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ESPN staff
Follow the entire 2020 NHL draft through all seven rounds. We have all 217 picks as they happen, starting with Tuesday night's first overall selection by the New York Rangers and ending with Wednesday afternoon's final pick.
Additionally, Chris Peters, Greg Wyshynski and Emily Kaplan provide detailed breakdowns of each first-rounder's skill set, as well as how he will fit with his new NHL team. And be sure to check out all of our draft-prep content to learn more about this talented class.
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ROUND 1
Team: Rimouski (QMJHL)
Ranking: 1 | Nationality: CAN
Age: 18 | Ht: 6-1 | Wt: 193 | Shot: L
Stats: 52 GP, 35 G, 77 A
Scouting report: Over the past 20 years, only two players 18 years old or younger had a points-per-game average higher than Lafreniere's 2.15 this season: Sidney Crosby and Jonathan Drouin. Lafreniere thinks the game at a high level, with elite anticipation and an understanding of what to do with the puck immediately after he gets it. He has a physical edge and initiates contact more than most top picks of recent years. -- Peters
Team fit: The Rangers already have two excellent left wingers in Artemi Panarin and Chris Kreider, which relieves some pressure on Lafreniere. The top prospect can transition to the NHL in a middle- or bottom-six role, similar to the way 2019 No. 2 pick Kaapo Kakko did this past season. More importantly, as New York finishes out its rebuild, Lafreniere becomes a key piece of the new 27-and-under core, which includes Mika Zibanejad, Pavel Buchnevich, Ryan Strome, Kakko, Filip Chytil, Jacob Trouba, Adam Fox, Tony DeAngelo and Igor Shesterkin. -- Kaplan
Where Lafreniere is most likely to play in 2020-21: NHL
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Team: Sudbury (OHL)
Ranking: 2 | Nationality: CAN
Age: 18 | Ht: 6-4 | Wt: 215 | Shot: L
Stats: 45 GP, 32 G, 50 A
Scouting report: Byfield has game-to-game consistency concerns but was fifth in the OHL in terms of points per game (1.82). At his best, he is a dominant force with elite-level speed, especially considering his size. He thinks the game extremely well, with good vision and a playmaker's touch. Byfield's defensive game needs maturation, but his instincts with the puck are very strong. If everything goes right in his development, he has a chance to be special. -- Peters
Team fit: Byfield is a little farther away from the NHL than Tim Stutzle. But the Kings have been playing the long game with their rebuild, so they can wait. He's a franchise center, an understudy for and successor to Anze Kopitar. And let's not discount this point: This is the highest a Black player has ever been selected in the NHL draft. That, plus his personality, could be huge in one of the key NHL markets in the U.S. -- Wyshynski
Where Byfield is most likely to play in 2020-21: NHL
Team: Mannheim (Germany)
Ranking: 3 | Nationality: GER
Age: 18 | Ht: 6-1 | Wt: 187 | Shot: L
Stats: 41 GP, 7 G, 27 A
Scouting report: There is a sense of ease in Stutzle's game. He has high-end puckhandling and skating abilities along with elite vision and hockey sense. He has a nice release and good shot, but his hands work best when he's snapping passes, especially down low. He uses the ice that's given to him and often makes the play, but he doesn't force things. -- Peters
Team fit: GM Pierre Dorion didn't overthink this; Stutzle was the best player available. Ottawa -- which no longer has any players from its team that made the 2017 Eastern Conference Final -- desperately needs playmakers. Stutzle, who has been compared to Patrick Kane, is just that. He'll hopefully create chemistry with Brady Tkachuk on the Senators top line, but there's no rush for Stutzle's development, considering Ottawa is still in rebuild mode. -- Kaplan
Where Stutzle is most likely to play in 2020-21: AHL
Team: Frolunda (Sweden)
Ranking: 5 | Nationality: SWE
Age: 18 | Ht: 5-11 | Wt: 170 | Shot: R
Stats: 33 GP, 4 G, 6 A
Scouting report: Raymond had 14 points in nine games in Sweden's under-20 league. His one-on-one skills, skating and willingness to battle for his ice are plus traits. -- Peters
Team fit: The Red Wings are in a deep rebuild, from the foundation up. Raymond can easily be a pillar in that reconstruction. An enormously talented winger who has drawn comparisons to Mitch Marner and Artemi Panarin, this is the kind of offensive player that GM Steve Yzerman had in his core with the Lightning and clearly feels he wants in his Detroit nucleus. Plus, let's face it: Yzerman and draft general Kris Draper know their way around a talented Swedish player or two. -- Wyshynski
Where Raymond is most likely to play in 2020-21: SHL
Team: USA U18 (NTDP)
Ranking: 8 | Nationality: USA
Age: 18 | Ht: 6-2 | Wt: 185 | Shot: L
Stats: 47 GP, 7 G, 22 A
Scouting report: An incredible skater and pure two-way defender, Sanderson has risen up the charts this season. His offensive skills are not necessarily the strongest points of his game, but he has a great understanding of how to make plays when they're available to him. And defensively, Sanderson is one of the more gifted blueliners in this class with good physical strength and a propensity to initiate contact. -- Peters
