The New York Rangers have amassed a number of prospects over the past few years. Inspired by Steve Dangle’s Prospect Pyramid, we will look at a tiered ranking of those prospects.
The New York Rangers have lacked a definitively deep prospect pool for quite some time now. Embracing a rebuild, the Rangers have sold off some big pieces in favor of building a new core through trades and the draft.
With time, and potentially more moves to come, the Rangers have put a nice plan in place. Following the model of many modern rebuilders, the Rangers appear to be geared to pull a multitude of prospects into the NHL as this year goes on, and following into next season.
But, just how good are any of these prospects anyway? For the purpose of this article, inspiration was taken from Toronto Maple Leafs personality Steve Dangle, who came up with the prospect pyramid, an interesting way to group prospects into tiers, to better visualize where these players stand within the organization & what their skill level may bring to the table.
The New York Rangers prospect pyramid looks as follows:
What do these tiers mean, and how does it affect the state of the team and its rebuild? Let’s dive deeper.