The Detroit Red Wings 2018 draft board would have had Filip Zadina near the top. The expectation of being able to draft him was that similar to Joe Veleno going into draft day low to none. Detroit would end up with both. Detroit while putting together their draft data and projections would have suspected Veleno to be selected mid first round. Many had Veleno the young stand out projected around 15th overall.
When the Detroit Red Wings chose 30th overall, with the draft selection they acquired from the Vegas Golden Knights in the trade for Tomas Tatar, Joe Veleno was still to many surprise available.