The 2015 draft is looking like the foundation of hockey’s “next era”.

From the 2005 through 2010 drafts, we had players like Crosby, Toews, Stamkos, Kane, Doughty, Karlsson, Seguin, and Tavares emerge as solidified stars in the league. Kids nowadays would look at them the same way I saw Steve Yzerman or Scott Niedermayer as a kid in the ’90s. The stars of the game; year in and year out.

Many of the stars of the early 2020s, however, will come from this 2015 draft. Continue reading