5 Best 10th-Overall Draft Picks in NHL History

The suspense is over, and for the first time in over a decade, the NHL Draft Lottery failed to change the draft order. The New Jersey Devils will select tenth overall in the 2024 NHL Draft this season. The Devils have only picked tenth once, in 1996, when they selected defenseman Lance Ward out of the Western Hockey League's Red Deer Rebels. Suppose the name Lance Ward is not familiar to Devils fans.