NHL Draft Comparables With Boom-or-Bust Projections for Top Prospects

The draft is where teams convince themselves the future is neat, orderly, and totally under control, which is usually how you know chaos is coming. This look at the top prospects leans into the favorite front-office parlor game: who looks like a sure thing, who smells like a swing, and who carries the kind of risk scouts argue about in hallways after the lights go out.