Ryan McAllister

June 2023 – Florida fans were thrilled this past April to land the high-scoring McAllister, an undrafted free agent who took an unconventional route to an NHL contract: he spent three years in the little-known AJHL, where he absolutely dominated in 2021-22 (139 points in 60 games), before taking the NCAA by storm and scoring 49 points in 39 games as a freshman. His numbers should be taken with a grain of salt given his overage status, but his stunning college transition certainly helped establish him as a legitimate prospect. McAllister makes up for his average skating and shot with a dynamic playmaking and passing game. Despite the fact that he scored five points in his first four AHL games, expect there to be growing pains as he learns to navigate professional hockey as an undersized, slower-skating forward. Ben Gehrels