Jets picks McGroarty, Lambert take unique paths to NHL Draft

2 years ago  /  Sportsnet

MONTREAL — Rutger McGroarty comes across as an individual who has no issues with self-awareness. The 14th overall selection in the 2022 NHL Draft knows what he’s good at and makes no apologies for where he was chosen, no matter what your mock boards may have suggested. It’s something I’m going to be working on the rest of my career,” McGroarty said moments after he heard his name called inside the Bell Centre. McGroarty was the first player drafted from Nebraska since the Pittsburgh Penguins chose forward Jake Guentzel in the third round of the 2013 draft. While Nebraska is known as being a football state, McGroarty only played flag football growing u....

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