Photo by Scramble Studio/Brandon Wheat Kings Next up in our Washington Capitals annual prospect review and forecast series is Brett Hyland, forward for the Brandon Wheat Kings of the Western Hockey League (WHL).
Photo credit: Steve Dunsmoor The Washington Capitals currently have seven prospects playing in Canada’s major junior leagues: the Western Hockey League (WHL), the Ontario Hockey League (OHL), and the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJML).
The Canadian major junior hockey leagues got into full swing in October. The Washington Capitals prospects were generally loaned to their junior teams near the end of September, so most of them played in only a handful of games during September.