Five Safe(ish) Rookies for Your NHL Hockey Pool in 07-08

September 18th, 2007

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Five Safe(ish) Rookies for Your NHL Hockey Pool in 07-08

Knowing that I’m a hockey fan, somebody asked me today which rookie he should pick in his pool. I haven’t been following the training camps and pre-season very closely (though I’ve been enjoying the FanHouse’s team-by-team previews), so I had to go do a bit of research. These five rookies seem to be likely to make their respective teams and shine in 2007-08:

Jonathan Toews - Chicago
Nicklas Backstrom - Washington
Benoit Pouliot - Wild
Peter Mueller - Coyotes
Jack Johnson (D) - Blues

And these three seem less certain, but likely candidates as well:

Bobby Ryan - Ducks
Igor Grigorenko - Redwings
Erik Johnson (D) - Kings

Like I say, I’m no expert–who are you picking?

Tags: 2007, 2008, Backstrom, Grigorenko, hockey-pool, Johnson, Mueller, nhl, Pouliot, rookies, Ryan, Toews

Comments: 10 Responses so far

fantasydope
September 19th, 2007
8:10 am

Like your picks, let me add a couple…

Not sure if these will count as rookies or not, but first year NHLers worth watching:

Jaroslav Hlinka (Avs) - led Czech elite league in scoring, already clicking in Avs camp.

Cory Murphy (Panthers) - Finnish league MVP expected to contribute to Panthers power play.

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Lesley
September 19th, 2007
9:33 am

Doing a pool?

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darren
September 19th, 2007
9:37 am

Nah, I’m afraid the drafting and such would be too hard to run from Malta. I might participate with a list if somebody else runs one, but 7:00pm PST is 4:00am locally, so that’s a bit tricky for me.

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Lesley
September 19th, 2007
5:12 pm

poop

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Puckateer
September 23rd, 2007
6:06 am

One more you cannot forget…Igor Grigorenko.

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darren
September 23rd, 2007
6:25 am

Puckateer: I’m not following the Wings very closely, but the reports I’ve seen thus far have been very mixed on Grigorenko. Some suggest that he’ll start the year in the minors.

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