November is one of the busiest months on the calendar in the world of hockey prospects. There are a ton of international tournaments in the span of a few weeks. Below are some of the standout players from two of those tournaments: the U20 four nations, which featured top drafted prospects from the Czech Republic, Finland, Russia and Sweden; and the U20 Canada-Russia Series, which spanned six games across Canada.



Other than one OHL game, I watched all of these players by video as I was at the World Under-17 Challenge while most of these games were going on.



U20 4 Nations



Jakub Galvas, D, Czech Republic (Chicago): Galvas was the top defenseman for the Czech Republic and projects to be one of their top defenders at the big tournament in what could be a very thin blueline for that team (Toronto prospect Filip Kral is likely their No. 1, but Galvas is not far behind). I don’t think he’s a top prospect by any means, but he showed good mobility and...