Tampa Bay Lightning: ranking the top-ten prospects in their system

Rookie tournaments and training camps around the National Hockey League are set to get underway in about two weeks from now. That means it's time to take a look at the top-ten prospects on each of the 32 teams.

Multiple different sources use different criteria for their rankings as to what players classify as a prospect. For my lists over the next couple of weeks, I will be using the following two requirements:

- A player is considered a prospect if: he has played less than 25 NHL games in one campaign.

- Less than 50 NHL games total in their career.

Next team up is the Tampa Bay Lightning. Let's take a look at the ten best prospects in their system, starting with number ten and counting down to number one.

10. Maxim Cajkovic (RW) - Drafted: 2019 (3/89).

2021-22 stats: Syracuse (AHL) - 20 GP - 3 G - 3 A - 6 PTS/Orlando (ECHL) - 25 GP - 8 G - 4 A - 12 PTS.

9. Nick Malik (G) - Drafted: 2022 (5/160).

2021-22 stats: KooKoo (Liiga) - 34 GP - 15 W - 9 L - 9 OTL, 1.97 GAA, .922 save percentage, 4 SO.

8. Cameron MacDonald (C) - Drafted: 2021 (5/160).

2021-22 stats: Saint John (QMJHL) - 67 GP - 15 G - 19 A - 34 PTS.

7. Klavs Veinbergs (LW) - Drafted: 2022 (7/224).

2021-22 stats: HK Riga (MHL) - 47 GP - 16 G - 8 A - 24 PTS/Zemgale (Latvia) - 5 GP -1 G - 4 A - 5 PTS.

6. Gage Goncalves (C) - Drafted: 2020 (2/62).

2021-22 stats: Syracuse (AHL) - 70 GP - 17 G - 15 A - 32 PTS.

5. Jack Finley (C) - Drafted: 2020 (2/57).

2021-22 stats: Spokane (WHL) - 21 GP - 8 G - 8 A - 16 PTS/Winnipeg (WHL) - 39 GP - 19 G - 15 A - 34 PTS.

4. Hugo Alnefelt (G) - Drafted: 2019 (3/71).

2021-22 stats: Syracuse (AHL) - 23 GP - 10 W - 7 L - 4 OTL, 3.14 GAA, .882 save percentage/Orlando (ECHL) - 2 GP - 0 W - 2 L - 0 OTL, 3.51 GAA, .886 save percentage.

3. Lucas Edmonds (RW) - Drafted: 2022 (3/86).

2021-22 stats: Kingston (OHL) - 68 GP - 34 G - 79 A - 113 PTS.

2. Jack Thompson (D) - Drafted: 2020 (3/93)

2021-22 stats: Sudbury (OHL) - 29 GP - 8 G - 15 A - 23 PTS/Sault Ste. Marie (OHL) - 36 GP - 13 G - 21 A - 34 PTS.

1. Isaac Howard (LW) - Drafted: 2022 (1/31).

2021-22 stats: US U18 (USDP) - 60 GP - 33 G - 49 A - 82 PTS.

Stay tuned to Markerzone.com for the rest of the prospect rankings over the next week. Check out the Seattle's and St Louis' prospect rankings from Saturday in the links below!

Seattle's prospect rankings
St. Louis' prospect rankings

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