2023 Offseason Prospect Pool Rankings, 32-11

Once more, Scott Wheeler has released his list of the top 50 drafted NHL prospects, and so I am going to take a look at how the RHL’s prospect pools stack up. This time I have also included his top 10 goalie prospects. Those lists and his reasoning behind the rankings can be found here:

https://theathletic.com/4665381/2023/07/18/nhl-top-prospects-rankings-connor-bedard/

https://theathletic.com/4665592/2023/07/19/nhl-draft-goalie-prospects-ranking/

And once again, here are Scott’s criteria for considering a player a prospect; they must:

• Be under 23 years old. We know that by the time a player turns 23, he is largely done with the steep upward progression we see in prospects and will begin to plateau.
• Not be a full-time NHL player. This is the arbitrary section of the criteria. Here, I trust my judgment for whether or not a rostered NHL player is still likely to bounce between levels more than I trust any pre-determined games played before the cutoff. Preference for inclusion as an NHL prospect is more likely to be given to teenagers than, say, 22-year-olds.
• Either be signed to an NHL contract or selected in the entry draft, without the expiration of either of those rights. Players signed to AHL contracts are not considered.

Since his last rankings, the following six players that were previously in the top 50 have graduated from prospect status:

Quinton Byfield (Senators), Cam York (Blackhawks), Kirill Marchenko (Maple Leafs), Matthew Knies (Blues), Philip Broberg (Blues), and Jonatan Berggren (Kings)

I have also done my best to track down if any of these prospects were traded after being drafted

Without further ado, here are the rankings:

32 – 27 – No prospects on the list:

Colorado Avalanche, Boston Bruins, Arizona Coyotes, Winnipeg Jets, Seattle Kraken, Dallas Stars

26 – Nashville Predators

S49 – Dylan Holloway (LW, 21) - Traded

25 – Philadelphia Flyers

S46 – Chaz Lucius (C, 20)

24 – Los Angeles Kings

S43 – Jordan Dumais (RW, 19)

23 – Detroit Red Wings

S41 – Brayden Yager (C, 18)

22 – New York Rangers

S21 – Logan Stankoven (C, 20) – Traded

21 – Florida Panthers

S15 – Gabe Perreault (LW, 18)

20 – San Jose Sharks

G3 – Devon Levi (21) – Traded

19 – Anaheim Ducks

S11 – Simon Edvinsson (LHD, 20)

18 – Toronto Maple Leafs

S10 – Brandt Clarke (RHD, 20) – Traded

17 – Pittsburgh Penguins

S24 – Matt Savoie (C, 19)

G8 – Lukas Dostal (23)

16 – New York Islanders

S42 – Axel Sandin Pellikka (RHD, 18)

S18 – Matthew Wood (RW, 18)

15 – Ottawa Senators

S34 – Alexander Holtz (RW, 21)

S20 – David Reinbacher (RHD, 18)

14 – Edmonton Oilers

S29 – Lukas Reichel (LW, 21)

S28 – Olen Zellweger (LHD, 19)

G10 – Drew Commesso (21) – Traded

13 – New Jersey Devils

S27 – Lane Hutson (LHD, 19)

S25 – Jiri Kulich (LW/RW, 19)

12 – Minnesota Wild

S38 – Eduard Sale (LW, 18)

G2 – Yaroslav Askarov (21)

11 – Buffalo Sabres

G7 – Michael Hrabal (18)

S7 – Luke Hughes (LHD, 19)