We’re inching our way closer to the 2019 NHL Entry Draft. Our staff here at Raw Charge have worked up some draft profiles of players that are of interest for when the Tampa Bay Lightning make their selection at 27th overall. Or perhaps after they trade down into the second round as they have shown some tendency to do when they are selecting in this part of the first round.
Projecting into the later rounds, especially beyond the third round, becomes really difficult. Most teams only put around 100-125 players on their draft boards. While many more players will be selected than that in the draft, most teams will only end up going around 75 players deep on their board.