The 2019 draft was the last normal draft before the world shut down. What have we learned and how could it apply to future drafts?
It is NHL Draft season. As we prepare in the weeks and months ahead to debate various names for and the implications those players could have for franchises, it’s worth looking back to five years ago. The 2019 draft was the last normal draft before the world shut down, and we’ve had the chance to see how some of the major decisions made have aged. What have we learned from that draft and how could it apply to future years? Advertisement Reflecting on a loaded U.S.
team Probably the biggest story in the 2019 NHL Draft was the USA age group — in particular, the national team. It’s one of the most loaded program groups in their history. On top of the No. 1 pick in , they had seven picks in the top 15, and that’s excluding the fact that future No. 2 pick came up to play with them toward the end of the season. Some wondered whether the team was being overhyped.
team, Caufield scored 38 more goals than Hughes did that season and was just as impactful at their U18 worlds, being named the tournament MVP. Hughes was a far superior skater to Caufield and is several inches taller. Height would come to define the conversation about Caufield. The comparisons to were inevitable and constant. There were a lot of risks discussed about Caufield: His size. Is he just a product of always playing on Hughes’ wing? His skating isn’t elite for a small guy.
winger Cole Eiserman. There were reasonable arguments to not take Caufield ahead of some of the true no-doubters, but his drop to No. 15 seemed excessive at the time and has not aged well. The distinction for me between Eiserman and Caufield is that I thought Caufield’s skill and shot were both superior and, frankly, he was a leading player on a team that won games.
in November and February in part because of abysmal goaltending from Team USA. The pick There’s been a ton written about using the No. 6 pick on Seider in the years since the pick, so I won’t go long here. The key points were that Seider was a high-end athlete: a big, mobile defenseman who was highly physical.
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