Took me a little while to get caught up for the 2020 draft since I started a new job and moved this summer (I guess I should change my avatar now, bleh), but I finally have my rankings to a reasonable point.
As always, these do not reflect my personal opinions but are more like Bob McKenzie's rankings in that they are a consensus of what's out there. It's a good point to start at as the guys near the top are more hyped than the guys at the bottom.
Also as a caveat: there seems to be something dicey about players in the 75-90 range of my rankings. For whatever reason this is about the range that collects players that will go undrafted. I think this is an effect of "group-think" where guys show up on enough lists that they get hyped on other lists, but the actual scouts move past them once the draft actually comes. Think Samuel Fagemo in 2018 or Josh Williams in 2019 (although looking back at 2015, that range included Andrew Mangiapane, Travis Dermott, Ethan Bear, Sami Niku, Conor Garland, and Sebastian Ah; so who knows.
1 | Alexis Lafreniere | Left Wing | Rimouski | QMJHL |
2 | Quinton Byfield | Centre | Sudbury | OHL |
3 | Cole Perfetti | Left Wing | Saginaw | OHL |
4 | Yaroslav Askarov | Goaltender | St. Petersburg | KHL |
5 | Hendrix Lapierre | Centre | Chicoutimi | QMJHL |
6 | Lucas Raymond | Right Wing | Frolunda | SHL |
7 | Tim Stutzle | Left Wing | Mannheim | DEL |
8 | Jamie Drysdale | Defence | Erie | OHL |
9 | Alexander Holtz | Right Wing | Djurgardens | SHL |
10 | Connor Zary | Centre | Kamloops | WHL |
11 | Marco Rossi | Centre | Ottawa | OHL |
12 | Dylan Holloway | Left Wing | Okotoks | AJHL |
13 | Anton Lundell | Centre | HIFK | Liiga |
14 | Justin Barron | Defence | Halifax | QMJHL |
15 | Noel Gunler | Right Wing | Lulea | SHL |
16 | Braden Schneider | Defence | Brandon | WHL |
17 | Rodion Amirov | Left Wing | Tolpar | MHL |
18 | Jake Sanderson | Defence | USA NDTP | |
19 | Dawson Mercer | Right Wing | Drummondville | QMJHL |
20 | Jean-Luc Foudy | Centre | Windsor | OHL |
21 | Zion Nybeck | Right Wing | HV71 | J20 |
22 | Jacob Perreault | Centre | Sarnia | OHL |
23 | Jeremie Poirier | Defence | Saint John | QMJHL |
24 | Mavrik Bourque | Centre | Shawinigan | QMJHL |
25 | Ty Smilanic | Centre | USA NDTP | |
26 | Justin Sourdif | Right Wing | Vancouver | WHL |
27 | Kaiden Guhle | Defence | Prince Albert | WHL |
28 | Ryan O'Rourke | Defence | Sault Ste. Marie | OHL |
29 | Emil Andrae | Defence | HV71 | J20 |
30 | Kasper Simontaival | Left Wing | Tappara | Liiga |
31 | Jake Neighbours | Left Wing | Edmonton | WHL |
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32 | Roni Hirvonen | Centre | Assat | Liiga |
33 | Vasily Ponomaryov | Centre | Shawinigan | QMJHL |
34 | Daniil Gushchin | Left Wing | Muskegon | USHL |
35 | Lukas Cormier | Defence | Charlottetown | QMJHL |
36 | Seth Jarvis | Right Wing | Portland | WHL |
37 | Helge Grans | Defence | Malmo | J20 |
38 | Jaromir Pytlik | Centre | Sault Ste. Marie | OHL |
39 | Jan Mysak | Centre | Litvonov | Czech Extraliga |
40 | Antonio Stranges | Left Wing | London | OHL |
41 | Ozzy Wiesblatt | Right Wing | Prince Albert | WHL |
