Sam Bennett’s Draft Day Still Echoes Through the NHL

Sam Bennett’s draft story is one of those league memories that never really loses its edge. NHL.com takes readers back to the night when Bennett’s name entered the conversation, and the details still carry the kind of draft-room tension teams love to revisit years later. This is the sort of story that shows how quickly one pick can become part of a player’s identity, and why scouting departments never stop arguing about the road not taken.