The top choice is a given, but it’s going to get interesting after that.
The final on-ice NHL action is done and dusted. And in the pursuit of glory, both Florida and Edmonton traded their first-round picks away to snag some help for the postseason – a worthy exercise, which isn’t always the case when checking out the post-mortems for teams across the league.
A defenseman would make sense here, but I love the idea of the Ducks going for the best upside, and Demidov has that. He’s an elite talent that could easily be justified if taken No. 2. Demidov is a game-changer who dominated in the Russian junior league this year and is expected to play full-time in the KHL next year. Demidov’s skating isn’t great, but it’s not going to put him behind the eight-ball because his puckhandling makes up for it.
MBN has proven he can take over against his own age group, and he’s a point-per-game player with Norway’s men’s national team, too. He had just under half a point per game with Mora IK in the second-tuer Swedish league, but he made a name for himself for just how much of a workhorse he is out there. It seems like he’s giving it his all every shift and he’s got a pro-quality shot already. He might not be flashy, but Brandsegg-Nygård will be a good NHLer.
The Blackhawks made a big splash a few weeks ago, trading up two spots in a deal with the New York Islanders. They must have someone they like, and I do have to wonder if it’s Hage, who kept rising ever so slightly throughout the year. The 6-foot-1 center had to overcome injuries that knocked him out of most of his USHL rookie season but he was easily one of the league’s top players in his first full campaign.
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