Heres our weekly look at the fortunes of some of the games brightest young stars. Behold, the latest under-24 player rankings.HotJohnny Gaudreau, LW, Calgary FlamesJohnny Hockey has put a slow start -- which included belated contract negotiations and a broken finger -- behind him to get back into the same groove that saw him score 30 goals and collect 78 points last season. Gaudreau has two goals and seven assists in his past five games for a Flames team fighting for the Western Conferences first wild-card spot. Four of those assists were collected on the power play as Calgary has battled its way out of an early hole and into the race for a Pacific Division playoff berth.If the Flames are going to stay in the hunt, the 23-year-old Gaudreau, the 104th pick in 2011, will be a key factor. He has helped ignite frequent linemate and power-play sidekick?Sean Monahan, who has eight points in his past six games.Rasmus Ristolainen, D, Buffalo SabresBuffalo isnt anywhere close to being out of the woods just yet. But with Jack Eichel back and healthy (and producing like crazy) and with the offense slowly lurching into gear, the Sabres are playing some of their best hockey of the season in spite of ranking dead last in goals scored per game. Among the recent contributors has been Ristolainen, 22, the eighth-overall pick in 2013. The lanky Finn has a power-play goal and seven assists, two on the power play, in his past six games. Ristolainen is averaging a whopping 26:39 a night in ice time, first on the team and fifth among all NHL skaters.Matt Murray, G, Pittsburgh PenguinsOK, so when do we start including Murray, the 22-year-old wunderkind for the defending Stanley Cup champion Penguins, in our Vezina Trophy discussions? Murray missed time at the beginning of the season with a wrist injury but has won all five of his December appearances while posting a .945 save percentage. Overall, hes a dynamic 12-2-0 with a 1.93 goals-against average. Hell have to be even better in the coming days, now that star defenseman Kris Letang is out for several weeks with a lower-body injury. But the answer to the initial question? Now.NotBo Horvat, C, Vancouver CanucksThere is no doubt that Horvat -- the ninth-overall pick in 2013 by the Canucks, who obtained the draft pick in the big deal that sent?Cory Schneider to the?New Jersey Devils?--?is a key part of the Canucks rebuild. (Even if no one in team management or ownership wants to call it a rebuild.) But after a promising November that saw the speedy Horvat collect 12 points, he has gone dry in December, with just one assist in seven games. Still, Horvat has won the second-most faceoffs on the team and is averaging 17:17 a night in ice time. But those ups and down are typical for a young player -- Horvat is 21 -- and its been typical for a team fighting to stay in the playoff hunt despite an ugly minus-21 goal differential.Christian Dvorak, C, Arizona CoyotesFor every Patrik Laine, Auston Matthews or Zach Werenski, there are more youngsters like Dvorak for whom the learning curve at the NHL level is imposingly steep. The Coyotes are now without young star winger Max Domi, whos out with a hand injury and who also played junior hockey with Dvorak in London, Ontario,?for the foreseeable future.Arizona is 29th in goals scored, and thats not going to change unless some of its young players start to find their way around the net. Dvorak came out of junior as a high-end offensive talent, but in a season split between the NHL and AHL, the 20-year-old has just two goals in 26 games for the struggling Coyotes. He has one assist in his past 10 games -- even as Arizona enjoyed a rare two-game win streak after knocking off Matthews and his Toronto Maple Leafs in a shootout on Thursday.Mikhail Grigorenko, C, Colorado AvalancheGrigorenko was the 12th-overall pick in 2012 and was a centerpiece of the big deal that sent Ryan OReilly?to the Sabres before the start of last season. So far its been an uphill struggle for the 22-year-old -- just as its been a battle for most of his teammates. Grigorenko has 10 points in 27 games -- and just two assists in his past seven games -- after a two-game scoring streak to close out November.Young guns showdownRyan Hartman, LW, Chicago Blackhawks versus Colton Parayko, D, St. Louis Blues, Saturday, 8 p.m. ETIt looks like Hartman, the 30th pick in 2013, will get a chance to play with Blackhawks captain Jonathan Toews, who is back from an extended stay on the disabled list, and renaissance veteran Marian Hossa. Its been an up-and-down ride for Hartman, 22, who picked up just his third assist in his past 10 games in Thursdays come-from-behind win over the New York Islanders.Meanwhile, Parayko -- the 6-foot-5 23-year-old who is in his second season with the Blues -- is still looking for his first goal of 2016-17. He has two assists in his past eight games. He and the Blues will try to close the gap in the Central Division on the first-place Blackhawks by improving on their 13-1-3 dominant home record.Gunner Olszewski Jersey . You can watch the game live on TSN at 7:30pm et/4:30pm pt. The Flyers had won seven of eight before dropping their last two outings on consecutive days over the weekend. Philadelphia was handed a 6-3 loss by the visiting Tampa Bay Lightning on Saturday afternoon before dropping a 4-1 decision to the Rangers the following night in New York City. Dontrelle Inman Jersey . "We have always prided ourselves on the way we play defence. 