When St. John won the AHL title with a pretty young team only a few went on to have good NHL careers. Chris Clark, Steve Begin, Blair Betts, and Steve Montador were the best of the lot. Danny Sabourin got some time as a back up. Guys that looked good but never really made it are Marty Murray (too small), Rico Fata, Sergei Varlamov, Daniel Tkaczuk (concussions) and Mickey Dupont (too small).That's not to say Heat players will have better luck or not. That's the fun of following prospects, we never know what will happen.
http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/l...002602001.html
This is going to be an interesting year. Do we trade a lot of our vets to open spots for our prospects or do we continue on with a slow graduation rate. In baseball one year the Baltimore Orioles brought up the whole infield (7 rookies) and a couple of pitchers from their Vancouver AAA club and started a dynasty.