The Blues top 10 may no longer rank among the leagues premier prospect pools, but keep in mind they just won a Stanley Cup with a roster that featured 14 Blues draftees. Meanwhile, the Rangers still have to get Nils Lundkvist under contract after he put together one of the greatest U20 seasons by a defenseman in SHL history in 2019-20. He scored 40 points in 34 games as an NCAA junior and isn't far away. On the bright side, the Oilers AHL farm team in Bakersfield had its best season since moving from Oklahoma City in 2015. And it'sironic that Dallas had to make two trades to land goalie Jake Oettinger in the first round of the 2017 draft, only to see 2016 fifth rounder Colton Point pass him on the depth chart. The No. Right winger Vasili Podkolzin is 19 and a powerful, two-way forward who'll reach the NHL sometime in 2020-21. Graduations: Anthony Cirelli (C), Mathieu Joseph (LW) Whats becoming patently obvious is that the scouting department knows how to find prospects who consistently improve their post-draft stock. There were 223 prospects selected across 7 rounds. Of course, the ability to swing deals for late-season glory is predicated on several factors, namely the possession of coveted draft picks and prospects. Better with age: The top 32 moments of Sidney Crosby's career. ANA | ARI | BOS | BUF | CGY | CAR | CHI And if Demko doesn't pan out, Michael DiPietro is a solid goalie prospect. The situation looked a lot more promising for the Wild before KHL stud Kirill Kaprizov made it clear he's in no rush tothe NHL. MORE:The best No. Grigori Denisenko are close to making impacts with the Panthers. Key additions: Ilya Nikolayev (C), Jakob Pelletier (LW) RW Cole Caufield, No. GM George McPhee may have moved center Nick Suzuki to Montreal for Max Pacioretty last season, but he was gifted two elite prospects at the 2019 draft in center Peyton Krebs and winger Pavel Dorofeyev. The Los Angeles system is forward heavy, with the vast majority of their best prospects being natural centers. Graduated: Rasmus Dahlin (LHD), Casey Mittelstadt (C) Where you rank the Predators can come down to how you feel about Finnish wingerEeli Tolvanen, who was picked 30th overall in 2017. OK, we know. Graduated: None As alluded to, a significant part of the job entails overseeing the farm system of an organization, which in this context is defined as the organizational talent playing with affiliated minor league teams or the young players who have been drafted but are still either in college or suiting up with a junior-level franchise. 1 Western Conference seed in 2019-20. Log in here. Subban's top five quotes: 'I dont play for New York', 2018-19 rank: 3rd Graduated: None Ty Dellandrea, has top-line center potential, and goalie Jake Oettinger is also rising. With some of the best bat-to-ball skills in last years draft Jackson, impressed in his senior year, slashing .685/.749/1.392 in 41 games. But that's the price you pay for being a Cup contender while promoting blue chip prospect after blue chip prospect. MORE:St. Louis, the Blues and the Stanley Cup come together in perfect harmony, 2018-19 rank: 16th Traded/not signed: Vitalii Abramov (RW, OTT), Jonathan Davidsson (RW, OTT), Veeti Vainio (D). The above-listed Turcotte is the best of the bunch, but not by a lot. Lets check in on the farm system rankings before the draft. Key additions:Taro Hirose (LW, UDFA), Albert Johansson (LHD), Oliwer Kaski (RHD), Ryan Kuffner (LW, UDFA), Robert Mastrosimone (LW), Moritz Seider (RHD) The downside is that controversial 2015 first rounders Jakub Zboril and Zach Senyshyn havent come close to validating Sweeneys decision to draft them ahead of an all-star games worth of future NHL stars. 