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In sports, aprospect, also known as a "minor leaguer" or "farmhand," is any player whose rights are owned by a professional team,[1] but who has yet to surpass a threshold where they achieve rookie status (as defined by their respective league), or is not established with the team yet. Prospects can sometimes be assigned tofarm teams, orloaned to lower ranked teams. They may also decide to go back to college to play.
Major-league professional sports teams also trade prospects, by themselves, with draft picks, or with current major-leaguers, in order to acquire another prospect or an established major league player. Teams that trade away several of their star players for other teams' prospects are sometimes said to be having afire sale.
ANorth Americanice hockey prospect is typically a player who was drafted and/or signed by aNational Hockey League team, and is assigned to a developmentfarm team. These development leagues are theAmerican Hockey League and theECHL. Besides these minor leagues, draft picks may continue playing for the team that they were drafted from in theCanadian Hockey League (consisting of theOntario Hockey League,Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League, andWestern Hockey League), theNCAA, theUnited States Hockey League, various European leagues such as theCzech Extraliga, FinnishLiiga, GermanDeutsche Eishockey Liga, RussianKontinental Hockey League,Slovak Extraliga,Swedish Hockey League, or SwissNational League.
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