Hockey's Future has completed its annual
ranking of Thrashers prospects, and while I don't agree with everything in
the article it's still well done and worth reading if you want to brush up on
our prospects before they start arriving for training camp in mid-September.
Speaking of prospects, there's a poll on the front of the homepage asking
people how many rookies they think will make the team. Just over 400 people have
voted so far and almost 70% of them think two or three rookies will crack the
lineup out of camp. So here's my question to you- who will they be?
Anybody on the Hockey's Future list counts, and so do Mark Popovic and Colin
Stuart who aren't prospects by Hockey's Future's standards, but who will still
be considered rookies in the eyes of the NHL if they make the team. Here are the
NHL criteria for determining who is eligible for the Calder Trophy for rookie of
the year:
"To be eligible for the award, a player cannot have played more than 25
games in any single preceding season nor in six or more games in each of any
two preceding seasons in any major professional league. The player must not
be older than 26 years before September 15 of the season in which he is
eligible."
