How do you quantify better forwards by far?
Don't really see any of the other forwards ever being on Hischier's level, and right now they're certainly nowhere close to it.
Out of the NHL'ers you have the following tiers...
Hischier (Already playing 1C even though his production is more in line with a 2C. By far and away the highest floor, and a to be honest, it's pretty fair to say his ceiling is quite a bit higher than any of the other guys with NHL experience.
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Patrick/Chytil/Konecny/Bratt (these guys are fairly interchangeable and they've all shown flashes. Chytil probably has the highest upside, but his season has been mostly hype and otherwise pretty disappointing).
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Zacha (He hasn't put it together and it looks like he might never figure it out, but if he does he has similar if not higher upside to the guys above him. He's also already become a fairly decent 3C and excellent penalty killer).
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Howden (Hard to judge him, but definitely has more potential than the scrubs below him)
Wood (Not really very high on Wood, but he's simply better than the garbage below him)
Buchnevich/Lindblom (Pretty unlikely that either of these 2 become impact players. I'm sure Rangers fans will scream about Buch having a 40 point season, but he's never even put up 30 ES points and is more likely to be KHL bound than a solid top 6 player imo).
Basically, when it comes to NHL talent NJ runs away with it, Philly is a clear 2nd, and the Rangers are absolute bottom of the barrel. For the non-NHL prospects this is basically reversed with NYR having arguably the best talent in Kravtsov, Philly having some decent prospects in Frost and Farabee, and most of the other guys being a bit of a gamble.
On defense Philly gets the nod due to Provorov (even though both Miller and Ty Smith have the potential to be better). After Philly you can probably say NYR then NJ, but it's probably interchangeable.
For goalies its NYR then NJ, then Philly.
Overall I don't think either team is that impressive prospect-wise. Philly was looking good for a while, but it seems like literally all of their prospects have hit a wall or regressed. NJ is experiencing a similar issue with most of their NHL players hitting a wall this year (Butcher, Wood and Zacha in particular), and NYR have what is looking like a great set of 2018 draft picks, but some of their older pics/prospects like Andersson are looking bad.
This years draft should replenish the prospect pool of all 3 teams though as it's looking like NJ and Philly will be picking in the top 6 with NYR not far behind.
