from Brian Costello of the Hockey News,

A growing trend in the NHL’s salary cap era is the fast-tracking of talented youngsters into prominent roles strictly for financial reasons.

That’s not really breaking news, but we’re sure noticing it with more regularity each season, especially when putting together our list of top 50 prospects for Future Watch 2008.

We were more than a little shocked to realize the top seven prospects from Future Watch 2007 made the quick jump to the NHL this season.

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