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The Mighty Ducks' nest runneth over: The MD of A are about to reap the benefits of some great drafting, and a little good fortune. Joffrey Lupul, Corey Perry, Ryan Getzlaf, and Ladislav Smid, all recent first round draft choices are all about to come into their own. Meanwhile, such undrafted free agents as Dustin Penner and Ryan Shannon have developed in Portland under rookie coach Kevin Dineen far faster than anyone could have expected.
This is the first year that an ECHL team's player has broken the FAB50, but what a player! The Alaska Aces' Chris Beckford-Tseu's rapid rise through the ranks took him straight from the ECHL on the speed tour to the NHL for a stint was impressive enough to knock him just up one notch from the Ones2Watch rankings of AA players and to the final spot of the MLN FAB50 Hockey 2006.
The River Rats may be hoping for a Democratic comeback: The Rats haven't had a winning season since the Clinton Administration. They do have a knack for developing good young pieces that find a way to fit in New Jersey. This year's Rats boast surefire future NHLers, namely Barry Tallackson, Aleksander Suglabov, and Petr Vrana.
