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Nashville's top prospects are playing all over the world and perfecting their craft with the hope of one day skating for the Predators. Here's a look at how they're faring this season with their respective clubs, organizations and schools thus far. Here's the Preds Prospect Report for March 29, 2021.

American Hockey League (AHL)

Michael Carcone - RW - Tucson - (Acquired via trade with OTT)
Lukas Craggs - LW - Chicago - (Signed as a free agent in 2019)
Luke Evangelista - RW - Chicago - (Drafted 42nd overall by NSH in 2020)
Brandon Fortunato - D - Cleveland - (Signed as a free agent in 2019)
Patrick Harper - RW - Chicago - (Drafted 138th overall by NSH in 2016)
Tanner Jeannot - LW - Chicago - (Signed as a free agent in 2018)
Tyler Lewington - D - Chicago - (Signed as a free agent in 2020)
Tommy Novak - C - Chicago - (Drafted 85th overall by NSH in 2015)
Anthony Richard - C - Chicago - (Drafted 100th overall by NSH in 2015)
Cole Smith - LW - Chicago - (Signed as a free agent in 2020)
Philip Tomasino - C - Chicago - (Drafted 24th overall by NSH in 2019)
Josh Wilkins - C - Tucson - (Signed as a free agent in 2019)
- Scored his first goal of the AHL season, a power-play tally, on March 26 at Ontario.

Canadian Hockey League (OHL/QMJHL/WHL)

Luke Prokop - D - Calgary (WHL) - (Drafted 73rd overall by NSH in 2020)
- Has three points (2g-1a) in his last five games after scoring his second goal of the season on March 26 at Edmonton.

National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA)

Alexander Campbell - C - Clarkson (ECAC) - (Drafted 65th overall by NSH in 2019)
Marc Del Gaizo - D - UMass Amherst (Hockey East) - (Drafted 109th overall by NSH in 2019)
David Farrance - D - Boston University (Hockey East) - (Drafted 92nd overall by NSH in 2017)
Gunnarwolfe Fontaine - LW - Northeastern (Hockey East) - (Drafted 202nd overall by NSH in 2020)
Jachym Kondelik - C - Connecticut (Hockey East) - (Drafted 111th overall by NSH in 2018)
Chase McLane - C - Penn State (Big Ten) - (Drafted 209th overall by NSH in 2020)
Grant Mismash - LW - North Dakota (NCHC) - (Drafted 61st overall by NSH in 2017)
Luke Reid - D - New Hampshire (Hockey East) - (Drafted 166th overall by NSH in 2020)
Spencer Stastney - D - Notre Dame (Big Ten) - (Drafted 131st overall by NSH in 2018)
- Scored a career-high five goals for Notre Dame as a junior, helping lead his school to an NCAA Tournament nod... His junior season ended prior to the start of the NCAA Tournament as Notre Dame had to drop out due to COVID-19 protocol... Earned All-Big Ten Second Team honors, his first career All-Big Ten nod... Tied for the lead among Big Ten defensemen in goals... Tied for 12th among all NCAA defensemen in goals.

European Prospects

Egor Afanasyev - LW - CSKA Moscow (KHL) - (Drafted 45th overall by NSH in 2019)
Semyon Chistyakov - D - Avangard Omsk (KHL) - (Drafted 117th overall by NSH in 2019)
Juuso Parssinen - LW - TPS (Finland) - (Drafted 210th overall by NSH in 2019)
Isak Walther - LW - Södertälje (Sweden-Jr.) - (Drafted 179th overall by NSH in 2019)
Adam Wilsby - D - Skellefteå (Sweden) - (Drafted 101st overall by Nashville in 2020)
- Established a career high in games played (48) and matched his career high in goals with six, initially set as a member of Skellefteå's junior team in 2019-20... Second among team defensemen in points with 18 (6g-12a)... Third among U21 SHL defensemen in assists (12), fourth in points and tied for fourth in goals.

Goaltenders

Iaroslav Askarov - G - SKA Saint Petersburg (KHL) - (Drafted 11th overall by NSH in 2020)
Devin Cooley - G - Florida (ECHL) - (Signed as a free agent by NSH in 2020)
Ethan Haider - G - Clarkson (ECAC) - (Drafted 148th overall by NSH in 2019)
Konstantin Volkov - G - Yugra (Russia-2) - (Drafted 168th overall by NSH in 2016)
Tomas Vomacka - G - Connecticut (Hockey East) - (Drafted 154th overall by NSH in 2017)
- Finished his junior season at UConn with a 10-11-2 record, 2.84 goals-against average and .909 save percentage... Played every minute of UConn's 23 games... Named to the Hockey East All-Star Third Team... Faced 682 shots, the most among Hockey East goaltenders.