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Seven Guys to Watch
by Alanah McGinley on 09/13/08 at 05:32 PM ET
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From Jason Kay at The Hockey News,
There are a handful of players – guys between the ages of 23 and 25 who’ve been in the league a few years and have had the opportunity to make a big splash – who have fallen short of expectations. It’s their time to show whether they’re going to enter an upper stratosphere or remain in the OK-range.
Here, in alphabetical order, are seven guys I’d like to see more from:
Kari Lehtonen, Atlanta, 24 (drafted second overall, 2002).
The Thrashers goalie was a two-time THN minor pro prospect of the year. His career goals-against average is a middling 2.82 and he has yet to win a playoff game.
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I’d add Valtteri Filppula to that list. Fil has been on the “cusp” of greatness for two years now. And even though he’s going to start out as the third-line center for the Wings, the expectations for him are high. He has a new five-year contract and he needs to start putting up more than the 19 goals he contributed last year.
A solid 25 goal-25assist season will prove that Ken Holland was right in giving him $3M per year for the next five years.
Posted by OlderThanChelios from Grand Rapids on 09/13/08 at 10:26 PM ET