2017 NHL Draft: Blues select twice in first round

The 2017 NHL Draft is tonight in Chicago. This year’s draft class has been commonly regarded as one of the weaker ones, but that’s fine - there are always gems to be found, and let’s admit, sometimes the surefire bets aren’t the diamonds people assume them to be.

Nail Yakupov, anyone?

Here’s tonight’s draft order:

1. New Jersey Devils
2. Philadelphia Flyers
3. Dallas Stars
4. Colorado Avalanche
5. Vancouver Canucks
6. Vegas Golden Knights
7. New York Rangers (via Arizona)
8. Buffalo Sabres
9. Detroit Red Wings
10. Florida Panthers
11. Los Angeles Kings
12. Carolina Hurricanes
13. Vegas Golden Knights (via Winnipeg)
14. Tampa Bay Lightning
15. Vegas Golden Knights (via NY Islanders)
16. Calgary Flames
17. Toronto Maple Leafs
18. Boston Bruins
19. San Jose Sharks
20. St. Louis Blues
21. New York Rangers
22. Edmonton Oilers
23. Arizona Coyotes (via Minnesota)
24. Winnipeg Jets (via Columbus via Vegas)
25. Montreal Canadiends
26. Chicago Blackhawks
27. St. Louis Blues (via Washington)
28. Ottawa Senators
29. Dallas Stars (via Anaheim)
30. Nashville Predators
31. Pittsburgh Penguins