The Tampa Bay Lightning have eight picks heading into the 2020 NHL Draft (wherever and whenever it’s going to be). Five of their own from the second to seventh rounds, and three mid-round picks from the Philadelphia Flyers, Detroit Red Wings, and Ottawa Senators.
The Lightning don’t have a first round pick, nor a fifth round pick, but that shouldn’t bother them if they want to come out of the draft with the only prospect that they could possibly need:
Jake Boltmann.
We introduced him to you yesterday in our discussion of the new Central Scouting Rankings but let’s try to put together a real scouting report.