Revisiting the Senators’ 2022 Draft Class
In 2021, the Ottawa Senators shifted their draft strategy, moving away from rebuilding and towards supplementing their core of Brady Tkachuk, Tim Stutzle, Jake Sanderson, Thomas Chabot, and, at the…
Prospects are one of the most important parts of an NHL franchise and over the last few years, there’s been a rise in the focus that hockey fans put on keeping track of them.
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Every year, our prospect experts analyze the state of the NHL prospect pool and how every NHL team’s farm system stacks up against the rest. Here’s just some of their work:
Prospects graduate, they get traded, they perform better or worse than expected, and sometimes they simply don’t make the cut. In recent years, it seems like the talent pool is getting deeper and better as the years go on. With a wealth of skilled prospects in the league, we take a look at the top-100 in the league.
On most teams, they have a clear-cut, number one prospect in the organization. Others have two or more that could easily take the title, but for the most part, there’s an obvious choice. In this list, we’ll take a look at just who those to prospects are.
A team’s farm system is a very fluid thing. Prospects graduate to become full-time NHL players, general managers make trades involving some of these young players, and sometimes players just don’t work out. Knowing exactly what you have, where they are in their development and what they need to accomplish next is a major responsibility of every front office.
Goaltenders have been, and will likely always be, the toughest position to evaluate in hockey. How many high draft picks haven’t panned out? How many late-round selections did? Usually, the highest-drafted goaltender doesn’t always end up being the best one down the road. Each team has its own opinion on what makes a goaltender great around the draft and how they’ll develop down the road.
With the NHL’s regular season just around the corner, we round out our offseason prospect coverage with a ranking of the best NHL prospects from each country. We only include players who have been drafted by NHL teams and who we believe have a realistic chance at becoming meaningful contributors in the NHL someday.
In 2021, the Ottawa Senators shifted their draft strategy, moving away from rebuilding and towards supplementing their core of Brady Tkachuk, Tim Stutzle, Jake Sanderson, Thomas Chabot, and, at the…
Going into the 2025-26 season, the Boston Bruins will be looking for better results after finishing with the league’s fifth-worst record at 33-39-10. While some players hit milestones and some…
The New York Rangers selected defenseman Sean Barnhill with the 70th overall selection in the third round of the 2025 NHL Entry Draft. Barnhill is a right-shot defenseman with size…
As the Montreal Canadiens prepare to open training camp, most of the attention will understandably fall on the high-profile names: Ivan Demidov, David Reinbacher, Lane Hutson, and, of course, returning…
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The Vancouver Canucks’ goaltending depth got a bit thinner with the trade of Arturs Silovs to the Pittsburgh Penguins, but with the addition of Alexei Medvedev in the 2025 NHL…
With the 2026 World Junior Championship a couple months away, national teams have started assembling some of their best under-20 talent at the annual World Junior Summer Showcase. For the…
Make no mistake about it: the Detroit Red Wings have reached the point in their rebuild where reaching the playoffs is the goal every single year from here on out….
With the Toronto Maple Leafs prospect pool not being strong as it was last year, all eyes are still going to be on Easton Cowan, Ben Danford and even Noah…
The Chicago Blackhawks have plenty of young talent on the ice and in the pipeline. But a new name added to the list might be the most unique prospect yet….