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Nico or Nolan? Or someone else?
The 2017 NHL draft is full of questions that will be answered when the New Jersey Devils select someone with the first overall pick on Friday night. Common thought suggests it will be either all-around Canadian center Nolan Patrick or flashy Swiss center Nico Hischier.
But in a draft class lacking a bonafide superstar, that's still up for debate. As are the picks that follow. The Philadelphia Flyers select second overall, and the Dallas Stars might trade their third overall pick. Four teams (the Stars, Blues, Coyotes and Golden Knights) hold multiple first round picks. All the ingredients are there for a night of first round trades. The Knights, the NHL's expansion team, has three first round picks to use.
As the draft deepens, teams like the Red Wings will use a stockpile of draft picks to jump-start rebuilding efforts. It should be a long, but intriguing, two days of hockey drafting.