Over the past few weeks, we\u2019ve been breaking down every single NHL team\u2019s pipeline \u2013 giving fans a glimpse into the future. <\/p>\n
Like every year, we\u2019ve highlighted the top 10 prospects for every franchise, their biggest strengths and weaknesses, and so much more. But what makes a good prospect? You\u2019re always chasing upside \u2013 but sometimes you need players who just know how to play a specific role. I\u2019m always looking for players who work extra hard, can skate and think the game at a high level. You can be great with the puck, but if you\u2019re an awkward skater, are more of a passenger than a doer, or make dumb passes at a high rate, you\u2019re going to have a hard time making yourself indispensable. <\/p>\n
Your play away from the puck is, arguably, more important than it is with the puck because you\u2019re chasing after it more than you have it in any given game. So sometimes, you\u2019ll see high-end junior producers fall behind someone who doesn\u2019t put many pucks in the net, but have the toolkit or profile that matches what we often see in the NHL.<\/p>\n
The criteria for being labeled a \u201cprospect\u201d are simple: players generally have to have played in 50 or fewer NHL games or spent more time outside of the NHL than in it last year. Players over 23 years old are not included,\u00a0with goaltenders needing to be 25 or under.<\/p>\n
So, with that, here are links to all 32 NHL Prospect Pool Breakdowns for 2025-26:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Over the past few weeks, we\u2019ve been breaking down every single NHL team\u2019s pipeline \u2013 giving fans a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":31681,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[433],"tags":[49,48,448,82],"class_list":["post-31680","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-nhl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31680","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31680"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31680\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31681"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31680"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31680"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31680"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}