One more game, and Dillon Dube wouldn’t be eligible for this list.
The 56th overall pick in the 2016 draft, Dube is the obvious (maybe only) choice for the most NHL ready forward prospect of any we ranked this go-around. The 5’11”, 183 pound forward was very close to graduating and shedding the prospect title forever after making the big team out of camp, but a rough first taste of the NHL showed that he wasn’t ready quite yet.
After a strong AHL performance in the latter half of the season, there’s really nothing more to say about Dube other than he is ready.