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.



Philadelphia has the deepest system in the NHL in terms of quality depth. If I were a betting man, I’d say this pool of players produces the first or second most NHL players. They have a couple great players in Philippe Myers and Morgan Frost, and a top-five goalie prospect in Carter Hart. They lack a true game-breaker, but otherwise every position has abundance of talent.



Team’s 2017 ranking*: No. 1



Prospect Rankings



VERY GOOD NHL PROSPECT



1. Philippe Myers, D, Lehigh Valley-AHL



Myers had a solid first pro season. There were some ups and downs, but...