Draft season is here. With the 2020 NHL Entry Draft right around the corner, it’s time to release my final 250 rankings for this year’s draft class. Though one of the most unusual season’s in NHL history just concluded, the Draft will reinstate some sort of normalcy to the hockey world as 217 young, talented
Lucas Raymond
The 2020 NHL Draft is once again full of skilled Swedish players. For a country that has just a little over 10 million people, they sure can pump out NHL talent. Last year there were 26 Swedes drafted and 13 of them were selected within the first three rounds. In total, 113 of them played
After another season at the bottom of the NHL standings, the Ottawa Senators had the second-best odds at landing the number one selection in this year’s NHL Draft Lottery. Alexis Lafreniere would have been a dream come true for Senators fans. Related: 2009 NHL Entry Draft – 5 Forgotten Picks He would’ve given the rebuild
Something good is coming with the fourth pick in the 2020 NHL draft. In fact, as the first pick outside of the top three, the Detroit Red Wings might have the widest variety of players available to them. Sweden is home to two of those players: Alexander Holtz and Lucas Raymond. In Raymond, you have
With the NHL draft being mere days (weeks, months… who really knows at this point) away, teams are no doubt ramping up their virtual draft prep. Although the Buffalo Sabres should really look to trade their first-round pick for help right now, it appears unlikely that teams will be trading before the draft. The Sabres
The Toronto Maple Leafs continue to make news and stir rumors even without playing regular-season hockey games. In today’s news and rumors post, I’ll share about a young Swedish prospect whose role model is the Maple Leafs’ Mitch Marner and who hockey commentators suggest, in fact, plays a game similar to Marner’s. That young Swedish
Welcome to the Weekly Prospect Report. Here, we’ll take a look at some key names over the past week that are a big part of the next wave of NHL stars. This column will dive into both NHL-affiliated and draft-eligible prospects, focusing mainly on those outside the NHL. Related: Weekly Prospect Report: Bokk, Rafferty, Quinn