No one could have expected for Oliver Wahlstrom and Noah Dobson to fall to the New York Islanders at picks eleven and twelve. It was beyond a perfect storm for the Isles.
Wahlstrom and Dobson fell to the Islanders because of the Canadiens and the Coyotes fell in love with landing a center. Montreal took Jesperi Kotkaniemi and Arizona selected Barrett Hayton.
Then the Isles got a lending hand from all places the New York Rangers. The Blue Shirts took Russian winger Vitali Kravtsov a bit earlier than most people expected.
Once Edmonton took Evan Bouchard at ten that made Lou Lamoriello‘s decision at eleven and twelve very easy.