Scott Wheeler at The Athletic is breaking down his rankings of all 32 NHL organizations’ prospect depth.
He isn’t very high on the Islanders’ collection of young players. In fact, he ranked them 31st out of the 32 franchises. And he considers only one Islanders’ prospect to be an “A” prospect.
Here’s Wheeler’s top ten Islanders’ prospects:
- Aatu Räty, C
- William Dufour, RW
- Simon Holmstrom, LW/RW
- Ruslan Ishakov, C/W
- Samuel Bolduc, LHD
- Eetu Liukas, LW
- Aleksi Malinen, LHD
- Bode Wilde, RHD
- Matias Rajaniemi, LHD
- Reece Newkirk, C
From Wheeler’s comments, “There’s Räty, alone at the top (which, even as bullish as I am on him, isn’t great), 10 kids who I’d qualify somewhere in the C-minus to B-minus range, and a pair of kids at the tail end who warrant fringe mention.