If you were to go back, say, one or two seasons, the prospect system looked vastly different than it does now. The Red Wings scope of young talent has grown more and more promising over the past half-decade or so, but it's recently become one of the better crops in the NHL. The guy we're talking about today is one who most any Red Wings faithful would know, and the perception of this kid over the past year has changed in a big way for whatever reason. As I said before, the system looked a lot different if you went back a year or two, more specifically - Ryan Sproul was considered to be "the guy" in terms of future defensemen.
Ranking Top 15 Red Wings Prospects: Ryan Sproul