Team fit: When the Senators realized how deep this draft class was, they stockpiled picks and kept both No. 3 and No. 5. They ended up with two excellent, albeit different, players. Joining Stutzle is Sanderson, a big physical defenseman -- an area of need for the organization. Sanderson is more of a defensive blueliner, compared to the other top defenseman, Jamie Drysdale, who plays a more offensive game. Sanderson's selection marks the third-straight year the Senators have drafted a University of North Dakota player. -- Kaplan
Where Sanderson is most likely to play in 2020-21: NCAA
Team: Erie (OHL)
Ranking: 9 | Nationality: CAN
Age: 18 | Ht: 5-11 | Wt: 175 | Shot: R
Stats: 49 GP, 9 G, 38 A
Scouting report: Drysdale is an effortless, deceptive skater who can make a lot of plays with his feet in terms of opening up ice. His defending is adequate, though he still needs to get stronger and have a more consistent detail in his own end. He has excellent offensive tools, with a quick shot and confident puck-moving capabilities. -- Peters
Team fit: GM Bob Murray and the Ducks used to reliably select defensemen in the first round. Witness their run of Cam Fowler (2010), Hampus Lindholm (2012), Shea Theodore (2013) and Jacob Larsson (2015). Drysdale is the first one they've taken since then, and he's a great blueliner to lead the next wave for Anaheim, earning some comparisons to Cale Makar. It's a very strong pick for a position where the franchise needed a blue-chipper. -- Wyshynski
Where Drysdale is most likely to play in 2020-21: OHL
Team: Djurgarden (Sweden)
Ranking: 10 | Nationality: SWE
Age: 18 | Ht: 6-0 | Wt: 192 | Shot: R
Stats: 35 GP, 9 G, 7 A
Scouting report: After tacking on muscle last year, Holtz handled the pro grind pretty well in Sweden. He is a natural offensive talent, with an elite release and quick hands. He has vision and offensive sense that challenge opposing defenses, along with the strength to drive the net. His skating is very good, and there's power in his stride. -- Peters
Team fit: With both of the top defenseman off the board, the Devils went with a scoring winger. GM Tom Fitzgerald has said the timeline for his team's rebuild is whenever Jack Hughes (No. 1 pick of the 2019 draft) and Nico Hischier (No. 1 in 2017) are ready. Both Hughes and Hischier are natural centers, so it makes sense to add a goal scorer to develop with them. Holtz has the creativity to keep up with a player like Hughes. -- Kaplan
Where Holtz is most likely to play in 2020-21: SHL
Peters' biggest areas of need in the farm system: Top-six wings
Peters' biggest areas of need in the farm system: Goaltending, defensemen
Peters' biggest areas of need in the farm system: Defensemen, centers
Peters' biggest areas of need in the farm system: Natural scorers
Peters' biggest areas of need in the farm system: Centers, defensemen
Pick acquired from the Toronto Maple Leafs.
Peters' biggest areas of need in the farm system: High-skill wings
Peters' biggest areas of need in the farm system: Wings
Pick acquired from the Pittsburgh Penguins.
Peters' biggest areas of need in the farm system: Overall depth
Peters' biggest areas of need in the farm system: Top-four defensemen
Peters' biggest areas of need in the farm system: Goaltending, top-six wingers
Pick acquired from the Arizona Coyotes.
Peters' biggest areas of need in the farm system: Scoring wings, goaltending
Peters' biggest areas of need in the farm system: Help in all pipeline areas
Pick acquired from the Tampa Bay Lightning, via the Vancouver Canucks.
Peters' biggest areas of need in the farm system: Scoring wings, goaltending
Peters' biggest areas of need in the farm system: Defensemen
Pick acquired from the Carolina Hurricanes.
Peters' biggest areas of need in the farm system: Centers
Peters' biggest areas of need in the farm system: Depth forwards
Peters' biggest areas of need in the farm system: Depth forwards
Peters' biggest areas of need in the farm system: Top-six forwards
Peters' biggest areas of need in the farm system: Long-term depth
Pick acquired from the Boston Bruins.
Peters' biggest areas of need in the farm system: Offensive defensemen
Pick acquired from the New York Islanders.
Peters' biggest areas of need in the farm system: Goaltending, high-skill forwards, defensemen
Peters' biggest areas of need in the farm system: Goaltending
Peters' biggest areas of need in the farm system: Centers
Pick acquired from the Tampa Bay Lightning.
Peters' biggest areas of need in the farm system: High-skill forwards
ROUNDS 2-7
Rounds 2-7 will be Wednesday, beginning at 11:30 a.m. ET. Check out the full draft order for Rounds 2-7 here, be sure to prep with all of our NHL draft analysis content and check back at ESPN.com shortly after the final pick for complete draft grades for all 31 teams.
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