Photo by Andy Devlin/NHLI via Getty Images Out of all the years that I’ve been doing these Dallas Stars prospect rankings for Defending Big D, this edition has definitely been the trickiest to put together. It’s always a little bit challenging to take each year’s draft crop, a bunch of fresh-faced 18- and 19-year-olds, and slot them in alongside guys who are already knocking on the NHL’s door. This time around there’s also a talented free-agent signing out of the NCAA to include, while someone who once made it inside the top 10 missed the entire 2020 calendar year due to injury, making him a lot harder to slot.