Name: Gabriel Fortier
Position: Left Wing / Center
Age: 22
2022-23 Team: Syracuse Crunch / Tampa Bay Lightning
Last Year’s Rank: #11
Readers’ Rank: #6
Writers’ Rank: #5
Final Rank: #5
After last season, Gabriel Fortier jumped from 11th to 5th place in our ranking of the best young talents in the Tampa Bay Lightning organization. Part of the reason why is obviously some players leaving the Lightning or simply aging out and become ineligible, but Fortier’s NHL debut also played a huge part in his jump.