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Chicago Blackhawks Top 10 Prospects

Posted on November 19, 2011 at 05:06 PM.

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GM Stan Bowman was quoted as saying, "what we have done off the ice in the last two years, has been almost as impressive as what we have done on it." What he was referencing was the Hawks scouting department, and what they have been able to accomplish via the draft. Here is a breakdown of the top 10 Prospects that are currently in the Blackhawks system, players on the active roster are not included on this list.

TOP 10 PROSPECTS:

(#1) D - Ruslan Leonov; Age 19; Acquired: 2012 3rd Round Draft (68th overall) -- 2012-2013 League - AHL
Potential: Top D-man Pairing

(#2) C - Mark McNeill; Age 19; Acquired: 2011 1st Round Draft (18th overall) -- 2012-2013 League - CHL
Potential: Second Line Center

(#3) LW - Phillip Danault; Age 19; Acquired: 2011 1st Round Draft (26th overall) -- 2012-2013 League - CHL
Potential: Second Line Wing / Possible 1st Line Wing

(#4) LW - Brandon Saad; Age 19; Acquired: 2011 2nd Round Draft (43rd overall) -- 2012-2013 League - AHL
Potential: Second Line Wing

(#5) LW - Nail Yakupov; Age 18; Acquired: 2012 2nd Round Draft (50th overall) -- 2012-2013 League - Juniors
Potential: First Line Wing

(#6) D - Klas Dahlbeck; Age 21; Acquired: 2011 3rd Round Draft (79th overall) -- 2012-2013 League - AHL
Potential: Top 4 Dman

(#7) LW - Philippe Paradis; Age 21; Acquired: Trade w/ Carolina (Originally 2009 1st Round Draft (27th overall)) -- 2012-2013 League - AHL
Potential: Third Line Wing

(#8) D - Nick Ebert; Age 18; Acquired: 2011 3rd Round Draft (82nd overall) -- 2012-2013 League - Juniors
Potential: Top 4 Dman

(#9) RW - Luke Judson; Age 21; Acquired: 2012 5th Round Draft (142nd overall) -- 2012-2013 League - Juniors
Potential: Third/Fourth Line Wing

(#10) C - Brandon Pirri; Age 21; Acquired: 2009 2nd Round Draft (59th overall) -- 2012-2013 League - AHL
Potential: Third Line Center

NEXT IN LINE (Guys who will be Top 10 Next Year)
- Andrew Shaw
- Max Iafrate
- Tomas Filippi
- Jean Kristoff Grenier
- Alex Gudbranson

CLOSEST TO MAKING THE JUMP TO THE NHL (Obviously, might be lower ranked prospect, but closer to the NHL)
1. Brandon Pirri
2. Ruslan Leonov
3. Klas Dahlback

This was hard to do, I'm sure I missed something, hopefully I'm not, did my best going thru the organ-i-zation in the game to do this. Obviously I know a bunch of these guys because I'm a die hard season ticket holder for the Hawks. Disappointed that Dylan Olson wasn't in the game anywhere, and the Hayes brothers weren't in there. Hope you guys like these write ups leading up to puck drop, new season starts today!