Which Prospect will break out next season!
 

Who do you guys think will have a break out season next year(assuming there is one).

1. Chriss higgins
2. Marcel hossa
3. Andrei Kastitsyn
4. Alexander Perezhogan
5. Ron Hainsey
6. Mike Komisarek
7. None, they are all still learning and wont be ready to break out next season.

My choice, Hossa, dont ask me why, but i just think hes gona be ready!

ill say higgins
but komi will break out as well

I'll go with Hainsey or Perezhogin.

Hainsey is definitely pushing for a spot - if he doesn't break out with Montreal, then maybe it'll be with another team if he's traded during the off-season.

Perezhogin seems to really be adjusting well to the game, meanwhile. He's been almost a point per game in the past thirty games with Hamilton, if I understand correctly. He had a hat trick a week or so ago, too. One of the top rookie scorers in the AHL I believe. If he can contribute well during the Calder Cup playoffs, he may garner enough attention to warrant a call-up, pending a good preseason showing.

Higgins could also make the team next year, but I have a feeling he will take a while to start contributing offensively. If his early season games this year were anything to go by, at least he's good enough defensively to stick with the big team.

Both Hossa and Hainsey have to break-out next season.

Ya actually higgins was my second choice, but he lacks come nhl experience and i think that may hold him back. As for Komi, i think he is still a few years away, since almost all big defenseman take time. Look at Souray for example. But who know, i mean who expected Ryder to break out!

thats right for all we know another ryder could be ready to come in next year avoiding the radar right now.

Maybe they will all break out :D

Am i dreaming or what?

Perhaps someone like Ferland or Milroy (or Cote!) could surprise. You never know.

But I'd still put my money on somebody like Perez or Higgins.
Plekanec could also be a safe bet - he's been the model of consistency, plus he's a good defensive player. If it weren't for our glut at centre, I'd choose him as a potential break-out player.

Kastitsyn or Higgins are the two ponies I'll bet on.

I could see Higgins fitting in quite nicely with the habs as early as next year. I wouldn't be disappointed if he ended up starting the year in Hamilton, but I would be a little surprised if he ended the year there. Then again it is so hard to say what kind of things could happen between now and then (free agent signnigs, trades, etc.). Plus, his bro posts here. How cool is that.

Kastitsyn seems to have all the tools to be one of those players who doesn't have to spend a day in the AHL before playing inthe NHL. I'm not saying he shouldn't spend next year in Hamilton, I'm just saying I could see him coming over and just knocking managements/coaching staffs socks off and him breaking camp with the team. Maybe this is just wishful thinking, but hey it could happen.

Perezhogin could also make an impact next year, I just get this feeling he won't generate the same type of impact as Kastitsyn will. Everything I've heard about him sounds good, so......

Hossa/Hainsey...well I guess next year is going to be the real make it/break it year for those two. Hopefully Hossa's new found success in Hamilton of late will carry on through the AHL playoffs and into camp next year. He seems to have alot of decent NHL skills, and could potentially play on any of the top three lines. Hainsey needs an attitude adjustment before he can continue imrpoving his game at the NHL level. The sad thing about him, is for a guy who a couple seasons ago was year ahead of Komisarek, development wise, is now at least a year behind him. Best case senerio I can see for him next year would be as the habs 7th dman getting into maybe a game a week if injuries don't creep in.

Plekanec deserses mention as well, I just don't see a spot for him right now, but like I eluded to earlier, things can change quite a bit month to month in the NHL.

I think it will be 8-There shall not be a season!
But too keep are hope up, for some reason I see/hope Hossa. Could fill the need Montreal has so he sould be given a shot...again!

I agree, i also think Hossa is going to be the one. Again i dont know why!

