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View at The AthleticMirtle Mailbag: Should the NHL draft be longer? Shorter? Will the Leafs trade back for picks again? And more...
The AthleticNo intro. All killer no filler. I pulled this mailbag’s questions from here. Thanks to everyone who submitted them. Let’s get into them. Great question. In my lifetime, the NHL draft has gone from 12 rounds down to 11, then nine, then finally, in 2005, the current number: seven.
Published: Jun 5, 2018, 7:00 am Added: Jun 5, 2018, 7:02 am