Best underated players to use

[gamerk2]

Maxim Lapierre. Great third line center and PK player. You need one of him on every team as far as I'm concerned.

[ManiacMatt1782]

Zherdev. 90 speed, high 80's shooting attributes, but only a 74 overall. Grabner is a young tsllent who prgresses. Not right for this list in my opinion.

[MuscleFace]

Lombardi from PHX and Helm from DET. Mainly for their speed and decently cheap contract.

[ERA]

Maxime Talbot. Such a great skater, on the game he plays like he is Claude Giroux Jr.

[Cycloniac]

Jay McClement (Vancouver). Great 3rd/4th liner and PK guy. Excellent on faceoffs, and has a decent shot.

Manny Malholtra (also on Vancouver) fits a similair shutdown-center mold.

I think Michael Ryder is kind of underated. Average skater, but great shot. Good as an extra forward on the powerplay.

[ChiTown88]

i'm straight money with Bryan Bickell

[jhendricks316]

Darren Helm is an amazing skater. I also traded for Magnus Paajarvi, and he can really hit, even though all his attributes don't suggest that.

[gopher1409]

Quote: Originally Posted by D-MAC©®

TTT Chris Kreider rated 71 age 21 4*'s. PWF 6'3" 225 lbs good 3-4 liner with 86 speed, dencent hands, good physical stats.

I traded for Kreider in my GM. Best move I've ever made. His offensive skills progress up to at least 4 1/2 and, because he's a PWF, he can hold his own in front of the net and the defensive end.

Year 1 he was 68 and played on my 3rd/4th line.
Year 2 he improved to 72 and played 3rd line
Year 3 he got up to 79/80 and played 2nd/3rd line
Year 4 he exploded up to 84 and holds down my 2nd line LW 30g, 25a in 62 games so far.

If you sign him to a 4-5 year deal when he's an RFA, he'll easily outperform his contract by the 3rd year.