There is nothing really wrong with the standard system of rankings. Fans want to know who the top Vancouver Canucks prospects are and we tell them. It’s true that it sparks controversy and arguments, but that’s also kind of what we want.
In our rankings, we added each player’s average rank. That way, Thatcher Demko ranked first but actually had an average rank of 1.6, Olli Juolevi came in second at 2.2 and Brock Boeser finished third at 2.6. So, our staff certainly had some very different opinions there. What we all did agree with was that Demko, Juolevi and Boeser are the top three — or the top tier.