Lays top 160 January rankings

[Lays]

After taking December off to re-evaluate my rankings, I’m back with another top 160. I wanted to stretch this list to 200 (as I said in my last rankings) but I think I’m better off staying at 160 until I completely evaluate the remaining prospects

November rankings-Lays top 160 2019 draft rankings

I was really close to putting Kakko first if it means anything
The more I watch/learn this draft, it gets better and better. Some of those early 2nd rounders definitely deserve to be 1st rounders

And here’s some random notes/movement

1. Ville Heinola jumps from 49 to 22, this kid continues to impress me
2. Honka falls from 11 to 35, he’s struggled badly (especially defensively) in Mestis this season after a really hot start, disappointing year for him for sure, I once had him as my #1 dman for this class
3. Simon Holmstrom is falling quite a bit due to injuries, I really like Holmstrom and had him as high as 14th at one point, quite a few players have leapfrogged him do to his unfortunate/disappointing year
4. Jake Lee has fallen the most from the November rankings where he was ranked 25, now sits at 90. Him and Hamaliuk have dropped off considerably
5. I may/may not get shit for saying this but Dach is closer to Kakko than Podkolzin is to Dach. Dach has slowed down recently but I have no doubt in my mind at this point that he’ll be an elite center. Creates a ton and his tools have improved, just needs to work on his effort/urgency

1. Jack Hughes
2. Kaapo Kakko
3. Kirby Dach
4. Vasili Podkolzin
5. Dylan Cozens
6. Alex Newhook
7. Bowen Byram
8. Alex Turcotte
9. Peyton Krebs
10. Matthew Boldy
11. Trevor Zegras
12. Victor Soderstrom
13. Jakob Pelletier
14. Pavel Dorofeyev
15. Ryan Suzuki
16. Moritz Seider
17. Arthur Kaliyev
18. Matthew Robertson
19. Cam York
20. Philipp Broberg
21. Yegor Afanasyev
22. Ville Heinola
23. Raphael Lavoie
24. Albin Grewe
25. Mikko Kokkonen
26. Nils Hoglander
27. Connor McMichael
28. Cole Caufield
29. Jamieson Rees
30. Bobby Brink
31. Vladislav Kolyachonok
32. Tobias Bjornfot
33. Brett Leason
34. Samuel Fagemo
35. Michal Teply
36. Philipp Tomasino
37. Anttoni Honka
38. Nathan Legare
39. John Beecher
40. Simon Holmstrom
41. Maxim Cajkovic
42. Patrik Puistola
43. Lassi Thomson
44. Graeme Clark
45. Yegor Spiridonov
46. Nikola Pasic
47. Marcus Kallionkieli
48. Artemi Knyazev
49. Thomas Harley
50. Simon Lundmark
51. Billy Constantinou
52. Ilya Nikolayev
53. Nolan Foote
54. Daniil Gutik
55. Blake Murray
56. Dmitri Sheshin
57. Ryder Donovan
58. Kalle Loponen
59. Valentin Nussbaumer
60. Lucas Feuk
61. Kaedan Korczak
62. Kim Nousiainen
63. Dillon Hamaliuk
64. Samuel Poulin
65. Robert Mastrosimone
66. Matvei Guskov
67. Harrison Blaisdell
68. Henri Nikkanen
69. Ilya Mironov
70. Sasha Mutala
71. Alex Vlasic
72. Luke Toporowski
73. Alex Campbell
74. Adam Beckman
75. Iaroslav Likhachyov
76. Case McCarthy
77. Drew Helleson
78. Antti Tuomisto
79. Michael Vukojevic
80. Josh Williams
81. Cole Schwindt
82. Marshall Warren
83. Oleg Zaitsev
84. Keean Washkurak
85. Nicholas Robertson
86. Martin Hugo Has
87. Brady Meyer
88. Alex Beaucage
89. Nikita Alexandrov
90. Jake Lee
91. Petr Cajka
92. Xavier Simoneau
93. Matias Maccelli
94. John Farinacci
95. Cole Moberg
96. Nicholas Porco
97. Gianni Fairbrother
98. Henri Thrun
99. Ryan Johnson
100. Trevor Janicke
101. Kirill Slepets
102. Roman Bychkov
103. Carter Berger
104. Marcel Barinka
105. Maxim Shabanov
106. Martin Lang
107. Geogiy Ivanov
108. Antti Saarela
109. Nikita Okhotyuk
110. Logan Barlage
111. Brett Budgell
112. Ethan Keppen
113. Anthony Romano
114. Andrei Pribylskiy
115. Matias Mantikivi
116. Leevi Aaltonen
117. Yegor Serdyuk
118. Ben Brinkman
119. Josh Nodler
120. Albin Sundsvik
121. Patrick Moynihan
122. Shane Pinto
123. Vladislav Firstov
124. Elmer Soderblom
125. Max Guenette
126. Brayden Tracey
127. Albert Johansson
128. Jordan Spence
129. Reece Newkirk
130. Cole Mackay
131. Vojtech Strondala
132. Vladimir Alistrov
133. Max Wahlgren
134. Alexei Protas
135. Karl Henriksson
136. Brooklyn Kalmikov
137. Judd Caulfield
138. Xavier Parent
139. Massimo Rizzo
140. Kyen Sopa
141. Quinn Schmiemann
142. Sean Larochelle
143. Liam Ross
144. Lev Starikov
145. Jacob Winterton
146. Mikhail Abramov
147. Wiljami Myllyla
148. Mason Millman
149. Matthew Steinburg
150. Jack York
151. Arvid Costmar
152. Kristian Tanus
153. Daniil Misyul
154. Mitchell Brewer
155. Oliver Turan
156. Christopher Merisier-Ortiz
157. Adam Liska
158. Jordan Frasca
159. Gabriel Denis
160. Eric Uba
161. Anthony Imbeault

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[Dominance]

Love it.

It’s been nice to see Cozens and Krebs really coming on strong after Dach appeared to pull away a lot at the start of the season. But you’ve proved that you’re more than a statwatcher by holding Dach steady. I have no flippin idea how his production has been turned upside down over the past month, as he still looks incredible and is working hard and creating every time he’s on the ice.