In recent drafts, some pretty good American-bred prospects have turned into steals in the first round. This year, Clayton Keller might join Brock Boeser, Dylan Larkin and Kyle Connor in that conversation.
Dylan Larkin, Brock Boeser and Kyle Connor might not be well-kept secrets anymore, but they were when dozens of teams passed on them at the 2014 and 2015 drafts.
This year, despite staggering production and an impressive set of elite offensive tools, Clayton Keller hasn't always found himself in the same conversations as CHL-bred prospects Matthew Tkachuk, Alex Nylander, Jacob Chychrun and Pierre-Luc Dubois after the top three of Auston Matthews, Patrik Laine and Jesse Puljujarvi.