2020 NHL Central Scouting Midterm Rankings

Past the halfway point of the season now, NHL Central Scouting has updated their rankings for 2020.

Here's a look at how the OHL players fared. A total of 57 were ranked. And of course, if you wanted to compare, here's my midseason top 50. Also, see below for my thoughts on the list.

Skaters:
1. Quinton Byfield (2)
2. Jamie Drysdale (3)
3. Cole Perfetti (4)
4. Marco Rossi (5)
5. Jack Quinn (9)
6. Jacob Perreault (17)
7. Jean Luc Foudy (20)
8. Will Cuylle (21)
9. Ryan O'Rourke (32)
10. Jaromir Pytlik (38)
11. Antonio Stranges (39)
12. Tyson Foerster (41)
13. Oliver Suni (45)
14. Brandon Coe (47)
15. Tyler Tullio (54)
16. Tanner Dickinson (55)
17. Luke Evangelista (58)
18. Donovan Sebrango (59)
19. Hayden Fowler (66)
20. Jack Thompson (67)
21. Kirill Steklov (69)
22. Ville Ottavainen (71)
23. Ruben Rafkin (72)
24. Rory Kerins (74)
25. Isaak Phillips (76)
26. Evgeniy Oksentyuk (79)
27. Zayde Wisdom (90)
28. Cam Butler (100)
29. Ethan Cardwell (104)
30. Pavel Gogolev (105)
31. Ilya Solovyov (119)
32. Reid Valade (123)
33. Robert Calisti (137)
34. Dylan Robinson (138)
35. Ole Bjorkvik-Holm (140)
36. Jake Murray (155)
37. Igor Chibrikov (156)
38. Tye Kartye (173)
39. Logan Morrison (184)
40. Luka Profaca (185)
41. Anthony Tabak (199)
42. Austen Swankler (200)
43. Louka Henault (201)
44. Jake Uberti (202)
45. Andrei Bakanov (203)
46. James Hardie (213)
47. Kyle McDonald (216)
48. Brendan Hoffman (217)
LV - Evan Vierling

Goaltenders:
1. Nico Daws (1)
2. Owen Bennett (13)
3. Will Cranley (16)
4. Tye Austin (21)
5. Aidan Campbell (28)
6. Zach Paputsakis (30) 


1. In comparison to my list, here are the biggest discrepancies:
I Have Higher:

1. Logan Morrison (-19)
2. Andrei Bakanov (-18)
3. Lleyton Moore (-16) - Not Ranked
4. James Hardie (-11)
5. Mitchell Smith (-11) - Not Ranked
6. Declan McDonell (-10) - Not Ranked
7. Riley Piercey (-9) - Not Ranked
8. Jack Thompson (-7) 
9. Tucker Tynan (-7) - Not Ranked

I Have Lower:
1. Kirill Steklov (+22)
1. Tanner Dickinson (+15) 
1. Ville Ottavainen (+14)
1. Ethan Cardwell (+8)
1. Dylan Robinson (+8)
1. Will Cuylle (+7)
1. Igor Chibrikov (+7)
1. Luka Profaca (+6) - Not Ranked) 

2. In terms of the differences between my rankings and NHL Central Scouting, I think I am most shocked by Morrison and Bakanov. I know that I am higher on Bakanov than most, but Morrison is a quality player who many people have ranked as a top 100 player. His lack of dynamic skating ability probably pushes him down into the mid rounds of the draft, but to have him as a no-draft (which is where he is ranked by Central Scouting) is a head scratcher. 

3. Also not shocked to see NHL Central Scouting have that group of larger defenders ranked higher than me. Steklov, Ottavainen, Robinson, and Chibrikov are big kids and NHL CS loves themselves larger, project defenders.

4. Great to see so many "overage/re-entry" guys listed like Oksentyuk, Gogolev, Solovyov, etc. I think not having Billy Constantinou on there is a big miss though. He has been sensational for the Greyhounds and is one of the top second year eligible players available IMO.

5. Love seeing the aggressive ranking of some OHL players, such as the "big four" and Jack Quinn. NHL Central Scouting has Quinn ranked as a possible mid first round selection and I think that's where he should be at this point in time.

If you're looking for the full list, you can find it HERE.