Speculation: Draft Thread 2018-19: Part X (No Kakko/Hughes Talk) - Post Your Mock Draft

[Gardner McKay]

Post your 1 - 31 draft predictions and lets see how each of us do.


1. New Jersey Devils
2. New York Rangers
3. Chicago Blackhawks
4. Colorado Avalanche (from Senators)
5. Los Angeles Kings
6. Detroit Red Wings
7. Buffalo Sabres
8. Edmonton Oilers
9. Anaheim Ducks
10. Vancouver Canucks
11. Philadelphia Flyers
12. Minnesota Wild
13. Florida Panthers
14. Arizona Coyotes
15. Montreal Canadiens
16. Colorado Avalanche
17. Vegas Golden Knights
18. Dallas Stars
19. Ottawa Senators (from Blue Jackets)
20. New York Rangers (from Jets)
21. Pittsburgh Penguins
22. Los Angeles Kings (from Maple Leafs)
23. New York Islanders
24. Nashville Predators
25. Washington Capitals
26. Calgary Flames
27. Tampa Bay Lightning
28. Carolina Hurricanes
29. San Jose Sharks
30. Boston/Buffalo
31. Buffalo/Boston

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[Gardner McKay]

Place holder.

 

[brians1128]

@Gardner McKay Does this take into account who you think a team is going to take or just your personal top prospect list?

 

[Gardner McKay]

@Gardner McKay Does this take into account who you think a team is going to take or just your personal top prospect list?

How do you see the draft playing out.

 

[Zibanejbread]

McKenzie's rankings come out June 17:

 

[ElLeetch]

How do you see the draft playing out.

NJ Devils fold their organization. NHL gives #1 OA pick to the Rangers due to geographical proximity. With Pick #1, the rangers draft Sieder. With the #2 pick, the rangers draft Knight.

Build from the net out. Defense wins championships.

 

[brians1128]

How do you see the draft playing out.

I gotta think about this whole first round.

- Top 5 Im Hughes, Kakko, Byram, Turcotte, Dach
- I dont think Buffalo goes center even though there was talks of them wanting another center. (Boldy)
- Cozens falls to Edmonton
- Philly takes Podkolzin bc they can afford to let him marinate and go bpa.
- Minny reaches for a righty (Tomasino)
- Florida takes Knight ahead of Arizona who had talks about wanting him
- Colorado and Dallas take Kailyev and Lavoie (dont know why I think they are looking for goal scorers)
- Seider goes one spot ahead of Rangers to Ottawa

 

[GoAwayPanarin]

Post your 1 - 31 draft predictions and lets see how each of us do.

1. New Jersey Devils - Hughes
2. New York Rangers - Kakko
3. Chicago Blackhawks - Turcotte
4. Colorado Avalanche (from Senators) - Byram
5. Los Angeles Kings - Cozens
6. Detroit Red Wings - Zegras
7. Buffalo Sabres - Caufield
8. Edmonton Oilers - Dach
9. Anaheim Ducks - Boldy
10. Vancouver Canucks - Newhook
11. Philadelphia Flyers - Suzuki (AV effect)
12. Minnesota Wild - Krebs
13. Florida Panthers - Knight
14. Arizona Coyotes - Chyka's replacement
15. Montreal Canadiens - Lavoie
16. Colorado Avalanche - Podkolzin
17. Vegas Golden Knights - Kaliyev
18. Dallas Stars - York
19. Ottawa Senators (from Blue Jackets) - Seider
20. New York Rangers (from Jets) - Tomasino

After this point, I stop caring about the 1st round unless we trade into it again.

 

[Lion Hound]

What does the winner get?

 

[brians1128]

1. New Jersey Devils - Hughes
2. New York Rangers - Kakko
3. Chicago Blackhawks - Turcotte
4. Colorado Avalanche (from Senators) - Byram
5. Los Angeles Kings - Cozens
6. Detroit Red Wings - Zegras
7. Buffalo Sabres - Caufield
8. Edmonton Oilers - Dach
9. Anaheim Ducks - Boldy
10. Vancouver Canucks - Newhook
11. Philadelphia Flyers - Suzuki (AV effect)
12. Minnesota Wild - Krebs
13. Florida Panthers - Knight
14. Arizona Coyotes - Chyka's replacement
15. Montreal Canadiens - Lavoie
16. Colorado Avalanche - Podkolzin
17. Vegas Golden Knights - Kaliyev
18. Dallas Stars - York
19. Ottawa Senators (from Blue Jackets) - Seider
20. New York Rangers (from Jets) - Tomasino

After this point, I stop caring about the 1st round unless we trade into it again.

