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New York Rangers: Prospect Pyramid at the start of 2019

By David Bruce

VANCOUVER, BC - DECEMBER 30: Vitali Kravtsov #14 of Russia celebrates with teammates Dmitri Samorukov #5 and Alexander Romanov #26 after scoring a goal against Switzerland in Group A hockey action of the 2019 IIHF World Junior Championship action on December, 30, 2018 at Rogers Arena in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. (Photo by Rich Lam/Getty Images)
VANCOUVER, BC - DECEMBER 30: Vitali Kravtsov #14 of Russia celebrates with teammates Dmitri Samorukov #5 and Alexander Romanov #26 after scoring a goal against Switzerland in Group A hockey action of the 2019 IIHF World Junior Championship action on December, 30, 2018 at Rogers Arena in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. (Photo by Rich Lam/Getty Images) /
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NEW YORK, NY – JANUARY 02: Filip Chytil #72 of the New York Rangers skates with the puck against Riley Sheahan #15 of the Pittsburgh Penguins at Madison Square Garden on January 2, 2019 in New York City. (Photo by Jared Silber/NHLI via Getty Images)
NEW YORK, NY – JANUARY 02: Filip Chytil #72 of the New York Rangers skates with the puck against Riley Sheahan #15 of the Pittsburgh Penguins at Madison Square Garden on January 2, 2019 in New York City. (Photo by Jared Silber/NHLI via Getty Images) /

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.

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