I don't know how many of you are aware, but
(1) The Caps website now has complete up-to-date statistics on all active prospects. Click on "team" on the top banner, then click "on the farm" and click on the name of any player whose information you'd like to see. This is miles above what was available in previous years, in terms of both content and user-friendliness.
(2) There are very interesting developments with two of the Caps' draft choices from this past June, #1 Connor McMichael and #3 Aliaksei Protas. Protas is killing the WHL this year, accumulating 1.5 points per game, and McMichael is off to an almost unfathomable start in the OHL, averaging almost 2.5 points per game. Protas is a big, 3rd line center type (6'6", 210 pounds at age 18) while McMichael is an obvious candidate as an eventual top-6 player. The interesting thing about the two of them are that they are both still 18 AND, this is the crucial thing, have January birthdays. Those birthdates are crucial because it means that neither of them can play in pro hockey next year other than in the NHL; otherwise, they must remain in Canadian junior hockey. If these two keep going even remotely close to the way they have so far and continue to dominate their leagues, it would seem almost pointless for them to play junior hockey next season -- they'd have nothing left to prove at that level. BUT, their only alternative is to make the Caps roster. What happens to these two over the next 10 months is going to make for some interesting study.