Corey Pronman’s deep dive into the farm system of every NHL organization includes a ranking of all of the team’s prospects, broken into tiers based on their projection; the impact on the upcoming season and an overall ranking of all players under 23. Further explanation of Pronman’s system and the complete ranking of all 31 teams can be found here.



The Devils used to be mainstays toward the bottom of my farm rankings. There is still work to be done here — as using high picks on Pavel Zacha (considered a graduate) and Michael McLeod don’t look great a few years later — but there has been progress. Their 2017 draft provided a ton of depth to the system, 2017 second-rounder Jesper Boqvist has looked very good and 2018 first-rounder Ty Smith was dominant in the WHL.



Team’s 2017 ranking*: No. 5



Prospect Rankings



VERY GOOD NHL PROSPECT



1. Ty Smith, D, Spokane-WHL



Smith is a good skater who can get...