Mock draft game

[CanaFan]

I'm probably just bored with the end of the NHL and NBA finals and still over a week until the draft, but I thought it might be fun/interesting/embarrassing to run an official 'mock draft game' between now and then.

I haven't seen it anywhere around here before but the idea is pretty simple. You post your list of 30 first round selections as you think they will go down next Friday. At the end, I will score them based on how far your pick fell from the actual spot. For example, if you put Lawson Crouse down as going to Philadelphia at #7 but he actually goes to Colorado at #10, you are 'docked' 3 points. The poster with the fewest points in aggregate is the 'winner'. Any trading of picks will not affect the scoring, as it is simply how far your player prediction deviates from the actual draft.

People can post at anytime and can edit their post up until midnight, June 25 (Thursday night). Any edits after that time will invalidate your entry. For simplicity please keep it to a single post and simply edit it rather than create new posts throughout the thread.

Now obviously the nature of this 'game' rewards conservative mocks as that will limit the amount that your picks can be off by. Since that will tend to encourage fairly bland and generic mocks, I want to add a 'bonus system' for really astute predictions:

Wildcard picks

Each poster will be allowed to make 3 "bold predictions" that, if correct (i.e. are drafted at the exact spot you predicted) will count for -5 points each (i.e. will deduct 5 points from your total). If incorrect, they will not be counted against your score (i.e. they are a mulligan). You can only have 3 and they must be indicated with an asterix (*) next to the player's name. If you do not mark them with an * then they will be counted as a normal pick.

CLARIFICATION TO WILDCARD PICKS: As VKW aka "Lou Lamorello" pointed out, the WC picks actually encourage safe picks to maximize the bonus points. Since the intention was to encourage riskier picks to get some more interesting mocks, there will be restrictions on how the WC picks can be used. Specifically you can only designate a pick a WC (*) if it is at least 5 or more spots HIGHER than Mackenzie's Final Ranking (http://www.tsn.ca/mckenzie-s-final-ranking-mcdavid-eichel-and-1.300634). So no designating McD or Eichel to get easy points. I hope this encourages more variety in the mocks but if it ends up being a hassle then I'll just scrap it.


Hope this ends up being fun and, if possible, kept separate from the existing draft thread as it will make finding and scoring the mocks easier in the end.

I'll post mine in a bit but feel free to post any time or PM me with any questions or clarifications.

cheers!

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[CanaFan]

K, here's my mock. Will probably edit/update it as we get closer to the draft but this is it for now. Asterixes on Harkins, Beauvillier, and Dunn.

 

[Vankiller Whale]

This sounds like great fun!

1) Edmonton - Connor McDavid
2) Buffalo - Jack Eichel
3) Arizona - Dylan Strome
4) Toronto - Noah Hanifin
5) Carolina - Mitch Marner
6) New Jersey - Mikko Rantanen
7) Philadelphia - Ivan Provorov
8) Columbus - Zach Werenski
9) San Jose - Pavel Zacha
10) Colorado - Kyle Connor
11) Florida - Mathew Barzal
12) Dallas - Timo Meier
13) Los Angeles - Lawson Crouse
14) Boston - Joel Ek-Eriksson*
15) Calgary - Travis Konecny
16) Edmonton - Jakub Zboril
17) Winnipeg - Nick Merkley
18) Ottawa - Oliver Kylington*
19) Detroit - Brock Boeser
20) Minnesota - Jeremy Roy
21) Buffalo - Colin White
22) Washington - Yevgeni Svechnikov
23) Vancouver - Brandon Carlo
24) Toronto - Noah Juulsen
25) Winnipeg - Anthony Beauvillier*
26) Montreal - Paul Bittner
27) Anaheim - Jacob Larsson
28) Tampa Bay - Denis Gurianov
29) Philadelphia - Thomas Chabot
30) Arizona - Jansen Harkins

I do think that the "wild card" point system might need to be tweaked a bit though.

EDIT: Also, might I suggest that for every player that you guess on the dot, that you subtract a point as well? Might be more fun that way, in terms of guessing exactly which team might take a player, as opposed to roughly the area you expect them to fall in. Either that or a separate tally of how many players each person got exactly right.

 

[CanaFan]

This sounds like great fun!

