2020 7-Round Mock Draft 3.0

[MasterMatt25]

are proud to select from the Seattle Thudnerbirds of the WHL,

defenseman Simon Kubicek

@Chapin Landvogt is up next (also PMd)

 

[Chapin Landvogt]

I would be willing to drop back at this juncture.

Otherwise, I'll make my pick in 15 minutes.

 

[Chapin Landvogt]

are pleased to select, from the Flint Firebirds of the OHL, Belarussian forward Yevgeniy Oksentyuk

DRAFT PARTY STATEMENT

Long Island, New York -
"This boy has an unrivaled passion - he simply loves to score," claimed Islanders GM Lou Lamoriello. "We like a handful of kids at this point, but we're certain we'll have a shot at a few later on. We didn't think Yevgeniy would be one of them by the time we're up to bat again. He's an overager for this draft, but he only just turned 19 in January and it's so incredibly telling when a kid his size comes from a country like Belarus and immediately puts up over 1.3 points per game in a league like the OHL. Talk about beating the odds. Sure, this is a very calculated home-run-swing kind of risk in light of his size, but Johnny Gaudreau went 104th overall a few years back and it's not like we'd ever take a skill player this miniature in size in the 2nd round or something."

The Anaheim Ducks (@heusy_79) are on the clock.

 

[WhatTheDuck]

The Ducks select, from the Drummondville Voltigeurs (QMJHL),

RW William Dufour

1-3- C Tim Stutzle
1-23 - RD Helge Grans
2-36 - RD Eamon Powell
3-67 - LW Brett Berard
4-95 - C Oskar Magnusson
4-109 - RW William Dufour

Sending PM to @dathockeydoe

 

[bl02]

I have liked him for awhile, but this year he performed excellently in a second pair role.

One of those guys who isn't talked about a ton, but is fantastic. Islanders fans love him.

Agreed and this coming from a Ranger fan the islanders would be dumb to trade Toews.

 

[dathockeydoe]

Selects #110 from the Andover Huskies

LHD - Wyatt Kaiser

Messaging next

 

[flyersdad]

are proud to select with the 111th selection, from Sault Ste. Marie, Center, Jaromir Pytlik

2nd RD - 37th overall - LW, Zion Nybeck, HV71 (SuperElit/SHL)
2nd RD - 56th overall - C, Thomas Bordeleau, US National Team (USDP)
3rd RD - 89th overall - RHD, Alex Cotton, Lethbridge (WHL)
4th RD - 111th overall - C, Jaromir Pytlik, Sault Ste. Marie


@Vanquish pmed and otc

 

[My Cozen Dylan]

are proud to select with the 111th selection, from Sault Ste. Marie, Center, Jaromir Pytlik

2nd RD - 37th overall - LW, Zion Nybeck, HV71 (SuperElit/SHL)
2nd RD - 56th overall - C, Thomas Bordeleau, US National Team (USDP)
3rd RD - 89th overall - RHD, Alex Cotton, Lethbridge (WHL)
4th RD - 111th overall - C, Jaromir Pytlik, Sault Ste. Marie


@Vanquish pmed and otc

Excellent value IMO.

 

[My Cozen Dylan]

Negative comments about trades conducted here by non-participants are not needed. I can't stop you from posting but it really is not necessary to criticize fictional moves. That's what the main trade board is for.

 

[Duke16]

Negative comments about trades conducted here by non-participants are not needed. I can't stop you from posting but it really is not necessary to criticize fictional moves. That's what the main trade board is for.

I didn't mind the criticism, but Devon Toews being slept on hard is a hill I will die on.

I probably would have even offered up slightly more if that's what it would've took.

 

[Duke16]

Also, throwback to the middle of the third round when I had a draft list with available names on it...

 

[flyersdad]

Excellent value IMO.

Almost took him at 89. Glad when I traded down I could still get him here. And if you get a chance to draft someone named Jaromir, you do it.

