J.P. Hurlbert Is the Kind of Draft Bet Scouts Love

J.P. Hurlbert is getting the full draft-profile treatment, which usually means scouts think there is more here than the box score screams. NHL teams are always hunting for the player who flashes enough skill to make the room argue, and Hurlbert fits that flavor of debate. The trick now is figuring out whether his game says “solid prospect” or “the guy who makes a GM look clever in three years.” That is the part everybody around the draft table is trying to solve.