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Durant scored 32 points and the Thunder beat the Bulls 107-95 on Thursday night for their eighth straight win.England coach Trevor Bayliss has admitted the possibility of players pulling out of the Test tour of Bangladesh due to security concerns would create a conundrum when it comes to naming the squad for India.Bayliss preference is for the same squad to be used for the seven-Test stretch across Bangladesh and India and he said he had his fingers crossed that all those selected would undertake the tour. Players have been given assurances that if they did withdraw from Bangladesh it would not impact future selection, but the proximity of the two Test series - with no warm-up matches in India - would create a dilemma.Moeen Ali, who is certain to be part of the Test squad, is the only England player to publicly confirm without question that he will tour, although Jonny Bairstow has also come close and Alastair Cook is reported to have given private assurances he will lead the Test side. Bayliss himself, as with his assistant Paul Farbrace, said he had no concerns about the trip.It would be a bit hard to actually pick one [squad] and then another one. That could get down to who wants to go and who doesnt I suppose, but ultimately it would be best for the team to have one team [for both tours], he said.When pressed if a players place in India was directly linked to touring Bangladesh, Bayliss added: Well, they might not say that, but its a bridge weve got to cross if that happens. Ive sort of got the fingers crossed that it doesnt occur. It might be a difficult decision if that happens.Eoin Morgan, who would only be part of the one-day squad, has still to decide whether he will travel but Bayliss was hopeful of a mass undertaking. I think most of them will, he said. Im not sure if theres anyone come out, certainly they havent said anything to me one way or another.Andrew Strauss, the director of England cricket, has continued to have meetings with players who hold concerns while the naming of the squads was pushed back to allow more time after the series against Pakistan finishes.Away from the security-related issues surrounding Bangladesh, the one-day and Test squads present different challenges for the selectors. Bayliss, who indicated he does not expect any players to be rested for the ODIs, despite the workload on the likes of Joe Root, said it was often difficult to decide which players to leave out of the one-day squaad.dddddddddddd There remains more uncertainty around the Test permutations with a couple of places still up for debate.I know James Whitaker [the national selector] would like to get as much of the county season in before its selected. They are probably like me, doodling and picking teams. I think in my mind Im reasonably close. There are one or two positions in a squad of 16 that could go either way.Chief among those are the opening batsman to partner Cook, with Alex Hales place under threat after a lean series against Pakistan, and the extra spinner - or spinners - alongside Moeen and Adil Rashid.England gave Liam Dawson an ODI debut in Cardiff with an eye on the touring squads and Bayliss praised his game sense and guts after the Pakistan batsmen came after him. Dawsons first spell of four overs cost 41 runs, but he returned to remove the two top scorers, Sarfraz Ahmed and Shoaib Malik, to give England a chance of coming from behind for victory.He will certainly be in discussions, I would have thought, Bayliss said with regard the Test squad. Hes a guy whos got something about him. He bats, bowls and hes a pretty good fielder as well. But its his game sense, he knows how to play the game, he almost knows whats going to happen before it happens, hes one of those type of players.They came out to attack him playing his first game and he took it on the chin, he kept going, he kept bowling. He flattened it out a little bit I suppose but he didnt bowl badly even when they were getting hold of him, one or two in those first three or four overs just went wide of mid-on. On another day they could be out, but he had enough guts to throw one or two up and he got his rewards in his second spell.Another player strongly tipped to be included is the 19-year-old Lancashire opener Haseeb Hameed who has had a prolific County Championship season scoring 1129 runs at 53.76. He was visited by Whitaker and Strauss at Old Trafford last week while Bayliss said his youth - this has been his first full season - would not be a concern.If hes good enough, hes old enough. No, I wouldnt have any problem. There have been some young players making some runs who are coming into calculations which is very exciting.Cheap JerseysChina NFL Jerseys[/g into calculations which is very excitingale Baseball Jerseys ' ' '