Kevin Cheveldayoff looked tired. His suit was a touch rumpled from sitting at the draft table all Saturday afternoon and his hair was mussed. But more than anything else, he seemed beat. He rubbed his eyes a few times and held them closed while forming answers to questions on the future of his franchise.
The man building a reputation as one of the top young GMs in the game had just concluded two days of adding to his prospect pool with a draft many around the NHL considered the best of the weekend.
Selecting in the lower half of the league, Cheveldayoff’s selections had scouts from around the league marvelling at how he was able to pull Kyle Connor, Jack Roslovic, Jansen Harkins, Michael Spacek and Erik Foley in the first four rounds.