The annual NEFHL prospect rankings based off The Hockey News Future Watch.
This year’s winner is the St. Louis Blues with a total of 9 prospects followed closely by the Carolina Hurricanes which kind of surprised me even though Jeff drafts well, it’s not usually in the top 10s so he’s been able to grab some quality talent with later picks.
The top 10 is pretty even with 6 from the West and 4 from the East. The top 10 also owns 59 of the top 100 prospects.
Reminder: the lower the score, the better
St. Louis – 9 prospects for a total of 424 points
Shane Wright (4). Brandt Clakrke (9), Fabian Lysel (21), Scott Morrow (48), Connor McMichael (49), Filip Mesar (54), Luke Evangalista (61), Fedor Svechkov (85), Artem Duda (93)
Carolina – 8 prospects for a total of 518 points
Alexander Nikishin (30), Connor Geekie (46), Connor Zary (60), Brendan Brisson (68), Ville Heinola (71) Isak Rosen (73), Jacob Bernard-Docker (81), Jeremie Poirer (89)
Nashville – 6 prospects for a total of 300 points
Denton Mateychuk (29), Brennan Othmann (31), Mackie Samoskevich (39), Bobby Brink (51), Ivan Miroschnichenko (56), William Dufour (94)
Florida – 6 prospects for a total of 431 points
Pyotr Kochetkov (52). Rutger McGroarty (57), Scott Perunovich (77), Stanislav Svozil (79), Issac Howard (80), Mavric Lamoureux (86)
Toronto – 5 prospects for a total of 181 points
Simon Edvinsson (2), Matthew Knies (18), Marco Kasper (19), Shakir Mukhamadullin (42), Topi Niemela (100)
Detroit – 5 prospects for a total of 190 points
Kevin Korchinski (14), Thomas Harley (26), Owen Pickering (40), Lian Bichsel (44), Nathan Gaucher (66)
San Jose – 5 prospects for a total of 217 points
Simon Nemec (6), Joakim Kemell (24), Filip Bystedt (27), Brad Lambert (62), Zach L’Heureux (98)
Anaheim – 5 prospects for a total of 250 points
Luke Hughes (3), Mavrik Bourque (38), Xavier Bourgault (45), Carter Mazur (69), Jean Luc Foudy (95)
Calgary – 5 prospects for a total of 275 points
Logan Stankoven (13), Alex Turcotte (58), Tyson Foerster (63), Lane Hutson (65), Corson Cuelemans (76)
Chicago – 5 prospects for a total of 305 points
Matthew Coronato (23), Jonathan Lekkermaki (47), Oskar Olausson (67), Jackson Lacombe (78), Jagger Firkus (90)
Boston – 5 prospects for a total of 369 points
Jakob Pelletier (43). Hendrix Lapierre (64), Lukas Cormier (83), Victor Soderstrom (88), Zach Dean (91)
Minnesota - 4 prospects for a total of 82 points
Logan Cooley (1), Lukas Reichel (16), Sebastien Cossa (32), Dustin Wolf (33)
Washington – 4 prospects for a total of 154 points
William Eklund (12). Marco Rossi (20), Aatu Raty (35), Nick Robertson (87)
Las Vegas – 4 prospects for a total of 167 points
Yaroslav Askarov (7), Jesper Wallstedt (8), Zac Jones (70), Nikita Chibrikov (82)
Montreal – 3 prospects for a total of 123 points
Jiri Kulich (15), Philip Tomasino (34), Lukas Dostal (74)
New York Islanders – 3 prospects for a total of 161 points
David Jiricek (5). Thomas Bordeleau (59), Jani Nyman (97)
Pittsburgh – 2 prospects for a total of 58 points
Ridly Greig (22), Olen Zellweger (36)
Dallas – 2 prospects for a total of 65 points
Matthew Savoie (28), Chaz Lucius (37)
Ottawa – 2 prospects for a total of 66 points
Brock Faber (25), Danila Yurov (41)
Seattle – 2 prospects for a total of 82 points
Cutter Gauthier (10), Reid Schafer (72)
New Jersey – 2 prospects for a total of 86 points
Pavel Mintyukov (11), Tobias Brjornfot (75)
Vancouver – 2 prospects for a total of 144 points
Zachary Bolduc (50), Frank Nazar (96)
Edmonton – 2 prospects for a total of 152 points
Liam Ohgren (53), Akira Schmid (99)
Colorado – 2 prospects for a total of 176 points
Owen Beck (84), Justin Baron (92)
Arizona – 1 prospect for a total of 17 points
Jimmy Snuggerud (17)
New York Rangers – 1 prospect for a total of 55 points
Noah Ostlund (55)
Teams without a top 100 prosect:
Buffalo, Columbus, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Tampa Bay, Winnipeg