5. Franchise center John Tavares bid adieu to the Isles, leaving the team in the hands of 21-year-old star Mathew Barzal. That's especially true on the blue line, as the club can look to K'Andre Miller, Braden Schneider, Zach Jones and Matt Robertson. They have quality European forwards in Vitalii Abramov, Alexander Texier, Jonathan Davidsson and Kirill Marchenko, but the youth and talent level up at the parent club increases the likelihood they end up elsewhere. Already an ESPN+ subscriber? He's had a seven-game stint across two seasons in the NHL and has combined for 71 points in 121 games in the AHL. Of all their prospects, Zegras has the highest star potential and should be groomed to take over for aging captain Ryan Getzlaf. Still, you can make a strong argument that Finnish stud Miro Heiskanen was the more dominant teenage European defender over Rasmus Dahlin, as Heiskanen won the SM-Liiga Defenseman of the Year award. In the followingrankings, the zone of consideration for all 310 prospects is Calder Trophy (NHL rookie of the year) eligibility between 18-26 years old and no more than 25 combined NHL regular season games played. They have a very good power-play quarterback in Calen Addison, and European forwards Filip Hallander and Jan Drozg provide finesse and playmaking. While it seems like roster spots are at a premium at both the NHL and AHL levels, its a problem any team would like to have especially coming off a visit to the Eastern Conference finals and an AHL championship for theCharlotte affiliate. Among them is 6'3" left winger Nolan Foote, who came from Tampa Bay for Blake Coleman. Elsewhere, it's a pair of goalies on the rise: University of Maine standout Jeremy Swayman and Kyle Keyser, who spent his 2019-20 in the AHL and ECHL. Last season centers Janne Kuokkanen, Nicolas Roy (traded to Vegas) and Morgan Geekieand big winger Julien Gauthier,joined Necas, Beanand Saarela as seven of Charlottes top-10 scorers all drafted from 2015 onward. Breakout candidate for 2020-21: Alex Turcotte The Wild, forever stuck in mediocrity and coming off a season in which they missed the playoffs for the first time in six years, seem somewhat stable when it comes to the pipeline. Because no team that has horded picks, building super deep and talented farms has ever had sustained, longterm success from the philisophy The obsession with moving out high draft capital for short term help that will likely be gone when this team's window opens is not really a route to build a contender - and claiming it is the only way to Traded/not signed: Jocktan Chainey (LHD), Jeremy Davies (LHD, NSH), John Quenneville (C, CHI). He'll likely arrive around the same time as Turcotte, and they'll form a pretty daunting pairing for foes to deal with. Undrafted centerAlex Barre-Boulet has lit up the AHL with 61 goals and 124 points in two seasons after five years in the QMJHL. Any team that loses multiple premier prospects to graduation is going to take a fall in preseason rankings, so it helps to look at Buffalos talented pool with perspective. The title run had a significant Swedish aroma to it, as puck mover Tim Liljegren and forwards Andreas Johnsson, Carl Grundstrom, Pierre Engvall and Dmytro Timashov each played critical roles in the Marlies' first ever league crown. But while it is a bit more difficult to do so than in normal years, we're ranking every pool and identifying each franchise's top 10 prospects, a potential breakout candidate for this season and those who might make an NHL-level impact in the next year. Key additions: John Beecher (C) NHL prospect rankings: Top 50 players in NHL pipelines for 2019-20. The presence of Jack Eichel on the NHL level for the Sabres could soon be augmented by the arrival of Dylan Cozens, a 19-year-old center who's produced 169 points over 119 games in his past two WHL seasons. Traded/not signed: Daniel Bernhardt (RW),Dominik Lakatos (LW), Patrik Virta (LW). 2018-19 rank: 10th Trading Trouba and letting Tyler Myers and Ben Chiarot sign elsewhere opens the door for the likes of Niku, Heinola, Stanleyand hard-hitting Dylan Samberg to possibly secure a coveted role on the Stanley Cup contender. The biggest improvement, however, is on defense, where they have amassed quality puck movers whoactually know how defend. Also. It won't be long before these kids start imposing their will on NHL competition. The Kings have the best farm system in hockey and Byfield is the best prospect in it. Dellandreas numbers look pedestrian by first-round pick standards (63 points in 60 OHL games), and although he played for a doormat in Flint, its been Damianis speed and playmaking from the center position that helped Team Canada invite him to the recent under-20 world junior camp. The knee-jerk reaction is to think the Devils are ranked this high because of Jack Hughes and not because of GM Ray Sheros craftiness at the draft table. A new start with Chicago could revive his offensive flair. 