Editor’s note: As part of the 2020 SB Nation NHL mock draft, we were unsure whether the goalie who is on everyone’s radar would fall to the 13th pick and be available for us to select. He might not make it that far in the real draft, but Yaroslav Askarov was indeed there for the taking in the mock draft, and we wasted no time calling his name. Below is our earlier profile of Askarov, Canes Country’s selection in the 2020 SBN NHL mock draft.
Selecting a goaltender in the first round of the NHL Entry Draft has not been commonplace for almost a decade now.