Wednesday FTB: Re-assessing potential draft choices based on Bob McKenzie’s rankings

Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty ImagesYesterday, Bob McKenzie released his final rankings for the 2022 NHL draft. Katya already covered it a bit here. I want to take the opportunity to update some of my profiles I’ve already written, and add some extra commentary as well.

First, let’s look at the prospects I’ve already profiled and how I grouped them:

Pipe dreams that I just hoped would fall to Toronto:

Brad Lambert — Bob ranked him 16th, which is a bit lower than before but not as much as I thought might happen. So he’s still probably not likely to fall to the Leafs at 25th overall, but I do see a possibility that he falls more on draft day.

Liam Öhgren — Bob ranked him 21st, which is not as high…