Consider Sanderson my first miss of this year’s draft – and far from the last.eval(ez_write_tag([[580,400],'thehockeywriters_com-large-mobile-banner-1','ezslot_0',666,'0','0'])); The Ducks followed suit and took a defenceman of their own at six – with Jamie Drysdale. There was no big arena filled with fans, players and their families.

Instead, teams made picks over a Zoom call from their respective locations followed by reaction from players at their respective locations. So maybe it’s another miss on our part, but we all had Ridly Greig going in the middle of the second round. As you can see, we all had him ranked eighth or higher in the draft and it’s a dream for the Jets that they were able to steal him with the 10th overall selection. The 2020 NHL Draft is less than a week away, so Sam Cosentino shares his final top 31 player rankings, plus a few honourable mentions. That said, he has the offensive ability of a number two and the Kings should be stoked to see what he can do with NHL-calibre linemates.

Some hoped he’d fall even further, but the center should help with the team’s depth as they could lose some key forwards to free agency this offseason. Call it a miss on me, but I didn’t even have Foerster in the first round. Regardless, the Flames grabbed what should be a top-20 talent in Zary with their first-round pick, one they were able to get by moving down and accumulating more picks in the 2020 NHL Draft. Say what you will, but Josh and I missed on Brisson jumping into the first round. The Chinakhov pick.

He dropped one spot from Larry’s rankings, jumped two from Josh’s and I got back at it with an accurate number seven pick – a solid addition to a very young Devils club. Still, what a thrill for the kid who has the potential to skate on the same ice as Connor McDavid at some point during his career when he makes the jump to the NHL. Josh had 13, I had 11 and Larry had 6. Once again, he was well within range of what was expected, but Larry was almost spot on having him ranked eighth overall. Simply put, we missed on Sanderson. Another solid winger from Russia, Amirov adds to the growing Russian presence in the team’s prospect pool. The Barron pick. Guhle is just another player that will have to impress with him going higher than expected. Either way, it was just the start of the defensive train in the 2020 NHL Draft. While Larry and I had him one spot higher at fifth overall, Josh nailed it with Drysdale sitting at sixth on his final rankings. Still, as the first defenceman off the board, Sanderson blew by Jamie Drysdale to land with the Ottawa Senators who quickly built a strong prospect pool with their first two picks of the 2020 NHL Draft. Easily a future franchise goaltender by most analysts’ standards, what does this say about the future of the team’s goaltending in Pekka Rinne and Juuse Saros? Maybe not the expected pick, the Maple Leafs took Rodion Amirov with the 15th overall selection that they received in the Kasperi Kapanen deal with the Penguins. 2020 NHL Draft; 2020 NHL Draft Rankings; Facebook Twitter LinkedIn WhatsApp. Larry had six within one pick of their final selection spot, I had six of my own and Josh had four. I can’t even be upset that this was a total miss on our part in terms of where he went in the draft. In fact, the closest any of us got was six spots lower than where the Montreal Canadiens took him. Either way, Bourque fell to 30th overall and should be a great pick for the Stars in that spot. All rights reserved. While it’s like the lottery sometimes and you’re never going to hit them all, there were a number of misses for the three of us in this first round.
With that in mind, let’s take a look back at our pre-draft rankings at The Hockey Writers and how we matched up to the actual selections in the first round of the 2020 NHL Draft. That said, he’ll be someone we look back at intently when we talk about this draft in a couple of years. By Andrew Forbes October 10th, 2020. While we missed on a combined 32.3 percent of our picks, meaning that the other 38.7 percent were within range. © The Hockey Writers 2020. First-round pick, Jake Neighbours? An overage player who has shown some more offensive development, Chinakhov jumped from an undrafted player last season to a top-25 pick in the 2020 NHL Draft.
Simply put, let’s revisit this pick in four or five years. Like Stüetzle, Raymond was a consensus top-five pick and the Red Wings clearly had him on their radar. The 2021 NHL draft season is going to be tricky -- to put it mildly. Updated daily with news and features from over 130 writers worldwide. Given what he’s able to do, this could be a good late-round pick up for the Vegas Golden Knights. Steve Yzerman and the Red Wings got their guy with the fourth overall pick when they took right winger Lucas Raymond. Founded in 2009, The Hockey Writers is a premier destination for news and information on everything hockey. Is this more of us missing, or Connor Zary falling right into the Flames’ lap? He was still a first-round pick and still headed to a great organization. Recent Posts. Truth is, we’ll have to wait and see, but it’s safe to assume that with all of us having him ranked 15th overall and lower that this might now turn out to be the greatest pick of the 2020 NHL Draft. Right in range of where he was expected to go, the Devils used the pick they got in the Taylor Hall deal to grab Dawson Mercer with the 18th overall selection. Sill, the first round didn’t seize to amaze us with a couple of trades made to move down in the draft by the Calgary Flames along with players climbing and sliding from pre-draft rankings.

