March 2015 ISS Hockey Top 20 Ranked Prospects For 2015 NHL Draft


1 McDavid, Connor
2 Eichel, Jack
3 Crouse, Lawson
4 Hanifin, Noah
5 Marner, Mitchell
6 Strome, Dylan
7 Barzal, Mathew
8 Rantanen, Mikko
9 Provorov, Ivan
10 Werenski, Zach
11 Zacha, Pavel
12 Meier, Timo
13 Connor, Kyle
14 Konecny, Travis
15 Merkley, Nick
16 Bittner, Paul
17 White, Colin
18 Chabot, Thomas
19 Zboril, Jakub
20 Carlo, Brandon

Crouse leapfrogs Hanifin from 4th place to third place in the ISS standings.

Marner jumps up three positions to #5 to join McDavid (#1), Eichel (#2), Crouse (#3), and Hanifin (#4) in the Top 5 of ISS Hockey’s release of its March ISS Top 30.
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- jochfr

Good to see Barzal rising again. Kid is (frank)ing good. Crouse, I still don't understand. I know stat-scouting is stupid, but picking a guy from juniors hovering under p/g in the top 3 is stupid to me.

March 2015 ISS Hockey Top 20 Ranked Prospects For 2015 NHL Draft


1 McDavid, Connor
2 Eichel, Jack
3 Crouse, Lawson
4 Hanifin, Noah
5 Marner, Mitchell
6 Strome, Dylan
7 Barzal, Mathew
8 Rantanen, Mikko
9 Provorov, Ivan
10 Werenski, Zach
11 Zacha, Pavel
12 Meier, Timo
13 Connor, Kyle
14 Konecny, Travis
15 Merkley, Nick
16 Bittner, Paul
17 White, Colin
18 Chabot, Thomas
19 Zboril, Jakub
20 Carlo, Brandon

Crouse leapfrogs Hanifin from 4th place to third place in the ISS standings.

Marner jumps up three positions to #5 to join McDavid (#1), Eichel (#2), Crouse (#3), and Hanifin (#4) in the Top 5 of ISS Hockey’s release of its March ISS Top 30.
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Some hockey stuff...
- jochfr

That's interesting, considering the fact that consensus seems to be that he'll be the big bust of this draft.

Stopped reading after this...

Btw LB is the defensive version of RB...
- Stripes77

Great. And how rare is it to actually draft a LB and get elite production out of him his first year. and BTW, if you really want to compare LBs and RBs like that, then we just traded a $1.5 million LB in his second year for a $10 million dollar RB with around 1500 carries under his belt and will be 27 when the season starts. Great long-term investment.

March 2015 ISS Hockey Top 20 Ranked Prospects For 2015 NHL Draft


1 McDavid, Connor
2 Eichel, Jack
3 Crouse, Lawson
4 Hanifin, Noah
5 Marner, Mitchell
6 Strome, Dylan
7 Barzal, Mathew
8 Rantanen, Mikko
9 Provorov, Ivan
10 Werenski, Zach
11 Zacha, Pavel
12 Meier, Timo
13 Connor, Kyle
14 Konecny, Travis
15 Merkley, Nick
16 Bittner, Paul
17 White, Colin
18 Chabot, Thomas
19 Zboril, Jakub
20 Carlo, Brandon

Crouse leapfrogs Hanifin from 4th place to third place in the ISS standings.

Marner jumps up three positions to #5 to join McDavid (#1), Eichel (#2), Crouse (#3), and Hanifin (#4) in the Top 5 of ISS Hockey’s release of its March ISS Top 30.
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Some hockey stuff...
- jochfr

First, after seeing these earlier I started to wonder. Who ranks these guys. Are they NHL scouts or other scouts? If they are NHL scouts, why would you let others know how you rank a player? Or are they just writer's own opinions.

Secondly, I see Carlo dropped to 20. He is a guy I'm really high on for our 2nd first, if we still have it at the draft.

Heres the thing about McCoy and him being unhappy (allegedly)

One its a shock to get traded when you aren't expecting it.

Two its even more of a shock when it happens in the NFL.

Three its not about him being paid, its about his 2016 year where he doesn't have any guaranteed money.

