With hockey leagues all around the world currently in full swing, it’s now time for another edition of the Defending Big D Prospect Rankings!
Compiled once again in tandem by Derek Neumeier and Huw Wales, the last edition of these rankings was published in September.
For consistency, we are using the same definition of "prospect" that we used before: "Any player who played fewer than 25 NHL games this season or last season, or fewer than 50 NHL games overall, is considered a prospect -- the upper limit on the age cutoff is 26 years old.