NHL.com asked its columnists to vote upon the league’s best players under 23 years of age who play on the wing, as to whether the players might become the NHL’s best wingers over the next 3 seasons, and Lucas Raymond received the 5th-most votes:
Lucas Raymond, Detroit Red Wings (52): The 21-year-old is entering his third NHL season, and his future is quite bright. The No. 4 pick in the 2020 NHL Draft had 45 points (17 goals, 28 assists) in 74 regular-season games last season, a slight step back from the 57 points (23 goals, 34 assists) he had in 82 games as a rookie in 2021-22. But now that Detroit has added veteran talent up front for the second straight offseason, it’s expected that Raymond’s game will start to grow considerably.
Continued; I’m surprised that Raymond received more votes than Juraj Slafkovsky.
