The Athletic - Ranking Prospects Under 23

[a smell of green grass]

Army is drafting, so skip to Tier 5 to see the Blues players.

• • •
Ranking the best NHL players and prospects under 23: Celebrini, Bedard top the list
Ranking the best NHL players and prospects under 23: Celebrini, Bedard top the list
Corey Pronman

Sept. 2, 2025 5:00 am CDT
85

Welcome to this year’s edition of the under-23 NHL player rankings.

After ranking every organization’s best young players in the NHL Pipeline Rankings, we now turn to a ranking of the best young players overall on teams’ reserve lists, meaning within an NHL organization, in or outside the league. This is a ranking meant to show who I think will have the best pro careers, not who I would take in a game tomorrow. This is also a good exercise to show how the last five age groups compare to each other, as this largely spans the player pool from the 2021 through 2025 NHL Drafts.

===
Copyrighted, paywalled article from a third-party site. post trimmed to avoid issues.

original article here.

[ddierker]

The original topic is a violation of the Atheletic's copyright. Not to mention it it from a paywalled article.
Content trimmed. In the future please do not copy/paste full article to our forums, summarize and link to the source.

That site is governed by the NY/Times terms of service. (violation of section 2.3)