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The 2020 NHL Draft will be October 9 & 10, conducted remotely. The Calgary Flames have a first round selection and will pick 19th overall. In advance of the draft, we’ll be looking at some contenders to be selected at 19th.
First up? A big steady defender from the Western Hockey League, Braden Schneider.
A 2016 Bantam Draft selection by the Brandon Wheat Kings, Schneider joined them the following season as a 16-year-old and quickly became one of their more reliable, if raw, defenders. The 6’2″, 205 pound kid immediately had positioning down, but gradually figured out how to play mean and physical.