine there was an islanders blogger... Now THAT would be pointless.

Imagine there was an islanders blogger... Now THAT would be pointless.
- robin_steele264

She is.

sense when was 31 younger then 30 learn to put numbers in their proper places before calling anyone a moron. beside where it not for getslaf and perry the ducks would be number 30
- deadsector

You should be ashamed of yourself