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.



Colorado’s system is led by two true potential star defensemen in Cale Makar and Bowen Byram, who project to give Colorado, along with Samuel Girard, one of the most mobile and dynamic blue lines in the league. Its system isn’t incredibly deep, but there is solid depth in this pipeline to go with an outstanding top of the pipeline. You could form a reasonable argument this is the best farm system in the NHL, even though I rate it as No. 2.



Key additions: Bowen Byram, Alex Newhook



2018 farm system ranking: No. 21



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