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Ranking The Top NHL Affiliated Prospects: Part 1 (100-76)

Welcome to the 2016 edition of “Top Shelf Prospects”.  As we go through the Summer of 2016 I will be featuring a team-by-team look at the top prospects in the NHL. I will follow the order of the first round of the NHL draft (as if there were no trades). You can find all the articles here. Since we had an extensive NHL Draft preview, I will not be reviewing the players who were drafted this year. There have been no games since then, and my reports on them will not have changed.

What I will be doing is linking you to those articles, as well as taking a look at prospects that were acquired before this year’s draft; their progress, and their chances of making the 2016-17 roster. I will also bring you one sleeper pick – a player who was either drafted in the 4th-round or later; or an undrafted free agent signing who I pick as my darkhorse to make the NHL. The cut-off for what is or isn’t a prospect is typically about 50 NHL games played or being 25 years old. These are not hard or fast rules though, and I may make some exceptions depending on the circumstances.

Ranking The Top NHL Affiliated Prospects: Part 1 (100-76)

With all thirty NHL teams reviewed its time to wrap up the series.  In order to do this we will be releasing a number of wrap up pieces this week.  Stay tuned for our organizational rankings, looking at the deepest and best prospect systems in the NHL, as well as our top 10 Calder Contenders.   How are the Calder contenders different from the top prospects you ask?  Well, our top 30 prospects are who we are picking to have the best careers, a Calder contender will be a prediction of who is going to have the best rookie season.  NHL readiness, the situation inherited (linemates and opportunities) and the fact that the Calder is typically a very difficult award for a defenceman to win in recent years all play into this.

As for today, we bring you our selection for top NHL Prospects.

Rankings 100-76

Note that by clicking on the player name you will get a full report.

#100 Ian McCoshen, Florida Panthers

McCoshen is done with Boston College and moving to the pro game. While he is mainly a defensive defenceman, he has shown some signs of untapped offense, and potential two-way game.

 

Read More at Last Word on Hockey Prospects.

 

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