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, player eligibility, prospect tiers and the complete ranking of all 31 teams can be found here.



The Flames’ 31st-place ranking can be attributed to dealing a lot of picks in recent years, reaching deep into the remains of their system this past season and seeing almost all their top prospects graduate. A lot of their top prospects are very young and likely not on the cusp of contributing, therefore the top of their rankings features several 2019 draft picks.



Key additions: Jakob Pelletier, Ilya Nikolaev, Dustin Wolf



Key subtractions/graduations: Juuso Valimaki, Dillon Dube, Oliver Kylington, Andrew Mangiapane, Rasmus Andersson



2018 farm...