RetroCanuck

Wow we have a lot of potential top 6 forward and goalie prospects doing extremely well. But we definitely need some top end D prospects. Hoping Benning takes 2 defenders in the top 3 rounds next draft. Although Im a believer in draft best player available we need some D prospect depth.

Forwards- Pettersson, Dahlen, Goldobin, Lind, Gaudette, Gadj, Palmu, Lockwood. Not to mention our young graduates like Bo, Boeser, Baer, Granny, Virtanen. Theres also others that could surprise such as Jasek, MacEwen and Zhukenov.

Defense- Juolevi(LD), Brisebois(LD), Chatfield(RD). All have top 4 potential but besides Juolevi not much top pairing potential. Young graduates include Stetcher and Hutton who have top 4 potential. Other more unknown guys like Pouliot, McEneny, Tryamkin, Subban have potential but whether they will be full time NHlers is questionable. One unknown Im looking forward to watching is Rathbone as we took him in the 4th round and scouting reports have him rated highly.

Goalies- Demko, DiPietro...enough said, were good. 

To some up we have some amazing up and coming prospects but are currently lacking top end defensemen. Definitely what Benning should be targeting in upcoming trades and the draft.