"Cups 2006 NHL Entry Draft - 3 Round Mock Draft"

[DanStewart]

This is my very early take on how the first three rounds of the NHL entry draft would go if done using todays Standings. I have taken into account each NHL teams needs (IMHO) and have cume up with this.

Standings as of Feb 3, 2006

ROUND 1 2006 NHL DRAFT

1. Pittsburgh – D Erik Johnson
2. St. Louis – C Phil Kessel
3. Chicago – C Jordan Staal
4. Washington – C Peter Mueller
5. Columbus – RW Jonathan Toews
6. Florida – D Nigel Williams
7. NY Islanders – D Bobby Sanguinetti
8. Atlanta – C Niklas Backstrom
9. Montreal – C Derek Brassard
10. Boston – RW Michael Frolik
11. Toronto – C Bryan Little
12. Minnesota – C James Sheppard
13. San Jose – D Ben Shutron
14. Phoenix – D Ivan Vishnevskiy
15. Anaheim – RW Chris Stewart
16. New Jersey – G Jonathan Bernier
17. Tampa Bay – C Cory Emmerton
18. Edmonton – D Mike Weber
19. Colorado – LW Nick Foligno
20. Los Angeles – RW Kyle Okposo
21. Vancouver – C Bobby Hughes
22. Calgary – C Ben Maxwell
23. Buffalo – D Mark Mitera
24. NY Rangers – RW Jesse Joensuu
25. Philadelphia – D Ty Wishart
26. Nashville – C Ryan White
27. Dallas – D John Degray
28. Ottawa – C Jiri Tlusty
29. Detroit – D Matthew Corrnette
30. St. Louis (Car) – LW Ryan Hillier


ROUND 2 2006 NHL DRAFT

31. Pittsburgh – D James Delory
32. St. Louis – RW Cal Clutterbuck
33. Chicago – G Reto Berra
34. Washington – D Dennis Persson
35. Columbus – D Joe Ryan
36. Philadelphia (Fla) – D Theo Peckham
37. Vancouver (NYI) – C Codey Burki
38. Atlanta – C Luke Lynes
39. Montreal – C Tomas Kana
40. Washington (Bos) – RW Francois Bouchard
41. Toronto – C Dustin Jeffery
42. Minnesota – LW Blake Geoffrion
43. San Jose – D Brian Strait
44. Philadelphia (Phx) – LW Matt Belesky
45. Anaheim – RW Brady Calla
46. New Jersey – D David Fischer
47. Philadelphia (TB) – G Kevin Armstrong
48. Edmonton – D David Ruzicka
49. Colorado - G Billy Sauer
50. Los Angeles – C Ondrej Fiala
51. Vancouver – LW Aaron Snow
52. Calgary – D Jeremy Russell
53. Buffalo – RW Michael Grabner
54. NY Rangers – C Hugo Carpentier
55. Philadelphia – D Tysen Dowzak
56. Nashville – C Riley Holzapfel
57. NY Islanders (Dal) – D Mathieu Carle
58. Ottawa – RW Igor Makarov
59. Detroit – LW Jamie McGinn
60. Carolina – LW Martin Bartos


ROUND 3 2006 NHL DRAFT

61. Pittsburgh – LW Nikolai Kulemin
62. St. Louis – C Ryan McDonough
63. Philadelphia (Chi) – RW John Armstrong
64. Washington – G Riku Helenius
65. Columbus – RW Claude Giroux
66. Florida - D Ben Wright
67. NY Islanders - D Jonas Ahnelov-Pihl
68. Atlanta – C Trevor Lewis
69. Montreal – D Pierre-Luc Lassard
70. Boston – D Cody Wild
71. Toronto - C John Hughes
72. Minnesota – LW Milan Lucic
73. San Jose – RW Marcel Mueller
74. Phoenix – C Patrik Berglund
75. Anaheim – C Bud Holloway
76. New Jersey – RW Ryan Flinn
77. Tampa Bay – G Leland Irving
78. Edmonton – D Eric Gryba
79. Colorado – LW Alexander Vasyunov
80. Los Angeles – G Joseph Palmer
81. Vancouver – D Igor Zubov
82. Calgary - RW Sasha Golin
83. Calgary (Buf) – D Victor Bartley
84. NY Rangers – C Sebastian Karlsson
85. Philadelphia – D Carl Sneep
86. Los Angeles (Nas) – C Benjamin Breault
87. Dallas – D Jiri Suchy
88. Ottawa – RW Andrei Popov
89. Detroit – G Ryan Daniels
90. Carolina – D Jeff Dudas


Like I said this is my very early look and not all of the prospects have been seen. Also, not everyone has the same opinion, so be gental...

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[OilerOlli*]

I would be crying if the Oilers pass on Joensuu, Tlusty, Okposo, Vasyunov, for Mike Weber.
Vasyunov at 79 is a bad joke imo

 

[Belizarius]

I like your list, pretty good effort.
Still I don't think NJ will take a goalie in the 1st round with Clemmensen/Ahonen/Doyle/Disher/Smith/Frazee in the system and the Damphousse/Ahonen failures in the 1st round...

NJ will probably take a defenseman (Weber, Mitera, Corrente, Wishart, DeGray?)

 

[J17 Vs Proclamation]

Frolik at 10? Man, as a Florida fan Williams is high on my "to get" list, but Frolik is pretty much #1. I dont believe he will drop that far.

