Blue Jackets' 2020 Draft Class Gets The Full Autopsy

Columbus is taking a hard look back at its 2020 draft haul, and those evaluations tend to get a lot more honest with time. Five picks later, the Blue Jackets can measure which bets paid off and which ones looked better on draft night than they did in actual NHL minutes. This is where the scouting reports meet the receipts, and the gap between the two can be revealing. For a team still building its identity, old draft classes often explain the present better than people want to admit.