TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. — One of the great things about the annual prospect tournament in Traverse City is that it’s been going on for so long, there is a bit of institutional memory built into the event. There’s even a bit of legend.



Darren Eliot can sit, as he did on Saturday, and share stories about coming up to watch a young Ilya Kovalchuk capture the imagination of everyone who watched the winger compete against other prospects in 2001.



An NHL assistant coach stood along the glass while watching an afternoon game on Saturday and shared what he remembered about a young Henrik Zetterberg in this tournament. How he didn’t necessarily blow anyone away with his play but gradually got better and better as training camp went on. Things turned out all right for Zetterberg.



And then there’s the opposite. Stars winger Valeri Nichushkin is a bit of a Traverse City legend. After the Stars drafted him in 2013 with the No. 10 overall pick,...