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We’re taking a blast to the past to the 2020 NHL Entry Draft, and how the Detroit Red Wings got lucky by not winning the lottery and drafting inevitable New York Rangers forward Alexis Lafreniere.
Of course, the Wings ended up taking Lucas Raymond.
This video is taking place after the 2025 NHL Entry Draft, and after the 2025 Stanley Cup Playoffs.
The 2025 NHL Draft 1st Round went as follows:
1st) New York Islanders, Matthew Schaefer
2nd) San Jose Sharks, Michael Misa
3rd) Chicago Blackhawks, Anton Frondell
4th) Utah Mammoth, Caleb Desnoyers
5th) Nashville Predators, Brady Martin
6th) Philadelphia Flyers, Porter Martone
7th) Boston Bruins, James Hagens
8th) Seattle Kraken, Jake O’Brien
9th) Buffalo Sabres, Radim Mrtka
10th) Anaheim Ducks, Roger McQueen
11th) Pittsburgh Penguins, Benjamin Kindel
12th) Philadelphia Flyers (from New York Rangers via Vancouver Canucks and Pittsburgh Penguins), Jack Nesbitt
13th) Detroit Red Wings, Carter Bear
14th) Columbus Blue Jackets, Jackson Smith
15th) Vancouver Canucks, Braeden Cootes
16th) New York Islanders (from Calgary Flames via Montreal Canadiens), Victor Eklund
17th) New York Islanders (from Montreal Canadiens), Kashawn Aitcheson
18th) Calgary Flames (from New Jersey Devils), Cole Reschny
19th) St. Louis Blues, Justin Carbonneau
20th) Columbus Blue Jackets (from Minnesota Wild), Pyotr Andreyanov
21st) Nashville Predators (from Ottawa Senators), Cameron Reid
22nd) Pittsburgh Penguins (from Colorado Avalanche via Philadelphia Flyers), Bill Zonnon
23rd) Ottawa Senators (from Tampa Bay Lightning via Nashville Predators), Logan Hensler
24th) Pittsburgh Penguins (from Los Angeles Kings), Will Horcoff
25th) Chicago Blackhawks (from Toronto Maple Leafs), Vaclav Nestrasil
26th) Nashville Predators (from Vegas Golden Knights via San Jose Sharks), Ryker Lee
27th) Washington Capitals, Lynden Lakovic
28th) Winnipeg Jets, Sascha Boumedienne
29th) Chicago Blackhawks (from Carolina Hurricanes), Mason West
30th) San Jose Sharks (from Dallas Stars), Joshua Ravensbergen
31st) Los Angeles Kings (from Edmonton Oilers via Philadelphia Flyers and Pittsburgh Penguins), Henry Brzustewicz
32nd) Calgary Flames (from Florida Panthers), Cullen Potter
This video is also taking place after 2025 NHL Season, and after the 2025 Stanley Cup Playoffs, where the Florida Panthers defeated the Edmonton Oilers in the Finals.
Lucas Raymond was one of the top NHL prospects at the 2020 NHL Entry Draft.
The 2020 NHL Entry Draft saw many top NHL prospects get selected by a variety of teams. The Top 30 of the draft went as follows:
1st) New York Rangers, Alexis Lafrenière
2nd) Los Angeles Kings, Quinton Byfield
3rd) Ottawa Senators (from San Jose Sharks), Tim Stützle
4th) Detroit Red Wings, Lucas Raymond
5th) Ottawa Senators, Jake Sanderson
6th) Anaheim Ducks, Jamie Drysdale
7th) New Jersey Devils, Alexander Holtz
8th) Buffalo Sabres, Jack Quinn
9th) Minnesota Wild, Marco Rossi
10th) Winnipeg Jets, Cole Perfetti
11th) Nashville Predators, Yaroslav Askarov
12th) Florida Panthers, Anton Lundell
13th) Carolina Hurricanes (from Toronto Maple Leafs), Seth Jarvis
14th) Edmonton Oilers, Dylan Holloway
15th) Toronto Maple Leafs (from Pittsburgh Penguins), Rodion Amirov
16th) Montreal Canadiens, Kaiden Guhle
17th) Chicago Blackhawks, Lukas Reichel
18th) New Jersey Devils (from Arizona Coyotes), Dawson Mercer
19th) New York Rangers (from Calgary Flames), Braden Schneider
20th) New Jersey Devils (from Vancouver Canucks), Shakir Mukhamadullin
21st) Columbus Blue Jackets, Yegor Chinakov
22nd) Washington Capitals (from Carolina Hurricanes via New York Rangers and Calgary Flames), Hendrix Lapierre
23rd) Philadelphia Flyers, Tyson Foerster
24th) Calgary Flames (from Washington Capitals), Connor Zary
25th) Colorado Avalanche, Justin Barron
26th) St. Louis Blues, Jake Neighbours
27th) Anaheim Ducks (from Boston Bruins), Jacob Perreault
28th) Ottawa Senators (from New York Islanders), Ridly Greig
29th) Vegas Golden Knights, Brendan Brisson
30th) Dallas Stars, Mavrik Bourque
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18 Comments
Lafrenière would have ended up as Joe Veleno 2.0. Yeah, it would have been a tough pill to swallow in Hockey Town. Heads would have rolled.
