2015-16 Minnesota Wild Top 10 Prospects
A look at the Minnesota Wild top 10 prospects heading into the 2015-16 season. The Minnesota Wild are a team that tries to build and develop via the draft. They seldom trade off picks from the first two rounds and…
2015-16 Florida Panthers Top 10 Prospects
A look at the Florida Panthers top 10 prospects heading into the 2015-16 season. 1. Lawson Crouse: Left Wing – 6’4” / 215 lbs Drafted: 11th overall in the first round of the 2015 draft by the Panthers. After Connor McDavid…
2015-16 Edmonton Oilers Top 10 Prospects
The former dynasty of the 1980’s has had a decade of not being able to win anything other than draft lotteries. With current former first overall draft picks from previous drafts on the roster such as Taylor Hall, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins…
2015-16 Detroit Red Wings Top 10 Prospects
The Red Wings are widely regarded as one of the premier franchises in the NHL, in part because of their remarkable streak of 24 consecutive appearances in the playoffs. Another reason the Wings are regarded so highly is their commitment…
2015-16 Carolina Hurricanes Top 10 Prospects
The Hurricanes have one of the weaker prospect pools in the NHL and the main reason why is an inability to draft and develop players. In the last ten years, Carolina has a terrible track record with their draft picks…
2015-16 Boston Bruins Top 10 Prospects
Rookie GM Don Sweeney has inherited a team that fell well short of Championship aspirations and a salary cap situation that demanded roster moves. At the draft Sweeney made some controversial trades, in particular the trade of Dougie Hamilton, but…
2015-16 Buffalo Sabres Top 10 Prospects
After two seasons of historically bad teams, the Sabres now have accumulated a wealth of talented prospects which has allowed them to acquire some quality NHL talent in Evander Kane, Ryan O’Reilly and Robin Lehner. While GM Tim Murray was…
2015-16 Dallas Stars Top 10 Prospects
The Dallas stars were one of the highest scoring teams in the NHL last season and will continue to be a prolific offensive team with a core of Tyler Seguin, Jamie Benn, Jason Spezza and Patrick Sharp in place. The…
2015-16 Colorado Avalanche Top 10 Prospects
Since the 2009 draft where Colorado loaded up with Matt Duchene, Ryan O’Reilly, Stefan Elliott, and Tyson Barrie, it has been feast or famine for the Av’s, and more famine than feast. As a result of poor drafting and/or developing,…
2015-16 Chicago Blackhawks Top 10 Prospects
The Champs have a history of winning Cups and then having salary cap issues force them to purge important players. This offseason is no different with the loss of star players Brendan Saad, Patrick Sharp and Johnny Oduya. The Hawks…
2015-16 Calgary Flames Top 10 Prospects
It doesn’t seem so long ago that the Calgary Flames seemed to be desperately holding onto their aging core of veterans such as Jarome Iginla and Miikka Kipprusof, living in seemingly a state of denial with little to no promising…
2015-16 Arizona Coyotes Top 10 Prospects
Coyotes GM Don Maloney is taking the slow build from the ground up approach with the Coyotes, and after several years of patience, the payoff is within sight. The Coyotes have shown great resistance with their young prospects and keeping…