Either way, we had him ranked no higher than 48th in this draft – 20 spots shy of where he actually went. Okay. Oh, also we all missed on this pick too as we had him ranked 12th and higher. The Sabres taking Quinn eighth definitely shocked some, especially with Rossi still on the board. Again, maybe a guy that wasn’t expected to go this high in the draft, Guhle was ranked 22nd and lower by all three of us at The Hockey Writers. Let’s face it, this was an easy call to make. He went right in the range that we had him at, but with the seventh overall pick the Devils took winger Alexander Holtz. The victory laps have been skated. Below is the final list of notable first-year eligible draft prospects for the 2020 NHL Entry Draft. Rankings:eval(ez_write_tag([[728,90],'thehockeywriters_com-leader-4','ezslot_11',678,'0','0'])); His injuries might’ve played against his being ranked in the lower part of the first round for me and into the second round for Josh, but Larry had faith in Justin Barron and stuck with it – ranking him four spots higher than where he went. While Josh had him ranked right at the end of the first round, he was mostly considered to be a second-round talent. While none of us were even remotely close on this pick, this pick could be a result of recency bias with what Mukhamadullin has done to start the new season. Rankings:eval(ez_write_tag([[250,250],'thehockeywriters_com-large-mobile-banner-2','ezslot_3',674,'0','0'])); The Blackhawks must see something they like in Lukas Reichel to take him in the top-20. These rankings will not change and will stay this way all the way up to the draft and beyond.

Sign up for our 'DAILY BEST Newsletter' for the latest & greatest hockey news & analysis. It almost seems perfect that Holloway went 14th overall to the Edmonton Oilers, especially with where we had him ranked. Finally, when it comes to misses, I considered a miss a player that we were 10 spots different than where they went. The handshakes have been exchanged. I hit on the first four picks in my final rankings as well as one more later in the round, while Josh and Larry hit four and two respectively. It’s hard to believe that we all had him ranked within the top-20 just for him to fall to 24th overall. Players born between September 16, 2001 and September 15, 2002 are in the zone for consideration. Another season is in the books, which means it is now time to turn our attention to those young men who are trying to make the difficult goal of playing in the NHL. This one can go down as a complete miss on our part for now. One of the purest shooters in the draft, it makes sense that he went in the first round. That said, this should work out well for the Wild who have added some key talent in this year’s draft.eval(ez_write_tag([[250,250],'thehockeywriters_com-leader-2','ezslot_9',671,'0','0'])); Another great pick-up for a team that was at the tail end of the top-10 in this year’s draft, the Winnipeg Jets scored big with Cole Perfetti who fell right into their lap. Add him to a list of well-stocked prospects for a Detroit team looking to continue a full-blown rebuild. The fact that Larry was the only one of us that had Chinakhov ranked shows you what a surprise this pick really was. David Zalubowski/Associated Press. That said, the Senators had three first-round picks and maybe the intensity that this kid plays with just fit what they felt they needed making him a legitimate candidate to move into the first round. As many thought Braden Schneider didn’t go 15th overall to the Maple Leafs, but still became a top-20 pick when the Rangers moved up in the draft to take the right-shot defenceman. With the 2020 NHL Entry Draft right around the corner, it’s time to release my final 250 rankings for this year’s draft class. Either way, Reichel could get a good opportunity in the Blackhawks system to develop. Just their guy? He’s led a suspect Sudbury Wolves team at times and his play at the World Juniors could justify why he fell out of the number two spot for some analysts pre-draft. Final 2020 NHL draft rankings: these go to 120 Prospect expert Ryan Kennedy unveils his final rankings for the 2020 draft, starting at the top with a … If his consistency can climb and his overall effort can develop, this pick will make so much sense looking back. Arguably nearing the tail end of the top-20 talent, Mercer fell right into the Devils’ lap at 18.

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