If he does drop, he is gonna drop to 20. He fits the kings draft needs, stock to be falling.

 

[Fan.At]

Would Little really be passed by Brassard?

 

[FearTheFlyers]

I'd love Peckham to the Flyers.

 

[Charge_Seven]

I like how the Leafs would pick three centres, when wingers are what we really need (not that they can't be converted).

Leafs probably would not be taking 3 centres, what with Steen, Stajan, and Wellwood all looking solid, I know you draft for the future, but they'd likely be more interested in landing a winger with their first overall, or if the opportunity was there, a big time defender.

It's always awesome to see mock drafts though, thanks for posting it.

 

[Starsdude]

About the only place dallas is set prospect wise is defense. They have taken Fistric Fransson Grossman Nickerson Waugh Nikasanin all in the last few drafts and also picked up Scalzo and Belle. They need scorers wing or otherwise. They could take a goalie later as well as Ellis and Smith are getting older but Turco is there 4 more years anyway.

 

[DLMDLM]

I like your list

good job you put in a lot of work.

I would say that you thought those picks out well

 

[Chaos]

I'm not sure the Stars will be taking any defensemen in the early rounds this year(even if a consensus top guy falls, they will pass, ala O'Sullivan and Schremp). Look for them to probably grab yet another solid 2-way forward, although I'm holding out hope that they break that trend and take a high risk/high reward scorer(someone like Vasyunov). Wouldn't shock me to see them take a goalie(3rd round or later) either. But please, no defensemen unless a top guy falls.

 

[Purkki]

very bad year for finnish m8s for once again

 

[LaLaLaprise]

Good effort.

As usual, not everyone will agree but thats what makes lists fun in the first place.

 

[badrobot101]

Good Job

I agree with Greg Stack that Leafs would prefer to augment the wing, rather than center.

However, I am also convinced that we will either take a d-man, or go with BPA.

All in all, a nice list.

 

[Brodeur]

Thanks for the good read!

As somebody else noted, NJ 99.9% probably won't be drafting a goalie. While Ahonen looks like a bust now, we drafted Jeff Frazee with a high 2nd rounder last year. We're definitely thin everywhere else however. Ideally we could use a defenseman, but you have to draft the 'best player available' in the NHL. Your needs today can and probably will be drastically different than your needs three years later.

 

[Patty Ice]

I like you idea (corresponds with mine) of the Sharks going defense heavy in the first day but the choices I'm not loving too much. I'm praying that Nigel Williams will fall to the Sharks. Shutron would add mobility and skill to the blueline but so does Ehrhoff and the Sharks don't seem committed to giving him icetime. I'd say they are similar players which wouldn't bode well for this selection. Ben Strait would fit the Sharks head scout Timmy Burke's MO...good skater and intangibles, but most importantly he's a Mass boy. I'd rather have Mathieu Carle at that spot, I mean come on, just imagine a Matt Carle-Mathieu Carle pairing. He's not a half bad player either.

 

[Vic Rattlehead*]

If the Bruins don't sign draft pick Lars Jonsson by the draft(very likely), they'll be receiving a second round compensation pick (7th overall in the second round). This has been mentioned on the Bruins board before.

 

[MightyPleky*]

I like Bressard to MTL Need centre, and hes a quebecer

 

[Ted Hoffman]

The Blues would either (A) take Staal at 2, or (B) trade down to a point where the know they'll still get Staal. I also don't know about taking Hillier at 30, but from there on I won't argue. However, I'm pretty confident if Kessel is on the board when the Blues pick, he'll still be on the board after the Blues make their pick.

 

[David A. Rainer]

While I'm sure we all have doubts about some of the choices, I appreciate your effort in doing this as it takes some major guts to throw something like this together so far from the draft. If nothing else, it gets everyone talking about the prospects and what their team's draft strategy will likely be.

 

[USA!]

NO Michael Forney in the top 90?

 

[badrobot101]

The Blues would either (A) take Staal at 2, or (B) trade down to a point where the know they'll still get Staal. I also don't know about taking Hillier at 30, but from there on I won't argue. However, I'm pretty confident if Kessel is on the board when the Blues pick, he'll still be on the board after the Blues make their pick.

This is a bold prediction, and although I'm not sure I agree it kinda makes sense.

 

[Riggins]

Fans always speak as if they are the ones making the decisions for their teams.

"Nashville will not take a defenceman" -- they draft Ryan Parent

"Edmonton does not need a goalie, we have JDD" -- they pick Dubnyk

And so on.

 

[cyrisweb]

At this point in time the Canucks own the ducks 3rd round draft pick.. in trade for the rights to coach randy Carlyl.

If the Ducks make the playoffs that 3rd becomes a 2nd.

(just so you can have an accurate list there)

 

[jcoldwell]

I can't see the Oilers drafting a defenseman in the 1st round where they would need another goalie or preferably a RW. So instead of Mike Weber I would like them to pick RW Jesse Joensuu if he is available when they draft.

I can see the Oilers going majority forwards in this draft.

 

[OilerOlli*]

I don't really understand that drafting after positions. Normally you can be glad when the guy you drafted is on your roster 3,4 years after the draft. And nobody can tell how your roster looks at that time. Ok, its clear that when you have no young goalie in your organsiation you try to to draft one, but the mainthing should be to go for the most skilled player! I never understood the system from the oilers as they draft 2003 only after big guys and saying we needed big guys in our organization and we filled that need today. Stupid...