 

[uncleben]

are proud to select with the 111th selection, from Sault Ste. Marie, Center, Jaromir Pytlik

2nd RD - 37th overall - LW, Zion Nybeck, HV71 (SuperElit/SHL)
2nd RD - 56th overall - C, Thomas Bordeleau, US National Team (USDP)
3rd RD - 89th overall - RHD, Alex Cotton, Lethbridge (WHL)
4th RD - 111th overall - C, Jaromir Pytlik, Sault Ste. Marie


@Vanquish pmed and otc

Damnit. I was watching him slip and slip and thought he might actually make it to me

 

[Vanquish]

Columbus selects Kyle Crnkovic

PMd next pick

 

[Chapin Landvogt]

Interesting.... Kaiser and Pytlik were two of the 4 guys (along with Oksentyuk) I was mulling over at spot 108.

 

[Chapin Landvogt]

I didn't mind the criticism, but Devon Toews being slept on hard is a hill I will die on.

I probably would have even offered up slightly more if that's what it would've took.

Now you tell me!

But for those questioning this: in real life, this deal doesn't really happen. I know that. No team moves a mid-20s cost-controlled #1 PP blueliner (and I threw in one of the Islanders' top 5 prospects as well), much less for anything less than a deal including one of the trade partner's top 3 prospects and perhaps even a 1st rounder.

And Duke16 wasn't ready or willing to move any of those prospects (albeit, I didn't push toooo hard).

If I'm not in the serious mood to deal for the sake of dealing while juggling family and work, this doesn't happen. So, people in the know would realize that Duke did VERY well for the Red Wings here.

My motivations to take such a deal in a fantasy world where half the participants are naturally just here to draft and I couldn't find any interest in Nick Leddy and Sebastian Aho, who definitely are marketable to some respectable degree in the real world, is another thing. In addition, I'm personally a regular follower of what's going on in Sweden and have my reasons for believing heavily in the two young Swedes acquired here. Smith I theoretically see as a possible replacement for Cal Clutterbuck in the next few years.

In any case, read the Islander press statement above if you're curious...

 

[emptyNedder]

With the 113th pick of the 2020 Risto draft, the Carolina Hurricanes select from Brynas in SuperElit

Viktor Persson

@uncleben has been advised

 

[uncleben]

With 114th overall pick
the Toronto Maple Leafs are proud to select
from the Everett Silvertips
RD Kasper Puutio




@AveryStar4Eva PMd

 

[flyersdad]

are looking to move down with the 118th selection.

 

[Hockeyfannnn91]

Negative comments about trades conducted here by non-participants are not needed. I can't stop you from posting but it really is not necessary to criticize fictional moves. That's what the main trade board is for.

Im not attacking anybody i gave my opinion, someone wrote back , we went back and forth a few times and thats it, never called him an idiot or anything. We didnt agree and thats it . I know this mock draft is just for fun and not to be taken seriously

Anyways

 

[ConnorMcMullet]

There's now quite a drop off in my opinion.

 

[Duke16]

There's now quite a drop off in my opinion.

I have noticed that too. I had a lot of names go off the board throughout that third round and into the early fourth.

There are probably 3-7 names left that I still feel are genuinely good value at this point in the Draft

Also, just as a fun challenge for myself (and potentially to my demise), I like to never take the same players from previous mocks. I have already taken 3/7 "good value" players at this point in previous Drafts (all in the OHL).

 

[OB5]

I have noticed that too. I had a lot of names go off the board throughout that third round and into the early fourth.

There are probably 3-7 names left that I still feel are genuinely good value at this point in the Draft

I have one guy I’m really high on that I’m hoping falls to me. If I don’t get him I’ll be real sad

 

[m0pe]

Yeah we are mid 4th and I only have one guy rated higher than a very late 3rd left.

 

[emptyNedder]

Yeah we are mid 4th and I only have one guy rated higher than a very late 3rd left.

I have three picks in the 5th and have too many choices—I agree I wouldn't have taken any in the 3rd, but think there are some players who could end up being legitimate.