Its hard to say how laf would have done in detroit and Raymond would have done in new york. The rangers have a very obvious player development issue going on. You could make an entire video just on that.
Im seeing that beginning with the 2021 draft, all of their draft picks COMBINED since then have a grand total of 5 NHL goals scored in the NHL. 5.
Meanwhile Emmett Finnie was a 7th round pick for the wings in 2023 and has 5 NHL goals just by himself.
Like… what are they even doing in New York with their draft picks?!?
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Stats rely heavily on ice time…the more ice time you have your stats will trend higher. Premium minutes are worth more than non-premium minutes. First line, first power play, and 3v3 OT are premium minutes. Detroit put Raymond on the first line and first powerplay for almost his entire career (occasional 2-3 game windows on the 2nd line). He stayed on that line and power play even when he played poorly. For the first 2.5 seasons of Raymond's career a strong wind could have stolen the puck from him and yet he remained on the first line and first power play. His stats have benefitted from this compared to other players from his draft year. The last red wing to receive that kind of treatment that I can remember was Yzerman and Raymond was nowhere near as good as yzerman in his early career. A guy like Lafreniere did not receive that treatment. Lafreniere has been grinding up and down the line up and getting punished for playing poorly. You can't really compare them. They've had two completely different trajectories.
Yzerman would have taken Stutzle if he had the 1st overall pick. He doesn't pick who people expect, and Stutzle would have fit his style perfectly. Lafreniere was an older player in his draft. That didn't get the attention it deserved, and it should have been a red flag. He was dominating because of his size and his age. The Rangers also totally screwed up his development. He was not ready when they forced him into the NHL, so he never fixed the areas of his game that needed to be fixed. It basically reinforced every bad habit and technique.
I think it would've been Raymond or Stutzle if they'd gotten above 4th overall. I think they said Raymond was first on their list. I may be wrong, though.
I like Raymond
You can't slip in the draft lottery.
If top 3 picks are lottery, the worst team in league is entitled to 4th pick overall.
IMPOSSIBLE TO DROP, THEY DO NOT OWN THE #1.
Worst team has the BEST odds to move up sure, but to drop, that's not possible.
Raymond is gonna end up being the best player of the 2020 draft. But in all seriousness I think LaFreniere would be producing much more on a team that would have developed him better and gave hime more premium ice time. He was drafted onto an already very good Rangers team. I wouldn't trade anybody for Raymond though.
but that's the wings fans biggest excuse, we didn't get draft luck lol
if you would've won that draft lottery you wouldn't have raymond so stop crying 😂
1) Yzerman was heavily documented as LOVING Stutzle above all others. That is whom Steve would have taken no question. 2) They literally changed the lottery rules because Detroit got so F'ed by what happened. In fact, in the 10 years Detroit has missed the playoffs they have lost position 9 of 10 years and the other year got their crappy middle round pick. They have NEVER moved up with lottery luck and ALWAYS lost spots. It has cost them SIGNIFICANTLY through the years with players they wanted but were previously taken. 3) Bought time the Wings are showing life being #1 in the Atlantic 20 games into the season.
YZERSCAM needs to go
Yzerman was going to take Stützle another good pick in a weak draft. This was well documented. What about the other like 7 "draft lotteries" the wings got screwed in and other teams that tanked got rewarded in???
Probably a good point , and one that's not talked about in a reality-sense but rather a "remember when the Wings got screwed in the draft?" way. I think Stutzle would have been the pick, as he's more two-way than Lafrenière. He doesn't seem to have "that dawg inside him" like Raymond and Stutz. As a Wings fan, I feel fortunate our prayers weren't answered on this one. In many ways, outside of the captain, Raymond is the emotional and talented heart and soul of this Wings team.
Bettman can eat a fat one
Teams in the NHL still have a Canadian bias. LaFreniere was a bit overhyped, most Euros don't get that overhype. Wasn't Veleno suppose to be a superstar? Detroit has a long history of stocking the shelves with EU talent that nobody knows. Who knew about that Siberian kid named Datsyuk? Zetterberg? Holmstrom? Now, we have guys from Germany, Austria, and Norway that may end up being top 3 all time players from their projections. I can't wait to see who we draft from Kazakhstan, Bangladesh, Zanzibar, New Zealand and Djibouti.
Its about the principle that the Wings should have picked #1 and how many times they got screwed over.. Now Steve would of picked the same guys most likely, and could you imagine the ppl crying once Stevie took Mo first overall, lol..
Who cares, Detroit sucks.
Nobody in that draft is better than Raymond