Would be happy if we got Tomasino staying put at 20. I fear that many are going to be disappointed without a move up (Seider, Newhook, etc).

Excellent draft for Colorado, consolidation prize for losing 1st ov?

 

[GoAwayPanarin]

Would be happy if we got Tomasino staying put at 20. I fear that many are going to be disappointed without a move up (Seider, Newhook, etc).

Excellent draft for Colorado, consolidation prize for losing 1st ov?

Yeah I think Byram is just too obvious a pick for the Avs and Chicago is pretty much locked in with Turcotte. I honestly struggled to find a spot to put Podkolzin but with the Avs having that 2nd 1st its well worth the gamble at that spot.

If Knight goes to Florida, I think trading into the Arizona spot becomes much more likely but I don't know that the Rangers do it unless Krebs is there (who in all honesty, has a good chance at going to Philly if things play out as I think they will in the top 10.) The next 10 picks or so are kind of all smushed together.

In hindsight, I forgot Broberg who is a bit of a wild card, but I'd expect him to go before we pick.

Overwhelm Philly with AV favorites! Kakko-Krebs-Tomasino would be an amazing 1st round.

 

[Brooklyn Rangers Fan]

The problem with this exercise is that I personally am almost positive we'll see multiple 1st round trades this year – including at least one in the first half of the first round.

 

[brians1128]

Yeah I think Byram is just too obvious a pick for the Avs and Chicago is pretty much locked in with Turcotte. I honestly struggled to find a spot to put Podkolzin but with the Avs having that 2nd 1st its well worth the gamble at that spot.

If Knight goes to Florida, I think trading into the Arizona spot becomes much more likely but I don't know that the Rangers do it unless Krebs is there (who in all honesty, has a good chance at going to Philly if things play out as I think they will in the top 10.) The next 10 picks or so are kind of all smushed together.

In hindsight, I forgot Broberg who is a bit of a wild card, but I'd expect him to go before we pick.

Overwhelm Philly with AV favorites! Kakko-Krebs-Tomasino would be an amazing 1st round.

Yea I tried really hard not to speculate on the 20th as I feel I build better scenarios as a fan.

Our mocks are close (even though I didnt do an exact list yet). You can see we both have Florida with Knight, for me flip flop Dach and Cozens. I have Podkolzin at 11. I have no idea on Newhook even though I really like him. Boldy at 7 instead of Caufield (him at 10)

I also have Krebs before 14 as you. I think the rangers might need to go to 14 and then add to get to 11 if philly is for real about moving the pick. I really think fans will bitch at the costs. I’d rather them target their guys and pay. You're right a Kakko - Krebs - Tomasino is a serious haul. I do think defense will be in there but I’m not gonna lie I really like your haul and prefer them targeting defense post 1st round. Korczak - McCarthy - Thompson - Johnson post 1st.

 

[Gardner McKay]

The problem with this exercise is that I personally am almost positive we'll see multiple 1st round trades this year – including at least one in the first half of the first round.

You can say the same thing every year which would make every mock draft in every sport pointless.... but they are still fun to do anyway.

 

[Brooklyn Rangers Fan]

You can say the same thing every year which would make every mock draft in every sport pointless.... but they are still fun to do anyway.

Yeah, but I'm REALLY positive this time.

 

[brians1128]

Yeah, but I'm REALLY positive this time.

And I hope the Rangers are in on that.

 

[Riche16]

Yeah, but I'm REALLY positive this time.

I'm no draft guru by any stretch by I agree here. I think this draft will have a lot more movement than normal just because there are so many question marks after 1-2 (not too unusual I guess) and the fact you have Colorado with 4 and 16, NYR with 2 & 20, and a lot of teams with very specific needs or more aptly need to make immediate improvements that will see them move out of the top-10-15 for a NHL player... not someone they have to wait 2-3 years for.

