7th Overall: Ottawa Senators - Cole Eiserman, LW/USNTDP
Nobody will deny that Cole Eiserman has superstar potential, and he will ultimately wind up as one of the league’s better scorers. But the burning question for a long time will be whether he can do more than just score. Hey, scoring is the object of winning a hockey game, but a lot must happen to create scoring opportunities and goals, and Cole Eiserman must add more to his repertoire.
8th Overall: Seattle Kraken - Zeev Buium, D/Denver
This draft class is loaded with two-way blueliners, and Zeev Buium is one the most, if not the most exciting of the bunch. Yes, I realize others have scored more, but from a potential standpoint, Zeev Buium could be the No. 1 two-way defenseman here, and that includes Artyom Levshunov, so if I were a Kraken fan, I would be very, very excited with this pick.
9th Overall: Calgary Flames - Sam Dickinson: D/London Knights
With one pick before the New Jersey Devils were on the clock, the Calgary Flames rolled with Sam Dickinson. Calgary is a team that can go either way here as they have plenty of improvements to make for their solid but unspectacular prospects pool, but a two-way defenseman is a good place to begin.