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2020 NHL Draft Rant: On the Tampa Bay Lightning’s strategy of size over skill

The 2020 NHL Entry Draft has come and gone, and boy, there were some shocking picks. Between the New Jersey Devils taking Shakir Mukhamadullin about three rounds too early and the Columbus Blue Jackets drafting a player almost nobody had heard of, Round 1 was an absolute gong show.

That was a theme that would carry over into the next day for the remaining rounds. As top talents (and short kings) continued to plummet, I was a bit concerned by the time the Tampa Bay Lightning traded up to get the 57th pick.