42 | Carter Savoie | Left Wing | Sherwood Park | AJHL |
43 | Alexander Pashin | Left Wing | Tolpar | MHL |
44 | Luke Tuch | Centre | USA NDTP | |
45 | Tyler Kleven | Defence | USA NDTP | |
46 | Alexander Nikishin | Defence | Moskva | MHL |
47 | Theo Rochette | Centre | Chicoutimi | QMJHL |
48 | Michael Benning | Defence | Sherwood Park | AJHL |
49 | Thomas Bordeleau | Left Wing | USA NDTP | |
50 | Topi Niemela | Defence | Karpat | Liiga |
51 | Oliver Suni | Right Wing | Oshawa | OHL |
52 | Tyler Tullio | Centre | Oshawa | OHL |
53 | Will Cuylle | Left Wing | Windsor | OHL |
54 | Veeti Miettinen | Right Wing | | |
55 | Dylan Peterson | Centre | USA NDTP | |
56 | Pavel Novak | Right Wing | Kelowna | WHL |
57 | William Villeneuve | Defence | Saint John | QMJHL |
58 | Evan Vierling | Centre | Flint | OHL |
59 | Connor McClennon | Right Wing | Kootenay | WHL |
60 | Martin Chromiak | Centre | | |
61 | William Wallinder | Defence | Modo | SuperElit |
62 | Shakir Mukhamadulin | Defence | Ufa | MHL |
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63 | Eemil Viro | Defence | TPS | J20 |
64 | Lukas Reichel | Left Wing | | |
65 | Jack Quinn | Right Wing | Ottawa | OHL |
66 | Yan Kuznetsov | Defence | Sioux Falls | USHL |
67 | Brendan Brisson | Centre | Chicago | USHL |
68 | Marat Khusnutdinov | Centre | St. Petersburg | MHL |
69 | Tyson Foerster | Centre | Barrie | OHL |
70 | Ridley Greig | Left Wing | Brandon | WHL |
71 | Sean Farrell | Left Wing | USA NDTP | |
72 | Christoffer Sedoff | Defence | Red Deer | WHL |
73 | Daemon Hunt | Defence | Moose Jaw | WHL |
74 | Ryder Rolston | Centre | USA NDTP | |
75 | Noah Delemont | Defence | Acadie-Bathurst | QMJHL |
76 | Maxim Groshev | Right Wing | | |
77 | Donovan Sebrango | Defence | Kitchener | OHL |
78 | Joel Blomqvist | Goaltender | | |
79 | Ruben Rafkin | Defence | Windsor | OHL |
80 | Daniel Ljungman | Centre | Linkoping | J20 |
81 | Simon Kubicek | Defence | Seattle | WHL |
82 | Eamon Powell | Defence | USA NDTP | |
83 | Simon Knak | Right Wing | Portland | WHL |
84 | Brock Faber | Defence | USA NDTP | |
85 | Roby Jarventie | | | |
86 | John-Jason Peterka | Left Wing | | |
87 | Ville Ottavainen | Defence | Kitchener | OHL |
88 | Kasper Puutio | Defence | Swift Current | WHL |
89 | Ryan Francis | Right Wing | Cape Breton | QMJHL |
90 | Luke Prokop | Defence | Calgary | WHL |
91 | Logan Morrison | Centre | Hamilton | OHL |
92 | Luke Evangelista | Right Wing | London | OHL |
93 | Theodor Neiderbach | Right Wing | Frolunda | J20 |
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94 | Nick Malik | Goaltender | | |
95 | Michal Gut | Centre | Everett | WHL |
96 | Charlie DesRoches | Defence | Saint John | QMJHL |
97 | Jan Bednar | Goaltender | | |
98 | Noah Ellis | Defence | Des Moines | USHL |
99 | Samuel Knazko | Defence | | |
100 | Tyrel Bauer | Defence | | |
101 | Ethan Bowen | Centre | Chilliwack | BCHL |
102 | Blake Biondi | Right Wing | | |
103 | Isac Garfve | Left Wing | | |
104 | Stanislav Rangayev | | | |
105 | Calle Clang | Goaltender | Rogle | SHL |
106 | Lleyton Moore | Defence | Oshawa | OHL |
