There are many elements that make the 2018 NHL draft potentially explosive. For starters, there is virtually no consensus about which prospect is going where after the first two selections.
Rasmus Dahlin is the best defenseman available since Drew Doughty in 2008 or Victor Hedman in 2009, according to one league scout, who told Gare Joyce of Sportsnet. He is presumed to be the No. 1 pick on June 22. After Dahlin is the high-end scoring forward, Andrei Svechnikov, who has drawn comparisons to Patrik Laine and Alex Ovechkin, per Steve Kournianos of the Sporting News.