 

[NASTY]

Can't wait to see how wrong this is

1. New Jersey Devils - Jack Hughes
2. New York Rangers - Kaapo Kakko
3. Chicago Blackhawks - Alex Turcotte
4. Colorado Avalanche (from Senators) - Bowen Byram
5. Los Angeles Kings - Dylan Cozens
6. Detroit Red Wings - Vasili Podkolzin
7. Buffalo Sabres - Kirby Dach
8. Edmonton Oilers - Trevor Zegras
9. Anaheim Ducks - Matthew Boldy
10. Vancouver Canucks - Victor Soderstrom
11. Philadelphia Flyers - Peyton Krebs
12. Minnesota Wild - Cole Caufield
13. Florida Panthers - Alex Newhook
14. Arizona Coyotes - Arthur Kaliyev
15. Montreal Canadiens - Ryan Suzuki
16. Colorado Avalanche - Cam York
17. Vegas Golden Knights - Raphael Lavoie
18. Dallas Stars - Mortis Seider
19. Ottawa Senators (from Blue Jackets) - Philip Broberg
20. New York Rangers (from Jets) - Thomas Harley
21. Pittsburgh Penguins - Matthew Robertson
22. Los Angeles Kings (from Maple Leafs) - Villie Heinola
23. New York Islanders - Bobby Brink
24. Nashville Predators - Samuel Poulin
25. Washington Capitals - Spencer Knight
26. Calgary Flames - Connor McMichael
27. Tampa Bay Lightning - Brett Leason
28. Carolina Hurricanes - Philip Tomasino
29. Anaheim Ducks - Tobias Bjornfot
30. Boston/Buffalo - Nils Hoglander
31. Buffalo/Boston - Jakob Pelletier

 

[Oscar Lindberg]

Interested to see who Minnesota reaches for this year, when last year they took a guy I had pegged as a third round target lol

 

[GoAwayPanarin]

I will break many things if they take Harley at 20.

 

[Edge]

I think this year’s playoffs will have more teams at least considering their options when it comes to making a move they feel gets them over the cutoff.

Will they bite? Depends on the prices and who is available.

But I also wouldn’t get too caught up assuming certain players will be gone when we draft.

Last year Bokk, Veleno, and other names were guys this board talked about and had, at various points, projected would be out of range.

We moved up, we didn’t take them. We took Miller.

There’s a lot of possibilities and we’re typically only able to process a few at a time.

 

[Lion Hound]

Pretty much every draft guide has been released. So much tasty information to digest before Vancouver.

 

[UnSandvich]

1. New Jersey Devils- Hughes
2. New York Rangers- Kakko
3. Chicago Blackhawks- Byram
4. Colorado Avalanche (from Senators)- Turcotte
5. Los Angeles Kings- Cozens
6. Detroit Red Wings- Dach
7. Buffalo Sabres- Caufield
8. Edmonton Oilers- Krebs
9. Anaheim Ducks- Zegras
10. Vancouver Canucks- Podkolzin
11. Philadelphia Flyers- Boldy
12. Minnesota Wild- Newhook
13. Florida Panthers- Broberg
14. Arizona Coyotes- Soderstrom
15. Montreal Canadiens- Heinola
16. Colorado Avalanche- Seider
17. Vegas Golden Knights- York
18. Dallas Stars- Lavoie
19. Ottawa Senators (from Blue Jackets)- Harley
20. New York Rangers (from Jets)- Tomasino
21. Pittsburgh Penguins- Brink
22. Los Angeles Kings (from Maple Leafs)- Lavoie
23. New York Islanders- Suzuki
24. Nashville Predators- Poulin
25. Washington Capitals- Pelletier
26. Calgary Flames- Bjornfoot
27. Tampa Bay Lightning- Dorofeyev
28. Carolina Hurricanes- Robertson
29. San Jose Sharks- Hoglander
30. Boston/Buffalo- Afanaseyev
31. Buffalo/Boston- Leason

 

[Gardner McKay]

I will break many things if they take Harley at 20.

I saw one website suggesting they should take Honka at 20. Harley seems fine compared to that pick...

Edit* Here it is. https://thehockeywriters.com/2019-nhl-mock-draft-round-1/

 

[Gardner McKay]

What does the winner get?

Two cool points.