Take a look into the months of work behind those two minutes of NHL Draft primetime. Plus, the outline of an offseason game plan, and the making of a major sports franchise nickname.
The Dallas Stars' 10 amateur scouts have worked all year for this week. By the time Joe McDonnell announces the team's first-round pick on national television Friday night, they will have watched hundreds of players in thousands of total games to deliver the book that Jim Nill and his staff will use – or overrule – during the 2016 NHL Draft.