As a longtime subscriber to The Hockey News and an admitted sports nut whose first love is ice hockey, this writer is well aware that one of its yearbook’s traditions is a ranking of the NHL’s top-50 players, compiled by the periodical’s writers, league GMs and scouts. Having digested still another of these annual features, your loyal hockey pundit decided to compile a ranking of the top 20 Ukrainian NHL-ers as the puck drops for 2019-2020.