Ranking of the top prospect pools in the NHL by Hockey Prospecting - You won't guess who's 1
The NHL Entry draft was a few weeks ago now and every team had a chance through 7 rounds to add to their prospect pool. Some teams were lucky enough to add some stars like Juraj Slafkovsky, Simon Nemec, Shane Wright and Logan Cooley, and some teams already have a big pool of top prospects.
Byron Bader and his team at Hockey Prospecting released today their full NHL rankings for team prospect pools:
The top 5 skaters prospect pool belong to:
Minnesota Wild
LA Kings
Buffalo Sabres
Detroit Red Wings
Columbus Blue Jackets
While the top 5 goalie prospect pools belong to:
Carolina Hurricanes
Philadelphia Flyers
Nashville Predators
Winnipeg Jets
Columbus Blue Jackets
With the top 5 blended prospect pools belong to:
Minnesota Wild
Columbus Blue Jackets
Detroit Red Wings
LA Kings
New Jersey Devils
Minnesota Wild
LA Kings
Buffalo Sabres
Detroit Red Wings
Columbus Blue Jackets
While the top 5 goalie prospect pools belong to:
Carolina Hurricanes
Philadelphia Flyers
Nashville Predators
Winnipeg Jets
Columbus Blue Jackets
With the top 5 blended prospect pools belong to:
Minnesota Wild
Columbus Blue Jackets
Detroit Red Wings
LA Kings
New Jersey Devils
NHL TEAM PROSPECT POOL STRENGTH RANKINGS (JULY 2022 - POST DRAFT) pic.twitter.com/45y2t91y8Q� Byron Bader (@ByronMBader) July 19, 2022
Does any team surprise you on this list on where they currently rank? There are definitely instances where not everyone is fully aware of the type of talent a player has, unless you are watching him on a daily basis, but overall, this list looks pretty accurate to me.
| POLL | ||
Do the top 5 look accurate? | ||
| yes | 178 | 56.2 % |
| no | 139 | 43.8 % |
| List of polls | ||
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