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.



Even after graduating their top three prospects in Kaapo Kakko, Adam Fox and Igor Shesterkin, the Rangers still have one of the NHL’s better prospect pools thanks to the emergence of Nils Lundkvist as one of the league’s better prospects, enviable depth on defence in the system (probably the league’s deepest team at the position at the prospect level), some forward prospects who’ve followed up-and-down trajectories but boast intriguing NHL skillsets, and two semi-noteworthy goalie prospects.



As a whole, the group remains strong because the Rangers have done a good job hitting on late first-round picks...