The New Jersey Devils were one of the busiest teams during the first round of the 2020 NHL Draft.
They had three picks for the first time in franchise history, two of which were acquired from the Arizona Coyotes and the Vancouver Canucks/Tampa Bay Lightning.
No. 7 — Alexander Holtz
With their first pick, the seventh overall, the Devils selected Alexander Holtz, a right-winger from Sweden. He’s 18 years old and impressed greatly as a teenager playing in the SHL.
Holtz is praised for having one of the best shots in his entire draft class and was compared to Filip Forsberg, a good goal scorer, of the Nashville Predators by the NBCSN crew.