NHL Entry Draft: My try at predicting the first round

[Johnnybegood13]

At least I tried

1.TB-Steven Stamkos
2.LA-Zach Bogosian
3.ALT-Drew Doughty
4.STL-Alex Pietrangelo
5.NYI-Nikita Filatov
6.CBJ-Luke Schenn
7.TOR-Kyle Beach
8.PHX-Tyler Myers
9.NAS-Colin Wilson
10.VAN-Cody Hodgson
11.CHI-Mikkel Boedker
12.ANA-Zack Boychuk
13.BUF-Colby Robak
14.CAR-Micheal Del-Zotto
15.NAS-Mattias Tedenby
16.BOS- Tyler Cuma
17.CGY-Zac Dalpe
18.OTT-Joshua Bailey
19.CBJ-John Carlson
20.NYR-Kirill Petrov
21.NYJ-Colten Teubert
22.EDM-Eric Karlsson
23.WAS-Nicolas Deschamps
24.MIN-Greg Nemisz
25.MON-Matthew Calvert
26.BUF-Maxime Sauve
27.PHI-Kruise Reddick
28.LA-Yann Sauve
29.ATL-Anton Gustafsson ***
30.DET-Philip Larsen ***

*** assuming Detroit wins cup

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[Analyzer*]

Who's Matthew Calvert?

Toronto can't afford to take a chance on Beach, their prospect pool is pretty weak in all areas.

Del Zotto is good, but Rutherford has publicly stated he's not taking a dman in the first.

Other than that, it seems to be good and looks like a good projection.

 

[Cardiac Jerks]

Calvert in the first! That's possibly the biggest reach I've seen in a mock so far. Montreal can do much better with that pick.

And Analyzer is right, Carolina isn't taking a dman in the first.

 

[Johnnybegood13]

Calvert in the first! That's possibly the biggest reach I've seen in a mock so far. Montreal can do much better with that pick.

And Analyzer is right, Carolina isn't taking a dman in the first.

Mark my words, (not that you'll believe them) but Calvert will be a good NHL'er, small but fast and feisty and has great moves...hey it's my mock draft, did you expect me to follow the so-called experts and everyone else in here?

I thought Larsen or even Dalpe to my Flames was my biggest reach!

 

[Johnnybegood13]

Who's Matthew Calvert?

Toronto can't afford to take a chance on Beach, their prospect pool is pretty weak in all areas.

Del Zotto is good, but Rutherford has publicly stated he's not taking a dman in the first.

Other than that, it seems to be good and looks like a good projection.

Personally i think the attitude problems with Beach has been overblown, Beach will be a monster in a few years IMO. Sorry i didn't know about Rutherford's statements and i didn't realize his team is set on defensive prospects, the way his team played defense much of this year maybe he should have brought them up!

 

[Analyzer*]

Personally i think the attitude problems with Beach has been overblown, Beach will be a monster in a few years IMO. Sorry i didn't know about Rutherford's statements and i didn't realize his team is set on defensive prospects, the way his team played defense much of this year maybe he should have brought them up!

They might be, but if Toronto did pick him and they were overblown and he wasn't a problem, that would be huge for Toronto. If they continued, then who does Toronto have to fall back on? Jeremy Williams, Robbie Earl, Dominic Moore, Jiri "The pornstar" Tlusty? Some other low-end prospect? Not trying to be an ass, just stating that Toronto has a poor prospect pool.

Mark my words, (not that you'll believe them) but Calvert will be a good NHL'er, small but fast and feisty and has great moves...hey it's my mock draft, did you expect me to follow the so-called experts and everyone else in here?

I thought Larsen or even Dalpe to my Flames was my biggest reach!

He might be a Patrice Bergeron, a 2nd round pick that turns out he should have been a first, but I don't see anyone taking a chance on him in the 1st.

It was a good attempt. No one can truly say who's going where, besides possibly the first 3-5 picks. I'm sure some teams will pull out of the blue picks too. It was a good try, not trying to criticize, just to help from what I've learned. haha

 

[Johnnybegood13]

It was a good attempt. No one can truly say who's going where, besides possibly the first 3-5 picks. I'm sure some teams will pull out of the blue picks too. It was a good try, not trying to criticize, just to help from what I've learned. haha

No probs, it's all in fun and I appreciate the input, everybody always knows more about their own teams needs and wants, thats what makes predicting a 30 team draft so hard and so much fun. any swinging d!ck can go off top 30-40 projected players, but it's not easy to say where!

 

[FlareKnight]

Do agree that its tough to do a mock that covers so many teams. Since you have to try and get into the heads of so many GM's. Fans of that team will have a pretty good idea who they would like at that spot since they've had more time to focus in on it.

But I'm also in the camp of not liking Beach as a pick for the Leafs. Combining the attitude issues with the concussions he ran into this year, I'd just play it a bit safer. While drafting is always full of risks with the status of the Leafs farm system probably would be best to go for a pick with fewer issues.

Might go with Mikkel Boedker for that speed and skill level or Cody Hodgson for that ability to play in so many situations, plus that home province talent.