1) Edmonton - Connor McDavid *
2) Buffalo - Jack Eichel*
3) Arizona - Dylan Strome*
4) Toronto - Noah Hanifin
5) Carolina - Mitch Marner
6) New Jersey - Mikko Rantanen
7) Philadelphia - Ivan Provorov
8) Columbus - Zach Werenski
9) San Jose - Pavel Zacha
10) Colorado - Kyle Connor
11) Florida - Mathew Barzal
12) Dallas - Timo Meier
13) Los Angeles - Lawson Crouse
14) Boston - Joel Ek-Eriksson
15) Calgary - Travis Konecny
16) Edmonton - Jakub Zboril
17) Winnipeg - Nick Merkley
18) Ottawa - Oliver Kylington
19) Detroit - Brock Boeser
20) Minnesota - Jeremy Roy
21) Buffalo - Colin White
22) Washington - Yevgeni Svechnikov
23) Toronto - Noah Juulsen
24) Vancouver - Brandon Carlo
25) Winnipeg - Anthony Beauvillier
26) Montreal - Paul Bittner
27) Anaheim - Jacob Larsson
28) Tampa Bay - Denis Gurianov
29) Arizona - Jansen Harkins
30) Philadelphia - Thomas Chabot

I do think that the "wild card" point system might need to be tweaked a bit though.

Ah fair point re: wildcard. I'll re-think it and edit the rules in a bit. Don't want to encourage such crazy predictions as the ones above.

 

[jonnygf40]

If we take Carlo I think I'm gunna puke.

 

[BROCK HUGHES]

If we take Carlo I think I'm gunna puke.

why,is he that bad?

 

[Vankiller Whale]

If we take Carlo I think I'm gunna puke.

I'd have my bucket close at hand come draft day

 

[jonnygf40]

why,is he that bad?

No, he's just a stay at home defenseman. Exactely what we DONT need.
We need either a high impact offensive forward, or an offensive defenseman.

 

[BROCK HUGHES]

This sounds like great fun!

1) Edmonton - Connor McDavid *
2) Buffalo - Jack Eichel*
3) Arizona - Dylan Strome*
4) Toronto - Noah Hanifin
5) Carolina - Mitch Marner
6) New Jersey - Mikko Rantanen
7) Philadelphia - Ivan Provorov
8) Columbus - Zach Werenski
9) San Jose - Pavel Zacha
10) Colorado - Kyle Connor
11) Florida - Mathew Barzal
12) Dallas - Timo Meier
13) Los Angeles - Lawson Crouse
14) Boston - Joel Ek-Eriksson
15) Calgary - Travis Konecny
16) Edmonton - Jakub Zboril
17) Winnipeg - Nick Merkley
18) Ottawa - Oliver Kylington
19) Detroit - Brock Boeser
20) Minnesota - Jeremy Roy
21) Buffalo - Colin White
22) Washington - Yevgeni Svechnikov
23) Toronto - Noah Juulsen
24) Vancouver - Brandon Carlo
25) Winnipeg - Anthony Beauvillier
26) Montreal - Paul Bittner
27) Anaheim - Jacob Larsson
28) Tampa Bay - Denis Gurianov
29) Arizona - Jansen Harkins
30) Philadelphia - Thomas Chabot

I do think that the "wild card" point system might need to be tweaked a bit though.

EDIT: Also, might I suggest that for every player that you guess on the dot, that you subtract a point as well? Might be more fun that way, in terms of guessing exactly which team might take a player, as opposed to roughly the area you expect them to fall in. Either that or a separate tally of how many players each person got exactly right.

thought we had the #23

 

[Vankiller Whale]

thought we had the #23

Good catch.

 

[Bad News Benning]

1.)EDM- McDavid
2.)BUF- Eichel
3.)ARZ-Marner
4.)TOR-Strome
5.)CAR- Hanifin
6.)NJ-Barzal
7.)PHI-Provorov
8.)CBJ-Rantanen
9.)SJ- Konecky*
10.)COL-Werenski
11.)FLA- Crouse
12.)DAL- Connor
13.)LA- Zacha
14.)BOS- Zboril
15.)CGY- Merkley
16.)EDM-Svechnikov
17.)WPG-Meier
18.)OTT-Larsson
19.)DET-Boeser*
20.)MIN- White
21.)BUF-Samsanov
22.)WSH-Erikkson Ek
23.)VAN- Harkins
24.)TOR- Roy
25.)WPG- Bittner
26.)MTL-Juulsen
27.)ANA-Carlo
28.)TB- Guryanov
29.)PHI- Beauvillier*
30.)ARZ- Debrusk

