Friends, the National Hockey League’s Central Scouting Service has released their midterm rankings for the 2020 NHL Draft. As you can imagine, there’s a pretty large Western Hockey League contingent on the rankings.
For handy reference, here’s a quick rundown of how the WHL stacks up at the midway point. Feel free to compare with my personal rankings of available WHLers.
The WHL draft class, at a glance
Skaters in the Top 100
| Rank | Player | Pos | Team |
| 7 | Kaiden Guhle | D | Prince Albert |
| 8 | Braden Schneider | D | Brandon |
| 12 | Connor Zary | C | Kamloops |
| 14 | Ozzy Wiesblatt | RW | Prince Albert |
| 19 | Seth Jarvis | C | Portland |
| 22 | Daemon Hunt | D | Moose Jaw |
| 23 | Justin Soudif | RW | Vancouver |
| 25 | Ridly Greig | C | Brandon |
| 30 | Jake Neighbours | LW | Edmonton |
| 43 | Connor McClennon | RW | Winnipeg |
| 46 | Jack Finley | C | Spokane |
| 50 | Christoffer Sedoff | D | Red Deer |
| 61 | Simon Knak | RW | Portland |
| 63 | Ilya Usau | C | Prince Albert [second year eligible] |
| 65 | Cross Hanas | LW | Portland |
| 73 | Ronan Seeley | D | Everett |
| 80 | Bear Hughes | D | Spokane [second year eligible] |
| 84 | Kasper Puutio | D | Everett |
| 86 | Luke Prokop | D | Calgary |
| 89 | Pavel Novak | RW | Kelowna |
| 92 | Gage Goncalves | C | Everett [second year eligible] |
| 95 | Simon Kubicek | D | Seattle |
22 WHL players are represented in the top 100 North American skaters.