2016-17 Top 10 Los Angeles Kings Prospects
The Kings have been a perennial Stanley Cup Contender for years now with a core of drafted and developed stars in Drew Doughty, Anze Kopitar and Jonathan Quick. To sustain their competitive status teams must continue to feed the roster…
2016-17 Top 10 Florida Panthers Prospects
The Florida Panthers have been a rebuilding team for most of their existence in the NHL it seems. Since Dale Tallon was brought on board, things have been looking brighter and the franchise is on the cusp of turning the…
2016-17 Top 10 Edmonton Oilers Prospects
The Edmonton Oilers have won more than their fair share of draft lotteries recently, but in the 2015 draft they won the Power Ball and drafted Connor McDavid. Having McDavid will cover up a lot of warts in their drafting…
2016-17 Top 10 Detroit Red Wings Prospects
There is a changing of the guard coming in Detroit. With Pavel Datsyuk gone to the KHL and Henrik Zetterberg and Niklas Kronwall both 35-years old, the Red Wings will be looking to the next generation to carry the load…
2016-17 Top 10 Dallas Stars Prospects
The Dallas Stars are a franchise whose window to win is just opening up. The core of the team, Tyler Seguin, Jamie Benn and John Klingberg, are all in their prime. Management has done a good job of surrounding them…
2016-17 Columbus Blue Jackets Top 10 Prospects
Since joining the NHL as an expansion franchise, Columbus has not had a lot of success. Though they have done a very good job of drafting and developing players, which is evident in the AHL affiliate Lake Erie claiming a…
2016-17 Top 10 Colorado Avalanche Prospects
Over the last decade the Colorado Avalanche drafting and developing prospects has had its hits and misses, with some pretty big hits and pretty big misses. First round draft history bears this out with home run picks in Nathan MacKinnon,…
2016-17 Top 10 Chicago Blackhawks Prospects
It has been well documented that the key to success in the salary cap era is to have a steady and consistent flow of prospects that can step in and contribute. The Hawks have been a successful franchise winning three…
2016-17 Top 10 Carolina Hurricanes Prospects
At this time last year I said Carolina had one of the weaker prospect pools in the NHL. They have a poor track record of drafting and developing over the past decade. Ron Francis has done yeoman’s work in this…
2016-17 Top 10 Calgary Flames Prospects
The past few seasons for the Calgary Flames have been a rollercoaster of a ride. After finally embracing a rebuild and turning to youth in Sean Monahan and Johnny Gaudreau, the Flames made it back into the playoffs in 2015.…
2016-17 Top 10 Buffalo Sabres Prospects
After several years of cellar dwelling in the NHL standings, the Sabres have enjoyed several early first round draft picks which they have parlayed into future star players and current roster players in Jack Eichel, Sam Reinhart, Zemgus Girgensons to…
2016-17 Top 10 Boston Bruins Prospects
It is difficult to know what the Boston Bruins are at the moment. On one hand, they are a team not too far removed from a Stanley Cup Championship and a Cup final appearance with some players from their core…