2 Islanders step closer to NHL dream

Two members of the Charlottetown Islanders players are seeing their stock rise as the spring draft approaches.

Pierre-Oliver Joseph and Saku Vesterinen both made the NHL Draft Prospect Rankings.

Joseph, a 17-year-old defenceman from Chambly, Que., is ranked 42nd, and Vesterinen, a 17-year-old forward from Finland, is ranked 137th.

The NHL draft is being held in Chicago on June 23-24.

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