Owen Pickering is a large, smooth-skating, left-handed defenseman born in Manitoba, Canada. He was drafted ninth overall in the 2019 WHL draft and has played the last two seasons for the Swift Current Broncos. Before the 2021-22 season, Pickering was not projected for the first round and even found himself outside the second round. But things can change fast with NHL prospects, and Pickering’s growth in his draft year shot him up into the late first round and rising. Because he’s a little late to the party, there isn’t exactly a consensus on him. You can see that even in just the rankings we’ve got linked below, with Pickering ranging from the middle of the first round to late in the second round.
BSH 2022 Community Draft Board, No. 20: Owen Pickering
