Kings Prospect Pool Ranked Second In NHL By The Athletic

"The Kings pool is still, without question, the deepest in the league - and a pool that I debated keeping at No. 1. It has star quality at the top, depth in quantity of legitimate NHL prospects into the late teens."
Wheeler's prospect qualifications are defined as someone who is:

With that mentioned, it is understandable that the Kings dropped to No. 2 on the list this year because that excludes the following players in the organization that were included on last year's pool: Arthur Kaliyev, Tobias Bjornfot, Rasmus Kupari, Kale Clague, Cole Hults, Mikey Anderson, Sean Durzi, Lias Anderson and Jacob Moverare.
Replacing some of those names are newcomers to the list and new members of the Kings Organization, 2021 draft picks Brandt Clarke, Francesco Pinelli, Kirill Kirsanov and Samuel Helenius.
The Kings top three ranked prospects were headlines by their last three first round selections, beginning with Quinton Byfield and followed by Brandt Clarke and Alex Turcotte in that order.
You can see Wheeler's high remarks on the future representatives of the LA Kings and the full list of his top 24 prospects in the organization
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