Four they will restructure his contract where it wont be a massive cap hit my guess is around $8-9 million with more guaranteed money in 2016 and 2017. It happens in the NFL all the time. He is also the BEST RB in the game.

Five Kiko has torn ACLs in both knees. He didn't play last year the D was still top 5.

Six NFL teams know how to restructure contracts to fit all of their top players under the cap. It's something the Saints did to sign Byrd and Graham. The old Buffalo Bills (Ralph) was against paying his best players the money they wanted and I HIGHLY doubt Uncle Terry is playing it the same way.

Seven Hughes was gone regardless my guess with the restructuring of McCoy's contract there will be about $19 million left (after cuts and what not) to sign free agents and draft picks which should be plenty the Bills aren't going to be sinking $10 million per on one player.

Eight I would expect that the Bills work on Mario's contract and get him to restructure and extended so there will be plenty of money to resign Dareus as well.

Nine Brad Johnson and Trent Dilfer say hey look at my Super Bowl rings...

Ten Go BILLS
- Stripes77

Brad johnson was a Pro Bowl QB.........twice.

March 2015 ISS Hockey Top 20 Ranked Prospects For 2015 NHL Draft


1 McDavid, Connor
2 Eichel, Jack
3 Crouse, Lawson
4 Hanifin, Noah
5 Marner, Mitchell
6 Strome, Dylan
7 Barzal, Mathew
8 Rantanen, Mikko
9 Provorov, Ivan
10 Werenski, Zach
11 Zacha, Pavel
12 Meier, Timo
13 Connor, Kyle
14 Konecny, Travis
15 Merkley, Nick
16 Bittner, Paul
17 White, Colin
18 Chabot, Thomas
19 Zboril, Jakub
20 Carlo, Brandon

Crouse leapfrogs Hanifin from 4th place to third place in the ISS standings.

Marner jumps up three positions to #5 to join McDavid (#1), Eichel (#2), Crouse (#3), and Hanifin (#4) in the Top 5 of ISS Hockey’s release of its March ISS Top 30.
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Some hockey stuff...
- jochfr

Big mistake.

Big mistake.
- dadeadhead

WTF?

Big mistake.
- dadeadhead

I get the impression you feel it's a big mistake

I get the impression you feel it's a big mistake
- Michael Pachla

Well being I hit the submit button once, I'll chalk it up to this site more worried about adblock.

WTF?
- jochfr

I thought the same.

Great. And how rare is it to actually draft a LB and get elite production out of him his first year. and BTW, if you really want to compare LBs and RBs like that, then we just traded a $1.5 million LB in his second year for a $10 million dollar RB with around 1500 carries under his belt and will be 27 when the season starts. Great long-term investment.
- Poopspawn

I liked kiko a lot...the first 8 games. After that he was not that impressive and was no help against the run. Like Posluzny, leading a team in tackles looks good, but when the majority of those tackles are runs 8 yards down the field, not so much. Both teams take a risk. You can't really know until you see them in the fall.

Great. And how rare is it to actually draft a LB and get elite production out of him his first year. and BTW, if you really want to compare LBs and RBs like that, then we just traded a $1.5 million LB in his second year for a $10 million dollar RB with around 1500 carries under his belt and will be 27 when the season starts. Great long-term investment.
- Poopspawn

So he's 1 year older than Spiller...and I think he's had just a bit better production in the last 4 years.

Pork prime rib with a chipolte and roasted garlic rub cooked in a dry red wine with a side of roasted garlic potatoes is what's for dinner today at work.

Great. And how rare is it to actually draft a LB and get elite production out of him his first year. and BTW, if you really want to compare LBs and RBs like that, then we just traded a $1.5 million LB in his second year for a $10 million dollar RB with around 1500 carries under his belt and will be 27 when the season starts. Great long-term investment.
- Poopspawn

Yeah you know one that has had 2 major knee injuries...

Talk about long term investment there...

Also Nigel Bradham and Preston Brown say hello...you know the two LB's that played on a top 5 D something Kiko couldn't say.

