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Prospects Unlimited 2022-23
Our annual Prospects Unlimited issue returns, with full listings of every NHL team’s system, grades, and a profile on an intriguing youngster. Also, we count down the top 100 21-and-under players in the world.
DETROIT RED WINGS
THE FABRIC of hockey is rich with tales of father-son connections, but in Donovan Sebrango’s story, mom’s the word. Sebrango’s biggest fan, proudest supporter and, arguably, the major reason he’s risen to become a top Detroit Red Wings prospect is his mother, Kim. “She had to be both a mom and a dad for me growing up,” Sebrango said. “As a single parent, it definitely isn’t easy, especially with the trouble-making kid I was. “Getting her support and seeing how she supports me on social media, it’s great. It makes you realize what you’re working for and why you want it so bad. She just motivates me every day.” The Wings took Sebrango, who turns 21 Jan. 12, 63rd overall in 2020. He already has nearly 100 AHL games on his resume. “Put…
TOP 100 21 AND UNDER: 2-8
2. TREVOR ZEGRAS POS: C | AGE: 21 Anaheim Ducks (NHL) | Draft: 9th, 2019 (ANA) Zegras is the face of a new brand of brash young NHL stars who not only value style and substance but find ways to coalesce the two into near-nightly highlight-reel fodder. The flash Zegras brings to the table shouldn’t distract from how seamlessly he has stepped into first-line NHL duty as Anaheim’s top offensive threat. 3. MORITZ SEIDER POS: D | AGE: 21 Detroit Red Wings (NHL) | Draft: 6th, 2019 (DET) Visions of Nicklas Lidstrom danced in the heads of Wings fans during Seider’s Calder Trophy-winning rookie campaign. No rearguard his age plays mistake-free NHL hockey, but Seider comes close, which cements him as a legitimate top-pairing D-man and answers the blueline question mark that rebuilding clubs often face. 4. MASON…
NEW YORK ISLANDERS
WHEN YOU play for the London Knights, you typically have to wait your turn. Because the OHL franchise recruits so well, younger players tend to have smaller roles early, while they learn from older (and usually NHL-drafted) teammates. For defenseman Isaiah George, this was the year for him to step up. “I definitely expect a bigger role, it’s something I have as a goal,” he said. “I want to be someone who is relied upon in all areas of the game, whether we’re up one or down one.” That plan hit a bit of a snag early on when George was hurt at Islanders training camp, but it might have also explained why the Knights got off to an uncharacteristically slow start in the OHL with just one win in their first…
BACK TO SCHOOL, EH
EVERY PLAYER IN THE CHL dreams of making the jump from major-junior hockey to the pro ranks. For many, that dream includes a stop in the ECHL or AHL before climbing to the NHL. Increasingly, however, top talents from the OHL, WHL and QMJHL – including NHL draft picks and team captains – are choosing another route: they’re opting to go to university and play in Canada’s USports league. With the increased talent level, USports has quietly become hockey’s “best-kept secret,” and it’s now a legitimate route to the AHL, European pro leagues and even the NHL. “It’s a hidden gem in the hockey world,” said Zach Sawchenko, a 24-year-old goalie who split the 2021-22 season between the AHL’s San Jose Barracuda and NHL’s Sharks. In 2018-19, Sawchenko was a USports second-team all-star…
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