NHL Entry Draft: amnesiac's TOP 60 Mock Draft

[amnesiac*]

1. Tampa Bay – Steven Stamkos, C
2. Los Angeles – Drew Doughty, D
3. Atlanta – Zach Bogosian, D
4. St. Louis – Alex Pietrangelo, D
5. NY Islanders – Nikita Filatov, LW
6. Columbus – Luke Schenn, D
7. Toronto – Mikkel Boedker, LW
8. Phoenix – Tyler Myers, D
9. Nashville (from FLA) – Cody Hodgson, C
10. Vancouver – Colin Wilson, C
11. Chicago – Joshua Bailey, C
12. Anaheim (from EDM) – Colby Robak, D
13. Buffalo – Kyle Beach, C
14. Carolina – Mattias Tedenby, LW
15. Nashville – Zac Boychuk, C
16. Boston – Luca Sbisa, D
17. Calgary – Michael Del Zotto, D
18. Ottawa – Colten Teubert, D
19. Columbus (from COL) – Greg Nemisz, C
20. NY Rangers – Kirill Petrov, LW
21. New Jersey – Zac Dalpe, C/RW
22. Edmonton (from ANA) – John Carlson, D
23. Washington – Tyler Ennis, C
24. Minnesota – Joe Colborne, C
25. Montreal – Jordan Eberle, C
26. Buffalo (from SJ) – Tyler Cuma, D
27. Philadelphia – Chet Pickard, G
28. Los Angeles (from DAL) – Nicolas Deschamps, C
29. Atlanta (from PIT)– Maxime Sauve, C
30. Detroit – Jamie Arniel, C

31. Nashville (from TB) – Jacob Markstrom, G
32. Los Angeles – Jake Gardiner, D
33. St.Louis (from ATL) – Yann Sauve, D
34. St.Louis – Matthew Calvert, LW
35. Phoenix (compensatory*) – James Livingston, RW
36. NY Islanders – Aaron Ness, D
37. Columbus – Jyri Niemi, D
38. Phoenix (from TOR) – Erik Karlsson, D
39. Phoenix – Anton Gustafsson, C
40. Florida – Vyacheslav Voinov, D
41. Vancouver – Viktor Tikhonov, C
42. Ottawa (from CHI) – Kruise Reddick, C
43. Anaheim (from EDM) – Mikhail Stefanovich, C
44. Buffalo – Evgeny Grachev, C
45. Carolina – Michael Stone, D
46. Nashville – Shawn Lalonde, D
47. Boston – David Toews, RW
48. Los Angeles (from CGY) – Corey Feinhage, D
49. Phoenix (from OTT) – Danny Kristo, RW
50. Colorado – Mitch Wahl, C
51. NY Rangers – Jared Staal, RW
52. New Jersey – Tom McCollum, G
53. NY Islanders (from ANA) – James Wright, C
54. Washington – A.J. Jenks, LW
55. Minnesota – Dimitri Kugryshev, RW
56. Montreal – Danick Paquette, RW
57. Washington (from SJ) – Roman Josi, D
58. Washington (from PHI) – Derek Grant, C
59. Dallas – Corey Trivino, C
60. Toronto (from PIT) – Justin Schultz, D
61. Los Angeles (from DET) – Eric O’Dell, C

*Phoenix receives the 35th pick overall in compensation for losing Blake Wheeler to free agency.

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[danishh]

boston would pick before ottawa if they lose their series

as would nashville, but that series is tied...

i bet ottawa's pick will be ~17th

 

[amnesiac*]

boston would pick before ottawa if they lose their series

as would nashville, but that series is tied...

i bet ottawa's pick will be ~17th

so its based on the reg season standings or points after they get eliminated in a given round? Would Washington have a better pick than NJ for example if both are eliminated this round?

 

[CREW99AW]

Picks from ISS April rankings http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/feature/?fid=11183&hubname=

Standings 15-30 based on playoff projections

1. Tampa Bay – Steven Stamkos, C
2. Los Angeles – Drew Doughty, D
3. Atlanta – Zach Bogosian, D
4. St. Louis – Alex Pietrangelo, D
5. NY Islanders – Luke Schenn, D
6. Columbus – Cody Hodgson, C
7. Toronto – Nikita Filatov, LW

With Filatov saying in his blog that he wants to come over to NA and with Snow saying the isles scouts love Filatov,I doubt the isles would pass him up at #5.

 

[amnesiac*]

anyone know what picks 15-22 offically are now?

 

[Langway]

anyone know what picks 15-22 offically are now?

