Complete First Round of the NHL Draft.
The NHL Draft will take place tomorrow night with the first round being broadcasted on NBCSN at 7 p.m. The Washington Capitals will hold the 24th pick in the first round and will have five picks in the 2020 NHL Draft.
Here’s how all the picks were determined:
"Picks 1-15: Determined by Phases 1 and 2 of 2020 NHL Draft LotteryPicks 16-27: Teams eliminated in Rounds 1 and 2 of 2020 Stanley Cup Playoffs, in inverse order of 2019-20 regular season points percentagePicks 28-29: Teams eliminated in 2020 Conference Finals, in inverse order of 2019-20 regular season points percentagePick 30: Team eliminated in 2020 Stanley Cup FinalPick 31: 2020 Stanley Cup champion"
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Here’s the official order directly from NHL.com:
1. NY Rangers
2. Los Angeles
3. Ottawa (from SJS)
4. Detroit
5. Ottawa
6. Anaheim
7. New Jersey
8. Buffalo
9. Minnesota
10. Winnipeg
11. Nashville
12. Florida
13. Carolina (from TOR)
14. Edmonton
15. Toronto (from PIT)
16. Montreal
17. Chicago
18. New Jersey (from ARI)
19. Calgary
20. New Jersey (from VAN via TBL)
21. Columbus
22. NY Rangers (from CAR)
23. Philadelphia
24. Washington
25. Colorado
26. St. Louis
27. Anaheim (from BOS)
28. Ottawa (from NYI)
29. Vegas
30. Dallas
31. San Jose (from TBL)
What the Caps will need to do for this year’s draft to be successful is to make selections to improve the overall prospect pool. They also need to find a forward to compliment a prospect list including Connor McMichael, Brett Leason and Alexei Protas. What will Washington do with their 24th pick? Take the best player available.
Our contributor CJ Witt wrote about three forwards that the Caps could take in the first round. His candidates are Jake Neighbors, Justin Sourdif, and Ozzy Weisblatt. Another contributor of ours, Ben Little, wrote a draft profile of Brendan Brisson. Those are all good players that could be added to the organization.
We’ll end this with a prediction. I think the Caps will take Lukas Reichel who will someday be a linemate with Connor McMichael.