NHL Entry Draft: OracularSpectacular's 1st Round Mock Draft

[OracularSpectacular]

If I miss anyone pretty significant just tell me


1. Edmonton- Adam Larsson
2. Ottawa- Ryan Nugent-Hopkins
3. Colorado- Sean Couturier
4. NY Islanders- Gabriel Landeskog
5. Florida- Jonathan Huberdeau
6. New Jersey- Dougie Hamilton
7. Atlanta- Ryan Strome
8. Boston (via Toronto)- Ryan Murphy
9. St. Louis- Tyler Biggs
10. Columbus- Duncan Siemens
11. Carolina- Joel Armia
12. NY Rangers- Brandon Saad
13. Buffalo- Sven Bartschi
14. Minnesota- Mika Zibanejad
15.Anaheim- Matt Puempel
16. Ottawa (via Nashville)- Nicklas Jensen
17. Edmonton (via L.A)- Mark McNeill
18. Dallas- Jamie Oleksiak
19. Calgary- Ty Rattie
20. Phoenix- Jonas Brodin
21.Chicago- Dmitrij Jaskin
22. Montreal- Tomas Jurco
23. Tampa Bay- Scott Mayfield
24. San Jose- David Musil
25. Toronto (via Boston)- Zack Phillips
26. Pittsburgh- Vladislav Namestnikov
27. Washington- Nathan Beaulieu
28. Detroit- Alexander Khokhlachev
29. Toronto (via Philly)- Boone Jenner
30. Vancouver- Daniel Catenacci

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[I am Canadian]

I don't see Puempel going that early due to his injury.

 

[Voga]

I don't see Scheifele not being picked in the first round, interesting mock though. Jurco I can't really see cracking the first, same with Namestnikov I have seen him play a lot this year and haven't been too impressed with his overall game. I think that due to the quality of the OHL scouts give players in the O the nod over the Q and W. That is just a feeling I have gotten over the years and it seems to e a constant trend.

 

[EastCoastSensFan]

Nice mock, would be really happy if Ottawa scores both RNH and Jensen.

Interested by having Huberdeau at 5th highest I have seen him so far. I think he is a darkhorse.

What I find most interesting about this year is how much movement in player positions we may see. Unlikle some other drafts I dont know what order anyone is going to be going in.

 

[ItRisesFromTheWaves]

If I miss anyone pretty significant just tell me


1. Edmonton- Adam Larsson
2. Ottawa- Ryan Nugent-Hopkins
3. Colorado- Sean Couturier
4. NY Islanders- Gabriel Landeskog
5. Florida- Jonathan Huberdeau
6. New Jersey- Dougie Hamilton
7. Atlanta- Ryan Strome
8. Boston (via Toronto)- Ryan Murphy
9. St. Louis- Tyler Biggs
10. Columbus- Duncan Siemens
11. Carolina- Joel Armia
12. NY Rangers- Brandon Saad
13. Buffalo- Sven Bartschi
14. Minnesota- Mika Zibanejad
15.Anaheim- Matt Puempel
16. Ottawa (via Nashville)- Nicklas Jensen
17. Edmonton (via L.A)- Mark McNeill
18. Dallas- Jamie Oleksiak
19. Calgary- Ty Rattie
20. Phoenix- Jonas Brodin
21.Chicago- Dmitrij Jaskin
22. Montreal- Tomas Jurco
23. Tampa Bay- Scott Mayfield
24. San Jose- David Musil
25. Toronto (via Boston)- Zack Phillips
26. Pittsburgh- Vladislav Namestnikov
27. Washington- Nathan Beaulieu
28. Detroit- Alexander Khokhlachev
29. Toronto (via Philly)- Boone Jenner
30. Vancouver- Daniel Catenacci

Buffalo is picking a center in round 1. And since you have Minnesota picking Zibanejad the pick after us, I can say with certainty we would be taking him at 13.

 

[Hooch314]

This is why I really hope the Blues start losing on purpose. IMO, there are 8 players that have seperated themselves from the rest of the pack. It would be just like the Blues to end up with the 9th pick.

 

[Jesker]

It's a pretty good mockdraft, even tough I don't like the choice ! If Beaulieu is still available at 22, Montreal should take him.

 

[NewEraGM]

Beaulieu is a too low, also not that good of a fit with Green, Alzer, Carlsson and Orlov as relatively young players/prospects on defense. They should get a LW as they are pretty weak on LW aside form Ovechkin

 

[SirPaste]

This is why I really hope the Blues start losing on purpose. IMO, there are 8 players that have seperated themselves from the rest of the pack. It would be just like the Blues to end up with the 9th pick.

I wouldnt mind if we finished with 9, but Id want Siemens

 

[Cappayne]

As a Leaf fan I am okay with this.

 

[OrangeZebra]

4. NY Islanders- Gabriel Landeskog