The Boston Bruins never draft high, and they don't draft often, but they almost always find a way to line the margins of their roster with homegrown talent anyway. That's about all you can ask for from your amateur scouting and player development departments given the circumstances.

Traditionally, this group has coveted safety at the expense of upside. It's how they've found so much relative success over the years. As the final holdovers from their last run to the Stanley Cup Final in 2019 move on or retire, it's forced them to change their posture and take the odd home run cut with what little capital has been available to them.

The end result is a diverse prospect stable with legitimate blue chip talent and credible depth, which may be a bit better than our last-place billing in this year's ranking. Let's get into it.