107 | Juuso Maenpaa | Centre | | |
108 | Carson Bantle | Left Wing | Madison | USHL |
109 | Emil Heineman | Left Wing | | |
110 | Adam Raska | Left Wing | Rimouski | QMJHL |
111 | Leo Loof | Defence | | |
112 | Jack Finley | Centre | Spokane | WHL |
113 | Landon Slaggert | Centre | USA NDTP | |
114 | Cross Hanas | Left Wing | Portland | WHL |
115 | Alex Gaffney | Centre | Muskegon | USHL |
116 | Ronan Seeley | Defence | Everett | WHL |
117 | Dylan Garand | Goaltender | Kamloops | WHL |
118 | Kyle Crnkovic | Left Wing | Saskatoon | WHL |
119 | Patrick Guay | Centre | Sherbrooke | QMJHL |
120 | Pavel Tyutnev | Centre | Yaroslavl | MHL |
121 | Vsevolod Skotnikov | Goaltender | Moskva | MHL |
122 | Ben King | Right Wing | Swift Current | WHL |
123 | Drew Commesso | Goaltender | USA NDTP | |
124 | Jack Smith | Centre | | |
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125 | Sam Colangelo | Right Wing | | |
126 | Hugo Styf | Defence | | |
127 | Anton Johannesson | Defence | HV71 | SuperElit |
128 | Oskar Magnusson | Centre | Malmo | SuperElit |
129 | Wyatt Schingoethe | Centre | | |
130 | Rhett Rhinehart | Defence | Prince George | WHL |
131 | Carter Souch | Centre | Edmonton | WHL |
132 | Josh Lawrence | Centre | Saint John | QMJHL |
133 | Andrei Bakanov | Left Wing | Cedar Rapids | USHL |
134 | Stephen Halliday | | | |
135 | Jeremie Biakabutuka | Defence | Val d'Or | QMJHL |
136 | Brandon Coe | Right Wing | North Bay | OHL |
137 | Ivan Zivlak | Defence | | |
138 | Elliot Desnoyers | | | |
139 | Joel Maatta | Centre | | |
140 | Timur Zakirov | Right Wing | | |
141 | Mitchell Miller | Defence | | |
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143 | Nick Wong | Centre | Oshawa | OHL |
144 | Tanner Latsch | | | |
145 | Semen Demidov | | | |
146 | William Provost | | | |
147 | Egor Kuzminov | | | |
148 | Savely Kuvardin | | | |
149 | Noah Boyko | | | |
150 | | | | |
151 | | | | |
152 | Linus Loof | Defence | Farjestad | SuperElit |
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154 | | | | |
155 | Reid Valade | Right Wing | Kitchener | OHL |
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156 | Jack Thompson | Defence | Sudbury | OHL |
157 | Joni Jurmo | | | |
158 | Maxim Berzyokin | | | |
159 | Alex Laferriere | Right Wing | Des Moines | USHL |
160 | Ivan Didkovsky | Left Wing | | |
161 | Joona Kiviniemi | Left Wing | | |
162 | Elliot Ekmark | | | |
163 | Rory Kerins | Centre | Sault Ste Marie | OHL |
164 | Hayden Fowler | Centre | | |
165 | Ben Schoen | | | |
166 | Tristen Robins | Centre | Saskatoon | WHL |
167 | Matej Kaslik | Centre | | |
168 | Marek Blaha | Defence | | |
169 | Lukas Svejkovsky | | | |
170 | Antoine Coulombe | | | |
171 | Brady Burns | Centre | Saint John | QMJHL |
172 | Lucas Ramberg | Defence | Lulea | SHL |
173 | Marko Stacha | Defence | Sudbury | OHL |
174 | Joona Lehmus | Defence | Saint John | QMJHL |
175 | Winter Wallace | Left Wing | | |
176 | Luke Reid | | | |
177 | Ivan Ivan | Centre | Cape Breton | QMJHL |
178 | Senna Peeters | Centre | Halifax | QMJHL |
179 | Keanu Derungs | Left Wing | Victoria | WHL |
180 | Maximillian Glotzl | Defence | | |
