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# Thursday FTB: The 2020 NHL Draft is starting to ramp up
- URL: https://www.pensionplanpuppets.com/toronto-maple-leafs-2020-nhl-draft-pick-gunnarwolfe-fontaine-primo-self-and-daemon-hunt-or-we-riot/
- Published: 2020-04-09T09:15:00.000Z
- Updated: 2020-04-09T09:15:00.000Z
- Description: The only rankings I care about right now are the fantastic names.
- Author: Brian Stewart
- Tags: From The Branches, #chorus, #Import 2023-04-05 10:50

The 2019/20 NHL season may be on pause while the world figures out what to do about the COVID-19 pandemic, and we all may be cooped up at home for 99% of our day to day lives, but that doesn’t mean we can’t still enrich our lives. For example, NHL Central Scouting yesterday released their final [North American and European rankings for the 2020 NHL draft](https://www.pensionplanpuppets.com/nhl-releases-their-final-2020-entry-draft-rankings/) eligible prospects, for players and goalies.

But how does that help us enrich **our** lives, I hear you ask? Could we dig deeper into mid round prospects than ever before using the extra time we have, to try and unearth more diamonds in the rough?

Pfft, hell no. What we do is look through the full list and find some of the best named players we secretly hope the Leafs pick just for their name.

And I gotta tell you, the 2020 list has some bangers. For starters, there are some returning prospects who were undrafted in 2019 and are still eligible for this year that we all remember — Gunnarwolfe Fontaine comes to mind.

But there are some others you probably don’t know about, or forgot. Here’s a list of my personal favourites, in no particular order — and yes, these are all real names you can look up on Elite Prospects:

1. Primo Self
2. Daemon Hunt
3. Roman Faith
4. Luke Evangelista
5. Bear Hughes
6. Nick Capone
7. Sam Strange
8. Antonio Stranges
9. Jake Boltmann (if the Lightning don’t pick him they have to fold the whole franchise)
10. Zayde Wisdom
11. Leo AND Linus Lööf
12. Winter Wallace
13. Huge Styf
14. Rhett Rhinehart
15. Ivan Ivan
16. Fabio Iacobo
17. Zakhar Zakharov
18. Vili Munki
19. Ozzy Wiesblatt
20. Mavrik Bourque
21. Evan Bushy
22. Timofey Spitserov
23. Calle Clang
24. Mans Forsfjall (I’m pronouncing his last name in my head as Forceful)
25. Tobias Handl
26. Thimo Nickl
27. Viktor Persson
28. Oskar Magnusson
29. William Wallinder
30. Michal Gut
31. Matteo Costantini
32. Billy Constantinou
33. Gage Goncalves
34. Colby Ambrosio
35. Jake Neighbours

Which is your favourite? Quite frankly if the Toronto Maple Leafs do not pick Daemon Hunt, Primo Self and Roman Faith then I’m starting a riot I don’t even care.

If you want to vote, Colin Cudmore from the Silver Seven Sens has a bracket with his favourites (though I have some differences of opinion on them):

> Introducing the Best Names Bracket: 2020 NHL Draft Edition!  
>  
> Make your picks, place your bets, and vote in the polls below to find out which [#2020NHLDraft](https://twitter.com/hashtag/2020NHLDraft?src=hash&ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)\-eligible player has the BEST name. [pic.twitter.com/B8GWKf3xKM](https://t.co/B8GWKf3xKM?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)
> 
> — Colin Cudmore (@CudmoreColin) [April 6, 2020](https://twitter.com/CudmoreColin/status/1247172240686407682?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)

## ONTO THE LINKS

[Marlies GDT: re-watching the 2018 Calder Cup run](https://www.pensionplanpuppets.com/toronto-marlies-re-watching-the-2018-calder-cup-run-championship-ahl-roster-marlies-lines/) | by Hardev

[The Leafs are sitting on a mountain of wingers](https://theleafsnation.com/2020/04/08/the-leafs-are-sitting-on-a-mountain-of-wingers/?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) | by Jon Steitzer at TLN

[Kristians Rubins: Latvian Lightning](https://theleafsnation.com/2020/04/07/kristians-rubins-latvian-lightning/?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) | by Earl Schwartz at TLN

[Transcript from a Kyle Dubas interview where he spoke about Barabanov, and other things](https://mapleleafshotstove.com/2020/04/08/kyle-dubas-on-alexander-barabanov/?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) | transcribed by MLHS

[Leafs 3-in-3: How much of a difference would a healthy defence have made?](https://www.tsn.ca/leafs-3-in-3-how-much-of-a-difference-would-a-healthy-defence-have-made-1.1464537?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) | by Kristen Shilton and Mark Masters

## AROUND THE HOCKEY WORLD

[Down Goes Brown: Remembering some of the NHL’s greatest one-hit wonders](https://theathletic.com/1727116/2020/04/08/down-goes-brown-remembering-some-of-the-nhls-greatest-one-hit-wonders/?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) | by Sean McIndoe at The Athletic

[Sportsnet’s 2020 NHL Draft Prospect Rankings: April](https://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/sportsnets-2020-nhl-draft-prospect-rankings-april/?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) | by Sam Cosentino

[Lafreniere on what he can bring to a team; Byfield talks Malkin comparisons](https://www.tsn.ca/alexis-lafreniere-on-what-he-can-bring-to-a-team-quinton-byfield-talks-malkin-comparisons-1.1464602?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) | by [TSN.ca](http://tsn.ca/?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)

Hup

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> 
> — worm from home (@SzMarsupial) [April 7, 2020](https://twitter.com/SzMarsupial/status/1247645635366526978?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)

Have a great Thursday everyone!

### What’s the best prospect name?

| Primo Chemmy | 39 |
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