The first round will be televised Friday on ESPN and ESPN+.
Dallas Stars work before picking Albin Eriksson with the 44th pick from the SHL during day two of the National Hockey League Draft at the American Airlines Center in Dallas Saturday June 23, 2018.The 2023 NHL draft kicks off Friday night at The Sphere in Las Vegas. Here is everything fans need to know ahead of time:The rest of the draft takes place on Saturday. Coverage starts at 10 a.m.
Zayne Parekh is an offensively gifted defenseman — he scored 96 points in 66 games with the OHL’s Saginaw Spirit — and is likely to become the highest drafted player of South Asian descent ever, joining a small but growing community of NHL players with Asian heritage, including Dallas’ own Jason Robertson.
You’re not likely to miss this prospect come draft day, as Russian defenseman Anton Silayev is earning comparisons to likely one-day Hall of Famers Victor Hedman and Zdeno Chara — and not just because he stands 6-foot-7. Meanwhile, though it is a relatively weak year for goalies, Ivan Nabokov is a wild card, having just led Metallurg Magnitogorsk to a KHL championship despite being undrafted at age 21.
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