Link to the full spreadsheet (recommended way to view): https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1yS4nsONDGPm_OjROLWuGgjtbdxFKQaKSgctoqYULS3c/edit?usp=sharing
2020 NHL Entry Draft Aggregated Rankings and Mock Drafts
Features:
648-player ranking aggregate combining data from over 45 prospect rankings
Pundit Agreement Ranking - Measuring how wild each ranking's selections are
Mock Draft Aggregator - Combining info from over 30 separate Round 1 Mock Drafts to estimate each team's likeliest selection and create an aggregate mock draft
Draft class statistics, real-time draft day trade tracking, draft results and analysis, and more!
NHL Draft Info:
Tuesday, October 6th and Wednesday, October 7th
Round 1 - October 6th, 7pm EDT / 4pm PDT
Rounds 2-7 - October 7th, 11:30am EDT / 8:30am PDT
TV: NBC Sports Network (day 1), Sportsnet, TVA, NHL Network (day 2)
Can't watch on TV or online? Follow along on this page during the draft as I will be entering in the picks live as they happen. Get real-time results on how your team is doing and watch what players are reached for or fall down the board. When the draft is over, check out the Draft Results Analysis to see how your team performed compared to the rankings. With that said, I will answer a few potential questions below about the method for compiling this sheet.
Interested in supporting this and future draft projects? You can support me at https://paypal.me/astark38
FAQ:
Q: Why did you include a bunch of random bloggers with equal weight as major news outlets?
A: While major news outlets may have inside sources, it has not been proven that they are superior to bloggers or hobbyists in terms of ranking draft-eligible talent. This is actually part of the goal of this project long-term. I began this project with the 2017 Draft and intend to continue on into the future. As the results from the 2017 Draft become apparent, we can go back and compare results from the rankings and determine who is actually accurate in their rankings. Perhaps the data will eventually prove me wrong but for now I will lean on the side of having a large breadth of data rather than exclude people who put in the work because "they aren't good enough."
Q: Why did you exclude a certain ranking that I know of?
A: If I excluded it, its either because its behind a paywall that was outside my hobbyist budget or its because I could not find it. Please comment on my reddit post with a link and I will add it. I intentionally did not include rankings that are consensus/aggregates of other rankings, as this would unfairly weight the rankings towards whomever is included in those rankings.
Q: How can you compare Top-31 rankings with Top-250 and some that rank goalies and others that don't?
A: I understand the different ranking types can affect the data, which is why you see a lot of later-ranked guys with higher rankings than you might expect (since the data is missing). Honestly I prefer that the data just speak for itself, and that I should not try to interpolate or compensate for this.
Thanks for viewing! This is a product of ~4 months of work to scour the web for data and enter it manually (for the most part, thanks to various sources spelling player names differently), compiling information on over 600 players.
Previous Years:
2019 - https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1wtIOrj0tni4ODQSqUDsAqISIIW5K8bo-8_oYDDOAIjU/edit?usp=sharing
2018 - https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/19mQhQWEszAnAsxgr7pyxOahXY-udvgjPCGdnEBIM0YE/edit?usp=sharing
2017 - https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1AxBHVsE-dMzTRprG1J89eLVXjRT6M1L1XGlPUiywOyk/edit?usp=sharing
2016 (Not mine, but an inspiration for the project) - https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1TyFJM2L3DkIAX-4HjmxT7wnbA752y6DCERtM7555Hlw/edit?usp=sharing
Sources (in no particular order):
TSN / Bob Mckenzie - https://www.tsn.ca/bob-mckenzie-s-final-ranking-lafreniere-the-surest-thing-in-most-uncertain-draft-year-1.1488272
TSN / Craig Button - https://www.tsn.ca/craig-s-list-jamie-drysdale-yaroslav-askarov-move-up-in-final-edition-1.1534550