15.Nashville
16.Boston
17.Calgary
18.Ottawa

The rest is still TBD. My understanding is that 15-26 are teams lost in the first two rounds (with division winners picking last sorted by points). 27 & 28 are the conference final losers based on points, 29 the SCF loser and 30 the SCF winner.

Also, the draft isn't snake-like.

 

[amnesiac*]

15.Nashville
16.Boston
17.Calgary
18.Ottawa

The rest is still TBD. My understanding is that 15-26 are teams lost in the first two rounds (with division winners picking last sorted by points). 27 & 28 are the conference final losers based on points, 29 the SCF loser and 30 the SCF winner.

Also, the draft isn't snake-like.

Thanks. Love the avatar.

 

[GNick42]

Good mock draft...from a Montreal standpoint could very well prove out

 

[Ivyy13]

Boston to take David Toews? Interesting.

 

[wingsfan17]

No chance canes take a goalie in the 2nd

 

[Leaf Lander]

ottawa should takea goalie

 

[amnesiac*]

ottawa should takea goalie

I think Elliot and Glass enough for now.

 

[Debrincat93]

again, why would detroit pick another defenseman?

 

[amnesiac*]

again, why would detroit pick another defenseman?

I was going with the best player available, but I changed it now that the picks have changed.

 

[Ghost of jas]

As a Ranger fan, I'd be incredibly thrilled if the Rangers got Petrov in the 1st, and Staal in the 2nd round.

 

[JEI]

I think if Fletcher is at the helm he drafts Colin Wilson over Mikkael Boedker.

Fletcher has stressed size and skill for this team, and I think 6'2 200+lbs Colin Wilson fits that bill.

And Derek Grant going top 60? I thought he would be a later round pick, like 4th-5th round..

 

[amnesiac*]

I think if Fletcher is at the helm he drafts Colin Wilson over Mikkael Boedker.

Fletcher has stressed size and skill for this team, and I think 6'2 200+lbs Colin Wilson fits that bill.

And Derek Grant going top 60? I thought he would be a later round pick, like 4th-5th round..

Then why not get Beach?

Grant is ranked 40th NA skater by CSB.

 

[JEI]

Then why not get Beach?

Grant is ranked 40th NA skater by CSB.

Yeah your right about Grant, I believe he made a huge jump then on the last CSB rankings..I had him ranked lower on my lists. I guess late 2nd early 3rd would be a spot he could go. Need to update mine.

And about Beach, I don't think they take him because he's a headcase and didn't show up in the playoffs. Colin Wilson has the bloodlines, work ethic, size, and skill the Leafs are looking for. Seems like a more logical fit there then Becah who has had dicipline problems, concussion problems, and playoff problems.

I'd be surprised if they took Beach at 7th. Then again I'm not Fletcher..I just think there are better options at number 7. Boedker isn't a bad choice either, I mean he's my 3rd favourite at that position (and it's not a huge range between the players I like at number 7).

But overall good list. I'm sure I'll be tweaking my list over the course of the next month to try and make it more realistic and reasonable.

 

[amnesiac*]

Yeah your right about Grant, I believe he made a huge jump then on the last CSB rankings..I had him ranked lower on my lists. I guess late 2nd early 3rd would be a spot he could go. Need to update mine.

And about Beach, I don't think they take him because he's a headcase and didn't show up in the playoffs. Colin Wilson has the bloodlines, work ethic, size, and skill the Leafs are looking for. Seems like a more logical fit there then Becah who has had dicipline problems, concussion problems, and playoff problems.

I'd be surprised if they took Beach at 7th. Then again I'm not Fletcher..I just think there are better options at number 7. Boedker isn't a bad choice either, I mean he's my 3rd favourite at that position (and it's not a huge range between the players I like at number 7).

But overall good list. I'm sure I'll be tweaking my list over the course of the next month to try and make it more realistic and reasonable.

Yeah, I was thinking they would go more for a winger given they already have young centremen in: Antropov, Steen, Stajan, Tlusty, Wellwood, Newbury

Whereas for young wingers they only really have: Kulemin and Earl

They could obviously convert some centremen, but only the only real goal scorer is Antropov. WHo knows, maybe Filatov will be available too if theyre lucky.

As for Grant, I was pretty much just guessing, as its obviously a crapshoot at that point. I dont follow the juniors nearly enough to say this guy is clearly a better pick than this guy. I looked at what each team needed, and judged based on the ISS/CSB rankings. I really wasnt sure about the Euros, though, and where they rank relative to the NA skaters.

