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Twenty-year-old Brent Seabrook went into the Chicago camp without the guarantee of a roster spot. 

Generally, defensemen do not make the jump to the NHL at such a young age, but the 2003 first round pick impressed enough in camp to force the Blackhawks to ship Anton Babchuk, favored to make the squad, back to Norfolk of the AHL. 

Seabrook's chance to make a big impact occurred when the No.2 offensive defenseman on the depth chart, Jaroslav Spacek, went down with an injury. 

Taking Spacek's spot on the powerplay proved a boon for Seabrook (and the Blackhawks), as he went on to tally five assists in his first two career NHL games. 

On Sunday, Spacek returned to the lineup, but the number one rearguard (Adrian Aucoin) was scratched due to a groin injury. Although he was finally held pointless, Seabrook logged nearly 20 minutes of action, and over seven minutes on the powerplay. 

In your rotisserie league, this youngster is under the radar and is no doubt very cheap. Grab him while he's hot – and while Aucoin is nursing his injury...

Seabrook's teammate Pavol Vorobiev has five points in three games. Vorobiev has always had tremendous offensive upside, but his career was derailed a few years back with knee surgery gone awry. He did not have the strongest of seasons last year in the AHL, but taking the early lead in team scoring certainly looks promising. He is streaky though, so buyer beware...

Watch Atlanta's Peter Bondra have a solid comeback season now that most of his contract is incentive laden. His six points in the first three games, however, is a little much. Don't expect more than 65 points from the Slovak sniper...

Another cheap rotisserie pickup right now would be Detroit's Mikael Samuelsson. He's only logging 13 or 14 minutes per game, but he's getting tons of quality powerplay time playing with Jason Williams and Tomas Holmstrom. Already at four points in three games, look for Samuelsson to come in around the 35 point mark by season's end. Right now, however, he is getting plenty of confidence from coach Mike Babcock, who really appreciates the speed he brings to the new NHL...

Speaking of Williams, the 25-year-old may be poised for a bit of a breakout year. He's getting thrown out there in many offensive situations, and was a point-per-game player in the AHL. His five points in the first three games is a great start, and it wouldn't surprise me to see him flirt with as much as 55 this year...

Los Angeles hotshot prospect Michael Cammalleri has only played nine minutes of the first three games thus far...

My pick to finish second in rookie scoring (to you-know-who) Jeff Carter has zero points in his first two games and is logging 13 minutes of ice time per game.

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