By @MichaelCaples –
The season may just be getting underway, but the scouts are already hard at work.
Check out the NHL Central Scouting’s preliminary ‘Players to Watch’ list for the upcoming 2020 NHL Draft. The players identified by Central Scouting have been put into three categories – ‘A’ skaters for potential first-round picks, ‘B’ skaters for potential second- or third-round picks and ‘C’ skaters for potential fourth-, fifth- or sixth-round picks.
A Skaters
Cole Perfetti – Saginaw Spirit
Jake Sanderson – NTDP
Ty Smilanic – NTDP – Little Caesars/Belle Tire alum
Antonio Stranges – London Knights – Plymouth native
B Skaters
Thomas Bordeleau – NTDP – Michigan commit
Brock Faber – NTDP
Danil Gushchin – Muskegon Lumberjacks
Tyler Kleven – NTDP
Mitchell Miller – Tri-City Storm – Compuware/HoneyBaked alum
Dylan Peterson – NTDP
Eamon Powell – NTDP
Ryder Rolston – Waterloo Black Hawks – Birmingham native, NTDP alum
Luke Tuch – NTDP
C Skaters
Andrei Bakanov – Guelph Storm – Oakland Jr. Grizzlies alum
Carson Bantle – Madison Capitols – Michigan Tech commit
Jacob Bauer – Lincoln Stars – Milford native, Western Michigan commit
Ryan Beck – Dubuque Fighting Saints – Linden native
Brett Berard – NTDP
Brendan Brisson – Chicago Steel – Michigan commit
Ethan Cardwell – Saginaw Spirit
Drew Commesso – NTDP
Ethan Edwards – Spruce Grove Saints – Michigan commit
Mark Estapa – Tri-City Storm – St. Clair native
Sean Farrell – Chicago Steel – NTDP alum
Michael Gildon – Ohio State – NTDP alum
Noah Grannan – NTDP
Patrick Guzzo – Waterloo Black Hawks – Marysville native, Michigan commit
Dominic James – Lincoln Stars – Plymouth native
Zak Karpa – NTDP – HoneyBaked alum
Connor Kelley – NTDP
Hank Kempf – Muskegon Lumberjacks
Ryan Kirwan – Madison Capitols – Little Caesars alum
Daniel Laatsch – NTDP
Victor Mancini – Frolunda Jr. – Saginaw native
Hunter McKown – NTDP
Owen Michaels – Lincoln Stars – Novi native
Dylan Moulton – Green Bay Gamblers – Oakland Jr. Grizzlies alum, Miami commit
Kristof Papp – Madison Capitols – HoneyBaked/Belle Tire alum, Michigan State commit
Ben Schoen – Youngstown Phantoms – Little Caesars alum
Ryan Siedem – Harvard – NTDP alum
Landon Slaggert – NTDP
Ethan Szmagaj – Waterloo Black Hawks – Canton native, Michigan commit
Jacob Truscott – NTDP – Fort Gratiot native, Michigan commit
Evan Vierling – Flint Firebirds
Danny Weight – Penticton Bees – NTDP alum
Jack Williams – Muskegon Lumberjacks
Chase Yoder – NTDP