Welcome to my midseason ranking of the top 62 prospects for the 2020 NHL Draft.



If you’re new here, my draft rankings for each class are released in five installments, with a way-too-early look in the February before the actual draft year (my tentative 2021 list will drop tomorrow!), a preseason top 31 each August, a preliminary top 62 in November, this midseason list (it’s a little past the midway point, I know, but the prospect pool rankings took precedence) and a final top 100 each May. That end-of-year top 100 will also be accompanied by my now-annual update to my scouting guide.



After my Thursday (Feb. 20) look at the top 21 for the 2021 draft, I will also be hosting a live Q&A on Friday (Feb. 21) to discuss the draft and my aforementioned team prospect pool rankings.



The strength of this draft class is its depth of star-level players, with at least nine kids I’m confident have the talent levels needed to progress into top-line NHL...