Nick Faris

It can take five years and a few hundred games to properly assess the strength, depth, and potential of an NHL draft class.A unique and exciting cohort just crossed that threshold. Players in the class of 2020 were drafted virtually during the thick of the pandemic and made their earliest NHL debuts in empty rinks. They used the 2024-25 season as a launchpad to prominence. It's still a little early to tell if the class boasts a future Hall of Famer. We'll see how Lucas Raymond, Tim Stutzle, and Jake Sanderson - three of the top five picks and the undisputed best talents - progress in their primes, but they've already taken strides toward superstardom.!function(){"use strict";window.addEventListener("message",(function(a){if(void 0!==a.data["datawrapper-height"]){var e=document.querySelectorAll("iframe");for(var t in a.data["datawrapper-height"])for(var r,i=0;r=e[i];i++)if(r.contentWindow===a.source){var d=a.data["datawrapper-height"][t]+"px";r.style.height=d}}}))}(); With 80 points, Raymond was the scoring le