2020 NHL Central Scouting Final Rankings

NHL Central Scouting has released their final rankings for the 2020 NHL Draft. Below is a breakdown of how OHL players were ranked. If you're curious for a comparison, you can find the midterm rankings here.

Skaters:
1. Quinton Byfield (2)
2. Jamie Drysdale (3)
3. Cole Perfetti (5)
4. Marco Rossi (6)
5. Jack Quinn (7)
6. Jacob Perreault (17)
7. Tyson Foerster (21)
8. Ryan O'Rourke (27)
9. Jan Mysak (28)
10. Martin Chromiak (30)
11. Jean Luc Foudy (33)
12. Will Cuylle (34)
13. Brandon Coe (35)
14. Luke Evangelista (39)
15. Jaromir Pytlik (46)
16. Ty Tullio (52)
17. Oliver Suni (53)
18. Zayde Wisdom (54)
19. Antonio Stranges (56)
20. Donovan Sebrango (59)
21. Jack Thompson (60)
22. Evan Vierling (66)
23. Tanner Dickinson (67)
24. Ethan Cardwell (70)
25. Rory Kerins (72)
26. Robert Calisti (78)
27. Ruben Rafkin (84)
28. Hayden Fowler (87)
29. Kirill Steklov (106)
30. Pavel Gogolev (107)
31. Yevgeni Oksentyuk (109)
32. Isaak Phillips (114)
33. Ole Bjorgvik Holm (116)
34. Riley Piercey (129)
35. Ville Ottavainen (137)
36. Cameron Butler (138)
37. Jake Uberti (147)
38. Reid Valade (148)
39. Declan McDonnell (155)
40. James Hardie (163)
41. Louka Henault (171)
42. Igor Chibrikov (188)
43. Logan Morrison (190)
44. Tye Kartye (192)
45. Jake Murray (193)
46. Lleyton Moore (194)
47. Austen Swankler (200)
48. Maxim Golod (213)
49. Brendan Hoffman (217)

Goalies:
1. Nico Daws (1)
2. Will Cranley (4)
3. Nick Malik (10)
4. Tye Austin (14)
5. Owen Bennett (24)
6. Aidan Campbell (28)
7. Brett Brochu (29)
8. Mack Guzda (31)

Differences Between Midterm and Final Rankings

Biggest Risers:
Riley Piercey: +89 (from unranked)
Declan McDonnell: +63 (from unranked)
Robert Calisti: +59
Jake Uberti: +55
James Hardie: +50
Zayde Wisdom: +36
Ethan Cardwell: +34
Louka Henault: +30
Ole Bjorgvik Holm: +24
Tyson Foerster: +20
Luke Evangelista: +19
Brandon Coe: +12
Will Cranley: +12 (among goaltenders)
Evan Vierling: (undetermined, LV to #66)

Biggest Fallers: 
Ilya Solovyov: -99 (to unranked)
Dylan Robinson: -80 (to unranked)
Ville Ottavainen: -66
Jake Murray: -63 (to unranked)
Isaak Phillips: -38
Cam Butler: -38
Kirill Steklov: -37
Luke Profaca: -33 (to unranked)
Igor Chibrikov: -32
Evgeni Oksentyuk: -30
Reid Valade: -25
Hayden Fowler: -21
Tye Kartye: -19
Anthony Tabak: -19 (to unranked)
Antonio Stranges: -17
Andrei Bakanov: -15 (to unranked)
Jean Luc Foudy: -13
Will Cuylle: -13
Owen Bennett: -11 (among goaltenders)

Comments:

1. Hard to compare against my own rankings at this time because I have not yet set my final rankings for the draft. That said, I can tell you that James Hardie, Andrei Bakanov, Logan Morrison, and Jan Mysak will be higher. And that Kirill Steklov and Olle Bjorgvik Holm will be lower.

2. Looking at the players who fell, the only ones that I really disagree with are Bakanov, Oksentyuk, and Solovyov. That said, I wouldn't have had Solovyov that high in the first place. While the offensive production did decrease in the second half, I'm not entirely sure we can say that his play dropped. He was the same player, just his production fell back down to Earth. And Bakanov, well it's obvious we see different players.

3. James Hardie was a kid that I had been hearing was gaining serious traction among the NHL scouting community as a potential 3rd/4th round selection with his strong play in the second half. Yet, NHL Central Scouting still has him as a virtual non draft selection. Very confusing to me.

4. The Top 10 among OHL players is the exact same for me right now in terms of the names. Just the order is different.

If you're curious to see the entire list, you can find that HERE.