The Columbus Blue Jackets pipeline was ranked fifth in the NHL, per The Athletic's Corey Pronman.
Pronman, who bases his rankings off age, wrote glowingly about the prospect pool and the state of the organization moving forward.
He projects Adam Fantilli to be in the 'elite NHL player' tier, lists David Jiricek as an 'NHL All-Star and top of the lineup player', and suggests that Kent Johnson is a 'Top of the lineup player'. After that, he lists a handful of players that are 'Middle of the lineup players', like Cole Sillinger, Gavin Brindley, Stanislav Svozil, Yegor Chinakhov, and Denton Mateychuk.
Full rankings
- Adam Fantilli
- David Jiricek
- Kent Johnson
- Cole Sillinger
- Gavin Brindley
- Stanislav Svozil
- Yegor Chinakhov
- Denton Mateychuk
- Samuel Knazko
- Jordan Dumais
- Corson Ceulemans
- Luca Del Bel Belluz
- Andrew Strathmann
- Kirill Dolzhenkov
He also lists players like James Malatesta, Hunter McKown, Tyler Peddle, Luca Pinelli, Mikael Pyyhtia, Guillaume Richard, and William Whitelaw as players who have a 'chance to play' NHL games.
Only the New Jersey Devils, Buffalo Sabres, Chicago Blackhawks, and Anaheim Ducks rank higher than the Blue Jackets.
