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MSP4LYFE wroteCOLONMax Pacioretty
Kyle Cumiskey
Martin Hanzal

Ive loved this guy the last few years. If he can ever put 82 games together he will break out.

I couldn't agree more, too bad he is made of glass. Kind of reminds me of Colaiccovo in that respect.

Which reminds me, Erik Johnson. Keep an eye on him. I also wouldn't be surprised to see Tyler Seguin to hit 50-60 points. Cody Hodgson is another potential breakout player (You're welcome, Bill). Dmitri Kulikov will be fun to follow as well - you can see the two-way potential and the top-pairing upside, but he's been surrounded by an awful team.

And of course, David Bolland, Michael Frolik, Bryan Bickell, Nick Leddy are threats to break out as well.

EJ is a pretty obvious one...That's like saying keep your eye on TJ Oshie.

MSP4LYFE wroteCOLONEJ is a pretty obvious one...That's like saying keep your eye on TJ Oshie.

I dunno, some people think what you see is what you get with EJ.

Cuntacular Chris wroteCOLON

MSP4LYFE wroteCOLONEJ is a pretty obvious one...That's like saying keep your eye on TJ Oshie.

I dunno, some people think what you see is what you get with EJ.

I'm just fucking with you, EJ is a perfectly valid breakout candidate.

Cuntacular Chris wroteCOLON

MSP4LYFE wroteCOLONEJ is a pretty obvious one...That's like saying keep your eye on TJ Oshie.

I dunno, some people think what you see is what you get with EJ.

I personally think he better break out this season or people will start throwing around that B word. Fine dman as of now but hasnt scratched what his potential was.

If i have to talk about NHL breakout only, i go with rookies Andrei Loktionov and Marco Scandella.
Bonino might also belongs here as i expect him to bring some contribution whereas last season couldn't put anything on the scoreboard (could only hit posts).

I would expect Petersson and Nyquist to break out, but at the AHL level.

mr. bruin wroteCOLON Jared Spurgeon(with Burns gone, he could potentially QB the PP)

lol, now you're getting greedy! you want me to get ulcer?

Alexander Burmistrov
Jonathon Bernier
David Savard

kyuss wroteCOLON

mr. bruin wroteCOLON Jared Spurgeon(with Burns gone, he could potentially QB the PP)

lol, now you're getting greedy! you want me to get ulcer?

Clearly you dont know what your talking about

bills09 wroteCOLON

kyuss wroteCOLON

mr. bruin wroteCOLON Jared Spurgeon(with Burns gone, he could potentially QB the PP)

lol, now you're getting greedy! you want me to get ulcer?

Clearly you dont know what your talking about

u sure you are?

I have a bunch of players who I am hoping have rebound/breakout years. Aside from a few players like Sedin, I have been slowly rebuilding my team with players who either had/have little value (who I happen to like) or players who had a down year(s) recently. This basic rebuilding plan of buy low, sell high is a risky one but hopefully it pays off. Phase 1 is basically complete, and now I wait and see how my guys preform at the start of the season. The next phase of my rebuild all really depends on how my team preforms. More that likely I will continue to slowly get better, with the goal of being a top team for the 2012/13 season. If things go for a complete shit job, I will take a good look at who has good value and make some smart trade where I could load up on players/prospects who are on the verge of making it/breaking out. Anyway my team is full of low value guys with potential to surprise, but here are a few players I am expecting big things from

Paul Stastny - Has big years in the past, and really counting on him have a big one
Ville Leino - I just like this guy, and I expect big things in Buffalo
JVR, Campbell & Upshall - These guys should all get top line minutes

Kyle fucking Turris!

Frolik
Seguin

hong57 wroteCOLONKyle fucking Turris!

Nope.

sgupca wroteCOLONFrolik
Seguin

You cant say nothing bout Seguin. Remember how strongly opinionated you were that Seguin would be a bust pick. Now you are expecting breakout and wont trade him. Come on Guptil.

Quick List:
-Cody Hodgson
-Jan Mursak
-Nino Niederriter
-Time Erixon

Somewhat
-Matt Fraser- he won't be making much noise on the NHL level, but will establish himself in the AHL making solid strides to NHL.

214_Stars wroteCOLONMatt Fraser- he won't be making much noise on the NHL level, but will establish himself in the AHL making solid strides to NHL.

*fap fap fap*

Shit. You were talking about Matt. Not Mark. FUCK.

I'd like to see the Edmonton goaltending improve. They've got a much better group of defensemen in front of them plus they bring in some solid veteran forwards to balance the youth. I don't think the Oilers will be a playoff team but they won't be vying for the 1st pick in the draft either. For the long-term health of my team, I hope Dubnyk is the guy that takes that starting job from Khabibulin during the season and can be their main guy for the near future. Bulin doesn't have a lot of value after his contract expires and if Dubnyk flames out, I'm in a lot of trouble in net.