Tampa Bay Lightning

Tampa Bay Lightning

Team Depth Chart of NHL Prospects
Strengths
  • Goaltending prospects
  • Stable of big, physical defensemen
  • Speedy, skilled crop of forwards
Weaknesses
  • Young centers
  • Lacking experienced offensive-minded defensemen

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. Andrey Vasilevskiy Europe 8.0 C
2. Jaroslav Janus Europe 7.0 C
3. Adam Wilcox NCAA 6.5 D
4. Pat Nagle Pro 6.5 D

Right Wing

 League Prosp. talent Prob. of success
1. Richard Panik Pro 7.5 C
2. Nikita Kucherov CHL 7.5 D
3. Brian Hart NCAA 7.0 C
4. J.T. Brown Pro 7.0 C
5. Danick Gauthier Pro 7.0 D

Left Wing

 League Prosp. talent Prob. of success
1. Nikita Gusev Europe 7.0 D
2. Alex Killorn Pro 6.5 B
3. Tanner Richard CHL 6.5 C
4. Philippe Paradis Pro 6.5 C
5. Ondrej Palat Pro 6.5 D
6. Alex Hutchings Pro 6.0 D

Centers

 League Prosp. talent Prob. of success
1. Vladislav Namestnikov Pro 7.5 C
2. Tyler Johnson Pro 7.5 D
3. Jimmy Mullin NCAA 6.5 C
4. Matthew Peca NCAA 6.5 D
5. Brendan O'Donnell NCAA 6.5 D
6. Cedric Paquette CHL 6.5 D

Defensemen

 League Prosp. talent Prob. of success
1. Slater Koekkoek CHL 7.5 C
2. Mark Barberio Pro 7.0 B
3. Dylan Blujus CHL 7.0 C
4. Nikita Nesterov Europe 7.0 D
5. Andrej Sustr Pro 7.0 D
6. Radko Gudas Pro 6.5 C
7. Charles Landry Pro 6.5 D
8. Artem Sergeev CHL 6.5 D
9. Luke Witkowski NCAA 6.0 C
10. Dmitry Korobov Pro 6.0 C
11. Daniel Milan Pro 6.0 D
12. Jake Dotchin CHL 6.0 D

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Top Prospects

  1. Andrey Vasilevskiy
  2. Vladislav Namestnikov
  3. Richard Panik
  4. Mark Barberio
  5. Slater Koekkoek
  6. J.T. Brown
  7. Dylan Blujus
  8. Alex Killorn
  9. Nikita Kucherov
  1. Tyler Johnson
  2. Jaroslav Janus
  3. Brian Hart
  4. Radko Gudas
  5. Nikita Nesterov
  6. Danick Gauthier
  7. Tanner Richard
  8. Jimmy Mullin
  9. Ondrej Palat

Notable Prospects

  1. Jake Dotchin
  2. Alex Hutchings
  3. Dmitry Korobov
  4. Charles Landry
  5. Matt Marshall
  6. Daniel Milan
  1. Pat Nagle
  2. Brendan O'Donnell
  3. Philippe Paradis
  4. Matthew Peca
  5. Andrej Sustr
  6. Adam Wilcox
  7. Luke Witkowski
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