With the benefit of hindsight, the Japers’ Rink team has done a decent job in past years. In last year’s mock draft we chose Patrik Puistola with the 25th overall pick who has been looking like a real top six talent... we should have known better than to think the Capitals would draft a Finn.
But thank goodness Capitals brass didn’t listen to us because in reality they used the 25th overall pick on goal scoring center Connor McMichael who is now looking like a legit steal of the 2019 draft.
In 2018 we selected Jesperi Kotkaniemi with the 11th overall pick, after trading Philipp Grubauer and our first-round pick to the New York Islanders.