Welcome back. It’s time for Daily Faceoff’s third annual NHL Prospect Pool Breakdown, looking at the best all 32 teams have to offer. We’re highlighting the top 10 prospects for every franchise, their biggest strengths and weaknesses, and so much more. The criteria for being labeled a “prospect” are simple: players generally have to have played in 50 or fewer NHL games or spent more time outside of the NHL than in it last year. Players over 23 years old are not included, with goaltenders needing to be 25 or under. Today, we’re checking out the Dallas Stars. A year ago, the Stars had two solid prospects leading the way in Logan Stankoven and Mavrik Bourque. It wasn’t an entirely deep pipeline, but having those two go on to become full-time NHLers last year added some extra legitimacy. But Stankoven is gone, being used as trade bait to land Mikko Rantanen from the Carolina Hurricanes at the 2025 NHL Trade Deadline. It was a great move then and remains a great move today, even after Stankoven signed an eight-ye
