Tampa Bay Lightning: Top Ten Lightning Prospects

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Mar 26, 2015; Tampa, FL, USA; Tampa Bay Lightning goalie Andrei Vasilevskiy (88) looks on against the Nashville Predators during the third period at Amalie Arena. The Predators won 3-2. Mandatory Credit: Kim Klement-USA TODAY Sports

The Tampa Bay Lightning organization has one of the deepest pools of young talented prospects in the NHL. Which players will crack our top ten?

We have seen it time and time again with the Tampa Bay Lightning organization. Players are drafted, developed in-house, and brought up through the ranks to one day become a solid NHL player for the team. Whether it be past names such as Ondrej Palat, Cedric Paquette, and Tyler Johnson or names from todays crop, each and every one of these players took the proper steps to advance their development and prepare themselves for the next level.

The Lightning have the seventh best pool of prospects according to hockeysfuture.com.

There is no doubt the team lost many of its top prospects such as Johnson, Palat, and Jonathan Drouin to graduation, but still ranking seventh on the list behind team’s like the Arizona Coyotes and Buffalo Sabres who are in the process of rebuilding for the future is pretty impressive.

The next wave of Tampa Bay Lightning prospects has a mixture of both skillful wingers and young puck moving defenseman that will look to be apart of the team’s group of blue liners for many years to come.

From first round selections with high expectations to late round gems crafted into top-notch talent, here are your top ten prospects in the Lightning system.

Next: Number Ten: Jonathan Marchessault

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