 

[BROCK HUGHES]

this is my thinking on the draft

1) Edmonton - Connor McDavid
2) Buffalo - Jack Eichel
3) Arizona - Dylan Strome
4) Toronto -Mich Marner
5) Carolina - Noah Hanifin
6) New Jersey - ivan Provorov
7) Philadelphia - zack werenski
8) Columbus -Mikko Rantanen
9) San Jose -mat barzel
10) Colorado - Kyle Connor
11) Florida - pavel Zacha
12) Dallas -lawson Crouse
13) Los Angeles - timo Meir
14) Boston - Travis Konecy
15) Calgary - Brock Boeser
16) Edmonton - colin white
17) Winnipeg - Nick Merkley
18) Ottawa - Jakub Zboril
19) Detroit - Joel Ek-Eriksson
20) Minnesota - Yevgeni Svechnikov
21) Buffalo - Oliver killington
22) Washington - denis guryianov
23) Vancouver - Paul Bittner
24) Toronto - Jansen Harkins
25) Winnipeg - Thomas Chabot
26) Montreal - Y2K
27) Anaheim - jermey roy
28) Tampa Bay - jacob larsson
29) Arizona - Vince Dunn
30) Philadelphia -Jake debrusk

 

[y2kcanucks]

this is my thinking on the draft

1) Edmonton - Connor McDavid
2) Buffalo - Jack Eichel
3) Arizona - Dylan Strome
4) Toronto -Mich Marner
5) Carolina - Noah Hanifin
6) New Jersey - ivan Provorov
7) Philadelphia - zack werenski
8) Columbus -Mikko Rantanen
9) San Jose -mat barzel
10) Colorado - Kyle Connor
11) Florida - pavel Zacha
12) Dallas -lawson Crouse
13) Los Angeles - timo Meir
14) Boston - Travis Konecy
15) Calgary - Brock Boeser
16) Edmonton - colin white
17) Winnipeg - Nick Merkley
18) Ottawa - Jakub Zboril
19) Detroit - Joel Ek-Eriksson
20) Minnesota - Yevgeni Svechnikov
21) Buffalo - Oliver killington
22) Washington - denis guryianov
23) Vancouver - Paul Bittner
24) Toronto - Jansen Harkins
25) Winnipeg - Thomas Chabot
26) Montreal - Paul Bittner
27) Anaheim - jermey roy
28) Tampa Bay - jacob larsson
29) Arizona - Vince Dunn
30) Philadelphia -Jake debrusk

That's an interesting trick.

 

[BROCK HUGHES]

That's an interesting trick.

haha good eye

 

[BROCK HUGHES]

this is my thinking on the draft

1) Edmonton - Connor McDavid
2) Buffalo - Jack Eichel
3) Arizona - Dylan Strome
4) Toronto -Mich Marner
5) Carolina - Noah Hanifin
6) New Jersey - ivan Provorov
7) Philadelphia - zack werenski
8) Columbus -Mikko Rantanen
9) San Jose -mat barzel
10) Colorado - Kyle Connor
11) Florida - pavel Zacha
12) Dallas -lawson Crouse
13) Los Angeles - timo Meir
14) Boston - Travis Konecy
15) Calgary - Brock Boeser
16) Edmonton - colin white
17) Winnipeg - Nick Merkley
18) Ottawa - Jakub Zboril
19) Detroit - Joel Ek-Eriksson
20) Minnesota - Yevgeni Svechnikov
21) Buffalo - Oliver killington
22) Washington - denis guryianov
23) Vancouver - Paul Bittner
24) Toronto - Jansen Harkins
25) Winnipeg - Thomas Chabot
26) Montreal -jeremy roy
27) Anaheim - Jake debrusk
28) Tampa Bay - jacob larsson
29) Arizona - Vince Dunn
30) Philadelphia -Ilya samsonov

 

[CanaFan]

Thanks for posting so far, looking forward to seeing more mocks as we get closer to next Friday. Remember everyone can edit their mocks at any time up until next Friday so don't feel you have to wait to get your predictions in.

