Welcome to Scott Wheeler’s 2020 rankings of every NHL organization’s prospects. You can find the complete ranking and more information on the criteria here, as we count down daily from No. 31 to No. 1. The series, which includes evaluations and commentary from coaches and staff on more than 500 prospects, runs from Jan. 13 to Feb. 11.



The Predators’ prospect pool is an ambiguous one.



On one hand, I think they’ve drafted reasonably well in recent years, without knocking it out of the park. I liked their 2019 draft, they found some interesting players in 2018 despite not having a pick in the first three rounds and we know they’ve produced decent results out of 2017 and 2016 because some of those players are either in the NHL or knocking on the door.



On the other hand, it’s a relatively thin pool for a couple of reasons. One is the aforementioned lack of picks in 2018. The other is the simple fact that three players I quite...