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Rounds 2 through 7 of the NHL Draft will be held Saturday.
You can watch on NHL Network.
Four players who are in line to play in Hockey East were taken in the first round on Friday night, and more players with local connections are likely to come off the board on Saturday.
Heres a look at the locals: Xavier Villeneuve Drafted 34th by the Blackhawks Committed to Boston University After two Terriers were picked in Fridays opening round, the second selection of the second round is the 5-foot-11-inch defenseman from Quebec.
Villeneuve is a smaller defenseman with elite speed, edge work, and hands.
He tallied 38 points in 37 games with Blainville-Boisbriand in the QMJHL last season.
Hes expected to enroll at BU this fall.
Casey Mutryn Drafted 38th by the Kraken From Norwell, committed to Boston College The Norwell native rose in the draft process following a breakout U18 season with the USNTDP, in which he recorded 14 goals and 37 points in 55 games.
The 6-foot-3-inch, 213 pound winger plays a relentless style and has offensive upside to reach the middle-six of an NHL lineup.
He played two years of prep hockey at St.
Sebastians, posting 42 points as a sophomore in the 2023-24 campaign, and will follow the same path to BC as his older brother, Teddy a third round pick of the San Jose Sharks last year.
Tobias Trejbal Drafted 42nd by the Flames Committed to UMass The first goalie off the board is a UMass commit, which follows a pattern in three of the past four drafts, a Minutemen-bound netminder has been selected inside the first three rounds.
A Czechia native, Trejbal has prototypical size at 6 feet 4 inches and posted a .916 save percentage in 42 games last season with the USHLs Youngstown Phathoms.
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