Last time I mock mock drafted the top seven in the 2020 NHL Draft. Today, I hit the harder part of the draft where the teams who need a good pick are starting to choose from the middle-ranked tier of available players.
I had New Jersey reach a little for Yaroslav Askarov, and now I have to figure out what the Sabres will do. This is legitimately difficult. They fired everyone, including their Director of Amateur Scouting, and they’ve had some big misses in the first round lately. Last year’s choice of Dylan Cozens at seventh overall likely will work out for them better than eighth overalls in 2017 and 2016, Casey Mittelstadt and Alex Nylander.