 

[ob18]

Team picks 27-30 / 57-60 based on playoff projections


1. Tampa Bay – Steven Stamkos, C
2. Los Angeles – Drew Doughty, D
3. Atlanta – Zach Bogosian, D
4. St. Louis – Alex Pietrangelo, D
5. NY Islanders – Nikita Filatov, LW
6. Columbus – Luke Schenn, D
7. Toronto – Mikkel Boedker, LW
8. Phoenix – Tyler Myers, D
9. Nashville (from FLA) – Cody Hodgson, C
10. Vancouver – Colin Wilson, C
11. Chicago – Joshua Bailey, C
12. Anaheim (from EDM) – Colby Robak, D
13. Buffalo – Kyle Beach, C
14. Carolina – Mattias Tedenby, LW
15. Nashville – Zac Boychuk, C
16. Boston – Luca Sbisa, D
17. Calgary – Michael Del Zotto, D
18. Ottawa – Colten Teubert, D
19. Columbus (from COL) – Greg Nemisz, C
20. NY Rangers – Kirill Petrov, LW
21. New Jersey – Zac Dalpe, C/RW
22. Edmonton (from ANA) – John Carlson, D
23. Washington – Tyler Ennis, C
24. Minnesota – Joe Colborne, C
25. Montreal – Jordan Eberle, C
26. Buffalo (from SJ) – Tyler Cuma, D

27. Philadelphia – Chet Pickard, G
28. Los Angeles (from DAL) – Nicolas Deschamps, C
29. Atlanta (from PIT)– Maxime Sauve, C
30. Detroit – Jamie Arniel, C



31. Nashville (from TB) – Jacob Markstrom, G
32. Los Angeles – Jake Gardiner, D
33. St.Louis (from ATL) – Yann Sauve, D
34. St.Louis – Matthew Calvert, LW
35. NY Islanders – Aaron Ness, D
36. Columbus – Jyri Niemi, D
37. Phoenix (from TOR) – Erik Karlsson, D
38. Phoenix – Anton Gustafsson, C
39. Florida – Vyacheslav Voinov, D
40. Vancouver – Viktor Tikhonov, C
41. Ottawa (from CHI) – Kruise Reddick, C
42. Anaheim (from EDM) – Mikhail Stefanovich, C
43. Buffalo – Evgeny Grachev, C
44. Carolina – Michael Stone, D
45. Nashville – Shawn Lalonde, D
46. Boston – David Toews, RW
47. Los Angeles (from CGY) – Corey Feinhage, D
48. Phoenix (from OTT) – Danny Kristo, RW
49. Colorado – Mitch Wahl, C
50. NY Rangers – Jared Staal, RW
51. New Jersey – Tom McCollum, G
52. NY Islanders (from ANA) – James Wright, C
53. Washington – A.J. Jenks, LW
54. Minnesota – Dimitri Kugryshev, RW
55. Montreal – Danick Paquette, RW
56. Washington (from SJ) – Roman Josi, D

57. Washington (from PHI) – Derek Grant, C
58. Dallas – Corey Trivino, C
59. Toronto (from PIT) – Justin Schultz, D
60. Los Angeles (from DET) – Eric O’Dell, C

i dont think the flyers go goalie, they usually never draft one high. i think we could probably go defense and i have looked at many that will be in this draft and i have so far found 2 i like and hope the flyers look at. these scouting reports are from Bill Meltzer.

Philip Larsen - is a Danish defenseman (plays in the swedish elite league). He's very mobile and smart with the puck -- higher offensive upside than Motin, -- but needs to get considerably stronger physically

Johan Motin - Motin is considered to be a very good skater. Defensive D who is a mature player for his age and started out the year in the Elite League with Färjestad but struggled a bit and was loaned to a minor league team (Bofors). I thought he was very good at the WJC for the Swedes-- and won't even turn 19 until the fall, which is why he wasn't eligible for the draft last year.

 

[Debrincat93]

If Toews is around, i hope Detroit takes him. i think he would be a good risk.

 

[Kesler Kills Kommies]

ottawa should takea goalie

I dont think so, they should try to trade for one that is ready for nhl. Not one that might or might not be available in a few years.

 

[Darius Dangleaitis]

I hope the Devils would take Eberle instead of Dalpe at 21. I like the McCollum pick in the 2nd though.

 

[HFPM]

The Oilers don't need defensive prospects.

 

[gameface]

From a Canucks' fan's perspective, I'd be quite delighted with this outcome.