Dylan Larkin has 2 goals in his second game with the Griffins

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Griffs up 4-0 after 2.

Huss

May 25th, 2015 at 10:52 PM ^

Interesting that you'd rank Athanasiou over Mantha.  I'd like to think it's more of a compliment to AA's progress and less a slight to Mantha.  Mantha is still a tremendous prospect - but our farm system is just that good right now.

A potential line of Helm-Larkin-Athansiou makes me feel weird in my pants.

Randy Marsh

May 25th, 2015 at 11:08 PM ^

Granted I'm no expert and I don't think Mantha is bad, but he seems to disappear too often/take shifts off and float a lot. AA has Helm speed but more skill and I just think his ceiling is higher. I've seen Larkin compared to Jonathan Toews (which, cool) and that seems about right.

AJMaize

May 26th, 2015 at 10:29 AM ^

Couldn't agree more with your ranking. Last summer I attended the Red Wings summer prospects camp up in Traverse a City and Athanasiou was the best player on the ice. That guy is going to be a monster if he keeps improving the way he has been.

flashOverride

May 25th, 2015 at 11:21 PM ^

Man, that is some serious potential. I know it's a bummer watching the sand run out of the hourglass with Pav and Hank and still only one Cup (Datsyuk has two, but in 2002 he was a rookie on a team of gods of a previous era, that wasn't "his" team like it is now), but, wow, future: Nyquist, Tatar, Sheahan, Glendening, Ferraro, Jurco, Pulkkinen, Mantha, Athanasiou, Larkin, all under 27. That is some forward depth, with guys like Abdelkader and Helm still with hopefully long careers ahead. I still think they could use a couple more defensemen, but between the forwards and Mrazek I'm thrilled for the Aprils, Mays, and hopefully Junes to come.