The Athletic shares their ranking of Vancouver's top-ten prospects: Tom Willander lands outside of the top two

"Despite his strong freshman season at BU, Willander's offensive game is still a work in progress. His raw puck control abilities lag somewhat behind the rest of his tool kit, and he's not a naturally attacking-minded player." Drance said.

He added, "Willander thinks defense first, and that can show up in his reads and on-ice decision making. Usually that's a positive, but to some extent, it also may limit his upside if he doesn't begin to make progress in this area."

"What's clear is Silovs has put himself into a position where he'll get a long look at the NHL level this upcoming season, and appears to be a goaltender with future, bona fide NHL starter level upside. That puts him unquestionably among the organization's most promising prospects." Drance said.

"The sky is the limit for Lekkerimäki in his first complete North American professional season, and the range of possible outcomes for him in year one is vast. His production last year was impressive enough that we shouldn't rule out the possibility that he's good enough to be an NHL level player from day one this season. On the other hand, NHL history is littered with prolific 19-year-old SHL scorers who are ready to play a regular shift from day one and still top out as Emil Bemstrom." Drance said.