NHL Entry Draft: May 2017 NHL Mock Draft - 2 Rounds

[Duke16]

1. NJD - C Nolan Patrick
2. PHI - C Nico Hischier
3. DAL - D Miro Heiskanen
4. COL - C Cody Glass
5. VAN - C Casey Mittelstadt
6. VGK - C Gabriel Vilardi
7. ARZ - D Cale Makar
8. BUF - D Timothy Liljegren
9. DET - C Elias Pettersson
10. FLA - C Michael Rasmussen
11. LA - C Martin Necas
12. CAR - RW Owen Tippett
13. WPG - D Juuso Valimaki
14. TB - LW Eeli Tolvanen
15. NYI - C Nick Suzuki
16. CGY - C Lias Andersson
17. TOR - D Erik Brannstrom
18. BOS - RW Klim Kostin
19. SJ - D Nicolas Hague
20. STL - LW Ryan Poehling
21. NYR - D Callan Foote
22. EDM - D Henri Jokiharju
23. ARZ - RW Kailer Yamamoto
24. CBJ - RW Kristian Vesalainen
25. MTL - C Josh Norris
26. CHI - C Jaret Anderson-Dolan
27. STL - D Connor Timmins
28. NSH - C Alexei Lipanov
29. OTT - G Jake Oettinger
30. DAL - C Robert Thomas
31. PIT - D Pierre-Olivier Joseph

32. COL - LW Isaac Ratcliffe
33. VAN - RW Kole Lind
34. ARZ - LW Filip Chytil
35. VGK - LW Grant Mismash
36. NJD - C Shane Bowers
37. BUF - LW Jonah Gadjovich
38. DET - D Josh Brook
39. DAL - G Michael DiPietro
40. FLA - LW Maxime Comtois
41. CAR - C Aleksi Heponiemi
42. LA - LW Jason Roberston
43. WPG - D Urho Vaakanainen
44. PHI - LW Evan Barratt
45. TB - LW Nikita Popugaev
46. NYI - C Stelio Mattheos
47. OTT - RW Ivan Lodnia
48. TB - D Eemeli Rasanen
49. NJ - C Jesper Boqvist
50. ANA - C Adam Ruzicka
51. STL - RW Ostap Safin
52. CAR - LW Denis Smirnov
53. BOS - D David Farrance
54. BUF - G Ukka Pekka Lukkonen
55. VAN - RW Lane Zablocki
56. MTL - D Robin Salo
57. CHI - C Antoine Morand
58. MTL - C Morgan Geekie
59. NSH - C Joni Ikonen
60. TOR - C Morgan Frost
61. ANA - C Alexandre Texier
62. CAR - G Keith Petruzzelli

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[edguy]

I'd love Oettinger in Ottawa, but not with Thomas on the board. I see Thomas as a top 15 pick.

In the 2nd, I wouldn't hate Lodnia. But below average skating kind of scares me.. Would rather someone like Boqvist or Mismash personally

 

[Habs76]

Bleh from the Habs

 

[Whileee]

Bleh from the Habs

I think Norris and Salo would be a good haul from where the Habs are drafting.

 

[Morry83]

Love it for Dallas

 

[Duke16]

Love it for Dallas

Heiskanen, Thomas, DiPietro would be a damn good haul.

 

[Stud Muffin]

I'd rather Vesalainen or Thomas at 22 then Jokiharju

 

[Chan790]

The Canes value intelligence and defensive responsibility as paramount attributes. The questions about Tippett's hockey IQ and defensive lapses make him probably not a great fit for the Canes...it doesn't matter how many goals he scores, if he can't complete his defensive assignments or think the game then he's going to spend a lot of time in the press box and being called out by Canes coach Bill Peters.

If Jeff Skinner can get sat for bad defensive play, anybody can be.

 

[OmNomNom]

Devs will likely go for at least 1 D in the 2nd round, we are barren in that department

 

[LAKings88]

I don't think LA would pass on Tippett

 

[Sundinisagod]

The Canes value intelligence and defensive responsibility as paramount attributes. The questions about Tippett's hockey IQ and defensive lapses make him probably not a great fit for the Canes...it doesn't matter how many goals he scores, if he can't complete his defensive assignments or think the game then he's going to spend a lot of time in the press box and being called out by Canes coach Bill Peters.

If Jeff Skinner can get sat for bad defensive play, anybody can be.

You can teach defense, but you can't teach size, scoring, and to a lesser degree skating. In a so-so draft, at 12th overall, you're not going to get a prospect without any flaws, but at least you'd have some serious upside with this pick.

 

[Flair Hay]

Valimaki and Vaakanainen would be great fits for Jets. Both of them might be a bit of overkill for the Jets though. Im sure they are still anticipating Logan Stanley playing a role. Not that depth is a bad thing...

Definite possibility they pick a goalie this year as well.

 

[RememberTheName]

I am a fan of both Boqvist and Bowers, but you gotta think at least one of those will be a defenseman

 

[My Cozen Dylan]

I'd rather have Robertson than Gadjovich and Salo over a goalie for Buffalo.

 

[rt]

Such an awesome draft for Arizona. Three huge homerun swing picks in Makar, Yamamoto and Chytil. Off the charts boom or bust potential on all three. And all three perfectly address needs. RD, RHS RW, and C. I'm honestly a little obsessed with this mock. It's basically the most exciting, fun outcome for Arizona. I love it for entertainment value alone. A team like us with great prospect depth that can NEVER win a lottery and simply luck into generational talent is probably a team that's due some fence swings. Just go for it. And these are three absolute go-big selections. I love it.

 

[Sens of Anarchy]

I'd go Thomas over Oettinger in the 1st and take Ukka Pekka Lukkonen in the 2nd over Lodnia if Sens want a goalie otherwise Lodnia is fine

 

[NJDevils#4]

Devs will likely go for at least 1 D in the 2nd round, we are barren in that department

Yea, we don't need 3 C's, that's for sure.

 

[Devils Dominion]

Yea, we don't need 3 C's, that's for sure.

Farrance would interest me in the 2nd.

 

[tony d]

Like it for Ottawa. Goalie and a Winger are definite needs for the team.

 

[Peat]

First I'd even heard of Pierre-Oliver Joseph - reading up and most places have him pegged as a mid second-rounder. I'd be pretty disappointed if the Pens took a mainly defensive dman without stand-out traits with their first. We selected a bunch of them last year after all...