32 NFL players who could change teams this offseason. COL | CBJ | DAL | DET | EDM | FLA Continue reading this article and more from top writers, for only $9.99/mo. By doing so, they acquired more blue-chip assets in four months than they did in the previous 10 years combined. There always are disagreements, and teams have a history of going against MORE: Best draft class for every NHL team. The ninth overall pick rarely becomes one of the best players in his draft class, let alonean NHL star. Remember, it was GM Jim Rutherford who traded his 2017 first rounder for pugilist Ryan Reaves, only to use his second rounder in that same draft on defensive defenseman Zach Lauzon, who wasnt even offered a contract. A slow start from winger Ryan Donato likely convinced the Bruins to trade their best prospect to Minnesota for Charlie Coyle, and there wasnt much going on among the forwards once he left. Raphael Lavoie has high-end skill and a quick-release shot that make him dangerous. How about one of Finlands premier playmakers in Aleksi Heponiemi, who as a 20-year-old in the SM-Liiga tallied 46 points in 50 games. In the end, however, whichever concept drives a teams overarching building strategy ultimately is measured by what the players become and how well the team performs with them. So, too, should be Vitali Kravtsov, who has been lighting up the KHL on loan this season. If there is one sleeper in the bunch, its probably tough two-way center Josh Norris, a 2017 first-round pick acquired from San Jose in the Erik Karlsson deal. With Anze Kopitar and Phillip Danault leading the way, Byfield wont have to take on a top role, so hopefully the Kings can get him into positions to succeed early on. Forward Ryan Donato lit the league up during his brief call-up and should be a Calder Trophy candidate this year, and they have three excellent two-way center prospects in Trent Frederic, Jack Studnicka and Jakob Forsbacka-Karlsson. Traded/not signed:Pierre-Olivier Joseph (LHD, PIT),Dylan Strome (C, CHI). Florida Panthers. Key additions: Anttoni Honka (RHD), Chase Priskie (RHD), Patrik Puistola (RW),Ryan Suzuki (C) Son of former All-Star Matt Holliday, Jackson stands out to many as the best well-rounded prospect of the 2022 draft. He's followed at the top of the list by 2019 first-rounder Philip Tomasino, who had 40 goals and 100 points in 62 games with two OHL teams in 2019-20. Yet still, thefuture is extremely bright. Problems begin, however, when an objective assessment is made on the progress of the farm system as a whole. There is, however, a bit of uncertainty with several of their former first-round picks, as both Denis Guryanov (2015) and Riley Tufte (2016) are still a ways away from meeting post-draft expectations. 1 goalie prospect, but they do have some intriguing players in Lukas Parik and Jacob Ingham, among a few others who could develop. The Sharks more than make-up for their trading of valuable assets by spanning the globe in search of late-round gems andundrafted free agents either coveted or obscure. But don't overlook playmakers like Nicolas Beaudin, Ian Mitchell, Henri Jokiharju and Ryan Shea. The system that produced Quinn Hughes and Thatcher Demko in 2019-20 doesn't figure to be slowing down. Go ahead and get their lockers ready. As impressive as the Cats NHL roster looks on paper, they will need most of the aforementioned youngsters to develop into everyday contributors so the franchise finally can grow into something it has never been a perennial playoff contender. They also moved their first pick of 2016 in the Martin Jones trade, and took a huge gamble this year by taking troubled two-way defender Ryan Merkley at 20th overall. Can the Lions fix their defense? MORE: For polarizing talent Brady Tkachuk, rewards outweigh the risks. On the blue line, Jake Bean is a premier puck-mover in the AHL and has posted back-to-back 40-plus-point seasons on that level. Subbanwere acquired via trade. Any significant reduction in scoring from the season prior counted against the prospect while those who were among the team or league leaders in production by position benefitted. The wing is the organizations position of strength, as Taylor Raddysh (18) and Boris Katchouk (11) both reached double-digit goal totals as first-year AHLers, and used the2019 first-round pick on Footes younger brother Nolan, who led the WHLs Kelowna Rockets with 36 goals