unlike the NHL, they play 80 game seasons in the AHL - so Bridgeport is halfway to their finish line

what's especially nice is not only that so many Bridgeport Sound Tigers have gone on to spend time at the NHL level, but they are developing real stars in the making like Hamonic & Poulin, and with a playoff spot to shoot for, they have enough of a reason to try to play as a team as possible, which should only help develop the remaining Sound Tigers skillsets the rest of the way

so, Sound Tigers games will remain important from an Islanders perspective, almost without question

for now, thought it would be useful to rank the players who have played any games at Bridgeport this season, based on their NHL prospects as of right now

that list following the jump - thanks as always to the Lighthouse Hockey website, THE go-to blog for all things New York Islanders

see below

http://soundtigersreport.blogspot.com/2011/01/sound-tigers-report-ranking-sound.html