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Zach Werenski leads next wave of Blue Jackets talent

The Blue Jackets have issues on defense, but a potentially great player on the way in prospect Zach Werenski. Dave Reginek/Getty Images

After ranking the top 100 NHL prospects for 2015-16, and ranking each team by organizational depth, ESPN Insider Corey Pronman ranks the top 10 prospects for each NHL team. Here is his entry for the Columbus Blue Jackets. Extended write-ups on prospects ranked in the top 100 can be accessed here.

Even after graduating Alexander Wennberg and Marko Dano -- the latter of whom was dealt to Chicago in the Brandon Saad trade -- the Columbus system remains solid, with a top-10 pick in Zach Werenski, and several high-end forward prospects.