Ellis and Olsen Celebrate Birthday with a Win over U.S.

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Blackhawks Prospect Rankings #1 Dylan Olsen

Over at Paint It Blackhawks, I'm counting down the top prospects in the system.

The #1 ranked prospect by Paint It Blackhawk might come as a surprise to some. As the University Of Minnesota-Duluth media guide notes regarding the premiere Blackhawk prospect Dylan Olsen: “Seldom was his name mentioned in the Alberta Junior Hockey League circles with­out the word ‘impact’ in the same sentence.” While Olsen is on many Blackhawk fans’ radar, having him is as the number 1 current prospect is not a consensus by various ranking systems out there. Hockey’s Future, for instance, has him ranked as the #4 prospect in the pipeline.

I had the 28^th overall 2009 1^st rounder ranked 16^th overall in my Draft Preview Rankings.

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