Pronman: Flames have #31-ranked farm system in NHL

[getbak]

If for no other reason than to have this collected somewhere easy to find next year when people freak out about the rankings, here are the final rankings for this year...

1. New York Rangers
2. Colorado Avalanche
3. New Jersey Devils
4. Los Angeles Kings
5. Vancouver Canucks
6. Montreal Canadiens
7. Philadelphia Flyers
8. Carolina Hurricanes
9. Edmonton Oilers
10. Chicago Blackhawks
11. Vegas Golden Knights
12. Ottawa Senators
13. Detroit Red Wings
14. Anaheim Ducks
15. Florida Panthers
16. New York Islanders
17. Arizona Coyotes
18. Buffalo Sabres
19. St. Louis Blues
20. San Jose Sharks
21. Toronto Maple Leafs
22. Minnesota Wild
23. Tampa Bay Lightning
24. Dallas Stars
25. Columbus Blue Jackets
26. Nashville Predators
27. Winnipeg Jets
28. Pittsburgh Penguins
29. Boston Bruins
30. Washington Capitals
31. Calgary Flames

[Classic_Sniper]

Not sure if this deserves its own thread, but The Sporting News ranked the Flames at #23, much better than dead last by Pronman. Steve Kournianos even refers to the Flames as the "Sleeping Giants when it comes to drafting" which I have to say it quite fitting.


https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nhl/...p1ao3xl52v0hd0

[SportsJunky]

EP Rinkside has Calgary at 28. Ranking aside, they are fans of Calgary's scouting department.

The Calgary Flames prospect pool is the victim of their scouts and development staffs success. With so many of their top tier prospects graduating to the NHL, there aren’t many game breakers left in the system

[Ped]

Originally Posted by Classic_Sniper

Not sure if this deserves its own thread, but The Sporting News ranked the Flames at #23, much better than dead last by Pronman. Steve Kournianos even refers to the Flames as the "Sleeping Giants when it comes to drafting" which I have to say it quite fitting.


https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nhl/...p1ao3xl52v0hd0

The Sporting News criteria also allows them to have Valimaki and Dube in the rankings, which no doubt accounts for the rise, and illustrates why getting upset by prospect rankings is silly.


The top prospect teams are mostly terrible teams with high picks.

[midniteowl]

Originally Posted by getbak

If for no other reason than to have this collected somewhere easy to find next year when people freak out about the rankings, here are the final rankings for this year...

1. New York Rangers
2. Colorado Avalanche
3. New Jersey Devils
4. Los Angeles Kings
5. Vancouver Canucks
6. Montreal Canadiens
7. Philadelphia Flyers
8. Carolina Hurricanes
9. Edmonton Oilers
10. Chicago Blackhawks
11. Vegas Golden Knights
12. Ottawa Senators
13. Detroit Red Wings
14. Anaheim Ducks
15. Florida Panthers
16. New York Islanders
17. Arizona Coyotes
18. Buffalo Sabres
19. St. Louis Blues
20. San Jose Sharks
21. Toronto Maple Leafs
22. Minnesota Wild
23. Tampa Bay Lightning
24. Dallas Stars
25. Columbus Blue Jackets
26. Nashville Predators
27. Winnipeg Jets
28. Pittsburgh Penguins
29. Boston Bruins
30. Washington Capitals
31. Calgary Flames

As soon as I see Edmonton at 9, I can disregard this ranking .

[1qqaaz]

Teams like Tampa, Nashville, San Jose, Anaheim, Washington, Boston, and Pittsburgh are also low on this list, yet always develop players out of nowhere.
All of these teams have made the playoffs almost every year since 2006 or so. and they've won almost half the cups in that time period.