5 Dream Scenarios For New Jersey Devils At 2020 NHL Draft

Dream Scenario Two: Number 18 Overall Pick

There is always one player that falls farther than everyone anticipated him going. Last year, it was Cole Caufield. The year before, it was Filip Zadina and Joe Veleno, who both fell to the Red Wings well past their projections. This year, in dream world, it is Jack Quinn. The winger from the Ottawa 67’s put up 52 goals. He played with Marco Rossi and a plethora of other Devils prospects. The Devils have interviewed Quinn multiple times and obviously know the 67’s roster well. The knock on Quinn, if there are any, is that he didn’t have a great season last year. His only track record of good hockey is this past season and he played with a guy who scored 120 points.

Quinn has been projected to go to the Devils at seven in some mocks while he has fallen to the mid teens in others. It is not out of the realm of possibility that teams overlook him for more proven talents in the early part of the draft. The Devils would be more than willing to take Quinn here at 18 with it being their second 1st round pick.

The Devils are in desperate need of a winger that can put the puck in the net. Their depth at the prospect pool landed them in the number two spot in The Athletic’s Corey Pronman’s organizational rankings. Adding Quinn along with Drysdale will help solidify that positioning. With Quinn, they add a top-six forward to add to a group already consisting of Nolan Foote, Janne Kuokkanen, Nick Merkley, and others.

Asking for Quinn to fall to 18 may seem like a lot, but players have fallen harder before. Veleno was projected as a possible top-10 pick and fell all the way to 30th overall. So it has happened before. With the Devils’ luck this past season, it would be nice for them to luck into a prospect like Quinn to fall into their laps at 18. We know Raymond, Rossi, and Holtz will all but certainly be gone by the time the Devils take the virtual stage a second time.

Seth Jarvis is another name the Devils wouldn’t mind falling into their laps. Jarvis is a little on the shorter size at 5’9/5’10. He can play on the wing and can sometimes slate in at the center position. Jarvis exploded in the WHL with the Portland Winterhawks with 98 points. He can dish the puck and has the finishing capabilities that the Devils need in their system. Either Quinn or Jarvis at 18 will be a steal and a move experts should be happy with. The fans should be happy as well.