An expert at <i>The Hockey Writers</i> tried the experiment of replicating the 2017 NHL draft. It's always a fun exercise to do a few years down the line, so you can assess how the youngsters progressed and which teams had the compass in their eye. Here's the new order established: 1. Cale Makar (4th overall) 2. E. Pettersson (5th choice overall) 3. Miro Heiskanen (3rd choice overall) 4. Nick Suzuki (13th overall) 5. Nico Hischier (1st overall) 6. Robert Thomas (20th overall) 7. Jason Robertson (39th overall) 8. Josh Norris (19th overall) 9. Martin Necas (12th overall) 10. Drake Batherson (121st overall) What's next : 11. Kailer Yamamoto 12. Jake Oettinger 13. Filip Chytil 14. Erik Brannstrom 15. Henri Jokiharju 16. Eeli Tolvanen 17. Alex Formenton 18. Alexandre Texier 19. Casey Mittelstadt 20. Nolan Patrick 21. Owen Tippett 22. Nicolas Hague 23. Maxime Comtois 24. Michael Rasmussen 25. Timothy Liljegren 26. Mario Ferraro 27. Morgan Geekie 28. S. Aho (Islanders) 29. Jesper Boqvist 30. Ryan Poehling 31. Morgan Frost 32. Gabriel Vilardi It's no surprise that Cale Makar is ranked first, which would have made him a New Jersey Devil, while Nick Suzuki should have been with the Colorado Avalanche. Note that Filip Chytil, who plays with Alexis Lafreniere in New York, should have been selected by Vegas, which would have made a big difference in the Max Pacioretty deal. <div align='center' class='pl20 pr20'><blockquote class='twitter-tweet' data-lang='en'><a href='https://twitter.com/HABSETLNH/status/1566770998925459458?t=4ZllMCsH0pbSqc0eyU_L_Q&s=19'> </a></blockquote></div>