Top teams often have a good prospect base because they can afford to leave their prospects in the minors for longer. Bottom dwellers have good prospect bases because of draft position. Calgary is in an odd spot, being a team that graduates a fair number of prospects - Dube, Valimaki, Andersson, Mangiapane being the latest, but they generally are second rounders or beyond.
Goalies - while not drafted, scouting did find Rittich and he was developed in Stockton for a year and a half.
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