Callum Booth doesn’t care where he gets selected in the 2015 NHL entry draft, as long as he does.
Goaltenders heading to Sunrise, Fla., later this month with the hopes of hearing their names announced fairly soon into the proceedings might want to bring some comfortable clothes.
Since Jonathan Bernier, Riku Helenius, Semyon Varlamov and Leland Irving were picked in the first round in 2006, just six teen netminders in the ensuing eight drafts have been chosen before the start of the second round.
“It really doesn’t matter,” Booth said on Friday. “The goal is to get the next level.