181 | Mark Estapa | Left Wing | | |
182 | Jack Williams | Right Wing | | |
183 | Brett Berard | Left Wing | | |
184 | Mikael Pyyhtia | Centre | TPS | Liiga |
185 | Jesse Seppala | Left Wing | Edmonton | WHL |
186 | Calle Spaberg Olsen | | | |
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187 | Daniel Torgersson | | | |
188 | Mateusz Szurowski | | | |
189 | William Hallen | | | |
190 | Rasmus Simila | | | |
191 | Colby Ambrosio | Centre | | |
192 | Dmitri Ovchinnikov | Left Wing | | |
193 | Jackson Kunz | Left Wing | | |
194 | Alexandre Doucet | Centre | Val d'Or | QMJHL |
195 | Erik Hedlund | | | |
196 | Daniil Zaitsev | | | |
197 | Simon Andersson | Centre | | |
198 | Daniil Gutik | | | |
199 | Maxim Golod | | | |
200 | Ake Stakkestad | | | |
201 | Florian Elias | | | |
202 | Fabian Herrmann | | | |
203 | Kirill Steklov | | | |
204 | Zach Urdahl | | | |
205 | Tomi Niku | | | |
206 | Artem Shlaine | | | |
207 | Nikita Shuidin | | | |
208 | Jakub Kolenic | | | |
209 | Maxim Nevolin | | | |
210 | Aidan Prueter | | | |
211 | Theo Nordlund | | | |
212 | Sergei Yudin | | | |
213 | Sergei Safin-Tregubov | | | |
214 | Aidan Campbell | | | |
215 | Bogdan Trineyev | | | |
216 | Payton Mount | | | |
217 | Gerard Keane | | | |
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218 | Miguel Tourigny | | | |
219 | Jacob Dion | | | |
220 | Kyle McDonald | | | |
221 | Danil Aimurzin | | | |
222 | Cole MacKay | Right Wing | | |
223 | Filip Wiberg | | | |
224 | James Hardie | | | |
225 | Tomas Chlubna | | | |
226 | Dominik Binias | | | |
227 | Tanner Dickinson | | | |
228 | Oscar Tellstrom | | | |
229 | Alexander Ljungkrantz | | | |
230 | David Ma | | | |
231 | Dylan Robinson | | | |
232 | Ryan Alexander | | | |
233 | Primo Self | | | |
234 | Oliver Fatul | | | |
235 | Finn Brown | | | |
236 | Jake Ratzlaff | | | |
237 | Josh Williams | | | |
238 | Aidan De la Gorgendiere | | | |
239 | Jakub Simko | | | |
240 | Dawson Stairs | | | |
241 | Nate Hanely | | | |
242 | Raivis Ansons | | | |
243 | Leo Ring | | | |
244 | | | | |
245 | Cameron Supryka | | | |
246 | Justin Bergeron | | | |
247 | Tucker Tynan | | | |
248 | Cole Shepard | | | |
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249 | Landon Kosior | | | |
250 | Ryan Helliwell | | | |
251 | Oliver Tarnstrom | | | |
252 | Ryan Kirwan | | | |
253 | Owen Gallatin | | | |
254 | Luka Nyman | | | |
255 | Veeti Korkalainen | | | |
256 | Ilya Rychkov | | | |
257 | Roman Faith | | | |
258 | Samuel Krajc | | | |
259 | Jakub Lewandowski | | | |
260 | Yegor Smirnov | | | |
261 | William Dufour | | | |
262 | Thimo Nickl | | | |
263 | Karel Klikorka | | | |
264 | Vitali Pinchuk | | | |
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As always, please let me know if I have the teams or leagues wrong for anyone (it's a lot to keep track of and I am but a simple archaeologist). If you have questions are particular players, ask and I will tell you what I know.
My favourites from this class: Byfield, Perfetti, Askarov, Stutzle, Zary, Foudy, Savoie, and Garfve (although that last one is really just because that's a ridiculously awesome name).