The college hockey season is upon us and there are many talented prospects plying their trade there. Here are kids to keep an eye on, according to our expert

The NCAA season is here, folks. And once again, it’s time to get excited about all the prospects that will be playing for a shot at a national championship. This is the third year I’ve put together my top 75 players to watch, so let’s review the rules for everyone. First off, these are the players I am most excited to see – I’m not ranking Hobey Baker finalists. The list leans heavily towards freshman and sophomores, because I am more interested in players with NHL upside. Notably, that means that almost every player on the list is already drafted, or comes up for the draft in 2018.

Also, there is no tokenism here: some schools have five or six players on the list, some have none. I regret nothing. For all I know, the national champion this year will have zero NHL prospects on its roster and I wish them all the best. But this is my list and here’s how it went down:

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(Update) I messed up with Notre Dame because of the Irish switching conferences this season. So Peeke is added on and Cam Morrison (COL) should have made the cut too. My apologies.