The Hockey News - https://thehockeynews.com/news/article/final-2020-nhl-draft-rankings-these-go-to-120
The Painted Lines - https://thepaintedlines.com/updated-final-nhl-draft-rankings/
Die by the Blade - https://www.diebytheblade.com/2020/5/22/21261033/brassmaster-final-top-120-for-the-2020-nhl-draft
The Hockey Writers (Bell) - https://thehockeywriters.com/2020-nhl-draft-final-rankings-bell/
The Hockey Writers (Fisher) - https://thehockeywriters.com/2020-nhl-draft-rankings-final-fisher/
HockeyProspect - https://hockeyprospect.com/2020-nhl-draft-rankings/
ISS Hockey - https://www.eliteprospects.com/draft-center/2020/iss-hockey
The Draft Analyst - https://www.thedraftanalyst.com/2020-nhl-draft/final-draft-rankings-the-top-300/
Future Considerations - https://nhlentrydraft.com/rankings/
Scouching - https://www.scouching.ca/the-blog/scouchings-final-2020-nhl-draft-ranking
Draft Dynasty - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=saOtLe_mSbk
DraftlookHockey - https://draftlookhockey.substack.com/p/2020-nhl-draft-rankings-final-top
LWOH - https://lastwordonsports.com/hockey/2020-nhl-entry-draft-headquarters/
SmahtScouting - https://smahtscouting.com/2020/08/16/final-2020-nhl-draft-rankings/
Mckeen's Hockey - https://www.mckeenshockey.com/nhl-blog/mckeens-final-2020-nhl-draft-rankings/
MapleLeafHotstove - https://mapleleafshotstove.com/2020/09/15/2020-nhl-draft-rankings-1-31/
Flamesnation - https://flamesnation.ca/2020/06/19/2020-nhl-draft-ranking/
Dans La Bande - https://danslabande.com/simon-st-laurent-2020-nhl-draft-rankings/
Ashley Glover - Riding Pine Hockey - https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ipN9QcdCuTvdlAw-tjpGZMh2lp_G_8kqlP6JRssRY-I/edit#gid=843932385
Hockeylists - https://hockeylists.com/2020-nhl-draft-final-final-rankings/
The Athletic - Wheeler - https://theathletic.com/1736440/2020/06/01/wheeler-final-ranking-for-the-2020-nhl-drafts-top-100-prospects/
The Athletic - Pronman - https://theathletic.com/1769140/2020/06/16/pronmans-2020-nhl-draft-board-top-122-prospects/
Eliteprospects - Burke - https://www.eprinkside.com/2020/9/22/j-d-burkes-top-104-skaters-ranking-for-the-2020-nhl-draft
Eliteprospects - https://www.eliteprospects.com/draft-center/2020/eliteprospects.com
Sportsology - http://www.sportsology.com/2020-nhl-draft-my-top-31-version-6-0-final-rankings/
Defending Big D - https://www.defendingbigd.com/2020/9/24/21446816/2020-nhl-entry-draft-final-top-101-rankings-lafreneiere-byfield-stutzle-drysdale-rossi-raymond-holtz
Winged Wheel Podcast - https://www.wingedwheelpodcast.com/post/2020-nhl-draft-rankings-brad-krysko
Recruit Scouting - http://www.recruitscouting.com/rankings/recruit-scoutings-2020-draft-rankings/
Eliteprospects - Mitch Brown - https://www.eprinkside.com/2020/9/24/mitch-browns-top-82-skaters-for-the-2020-nhl-draft-ranking
Sportsnet - Cosentino - https://www.sportsnet.ca/nhl/article/sportsnets-2020-nhl-draft-prospect-rankings-final-edition/
NHLDraftRanking - PM Perron - https://twitter.com/NHLDraftRanking/status/1308511593630662665/photo/1
Scrimmageandstats - https://scrimmageandstats.com/index.php/2020/09/17/2020-nhl-draft-final-top-62-rankings/
Danick Powers -https://twitter.com/DanickDontPanic/status/1308237853504278529
On The Forecheck - https://www.ontheforecheck.com/2020/9/28/21452799/2020-nhl-entry-draft-final-ranking-prospect-evaluation-scouting
Dobberprospects - https://dobberprospects.com/2020/09/30/dobberprospects-final-2020-nhl-draft-rankings/
Senshot - https://senshot.com/2020/10/04/ranking-top-31-prospects-2020-nhl-draft-31-brendan-brisson/
Silver Seven Sens - https://www.silversevensens.com/2020/10/4/21437235/2020-nhl-draft-ranking-the-top-62-prospects
Burgundy Review - https://burgundy-review.com/2020/10/05/nhl-draft-2020-final-top-62-ranking/
Prospect Pipeline - https://prospectpipeline.ca/2020/10/05/2020-nhl-draft-ranking-final-top-62/
Puck Prospects - https://puckprospects.com/2020-final-draft-rankings/
The Charging Buffalo - https://thechargingbuffalo.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/TCB2020NHLDraftGuide-2.pdf
Sam Forstner - https://twitter.com/SamForstner/status/1313159704802189312/photo/1
Fanalytics - https://fanalytics.hockey/2020/10/05/2020-nhl-draft-rankings/