As the World Cup of Hockey starts, we're less than a month away from the start of the 2016-17 NHL season. Instead of focusing on the NHL squad, let's go through the team's junior-aged prospects. The purpose is simple: to set some expectations to look back on at the end of the season.
| Left Wing | Centre | Right Wing | Defense | Goaltender |
| Filip Ahl (Regina - WHL) | Colin White (Boston College - Hockey East, NCAA) | Robbie Baillargeon (Arizona State - Big 10, NCAA) | LD - Miles Gendron (UConn - Hockey East, NCAA) | Marcus Hogberg (Linkopings - SHL) |
| Filip Chlapik (Charlottetown - QMJHL) | Chris Leblanc (Merrimack - Hockey East, NCAA) | LD - Thomas Chabot (Saint John - QMJHL) | Joey Daccord (Arizona State - Big 10, NCAA) | |
| Logan Brown (Windsor - OHL) | Shane Eiserman (UNH - Hockey East, NCAA) | RD - Kelly Summers (Clarkson - ECAC, NCAA) | ||
| Jonathan Dahlen (Timra - Allsvenskan) | Gabriel Gagne (Shawinigan - QMJHL) | LD - Christian Wolanin (North Dakota - NCHC, NCAA) | ||
| Todd Burgess (RPI - ECAC, NCAA) | RD - Christian Jaros (Lulea - SHL) | |||
| Markus Nurmi (TPS - SM-Liiga) | LD - Max Lajoie (Swift Current - WHL) |
There's a couple of things to keep in mind with a prospect depth chart compared to an NHL club's depth chart.