The National Hockey League has decided it’s going to start treating its draft like a big deal, and on Monday night we’ll have the first live NHL Draft Lottery airing on ESPN.
Hockey’s draft, much like baseball, isn’t about seeing the stars of tomorrow — it’s about getting to know the stars three years from now. While it’s become commonplace for the No. 1 overall pick to make the jump immediately (like Connor Bedard and Macklin Celebrini in back-to-back years), for the majority of prospects it’s about continuing to work their way through juniors, the minors, or the NCAA — and finally getting called up when the time
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