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 big thing that fascinates me about the Flyers’ system is that if you were to do a survey of scouts asking them to name Philadelphia’s top prospect, you might get three or four different answers. On one hand, that’s a good thing, because it speaks to the organization’s depth and the overall quality of the top end of their prospect pool. On the other, it highlights that there are minor concerns with each of those players — and that the Flyers don’t have one of the game’s star-level prospects.



It’s worth noting, though, that of the top 10 prospect pools in this series, just...