In terms of which of those players will have an impact next season (hopefully) I think it's got to be Hainsey and Hossa, especially in Hossa's case, they'll be regular contributors to the team next year, next I see Plekanec or Higgins making an impact but i think it's going to be one or the other...it's too bad as much as I like Plekanec, I just can't see where he fits in our future plans...Perezhogin will still need seasoning I believe but should warrant a callup by mid season I imagine...I know this makes for a Young lineup, but we can't leave them in the minors forever...

I'd be surprised if Hainsey broke out next season. He's shown little to no development since being drafted. His weaknesses in his draft year are still his weaknesses now.

Thats an excellent point Mike8!

Can we say BUST.

I hope not i really do, because he really could be a tremendous D.

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hainsey will probably never break out because he's the kind of player who dont come to play every night...

so i guess that Kastitsyn and komisarek will break out next year maybe.....

for hossa... a trade might help him improve i guess because with the habs he can be stock for a while in hamilton.

For Higgins i dont have any idea... i dont really that guy

did you mean to say you dont really like the guy. Could you please explain why?

I dont see any reason too not like him!

Higgins and Kasty.

Higgins could have a break out season, but more as a valuable 3rd liner. I don't think he has the offensive skill to put up great numbers next year, but can still be a valuable part of this team nonetheless.

Kastitsyn is hard to guage, but if he comes in and displays the offensive skills we've been hearing about, he could have a huge year and put up some big numbers, especially considering he might have the chance to play with the likes of Koivu, Zed, Ribs, Kovalev or Ryder.

I think Higgins is going to surprise a lot of people once he makes the NHL. He's not a defensive stalwart as he's been labelled. He's an offense-first player that has a great amount of hockey sense and anticipation so he excels in the neutral zone in forcing turnovers similarly to Sundstrom. But he's still an offense-first player with a nose for the net and a great shot.

I'd think Komisarek's due for a strong campaign next season, but a lot depends on who's resigned.

Ya i agree Mike8 i also think its unfair to label Higgins as a defensive player. The man was drafted in the first round, im sure he has a lot of offensive upside!

While I don't think Higgins is a defensive player, I just think it will take him two or three seasons before he can really contribute offensively and become a top 6 player. But in the meantime, he would be a very good 3rd line winger with some offensive upside.

Higgins isn't like some guys who are only good for top 6 or nothing. He'll start off as a fiesty 3rd liner who can play good defence and chip in with some goals here or there and maybe get 30 or 40 pts his 1st season. But over the years he'll slowly develop his offensive skills to the point where he's a good 1st line winger and a 25-35 type of player who will be a complete player at both ends of the rink.

Just the way I see it.

I think sometimes when a prospect show defensive responsibility that gets him unfairly labelled as a defensive forward.

That's the exact same way I see Higgins future as well

Hainsey. I don't even think he warrented getting demoted this season. He was playing some good hockey.

I don't like how management is using him. With Komo, they play him even though he had a really bad stretch. If it were Hainsey, he'd be back in Hamilton now.

Hainsey's got all the tools to be great, and I think he'll wake up and perform next season.

They didnt demote Hainsey for his play, but rather his attitude and work ethic.

Komo has an excellent work ethic as well as a very good attitude. He is mature.

I just hope there's a season next year! But if there is it will be interesting what they do with Hossa and Hainsey cause sending them down could cost us as I don't think they would clear waivers.

As for breakout, in the NHL tough to say who will make the team if there's a season cause several guys should be considered for a spot, but I don't think we will have many rookies on the team next year.

Komo if he keeps progressing should have a big season.

Higgins, Perezhogin, Plekanec, Hossa, Hainsey, Beauchemin and if signed Kastsitsyn should all get a very good look at camp, but since all won't make it, it's going to be interesting to see who does and how they do.

But another point is what prospect will breakout next year outside of the NHL. Lapierre is my pick, as I see him really improving next year, and maybe even a outside shot at Team Canada's U-20. O'Byrne and Korpikari would also be my picks, but I'm interested in seeing what Locke, Shasby, Milroy, Archer, and Lambert do next season (hopefully all will be in Hamilton)