“Your talent sets your floor. Your character sets your ceiling.” – Bill Belichick
Welcome to the start of May 2020. Usually, by this time in the spring, the CHL is in the final rounds of the playoffs, the U-18 World Juniors has just wrapped up, and the draft order is set. This year, of course, none of that has happened. The CHL and the U18’s both were cancelled, and we’re no closer to knowing how the draft order will be set — or when it even will be — than we were last month.
Last week, a memo was reportedly sent out to teams, outlining the NHL’s point of view for holding the draft in June — despite the potential conclusion of the 2019-20 NHL season still being up in the air.