Rookie/Prospect ranking by Alan Adams for Swedish hockey magazine Pro Hockey

1. Jevgeni Malkin 31.7.1986

2. Aleksander Radulov 5.7.1986

3. Nicklas Bäckström 23.11.1987

4. Jiri Hudler 4.1.1984

5. Patrick O´Sullivan 1.2.1985

6. Gilbert Brule 1.1.1987

7. Enver Lisin 22.4.1986

8. Erik Johnson 21.3.1988

9. Jimmy Howard 26.3.1984

10. Guillaume Latendresse 24.5.1987

Profile: He is what Habs needs – Powerforward who has soft hands and hard shot and as a French Canadian he will boost his part of the Habs fans.

11. Rob Schremp 1.7.1986

12. Phil Kessel 2.10.1987

13. Jonathan Toews 29.4.1988

14. Dustin Penner 28.9.1982

15. Luc Bourdon 16.2.1987

16. David Bolland 5.6.1986

17. Benoit Pouliot 29.9.1986

18. Cam Barker 4.4.1986

19. Tuukka Rask 10.3.1987

20. Matt Carle 25.9.1984

21. Lauri Tukonen 1.9.1986

22. Roman Voloshenko 12.5.1986

23. Steve Downie 3.4.1987

24. Bobby Ryan 17.3.1987

25. Boris Valabik 14.2.1986

26. Jack Johnson 13.1.1987

27. Dustin Boyd 16.7.1986

28. Anthony Stewart 5.1.1985

29. Wojtek Wolski 24.2.1986

30. Drew Stafford 30.10.1985

Alan Adams said in his article that not everyone of these players is going to play NHL next year, but you should watch these ones in next couple of years.