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.



Tampa’s system is interesting because it has a ton of very fine prospects, but it lacks a true upper echelon player. Its AHL team had a ton of intrigue with many top rookies and recent first-round pick Cal Foote is a good player, but I’m not very excited about any one player here. Thus it’s hard for me to get that excited about the system as a whole.



Team’s 2017 ranking*: No. 7



Prospect Rankings



LEGIT NHL PROSPECT



1. Alexander Volkov, RW, Syracuse-AHL



Volkov made a lot of noise at Tampa’s camp and followed it up with a very good first AHL...