In recent years, the Senators development system has been a very important piece to the team’s success. With players like Robin Lehner, Mike Hoffman, Mark Stone, Jean-Gabriel Pageau, and Mika Zibanejad all recently graduating from prospect status, the pool may have become depleted.
While the Senators don’t have a great prospect pool, the team will get a shot to replenish some of the system with 3 top 50 picks in this season’s upcoming draft. In terms of where the Sens stand today, here’s the start to a small series which ranks the Senators’ top 20 prospects, before the 2015 NHL entry draft.