Out of all the years that I’ve been doing these Dallas Stars prospect rankings for Defending Big D, this edition has definitely been the trickiest to put together.
It’s always a little bit challenging to take each year’s draft crop, a bunch of fresh-faced 18- and 19-year-olds, and slot them in alongside guys who are already knocking on the NHL’s door. This time around there’s also a talented free-agent signing out of the NCAA to include, while someone who once made it inside the top 10 missed the entire 2020 calendar year due to injury, making him a lot harder to slot.