Weekly Prospects Wrap-up: Midseason Ranking and Second-Half Preview

After a brief winter break and technical difficulty hiatus, the Weekly Prospects Wrap-up is back! With the bye week almost finished for the parent club, it is about time that the first half of the season for the minor and junior league-ers be reviewed.

Altogether it was a sound start to the season for some top Sabres prospects. Casey Mittelstadt, Linus Ullmark, Victor Olofsson, and C.J. Smith were just some of the names that were repeated with praise weekly here these first few months. Some others were disappointing and others had some surprising first halves.

Add all of those together and that creates a ranking. For this short and specific ranking, previous seasons and performances were…