The growth of the prospects pipeline in the Ray Shero-John Hynes Era has steadily been growing. After the past few NHL Drafts, Ray Shero and Assistant GM Tommy Fitzgerald have added more prospects like Jesper Bratt who was supposed to go to the London Knights but made the NJ roster. Bratt’s pick was huge to help snap a five-year playoff drought.
This year, there are numerous players that exciting coming into developmental camp, including Reilly Walsh of Harvard, who is a really good puck moving defenseman and power play guy could become a modern-day Brian Rafalski.