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Nashville Predators Draft Profile: Will Dawson Mercer Fall Far Enough?

HAMILTON, ON - JANUARY 16: Dawson Mercer #19 of Team Red (Photo by Vaughn Ridley/Getty Images)

Sooner or later we’ll get the 2020 NHL Entry Draft, and the Nashville Predators need to be targeting offensive firepower for their first-round pick

This draft class is fairly deep with offensive playmakers to the point that the Nashville Predators should be able to get their choice of several of them in the first round.

One player that intrigues me is Dawson Mercer out of the QMJHL of Quebec, Canada. He’s a hardworking, grind-it-out type of player that earns every inch of the ice.