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Although I've lurked for quite some time, I only recently signed up. I did this mock a few weeks back. I'm sure I'll do another before the draft, but this is what I came up with. I looked at what people thought their respective teams needed, who was ranked where and each team's propensity for making that 'what were they thinking' choice.
I know some of this is a pipe dream. I, for one, would be thrilled if Meszaros fell to the Canucks. I don't see it happening on draft day, but it did this time around. I don't have the energy to attempt to explain every pick now, but if you've got a question, I'll try to answer it.
Please bear in mind that like with all mock drafts, this is pure conjecture. It might be the case that, for example, the Rangers don't pick Schremp. I'd prefer not to hear that "The Rangers will never take Schremp, they'll take Ladd" or whomever. They might....but then again, they might not. I've truly got no idea. I know if I was the individual team's, I wouldn't make some of the picks they make, nor would I pick some of the players in the positions they have gone in this mock.
Also, I think that there will be a few trades, but it would be foolish at this point to try to predict them. Given Mike Keenan's history of trading, the Panthers might do something. Mike Milbury hasn't done anything too silly lately, so he might feel compelled to get involved. Dave Nonis may wish to make a name for himself out of the gate, so the Canucks may well do something. Who knows? In any case...
Fire away!
POSSIBLE PICK
TEAM Player Pos
1 Washington Alexander Ovechkin LW
2 Pittsburgh Evgeni Malkin C
3 Chicago Rostislav Olesz C
4 Columbus Cam Barker D
5 Phoenix Lauri Tukonen RW
6 NYR Robbie Schremp C
7 Florida Andrew Ladd LW
8 Carolina Drew Stafford RW
9 Anaheim Alexandre Picard LW
10 Atlanta AJ Thelen D
11 LA Marek Schwarz G
12 Minnesota Al Montoya G
13 Buffalo Ladislav Smid D
14 Edmonton Devan Dubnyk G
15 Nashville Kyle Chipchura C
16 NYI Alexander Radulov RW
17 St Louis Wojtek Wolski LW
18 Montreal Mike Green D
19 Calgary Bruce Graham C
20 Dallas Boris Valabik D
21 Colorado Petteri Nokelainen C
22 NJ Lauri Korpikoski LW
23 Ottawa Travis Zajac C
24 NYR Wes O'Neill D
25 Edmonton Dave Bolland C
26 Vancouver Andrej Meszaros D
27 Washington Kirill Lyaminn D
28 San Jose Lukas Kaspar RW
29 Tampa Cory Schneider G
30 Washington Viktor Alexandrov RW
I know some of this is a pipe dream. I, for one, would be thrilled if Meszaros fell to the Canucks. I don't see it happening on draft day, but it did this time around. I don't have the energy to attempt to explain every pick now, but if you've got a question, I'll try to answer it.
Please bear in mind that like with all mock drafts, this is pure conjecture. It might be the case that, for example, the Rangers don't pick Schremp. I'd prefer not to hear that "The Rangers will never take Schremp, they'll take Ladd" or whomever. They might....but then again, they might not. I've truly got no idea. I know if I was the individual team's, I wouldn't make some of the picks they make, nor would I pick some of the players in the positions they have gone in this mock.
Also, I think that there will be a few trades, but it would be foolish at this point to try to predict them. Given Mike Keenan's history of trading, the Panthers might do something. Mike Milbury hasn't done anything too silly lately, so he might feel compelled to get involved. Dave Nonis may wish to make a name for himself out of the gate, so the Canucks may well do something. Who knows? In any case...
Fire away!
POSSIBLE PICK
TEAM Player Pos
1 Washington Alexander Ovechkin LW
2 Pittsburgh Evgeni Malkin C
3 Chicago Rostislav Olesz C
4 Columbus Cam Barker D
5 Phoenix Lauri Tukonen RW
6 NYR Robbie Schremp C
7 Florida Andrew Ladd LW
8 Carolina Drew Stafford RW
9 Anaheim Alexandre Picard LW
10 Atlanta AJ Thelen D
11 LA Marek Schwarz G
12 Minnesota Al Montoya G
13 Buffalo Ladislav Smid D
14 Edmonton Devan Dubnyk G
15 Nashville Kyle Chipchura C
16 NYI Alexander Radulov RW
17 St Louis Wojtek Wolski LW
18 Montreal Mike Green D
19 Calgary Bruce Graham C
20 Dallas Boris Valabik D
21 Colorado Petteri Nokelainen C
22 NJ Lauri Korpikoski LW
23 Ottawa Travis Zajac C
24 NYR Wes O'Neill D
25 Edmonton Dave Bolland C
26 Vancouver Andrej Meszaros D
27 Washington Kirill Lyaminn D
28 San Jose Lukas Kaspar RW
29 Tampa Cory Schneider G
30 Washington Viktor Alexandrov RW
