FUTURE WA TCH
ARIZONA WASN’T EVEN
supposed to have a first-round pick in 2021 (it was forfeited in the previous regime’s scouting scandal), but new GM Bill Armstrong earned his keep by not only grabbing one in the Oliver Ekman-Larsson deal, but using it on the best offensive player in the draft, Dylan Guenther. Second-rounder Josh Doan is developing at Arizona State. Top defensive prospect Victor Soderstrom saw his first NHL action last year and a lot of AHL time.