The St. Louis Blues are out of the playoffs and — ignoring the drama of Alex Pietrangelo — can now turn their attention towards the 2020 NHL Draft. It’s a loaded pool, with plenty of talent throughout the first round.
This is great news for a Blues team that is bound to have a fairly late pick. If the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Boston Bruins, the Blues draft 26th overall. If Boston wins the series, the Blues draft 27th.
Those are fairly late picks; the latest the Blues have started their draft since 2015, when they didn’t have a first rounder.