Alexis Lafreniere maintains his hold on #1, but Quinton Byfield is playing well enough to make us consider making a change at the top. Who are the rest of the players we feel have a chance to go in the top two rounds?
As always, the grades are fluid and reflect September, October and November viewings.
| Alexis Lafreniere | QMJHL | A | Forward | 1 | 1 |
| Quinton Byfield | OHL | A | Forward | 2 | 1 |
| Alexander Holtz | SHL | A | Forward | 3 | 1 |
| Lucas Raymond | SHL | A | Forward | 4 | 1 |
| Anton Lundell | Liiga | A | Forward | 5 | 1 |
| Cole Perfetti | OHL | A | Forward | 6 | 1 |
| Justin Barron | QMJHL | A | Defense | 7 | 1 |
| Jamie Drysdale | OHL | A | Defense | 8 | 1 |
| Dylan Holloway | NCAA | A | Forward | 9 | 1 |
| Yaroslov Askarov | VHL | A | Goalie | 10 | 1 |
| Tim Stutzle | DEL | A | Forward | 11 | 1 |
| Marco Rossi | OHL | A | Forward | 12 | 1 |
| Noel Gunler | SHL | A | Forward | 13 | 1 |
| Braden Schneider | WHL | A- | Defense | 14 | 1 |
| Mavrik Bourque | QMJHL | A- | Forward | 15 | 1 |
| Connor Zary | WHL | A- | Forward | 16 | 1 |
| Jeremie Poirier | QMJHL | A- | Defense | 17 | 1 |
| Eemil Viro | Jr. A Liiga | A- | Defense | 18 | 1 |
| William Wallinder | SuperElit | A- | Defense | 19 | 1 |
| Roni Hirvonen | Liiga | A- | Forward | 20 | 1 |
| Tyler Kleven | USHL | A- | Defense | 21 | 1 |
| William Villeneuve | QMJHL | A- | Defense | 22 | 1 |
| Dawson Mercer | QMJHL | A- | Forward | 23 | 1 |
| Kasper Simontaival | Liiga | A- | Forward | 24 | 1 |
| Luke Tuch | USHL | A- | Forward | 25 | 1 |
| Ryan O’Rourke | OHL | A- | Defense | 26 | 1 |
| Jake Sanderson | USHL | A- | Defense | 27 | 1 |
| Emil Andrae | SuperElit | A- | Defense | 28 | 1 |
| Tyson Foerster | OHL | A- | Forward | 29 | 1 |
| Veeti Miettinen | Jr.A Liiga | A- | Forward | 30 | 1 |
| Carson Bantle | USHL | A- | Forward | 31 | 1 |
| Dylan Peterson | USHL | A- | Forward | 32 | 2 |
| Vasili Ponomaryov | QMJHL | B+ | Forward | 33 | 2 |
| Charlie Desroches | QMJHL | B+ | Defense | 34 | 2 |
| Antonio Stranges | OHL | B+ | Forward | 35 | 2 |
| Thomas Bordeleau | USHL | B+ | Forward | 36 | 2 |
| Jacob Perreault | OHL | B+ | Forward | 37 | 2 |
| Sean Farrell | USHL | B+ | Forward | 38 | 2 |
| Kaiden Guhle | WHL | B+ | Defense | 39 | 2 |
| Brock Faber | USHL | B+ | Defense | 40 | 2 |
| Kasper Puutio | WHL | B+ | Defense | 41 | 2 |
| Will Cuylle | OHL | B+ | Forward | 42 | 2 |
| Jack Quinn | OHL | B+ | Forward | 43 | 2 |
| Sam Colangelo | USHL | B+ | Forward | 44 | 2 |
| Simon Kubicek | WHL | B+ | Defense | 45 | 2 |
| Jean-Luc Foudy | OHL | B+ | Forward | 46 | 2 |
| Blake Biondi | USHS-MN | B+ | Forward | 47 | 2 |
| Daemon Hunt | WHL | B+ | Defense | 48 | 2 |
| Seth Jarvis | WHL | B+ | Forward | 49 | 2 |
| Topi Niemela | Liiga | B | Defense | 50 | 2 |
| Danil Gushchin | USHL | B | Forward | 51 | 2 |
| Hendrix Lapierre | QMJHL | B | Forward | 52 | 2 |
| Ozzy Wiesblatt | WHL | B | Forward | 53 | 2 |
| Pavel Novak | WHL | B | Forward | 54 | 2 |
| Brandon Coe | OHL | B | Forward | 55 | 2 |
| Jake Neighbours | WHL | B | Forward | 56 | 2 |
| Cole MacKay | OHL | B | Forward | 57 | 2 |
| Ryan Francis | QMJHL | B | Forward | 58 | 2 |
| Simon Knak | WHL | B | Forward | 59 | 2 |
| Theo Rochette | QMJHL | B | Forward | 60 | 2 |
| Brett Berard | USHL | B | Forward | 61 | 2 |
| Rory Kerins | OHL | B | Forward | 62 | 2 |
| Tanner Dickinson | OHL | B | Forward | 63 | 3 |
| Lukas Cormier | QMJHL | B | Forward | 64 | 3 |