The Boston Bruins used their first pick of the 2020 NHL Draft on a player that might’ve been a reach but has obvious appeal.
Boston picked 19-year-old Mason Lohrei from the USHL’s Green Bay Gamblers. The left-shot defenseman put up eight goals and 29 assists in 48 games for Green Bay last season. He’s an Ohio State commit.
Shortly after the pick was made, NHL Draft analyst Steve Kournianos shared his thoughts on Lohrei, calling him a “smothering two-way defenseman,” who also “quite mobile and uses a long, powerful stride to outpace pressure.”
Lohrei isn’t the only Bruins prospect playing for Green Bay, either. Jake Schmaltz, who Boston took in the seventh-round of the 2019 draft, also plays for the Gamblers.
