Ohio State football coaches jumped wholeheartedly into the chase for Wyatt Davis — Rivals.com ranks him No. 1 among offensive guard prospects nationally in the 2017 cycle — and the pursuit appears to be close to bearing fruit. “His unofficial visit to Ohio State a few days ago went much better than anticipated, to the point where Ohio State may be in a very strong position to land him,” Rivals recruiting analyst Marc Givler said Thursday. Davis, from Bellflower, California, is expected to make his choice known this afternoon. He was once thought to be leaning heavily toward Alabama. But he made a Midwest trip — first to Notre Dame, then Michigan, then Ohio State — that seems to have benefited the Buckeyes. A commitment would give the Buckeyes the nation’s No. 1 guard, according to Rivals, to go with the No. 2 tackle, longtime OSU commitment Josh Myers of Miamisburg, Ohio. The Ottawa Sun examined each NHL team’s performance at the draft during the salary-cap era (2005-15) and tallied the number of games played and points generated by drafted players on each team. The result? The Blue Jackets generated the most games played by draft picks of any franchise (6,545) and also generated the fifth-most points (2,278). But there were some caveats. The Jackets did have the third-best draft position during that period. And all figures were assigned to the team originally drafting the player, regardless of whether the player was traded. In other words, games and points generated…
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