Unlike last year, the top of the draft doesn’t have a ton in the way of big defenseman prospects projected to go high. But for a team like the Devils who could use a bolstering of their defensive pipeline, will there be good opportunities for value later? And is Drew Helleson of the USNTDP one of those opportunities?
Drew Helleson is a defenseman who has developed through USA Hockey’s U.S. National Team Development Program over the past couple seasons alongside some of the biggest names in the 2019 NHL Draft. Listed at 6’-3” and 193 pounds, Helleson has a big frame that stands to fill out even more as he develops in the next few years.