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yeah its not great, but you do have a young D core and G tandem. Its not like youre desperate for prospects to come in right away (unless your entire team gets injured again lol). You could use a few high end forward prospects though

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It was the price to pay for last year

I don't think Columbus' prospect pool is as dire as it's made out to be.

For starters a lot of your best prospects have recently graduated onto the roster, including players like Elvis, Peeke, Gavrikov, and Texier. It's not a bad starting point.

You're set in goal with two good young goalies (Elvis/Korpisalo).

On defense you've got some excellent young guys on the roster, supported by Gavrikov, Nutivara, and Peeke.

You're probably a bit short of high-end talent up front, but Marchenko is quite underrated and may be the best Russian prospect outside of the NHL. With your 1st this year you should get a very good forward as well.

The key for Columbus will be to be competitive enough in the next 2 years for Jones to want to stick around in 2022.

The best thing going for the Jackets prospect pool is that recent scouting and drafting has been talented players that have gone under the radar of other teams. This group will prove to be very good in a few years time. But yes, they need more to fill the gap.