in 66games. The promotions last season of Carter Hart and winger Oskar Lindblom played a role in the drop from last years ranking, but Fletcher and staff did well at the 2019 draft by getting elite playmaking potential in defenseman Cam York and winger Bobby Brink, plus hard-shooting defender Ronnie Attard. The opening round of the 2021 NHL Draft is now quickly approaching and is set for June 23. Ranking NHL prospect pools: Top prospects, breakouts, pipeline status and more for all 31 teams in 2020-21 Alex Turcotte is one of the top prospects in a loaded Nonetheless, historical data also reveals the higher success rate of first-round picks over their drafted and undrafted peers, and in that regard, the Sharks are running out of room for error. B prospects have a higher likelihood of becoming NHL regulars and contributors. Janne Kuokkanen, who arrived from Carolina for Sami Vatanen. Three of the past nine Rookie of the Year winners have been Avalanche players. Elsewhere, it's a pair of goalies on the rise: University of Maine standout Jeremy Swayman and Kyle Keyser, who spent his 2019-20 in the AHL and ECHL. But Swedish defenseman Erik Brannstrom the prized piecein the Mark Stone deal with Vegas appears to be at peak readiness to join an impressive young blue line that already features Thomas Chabot, Christian Wolanin and Max Lajoie, with Lassi Thomson and Jacob Bernard-Docker not far behind. Another playmaker from the blue line is Harvard rearguard Reilly Walsh, a right shot who averaged nearly a point per game as a sophomore, which may have made it easier for Shero to send Jeremy Davies to Nashville for P.K. POWER RANKINGS: Preds, Bolts still on top after offseason dust settles. 2018-19 rank: 12th 2018-19 rank: 29th Potential NHL impact in 2020-21: Alexis Lafreniere, Igor Shesterkin, Morgan Barron. 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As Bob Dylan would say, the times they are a changing, especially on Long Island. Key additions: Pierre-Olivier Joseph (LHD, ARI),Samuel Poulin (LW) A big man at 6'1", 207 pounds, Tippett played seven games and scored an NHL goal in 2019-20. while Denisenko is an elite skater and puck-handler. 26 Feb Feb The Avalanche already owntwo premier young defensemen in Conor Timmins and Cale Makar, but the crown jewel of Sakic's prized assets is Ottawa's unprotected 2019 first-round pick, which may end up being the first overall pick. Behind him, defenseman Josh Mahura is a potential top-pair talent who's split two seasons between the NHL and AHL. Graduated: J.F. While there is often fluidity in these organizational rankings, with players graduating quickly and changing the face of the system sometimes dramatically on a year-to-year basis, this is how the NHL prospect pools stack up as we gear up for the 2020-21 season. Years upon years of stockpiling picks and prospects has kept the Ducks a competitive franchise for most of the last two decades so even an 80-point effort in 2018-19 (their lowest in seven seasons) could be viewed as an aberration. Still, a handful of young defensemen could ultimately provide Chicago's backbone on the blue line, namely collegiate standout Ian Mitchell and 6'4", 208-pound behemoth Alec Regula. McDavid aside, the only Oilers prospect from the 2015 draft onwards to appear in at least 20 games was Jesse Puljujarvi, whocurrently waits in Europe for the Oilers to meet his trade demands. Nylander, on the other hand, has game-breaking potentialbut his time as Sabres property was nothing short of underwhelming. Traded/not signed: Gustav Olhaver (C). 2018-19 rank: 5th The move certainly will be monitored for several years, but what shouldnt be lost in the post-draft hysteria is that Yzerman had already inherited an excellent group of young talent and had the flexibility to roll the dice. MORE: The truth about Nail Yakupov, an imperfect prospect set up to bust. But of all their prospects, goalie Igor Shestyorkin may be the most intriguing, as hes dominated the KHL for several years and could be earmarked as Henrik Lundqvists long-awaited replacement. Traded/not signed: Petter Hansson (LHD). If organizational depth werent a factor in these rankings, the Panthers probably would crack the top five, possibly top three. 