TORONTO — Jack Hughes will have a pretty good idea of where he’ll be headed after Tuesday night.
Expected to be the top pick at June’s NHL draft, the 17-year-old center with the U.S. national development team will be on hand when the lottery results are revealed in Toronto.
The 15 teams that failed to qualify for the 2019 playoffs — or franchises that acquired the first-round picks of nonplayoff clubs — will participate in the lottery.
The Colorado Avalanche, who open the postseason Thursday against the Calgary Flames, have the best odds of landing the first pick at 18.