It’s always a fun day when resident TSN draft expert Bob McKenzie puts out his draft rankings. They’re usually close to the industry consensus on players, which means that what you see may very well be what you get when draft day rolls around. There were a few things that caught the eye of fans, but the most important being the order of the top two players, with Slovak prospect Juraj Slafkovsky coming in first overall and Shane Wright ending up second.
Let’s get one thing straight before continuing; this is all speculation. However, McKenzie hasn’t messed up first overall selection in his rankings since 2009, according to a visual from PuckEmpire, so it’s certainly worth talking about.