Canes' Top 20 Prospects

by Cory Lavalette on Aug 27, 2008 12:20 PM EDT

My latest offering over at Hockey's Future, the team's top 20 prospects, shows a team that's slowly building up a nice pool of up-and-coming players. I had a hard time plugging a lot of the guys in an order that made sense. You could make solid arguments for Brandon Sutter, Drayson Bowman or Zach Boychuk as the team's top prospect. And how do you factor in Chris Terry's big season in Plymouth last year, the dropoff in Harrison Reed's play, or Bobby Hughes' injury woes?

We can — and surely will — disagree about who should go where, but in the end we should all agree: Carolina's getting back on the right track with their future.

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Nicely done, Cory.

I do have a couple of questions. Last year, Noah Babin was receiving a lot of high praise, but he dropped out of the top 20. What happened to this guy?

Also, I wondered in the past about some of HF’s ratings on other teams. At what point in time is a “prospect” no longer considered a “prospect”? It seems like some team’s prospects are up in the NHL. How long can they remain in the NHL, and still be considered a prospect?

by Bubba on Aug 27, 2008 12:39 PM EDT reply actions

Babin had a rough go last year … he was hurt, scratched, lost confidence … the whole sha-bang. It’s tough to know if he has a future that includes the NHL. Also, here’s the complex prospect criteria:

http://www.hockeysfuture.com/whatmakesaprospect/

Manzato was pretty high for me (higher than Peters) until we realizes he had “graduated.” If he had played in Europe his whole career, he’s still be eligible, but b/c he was drafted out of the Q, he’s no longer eligible.

by Cory on Aug 27, 2008 1:17 PM EDT reply actions