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Washington Capitals select a steal in Brett Leason with their second pick

Brett Leason is 20-years old and played right wing for the Prince Albert Raiders of the Western Hockey League (WHL) from Canada. Taken in the second round at 56th overall, he’s a great story in itself considering he wasn’t drafted the last two years despite being draft eligible at the age of 18.

In 2016-17, Leason split time with the Tri-City Americans in the WHL and the Calgary Canucks in the Alberta Junior Hockey League (AJHL) and put up 18 points (8 goals, 10 assists) in 68 games with the former while appearing in just one game with the latter.