JB's Mock Version 2.0

[Number 57]

01. Erik Johnson

02. Nicklas Backstrom

03. Phil Kessel

04. Jonathan Toews

05. Jordan Staal

Columbus: 06. Peter Mueller

NY Islanders: 07. Derick Brassard

Phoenix: 08. Bryan Little

Minnesota: 09. Kyle Okposo

Florida: 10. James Sheppard

Los Angeles: 11. Riku Helenius

Atlanta: 12. Patrik Berglund

Toronto: 13. Bobby Sanguinetti

Vancouver: 14. Jiri Tlusty

Tampa Bay: 15. Jonathan Bernier

Montreal: 16. Michal Frolik

Minnesota: 17. Nigel Williams

Colorado: 18. Ty Wishart

Anaheim: 19. Chris Stewart

San Jose: 20. Ivan Vishnevsky

NY Rangers: 21. Jamie McBain

Philadelphia: 22. Jesse Joenssu

New Jersey: 23. David Fischer

Calgary: 24. Michael Forney

Washington: 25. Chris Summers

Buffalo: 26. Claude Giroux

St.Louis: 27. Michal Grabner

Dallas: 28. Leland Irving

Ottawa: 29. Codey Burki

Detroit: 30. Dennis Persson

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St.Louis: 31. Cal Clutterback

Pittsburgh: 32. Ben Shutron

Chicago: 33. Ben Maxwell

Washington: 34. Jamie McGinn

Washington: 35. Brian Strait

Columbus: 36. Trevor Lewis

Anaheim: 37. Mark Mitera

Philadelphia: 38. Tomas Marcinko

Minnesota: 39. Nick Foligno

Phoenix: 40. Yuri Alexandrov

Philadelphia: 41. Ondrej Fiala

Atlanta: 42. Tomas Kana

Toronto: 43. Cory Emmerton

Buffalo: 44. Joey Ryan

Phoenix: 45. Oskar Osala

Montreal: 46. Mike Weber

Boston: 47. Artem Anisimov

Colorado: 48. Alexander Vasyunov

Washington: 49. Semen Varlamov

San Jose: 50. John Armstrong

NY Rangers: 51. Bryce Swan

Philadelphia: 52. Ryan White

New Jersey: 53. Andreas Nodl

Calgary: 54. Carl Sneep

Nashville: 55. Kaspars Daugavins

Carolina: 56. Robert Nyholm

NY Islanders: 57. Michael Ratchuk

Chicago: 58. Riley Holzapfel

Detroit: 59. Kirill Tulupov

Buffalo: 60.Tony Lagerstrom

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[PhoPhan]

I'd personally go with Okposo or Tlusty before Little for Phoenix, but I love the Osala pick at 45.

 

[sarcastro]

Interesting that the first round assumes the Wings win the Cup and the second assumes the Sabres win the Cup.

Otherwise it looks like a highly possible mock draft.

 

[Holden Caulfield]

Originally Posted by Jozef Balej
Los Angeles: 11. Riku Helenius

Atlanta: 12. Patrik Berglund

Interesting, i do not hate it, but very surprising. Helenius at #11 is a stretch but might be worth it. Berglund seems high too, but with his upside i can see. Good job.

 

[Captain Ron]

Interesting, i do not hate it, but very surprising. Helenius at #11 is a stretch but might be worth it. Berglund seems high too, but with his upside i can see. Good job.

If the Kings do in fact want to get Helenius with their 1st round pick this year I would hope they would trade down into the mid 20's......because there is a very good chance he would still be on the board then and the Kings might be able to pick up a 2nd round pick in the process.

 

[Ted Hoffman]

Interesting to see people suggesting the Blues will take Grabner with the 1st-round pick from Carolina. No real opinion either way on it, just interesting that I've seen it more in the last few days than I have in all the previous mocks combined.

But I still say the Blues will pass on Clutterbuck while there's more offensively gifted players on the board.

 

[katodelder]

First mock I've seen with Frolik going to the Habs. I could see Timmins and co. doing this if he's still on the board, justifying the pick by saying they felt they got a player with "top 10" talent who fell only because he was in a bad situation in Kladno, and liking the fact that he's going to Rimouski next season.

 

[King'sPawn]

If the Kings do in fact want to get Helenius with their 1st round pick this year I would hope they would trade down into the mid 20's......because there is a very good chance he would still be on the board then and the Kings might be able to pick up a 2nd round pick in the process.

I honestly don't think Helenius will fall that far.

And I'm really trying not to be argumentative with you I just disagree.

 

[WILDTATE10]

minny will take Francois Bouchard in the 2nd round since we have his bro Pierre marc and he could help us.

 

[kruezer]

Forney and Sneep? Done. I like that for Calgary.

 

[CertifiedPublicGuin]

I'm not typically critical of mocks because it's true anything can happen, but Shutron might be a stretch for the Pens, due to their offensive d-man depth already being set with Letang and Goligoski... but like I said, anything can happen.

 

[DJ Spinoza]

Nice work. Love the Pens pick at #2. If it happened in real life I'd be happy enough not to complain about any other picks.

I'd prefer someone else at #32 because players like Shutron are really our only area of depth in the system.

 

[dunwoody_joe]

From a Thrashers perspective I like the picks of Berglund and Kana.

 

[TribalPhoenix]

I have my doubts about the Kings picking Helenius over Frolik or Tlusty... but I just cannot see the Leafs drafting yet another defenceman in a system already plugged with them, and lacking any bonafide wingers...

Also, how did Emmerton and Foligno fall into the second round? I'd sooner see the Leafs going after a David Kveton in the second round...

 

[HFNHL Canadiens]

the Leafs won't pass on Frolik if they have a chance to get him with there pick

 

[Reaper45]

I doubt that the Kings grab Helenius.

 

[ktf]

The leafs also wouldn't pass on Tlusty either, especially for a d men, but good work on your mock

 

[Corona-12]

Vancouver aquired Anaheim 2nd rounder on the deadline. Since the Ducks made the playoffs it was named a 2nd.

 

[WeSt_CoAsT_eXpReSs]

Tlustly

I hope the canucks could snag this guy at 14 i think he would definately surprise

 

[Vintage93]

Similar to the few posts above, there is no way the leafs would pass on Tlusty especially for sanguinetti whom I think we have a minimal chance taking even if he is available.

I love the backstrom at #2 and the drop on the staal at 5. GJ. Also, the Emmerton to TO at 43

 

[The Mighty Duck Man]

Vancouver aquired Anaheim 2nd rounder on the deadline. Since the Ducks made the playoffs it was named a 2nd.

Washington acquired Anaheim's second rounder for Jeff Friesen. Anaheim acquired the Isle's second rounder from Vancouver in the Keith Carney trade. Vancouver will likely get a 2007 second rounder in exchange for Carlyle.