Kyle Dubas draft history: clues for the future based on the past

Photo by Jeff Vinnick/NHLI via Getty Images Heavy on forwards early in the draft, two out of three first round picks have been forwards. Out of 10 first/second round picks, seven have been forwards. Often wingers.

Four out of six total top-50 picks have been out of the WHL. The others have been one a piece from Russia and the OHL. Has used zero top-50 picks from the QMJHL, US Colleges/USHL, Finland, Sweden, Czechia, Slovakia.

Hasn’t really messed with QMJHL or Swedish based players at all at any point in draft — only two out of 43 skaters drafted were from the Quebec league (one of them even being a Russian import player and not a native Quebecois). Similarly, has only one player drafted out…