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NHL Draft: Unpredictability surrounds draft after first two picks

Official Site of the Blue Jackets | June 26, 2015

Related Topics: National Hockey League, Draft (sports), Connor McDavid, Jack Eichel, Noah Bennet

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- It's almost a certainty that when the 2015 NHL Draft starts Friday (7 p.m. ET; NBCSN, SN, TVA Sports) that Erie Otters center Connor McDavid will be the No. 1 pick by the Edmonton Oilers and Boston University center Jack Eichel will go No. 2 to the Buffalo Sabres.

The drama will start with the No. 3 pick, held by the Arizona Coyotes, and the player selected in that spot will steer the direction of the rest of the selection process, all the way through rounds two through seven on Saturday (10 a.


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