Kirby Dach, C, CHI. It appears a significant portion of the hockey world has finally caught on to Josi's superstar skill set, but he still seems a bit underappreciated. Brent Burns, D, SJS104. 'Be smart and use common sense', Schedule for Bruins' exhibition, round-robin games, Sweeney has 'hard decisions' ahead on B's free agents. Mathew Barzal, C, NYI**97. The class has a lot of talent here, but there's also a lot of rawness. With the NHL preparing for a 24-team playoff, theScore will be counting down the top 50 players who will be taking part in this unique event, as voted on by our hockey editors. Still, he’s in the middle of his prime right now at 27 years old and could really explode in the next few years for a Washington team loaded with offensive talent. Kevin Fiala, LW/RW, MIN79. Jack Eichel, C, BUF26. The Lightning captain is fully recovered from core muscle surgery and will be itching to make a major impact after he had another strong individual season cut short. Matt Niskanen, D, PHI152. Chris Kreider, LW, NYR63. Vincent Trocheck, C, CAR186. Ivan Provorov, D, PHI99. Barzal is still creative and explosive on the ice with the puck on his stick, but he’s also becoming a better all-around player as he enters the prime years of his career. As those players keep getting better, the quality of the 2015 NHL Draft class just gets more and more impressive. At 27 years old, the talented Hamilton may finally be developing into the defenseman everyone thought he would be in Boston when he was first drafted almost 10 years ago. The 66 points were just one off a career high for Patches and portend good things to come for him as a 31-year-old still at the top of his game. He tied for the league lead with 35 goals at even strength and also tied a career high with 12 power-play markers. Wheeler has scored at least 20 goals and 60 points in the previous seven seasons, missing only 15 games in that period. NHL 20 RATINGS 50-41 40-31 30-21 20-11 10-1 Certainly not a youngster on this list by any means, the 35-year-old Getzlaf continues to grind it out for the Anaheim Ducks as they struggle in the Western Conference. Tyler Bertuzzi, LW/RW, DET**242. Jordan Binnington, G, STL31. As it is, Hamilton finished with 14 goals and 40 points in 47 games and is expected to give Carolina a major boost if he can be healthy when play resumes. Jean-Gabriel Pageau, C, NYI220. The Bruins' ultimate pest ranked second in the league in drawn penalties this season and plays a vital role on both special teams units. Are the Charlos elite champions? Kris Letang, D, PIT66. Then there seems to be a fairly precipitous drop. Anders Lee, LW, NYI175. Adam Henrique, C/LW, ANA210. As of TSN's midseason rankings. The Jets have dropped the seventh highest number of shots per game in the regular season, but are viewed by many as a 9th seeded Western Conference seeded goaltender by their starting goaltender. Heights and weights are from Central Scouting. James Reimer, G, CAR231. A one-time All-Star, one-time Vezina Trophy winner and a Jennings Trophy winner this season, Rask could be adding to his hardware list this season after posting a 26-8-6 record along with a 2.12 goals against average and a .929 save percentage.