Also see the OP about changes to the "wild card" (*) rule. VKW found a loophole (an embarrassingly obvious one) in the original CBA, so it was back to the drawing board for that rule.

 

[Ho Borvat]

I feel like my score won't be great... I tried not to stick toooo closely to other rankings.

I've got Beauvillier, and Svechnikov going a bit early, and I see Crouse falling a bit. Underlined my wildcard picks.

1) Edmonton - Connor McDavid
2) Buffalo - Jack Eichel
3) Arizona - Noah Hanifin
4) Toronto - Dylan Strome
5) Carolina - Ivan Provorov
6) New Jersey - Mitch Marner
7) Philadelphia - Zack Werenski
8) Columbus - Matthew Barzal
9) San Jose - Mikko Rantanen
10) Colorado - Kyle Connor
11) Florida - Pavel Zacha
12) Dallas - Yevgeni Svechnikov
13) Los Angeles - Timo Meir
14) Boston - Colin White
15) Calgary - Lawson Crouse
16) Edmonton - Ilya Samsonov
17) Winnipeg - Nick Merkley
18) Ottawa - Paul Bittner
19) Detroit - Oliver Kylington
20) Minnesota - Travis Konecny
21) Buffalo - Jakub Zboril
22) Washington - Brock Boeser
23) Vancouver - Brandon Carlo
24) Toronto - Jansen Harkins
25) Winnipeg - Denis Gurianov
26) Montreal - Daniel Sprong
27) Anaheim - Joel Erikkson Ek
28) Tampa Bay - Anthony Beauvillier
29) Arizona - Thomas Chabot
30) Philadelphia - Jake Debrusk

 

[a Fool]

1) Edmonton - McDavid
2) Buffalo - Eichel
3) Arizona - Marner
4) Toronto - Strome
5) Carolina - Hanifin
6) New Jersey - Crouse
7) Philadelphia - Werenski
8) Columbus - Provorov
9) San Jose - Rantanen
10) Colorado - Zacha
11) Florida - Meier
12) Dallas - Connor
13) Los Angeles - Barzal
14) Boston - Zboril
15) Calgary - Bittner*
16) Edmonton - Chabot*
17) Winnipeg - White
18) Ottawa - Svechnikov
19) Detroit - Eriksson-Ek
20) Minnesota - Boeser*
21) Buffalo - Merkley
22) Washington - Samsonov
23) Vancouver - Konecny
24) Toronto - Kylington
25) Winnipeg - Carlo
26) Montreal - Gurianov
27) Anaheim - Gabriel Carlsson
28) Tampa Bay - J. Roy
29) Philadelphia - DeBrusk
30) Arizona - Harkins

Fun idea CanaFan. Last place here I come.

 

[a Fool]

Also see the OP about changes to the "wild card" (*) rule. VKW found a loophole (an embarrassingly obvious one) in the original CBA, so it was back to the drawing board for that rule.

He should get one of his picks taken away for operating against the spirit of the contest.

 

[Black Noise]

1) Edmonton - McDavid
2) Buffalo - Eichel
3) Arizona - Strome
4) Toronto - Marner
5) Carolina - Hanifin
6) New Jersey - Zacha
7) Philadelphia - Crouse
8) Columbus - Provorov
9) San Jose - Werenski
10) Colorado - Rantanen
11) Florida - Meier
12) Dallas - Barzal
13) Los Angeles - Connor
14) Boston - Merkley
15) Calgary - Zboril
16) Edmonton - Svechnikov
17) Winnipeg - Konecny
18) Ottawa - White
19) Detroit - Juulsen*
20) Minnesota - Bittner
21) Buffalo - Samsonov*
22) Washington - Gurianov
23) Vancouver - Boeser
24) Toronto - Kylington
25) Winnipeg - Roy
26) Montreal - Beauviller*
27) Anaheim - Harkins
28) Tampa Bay - Larsson
29) Philadelphia - DeBrusk
30) Arizona - Carlsson

 

[DadBod]