Also that $10 million RB is the best RB in the game...Kiko is not the best LB in the game

Also Kiko is good but he is overrated by a lot of people in Buffalo. He had 6 great games and came back down to earth the rest of the season when teams had film on him.

Pork prime rib with a chipolte and roasted garlic rub cooked in a dry red wine with a side of roasted garlic potatoes is what's for dinner today at work.
- dadeadhead

Ponderosa?

Ponderosa?
- Whatnot78

Slow cooking in my oven at 200 degrees right now.

Slow cooking in my oven at 200 degrees right now.
- dadeadhead

Great. And how rare is it to actually draft a LB and get elite production out of him his first year. and BTW, if you really want to compare LBs and RBs like that, then we just traded a $1.5 million LB in his second year for a $10 million dollar RB with around 1500 carries under his belt and will be 27 when the season starts. Great long-term investment.
- Poopspawn

I'm not trying to be offensive at all, but please do a little research regarding both players and local and national media opinions of the trade. I think you will change your mind.

More rumor bullpoop dispelled:

Tim Graham @ByTimGraham
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Bills fans can find some peace in what a knowledgable source tells me: Kiko Alonso did not request a trade.
- TheSabresTaco

And then there is this:

Jeff McLane ‏@Jeff_McLane · 4m4 minutes ago
Last night was obv not best for LeSean McCoy, but despite not being initially thrilled about trade he's now "ready to move on," per source.

Ponderosa?
- Whatnot78

Pondegrossa is more like it.

Heres the thing about McCoy and him being unhappy (allegedly)

One its a shock to get traded when you aren't expecting it.

Two its even more of a shock when it happens in the NFL.

Three its not about him being paid, its about his 2016 year where he doesn't have any guaranteed money.

Four they will restructure his contract where it wont be a massive cap hit my guess is around $8-9 million with more guaranteed money in 2016 and 2017. It happens in the NFL all the time. He is also the BEST RB in the game.

Five Kiko has torn ACLs in both knees. He didn't play last year the D was still top 5.

Six NFL teams know how to restructure contracts to fit all of their top players under the cap. It's something the Saints did to sign Byrd and Graham. The old Buffalo Bills (Ralph) was against paying his best players the money they wanted and I HIGHLY doubt Uncle Terry is playing it the same way.

Seven Hughes was gone regardless my guess with the restructuring of McCoy's contract there will be about $19 million left (after cuts and what not) to sign free agents and draft picks which should be plenty the Bills aren't going to be sinking $10 million per on one player.

Eight I would expect that the Bills work on Mario's contract and get him to restructure and extended so there will be plenty of money to resign Dareus as well.

Nine Brad Johnson and Trent Dilfer say hey look at my Super Bowl rings...

Ten Go BILLS
- Stripes77

No he isn't. Otherwise, a good post.

Just revisited the Bennett trade and forgot how huge it was. Imagine that today. Trade say Fred Jackson, two 1sts and a 2nd for the rights to a player. That would be crazy.

The Rams by the way, ended up with 3 1sts in '88 and 2 in '89, 2 2nds in '88 and 3 in '89. How did they screw that up so badly?
- adambuffalo

And a back that rushed for 2,349 yards and 21 rushing touchdowns (led the league) in the next 2 seasons.

And then there is this:

Jeff McLane ‏@Jeff_McLane · 4m4 minutes ago
Last night was obv not best for LeSean McCoy, but despite not being initially thrilled about trade he's now "ready to move on," per source.
- Stripes77

I just love the oceans of bullpoop media let's fly out of their mouths. LeSean being displeased about a trade = HE (frank)ING HATES BUFFALO NO ONE WANTS TO GO THERE HE HATES US HE HATES EVERYTHING

And then there is this:

Jeff McLane ‏@Jeff_McLane · 4m4 minutes ago
Last night was obv not best for LeSean McCoy, but despite not being initially thrilled about trade he's now "ready to move on," per source.
- Stripes77

Did you see CJ Spiller on NFL network? He found out on the air! It was classic.

Pork prime rib with a chipolte and roasted garlic rub cooked in a dry red wine with a side of roasted garlic potatoes is what's for dinner today at work.
- dadeadhead

gonna have mashed taters too?