Blackhawks prospect rankings: Vaclav Nestrasil climbs to top spot after many graduations

The Blackhawks' pool of talented young players has not shrunk, but their prospect pool nevertheless has. That's because so many of those young players graduated from prospects into NHL players during the past year. The Hawks' roster will be extremely young in 2026-27. There will be at least seven forwards age 22 or younger — Connor Bedard, Frank Nazar, Anton Frondell, Roman Kantserov, Nick Lardis, Oliver Moore and Ryan Greene — and all project to occupy top-nine roles. And among all of the…