There will be plenty of in-depth analysis on these two boys — Nolan Patrick and Nico Hischier — in the coming weeks. Management, media, and fans alike will pick through their histories, their stats, their pedigrees, their highlight reels, their strengths, their weaknesses, their health.
Shit, probably even their DNA. Someone for sure is getting their filthy little hands deep in some sequences.
There will be some valuable information out there, some invaluable opinions too. Inevitably, there will be some nonsense. This is your formal welcome to the Nonsense Headquarters, also known as the pain zone.
Here, we will look at seven factors of Draft Boy Goodness (some leading field experts are now using the acronym DBG).