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.



I realize this ranking comes with a bit of a asterisk given so much value comes from Kirill Kaprizov whose NHL commitment seems tentative but is a heck of a talent. Behind him they have a few solid NHL-ready pieces in Luke Kunin and Jordan Greenway but after trading away a lot of picks lately and a questionable use of a first-round pick on Filip Johansson, the quality depth here isn’t fantastic even if there’s a few sleepers in the system I like.



Team’s 2017 ranking*: No. 6



Prospect Rankings



HIGH-END NHL PROSPECT



1. Kirill Kaprizov, RW,...