NHL prospect tiers (top 114 players under age 23) – where to the Wild land?

NHL Prospect Tiers: Connor Bedard leads projections of top 114 under-23 players for 2024-25 – The Athletic (nytimes.com)

For those without access: Scott Wheeler devised these 'tiers' based heavily on input from NHL scouts and analysts. The fiver tiers for skaters are:

1. MVP (a top 10 player in the league) – notably, Bedard is the lone player in this tier.
2. Franchise (a top 30 player in the league)
3. All Star (top 60 player)
4. Star (top 100 player)
5. Support (top 150 player)

The Wild land as follows:

Faber – tier 2C (also in this tier is Fantilli, Wyatt Johnston, and Leo Carlsson)

Buium – tier 3A (also in this tier is Demidov, Levshunov, Will Smith, Cooley, Power, Byfield)

Yurov – 4B (Wheeler and a few scouts think Yurov should be higher)

Heidt & Ohgren – 5C

While goalies are not included in this ranking, he also calls out Wallstedt, who would sit atop his goalie tiers along with Askarov at 3C if they were integrated into this format.

So, in addition to Kaprizov, Boldy, Ek, and Brodin, we've got an excellent core in terms of potential, and none of this includes Rossi or Khusnutdinov, either.

These guys, independent of vets or FA signings to fill in gaps, have the potential to be an excellent top 2-3 forward lines, top 3 D core, and high end 1A goalie. There's a lot that needs to shake out, still, but Brackett via draft and Guerin via trades have done an outstanding job of building out a promising core despite lack of high-end draft capital.