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.



In terms of the most fascinating prospect pool out there, nobody beats the Kings in my view.



They have two very dynamic talents at the top of their system that fell into their laps due to various concerns. Gabe Vilardi is continuously hurt but a gamebreaker when healthy, and Rasmus Kupari barely played with his club team last season. Elsewhere they have some older college prospects who impressed me, a Russian who came over to North America once and who knows if he will again, another defected prospect whose prospect status has been debated in scouting circles, a mid-20s defenseman who some scouts still...