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Blackhawks’ Fredrik Olofsson, Luc Snuggerud make top 30 in SB Nation’s 2016 Top 100 NCAA prospects list

Chicago Blackhawks prospects Luc Snuggerud and Fredrik Olofsson are ranked No. 22 and No. 30, respectively on SB Nation College Hockey’s Top 100 NHL Prospect list.

Snuggerud, 20, scored four goals and added 14 assists in 35 games during his sophomore season at the University of Nebraska-Omaha. The 6-foot, 183-pound defenseman tallied two goals and 14 assists in 39 games during his freshman season. The Hawks drafted the left-handed shooter with the 141st overall pick in the fifth round of the 2014 NHL Draft.

Here’s the breakdown from SBNCH:

Snuggerud was frequently handcuffed in Omaha’s extremely conservative defensive system, but when given the opportunity, he was able to use his tremendous skating ability to be a threat on both ends of the ice. He’s still developing on the defensive side of the puck and needs to get physically stronger, but he has the skating ability and upside to be a very good defenseman at the NHL level.

Olofsson, 19, had eight goals and nine assists in 34 games during his freshman season at UNO. The 6-foot-2, 196-pound left winger also had two goals and an assist in seven games for Sweden at the World Junior Championship. Prior to joining the Mavericks, Olofsson scored 27 goals and 60 points in 57 games for the Chicago Steel of the USHL in the 2014-15 season. The Hawks drafted Olofsson with the 98th overall pick in the fourth round of the 2014 NHL Draft.

Here’s the breakdown from SBNCH:

Olofsson is still growing into his body and filling out his frame a bit, but he uses the size he has effectively to control the puck, and for a big forward, he has a surprising amount of skill with the puck. He spent much of his rookie season on Omaha’s top line playing the wing alongside Austin Ortega and Jake Guentzel and helped create time and space for that duo to be so effective. Olofsson isn’t likely to ever drive play, but will make a very solid, reliable second or third line winger at the pro level.

The Hawks have seven prospects on the top 100 list so far, as the UNO duo joins Tyler Motte (No. 33), Dennis Gilbert (No. 71), Anthony Louis (No. 77), John Hayden (No. 91) and Chris Calnan (No. 63).

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