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This draft was one of the better drafts in my opinion. Reminds me of the 2003 draft, but not many trades were made this year like there were in 2003. Had a ton of surprises but I kinda knew those were coming. Kings took Byfield over Stutzle because of readiness to play in the NHL right away. After making an Armchair GM on Sunday night, I began to realize, holy ****, they're gonna get Byfield, but I still kept my stance. I also think by drafting Byfield over Stutzle, they didn't make any mistake. They knew he was available and they took a chance on him. Also the sense of having a black icon being drafted second overall was kinda what drove them, I think, especially in a time of BLM and stuff like that, not to make it all political and whatnot.