Every year, the NHL holds a handful pre-draft events that allow media to meet with the prospects in unique spaces to get a different look than your standard player scrums you see throughout the year.
Last year, the likes of Auston Matthews and Matthew Tkachuk talked to the media at Niagara Falls. The year prior, Connor McDavid and Jack Eichel held court with journalists while taking a tour of the Everglades in Florida.
This summer, with the draft being in Chicago, the League lined up a boat tour for the prospects to hold their pre-draft media availability.
CalgaryFlames.com hopped on the Shoreline Sightseeing Boat Tour and caught up with Nico Hischier, Nolan Patrick, Klim Kostin, Gabriel Vilardi, and Cody Glass:
NHL DRAFT BLOG - ON A BOAT
Several top prospects held their pre-draft media availability on a Shoreline Sightseeing Boat Tour