The NHL Draft is a make or break time for many GMs in the league. While Florida historically has had high number picks in the draft that gave us the like of Aaron Ekblad, Lawson Crouse, Aleksander Barkov, Erik Gudbranson, and Jonathan Huberdeau this year was different. With the 23rd overall pick in the draft, the club certainly wasn’t expected to make any major waves with their pick.
Or did they?
Henrik Borgstrom became the 23rd overall pick, which nobody correctly predicted. Most expected him to be picked somewhere in the second round.