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.



Dallas’ drafting has been interesting over the past few years. There’s been reasonable criticism of some of its picks, but at the same time, they have a true top-end defensive prospect in Miro Heiskanen. After him, there are some very intriguing players in this system. The question for this pipeline isn’t whether there are good prospects, because the answer is yes. It’s whether picks like Denis Guryanov and Jake Oettinger will provide a positive return on investment for their draft slot.



Team’s 2017 ranking*: No. 19



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