Dallas Stars

Dallas Stars

Team Depth Chart of NHL Prospects
Strengths
  • Upper-echelon forwards are progressing nicely.
  • Copious amounts of sizeable, defensive defensemen.
  • Tremendous amount of overall depth.
Weaknesses
  • Few prospects expected to reach "elite" or "gamebreaker" status.
  • Recent grabs for offensive d-men came up short.
  • Goaltending depth is limited in quantity and quality.

About Prospect Scores and Probability

Prospect Criteria

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Pro
Playing in N.A. Pro (NHL, AHL, ECHL, etc.)
CHL
Playing in CHL (OHL, QMJHL, WHL)
NCAA
Playing in NCAA
Europe
Playing in Europe
Junior
Playing in Junior 'A' (USHL, BCHL, AJHL, etc.)
N/A
Not Categorized Yet

Goaltenders

 League Prosp. talent Prob. of success
1. Jack Campbell Pro 8.0 C
2. Philippe Desrosiers CHL 7.5 C
3. Brent Moran CHL 7.0 D
4. Henri Kiviaho Pro 6.5 D
5. Maxime Lagace Pro 5.5 F

Right Wing

 League Prosp. talent Prob. of success
1. Brett Ritchie Pro 7.5 C
2. Matej Stransky Pro 7.0 D
3. Branden Troock Pro 7.0 D

Left Wing

 League Prosp. talent Prob. of success
1. Jason Dickinson CHL 7.5 C
2. Cole Ully CHL 7.0 C
3. Curtis McKenzie Pro 6.5 C
4. Remi Elie CHL 6.5 C
5. Brendan Ranford Pro 6.5 D
6. Ludwig Karlsson Pro 6.5 D
7. Matej Paulovic Junior 6.0 D

Centers

 League Prosp. talent Prob. of success
1. Devin Shore NCAA 7.5 C
2. Mattias Janmark Europe 7.5 C
3. Brett Pollock CHL 7.5 C
4. Radek Faksa Pro 6.5 B
5. Gemel Smith Pro 6.5 D
6. Emil Molin Europe 6.5 D
7. Scott Glennie Pro 6.0 C
8. Taylor Peters Pro 6.0 C

Defensemen

 League Prosp. talent Prob. of success
1. Julius Honka Pro 8.0 C
2. Jamie Oleksiak Pro 7.5 C
3. Ludvig Bystrom Europe 7.0 C
4. John Klingberg Pro 7.0 C
5. Patrik Nemeth Pro 7.0 C
6. Dmitry Sinitsyn Europe 7.0 C
7. Michael Prapavessis NCAA 7.0 C
8. Niklas Hansson Europe 7.0 D
9. Aaron Haydon CHL 7.0 D
10. Mattias Backman Pro 6.5 C
11. Aleksi Makela Europe 6.5 C
12. Alex Peters CHL 6.5 C
13. Esa Lindell Europe 6.5 D
14. Miro Karjalainen Europe 6.5 D
15. John Nyberg Europe 6.5 D
16. Troy Vance Pro 6.0 C
17. Jyrki Jokipakka Pro 6.0 C
18. Patrick Sanvido CHL 5.5 D

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Top Prospects

  1. Jack Campbell
  2. Julius Honka
  3. Brett Ritchie
  4. Jason Dickinson
  5. Jamie Oleksiak
  6. Devin Shore
  7. Philippe Desrosiers
  8. Brett Pollock
  9. Patrik Nemeth
  10. John Klingberg
  1. Cole Ully
  2. Ludvig Bystrom
  3. Michael Prapavessis
  4. Dmitry Sinitsyn
  5. Radek Faksa
  6. Matej Stransky
  7. Branden Troock
  8. Curtis McKenzie
  9. Niklas Hansson
  10. Aaron Haydon

Notable Prospects

  1. Mattias Backman
  2. Justin Dowling
  3. Remi Elie
  4. Scott Glennie
  5. Mattias Janmark
  6. Jyrki Jokipakka
  7. Miro Karjalainen
  8. Ludwig Karlsson
  9. Henri Kiviaho
  10. Maxime Lagace
  11. Esa Lindell
  1. Aleksi Makela
  2. Emil Molin
  3. Brent Moran
  4. John Nyberg
  5. Matej Paulovic
  6. Alex Peters
  7. Taylor Peters
  8. Brendan Ranford
  9. Patrick Sanvido
  10. Gemel Smith
  11. Troy Vance

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