Why The NHL Is Rooting For Quinton Byfield
The Lead
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🗓️ 6 October 2020
⏱️ 17 minutes
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Summary
Quinton Byfield is expected to be selected with the second or third pick in Tuesday night's NHL draft. Scouts have been raving about the 18-year-old's incredible size and speed for years now, and he is expected to give a major boost to whichever team selects him. But, in addition to all the pressure of being considered a franchise player, the teen also faces the pressure of becoming the highest drafted Black player in NHL history. The Athletic's Ryan Clark joins us to talk about the challenges and opportunities facing Byfield as he enters the NHL at an historic moment, why he's well equipped to handle the obstacles, and how players around the league are already stepping up to support him.
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| 0:31.0 | The NHL draft is Tuesday night and one player who's expected to go very early |
| 0:36.4 | is Canadian Center Quentin Byfield. |
| 0:39.6 | Byfield with a little bit of room, nice room, by Byfield across what a play. |
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| 0:47.0 | Today, the athletics Ryan Clark on what Byfield could mean for the team that drafts him and the league. |
| 0:54.0 | If you're the NHL, you have to be secretly hoping that not only is Quentin Byfield good, |
| 0:58.4 | but he can be sort of one of these marquee players that maybe hopefully makes more people realize, |
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