Top 15 five years from now
 

I realize this question could go many ways, but who do you think the top 15 in point scoring will be in 4 or 5 years from now?

(Not in any particular order)

Crosby
Malkin
Stamkos
Ovechkin
RNH
Giroux
Seguin
Tavares
Eberle
Hall
Backstrom
Benn
Toews
Neal
Yakupov

Mackinnon?
Galchenyuk?
Granlund?
Huberdeau?

I am sure i missed a few potentials?

Far, far too many variables here for me to even fathom a guess. I try not to do it even on a year to year basis.

quite impossible to predict. too far down the road. anything more than year-by-year prediction is incredibly unlikely to be reliable

I'm feeling ballsy here or maybe it's the eggnog talking. All aboard, he we go...

1. Crosby
2. Stamkos
3. Malkin
4. Giroux
5. Tavares
6. Seguin
7. Eberle....yeah, i said it :p
8. RNH
9. Backstrom
10. Ovechkin
11. Benn
12. Yakupov
13. Kopitar
14. Parise
15. Hall

Youth is served. That's my outlook in 4-5 years. Many just off the list....Kane x 2, Toews, Skinner, Gally, Granlund, Hubs, Staal, Getz, Perry, Ryan, Couture, Duchene, Tarasenko ..list goes on...

For heaven's sake, it's Christmas time, make some predictions. It's just for fun and might offer up some discussion during the bore-fest that is the lockout....give'er ;)

Here we Go!!!!

1 Crosby
2 Tavares
2 Kuznetsov
3 MaKinnon
4 Ovechkin
5 RNH
6 Yakupov
7 Stamkos
8 Hall
9 Mcdavid
10 Barkov
11 Backstrom
12 Strome
13 Eberle
14 Kopitar
;15 Seguin/Giroux/Malkin TIE

top of head 3 minutes

Exactly what i was thinking. Nobody loses their birthday if they are wrong.

Top 5

Crosby
Stamkos
Malkin
Giroux
Seguin


After that I think it just gets dicey. Lots of factors come into play but I can see things go as follows:


Ovechkin
Tavares
Backstrom
Kopitar
Benn

I don't personally think Yakupov, Eberle or Hall are in top 10 in scoring. I do believe ALL 3 will be in top 25 scoring however. Lot's of pucks to go around in Edmonton and lots of guys on the score sheet, but I think to some degree they sorta cancel each other out a little bit.

Ill open it up to top 16 so you can sneak malkin in there

Lets do this ....


Crosby
Stamkos
Tavares
Giroux
RNH
Malkin
Ovechkin
Seguin
Backstrom
Eberle
Hall
Yakupov
Toews
Benn
Neal


Too early to rank in the young guys with the elite, so I'll rank them separately.

Huberdeau
Mackinnon
Galchenyuk
Granlund