How do NHL organizations get better at drafting? The widely held belief is that if a team drafts two NHL players out of their seven allotted draft picks that it should be considered a successful draft. It can seem like such a low bar to pass but it is still considered the benchmark.



Over the past few years, the rise of data available in terms of the draft has raised the bar: an organization that can hit on three of their seven picks or four of the seven every year has a competitive edge.



There are plenty of smart people throughout the league that are looking for ways to get better at drafting and one of them is director of amateur scouting for the Canucks, Judd Brackett, who spoke to The Athletic a few weeks ago about a variety of topics including the use of data, the development of players after being drafted and a few other topics relating to amateur scouting.



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With the rise in data...