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 Predators’ prospect pool was discussed often last season due to the incredible performance of Eeli Tolvanen in the KHL, a late first-round pick by Nashville in 2017. They didn’t have many picks this past season, and I haven’t loved former first-rounder Dante Fabbro when I’ve seen him. Overall, the depth here is quite thin, but their AHL team could surprise and graduate a decent player or two.



Team’s 2017 ranking*: No. 3



Prospect Rankings



HIGH-END NHL PROSPECT



1. Eeli Tolvanen, RW, Jokerit-KHL



Tolvanen had an absolute monster year.