1) - Connor McDavid, C 6'1"/195lbs
2) - Jack Eichel, C 6'2"/196lbs
3) - Dylan Strome, C 6'3"/185lbs
4) - Mitch Marner, C 5'11"/160lbs
5) - Noah Hanifin, D 6'2"/203lbs
6) - Pavel Zacha, C 6'3"/210lbs
7) - Zach Werenski, D 6'2"/206lbs
8) - Mikko Rantanen, RW 6'3"/211lbs
9) - Timo Meier, RW 6'1"/209lbs
10) - Ivan Provorov, D 6'/201lbs
11) - Lawson Crouse, LW 6'4"/215lbs
12) - Mathew Barzal, C 5'11"/175lbs
13) - Nick Merkley, C 5'10" 191lbs
14) - Kyle Connor, C 6'1"/177lbs
15) - Travis Konecny, C 5'9"/175lbs
16) - Ilya Samsonov, G 6'3"/201lbs
17) - Jansen Harkins, C/LW 6'1"/182lbs
18) - Evgeny Svechnikov, RW 6'1"/199lbs
19) - Joel Eriksson-Ek, C 6'1"/180
20) - Colin White, C 6'3"/177lbs
21) - Jeremy Bracco, RW 5'10"/165lbs
22) - Denis Gurianov, RW 6'2"/189lbs
23) - Jakub Zboril, D 6'/184lbs
24) - Brock Boeser, RW 6'1"/191lbs
25) - Daniel Sprong, RW 6'/180lbs
26) - Jeremy Roy, D 6'1"/185lbs
27) - Paul Bittner, LW 6'4"/204lbs
28) - Jake Debrusk, LW 5'11"/174lbs
29) - Brandon Carlo, D 6'5"/196lbs
30) - Vince Dunn, D 6'/187lbs

 

[biturbo19]

Sounds like fun, i'll play.

Just to confirm before i do up my picks though...

There is no benefit or bonus to picking the right team+player combo, at the wrong pick number?

For example, if you nail the specific player Detroit picks, but as per typical Wings, they happen to trade back 8 spots before picking them...it's just scored as though you were 8 picks off? Yes?

 

[CanaFan]

Sounds like fun, i'll play.

Just to confirm before i do up my picks though...

There is no benefit or bonus to picking the right team+player combo, at the wrong pick number?

For example, if you nail the specific player Detroit picks, but as per typical Wings, they happen to trade back 8 spots before picking them...it's just scored as though you were 8 picks off? Yes?

Ya that's correct. More about picking "spots" than teams in this one. Though if you manage to get Detroit's pick right even after they move down 8 spots ... well that's gotta be worth at least some bragging points around here

 

[canucks10]

1. Edmonton - McDavid
2. Buffalo - Eichel
3. Arizona - Strome
4. Toronto - Marner
5. Carolina - Provorov
6. New Jersey - Crouse
7. Philadelphia - Hanifin
8. Columbus - Werenski
9. San Jose - Zacha
10. Colorado - Zboril *
11. Florida - Rantanen
12. Dallas - Konecny *
13. LA - Barzal
14. Boston - Meier
15. Calgary - Boeser
16. Edmonton - Connor
17. Winnipeg - Chabot
18. Ottawa - Eriksson-Ek
19. Detroit - Kyllington *
20. Minnesota - White
21. Buffalo - Bittner
22. Washington - Svechnikov
23. Vancouver - Debrusk
24. Toronto - Carlo
25. Winnipeg - Harkins
26. Montreal - Gurianov
27. Anaheim - Larsson
28. Tampa Bay - Sprong
29. Philadelphia - Beauvillier
30. Arizona - J. Roy

 

[CRDragon]

1. Edmonton - McDavid
2. Buffalo - Eichel
3. Arizona - Hanifin
4. Toronto - Strome
5. Carolina - Marner
6. New Jersey - Zacha
7. Philadelphia - Provorov
8. Columbus - Crouse
9. San Jose - Werenski
10. Colorado - Rantanen
11. Florida - Meier
12. Dallas - Barzal
13. Los Angeles - Zboril
14. Boston - Connor
15. Calgary - Carlo*
16. Edmonton - Samsonov
17. Winnipeg - Svechnikov
18. Ottawa - Konecny
19. Detroit - Merkley
20. Minnesota - Bittner
21. Buffalo - Chabot
22. Washington - Eriksson Ek
23. Vancouver - Kylington
24. Toronto - Larsson
25. Winnipeg - Carlsson
26. Montreal - Sprong
27. Anaheim - White*
28. Tampa Bay - Harkins
29. Philadelphia - Gurianov*
30. Arizona - Debrusk