1 goalie prospect, but they do have some intriguing players in Lukas Parik and Jacob Ingham, among a few others who could develop. Another way to look at it is how the organization tends to keep AHL development to a maximum of two or three years. GOLDEN STANDARDHow Vegas became the most successful expansion team in sports history. The Jets are so young at the NHL, so some of these kids will either get moved or blocked into the ECHL. Up front, the prospect pool has one of the top-scoring centers from the 2019 draft in Boston College recruit and reigning BCHL Most Valuable Player Alex Newhook. In terms of the sleeper category, dont be surprised ifcenter Riley Damiani leapfrogs Ty Dellandrea on the depth chart. Meanwhile, defenseman, Noah Dobson, a 2018 draftee, did arrive on Long Island and appeared in 34 games. Winger Martin Kaut is a sturdy playmaker who was among the AHLs top teenage scorers last season and Shane Bowers, a 2017 first-round pick of Ottawas acquired in the Matt Duchene deal, was one of Hockey Easts top two-way centers; heis signed to play this season with the AHLs Colorado Eagles. Jump to a team: 2018-19 rank: 23rd Beyond their prized swift-skating American is a phenomenal two-way defenseman in Ty Smith, a first-round selection in 2018 who dazzled in training camp a year ago. Jonathan Toews on next season, Blues winning Cup: 'No part of me that was happy', 2018-19 rank: 11th On the wing, Kristian Vesalainen is the real deal too. Eeli Tolvanen, who was picked 30th overall in 2017. 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Center Robert Thomas is looking more and more like a steal from the late part of the 2017 draft's first round, where the Blues also plucked skilled power winger Klim Kostin. NHL DRAFT 2018:Team-by-team grades|Winners and losers. 1 playoff seed thanks to youngsters already contributing. As solid as those two prospects are, however, the organization hasnt had a legitimate home-grown No. 2018-19 rank: 30th He'll be a top-line NHL player when he peaks. ArthurKaliyev is a 19-year-old winger who put up 44 goals and 98 points in the OHL in 2019-20 and will make a big push for a roster spot with a team lacking firepower. Graduated: Adam Gaudette (C), Elias Pettersson (C) The reason is simple:Its a lot easier to light up a junior hockey league than to do the same against men in the NHL or AHL. The 6'1" center plays a sound two-way game. Sizing up the player of the year winners in all 32 Division I men's conferences. The Red Wings suffered through an awful season at the NHL level, but it might not be long before the roster is overhauled. The first half of their listed players have impeccable prospect resumes, beginning with shot-stopping machine Spencer Knight, who at 13th overall became the highest goalie taken at the draft in nearly a decade. Owen Power, LHD, Michigan Wolverines (NCAA) 3. Yes, their 2019 selection of stud three-zone center Alex Turcotte at fifth overall was their highest since taking Brayden Schenn in that same spot 10 years earlier; however, after Turcotte, the depth chart is lined with impressive kids taken either late in the first round or immediately thereafter. Also there's forwardJanne Kuokkanen, who arrived from Carolina for Sami Vatanen. Only one of Tampa's top 10 prospects was a first-round pick. MORE:Is Oilers' Evan Bouchard ready to take on a full-time role? TRADE GRADES: Sabres buy low on Jeff Skinner's high-end scoring help. WebBuffalo Sabres (BOS): Aleksi Kosolov, G (Dinamo Minsk, KHL) The Sabres drafted only two goalies Ukko-Pekka-Lukkonen and Erik Portillo in the previous six drafts. Potential NHL impact in 2020-21: Alexis Lafreniere, Igor Shesterkin, Morgan Barron. The strength of the Hawks' farm system lies within the defense, which is led by four blue-chip rearguards acquired with their top two picks in each of the last two drafts. Not to mention he has a high-revving motor in a tough-to-contain 5'7", 162-pound frame. Not all of them will be playing center at the next level, but if you're going to be heavy at one position, that's certainly not a bad area to focus. The Blackhawks' season was the hockey equivalent of a cold shower, as they missed the playoffs for the first time in 10 years. On the blue line, Jett Woo has 112 points in his past two junior seasons and has a physical edge too. 2 overall pick Quinton Byfield took a great system and turned it into the class of the league. 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