Hi, for my last two blogs I was doing the top 10 teams of the next generation in my opinion. It is covering the teams that have great young stars who will turn the team into a cup contender in the next 5+ years. Today I am going to be covering 3-1.

Here is what I have for 10-4:

10. Anaheim Ducks

9. Arizona Coyotes

8. Minnesota Wild

7. Chicago Blakchawks

6. New York Rangers

5. LA Kings

4. Buffalo Sabres

Here are the top three:

3. New Jersey Devils

The Devils team is made up of young players. A lot of the players are young. They drafted a shining star first overall named Jack Hughes. He had a disappointing rookie season ending up with less points then the second overall, Kaapo Kakko. Hughes, however, has came back stronger then Kakko this year, and stronger then most of the Devils players. Hughes and Hischier have both been drafted first overall and in the last couple of years. After drafting Hischier, the Devils made the playoffs, but then the next year they sucked again and got the first overall pick again. The young offense for them includes Hughes, Hischier, Sharanagovich, Bratt, Zacha, Mclead, Holtz, who was their first rounder this year, Mercer, Foote, Boqvist and Bastian. Their defense includes Ty Smith, Bahl, Walsh, Mukhamadullin, and Edwards. All of these guys can learn by playing beside P.K. Subban, one of the top defenseman in the league. Their goaltending depth has Comrie, Daws, and Blackwood, who could all be competing for the starter position someday. Overall, the Devils have a skilled youung team with the talent to be a cup finalist contender at least in the next 5 years.

2. Ottawa Senators

The Ottawa Senators are playing absolutely terrible this year, but they luckily do have some light at the end of the tunnel. Right now it’s an oncoming train, but I think with the youth they have they could turn it into daylight. They have extraordinary offense with Stutzle, Tkachuk (Brady), White, Norris, Batherson, Greig, Lodin, and Pinto. But their defense is even better, with Chabot, Zub, Sanderson, Brannstrom, and Novak. They don’t have as many top prospects as the Devils, but they are doing bad enough this year that they are going to get a lot more players ready, while the Devils are getting closer to finishing up the rebuild. The Sens need better goaltending, with Matt Murray, who looked like he was going to be the Carey Price of the next generation back in 16-17, but he has just gotten worse since then.

1.  Detroit Red Wings

The Wings have insane prospects in their system, and GM Steve Yzerman has done really good at getting rid of the bad contracts of the old guys that he was left with. Yzerman built the Tampa Bay Lightning from scratch, and with the prospects already in Detroit it will be easier to do the same. He is always shocking the world with his draft picks, like Moritz Seider at 6th overall. The Wings offense that is 25 and under includes Larkin, Bertuzzi, Zadina, Veleno,  Raymond, Fabbri, Berggren, Rasmussen, Soderblom, Barber, Draper, Hirose, Erne, and Brome. Then, their defense includes Seider, Hronek, Wallinder, Viro, McIsaac, Lindstrom, Beglund, Holway, Cotton, Cholowski, and Hicketts. The goaltending does need a lot of work though, but the Wings are going to be cup contenders, and probably winners, in the next 5-10 years.

Thanks for reading. Here is a link to Jaydens blog and here is a link to the NHL website.