Pre-Lottery Mock Drafts

[16thOverallSaveUs]

With the top 16 picks set for now, what is your pre lottery mock draft?

Here’s mine.

1. SJS: Celebrini
2. CHI: Levshunov
3. ANA: Buium
4.CBJ: Demidov
5. MTL: Catton
6. Utah: Silayev
7. OTT: Perekh
8. SEA: Dickinson
9. CGY: Lindstrom
10. NJD: Eiserman
11. BUF: Iginla
12. PHI: Helenius
13. MIN: Yakemchuk
14. SJS: Adam Jiricek
15. DET: Liam Greentree
16. STL: Beckett Sennecke

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[Grinner]

It's not set as of yet as the lottery hasn't been held
San Jose currently owns Pitts 1st round pick.

 

[16thOverallSaveUs]

It's not set as of yet as the lottery hasn't been held
San Jose currently owns Pitts 1st round pick.

Obviously I should have said “set for now”.

 

[Castle8130]

1. SJS: Celebrini
2. CHI: Levshunov
3. ANA: Demidov
4.CBJ: Buium
5. MTL: Lindstrom
6. Utah: Yakemchuk
7. OTT: Parekh
8. SEA: Helenius
9. CGY: Iginla
10. NJD: Greentree
11. BUF: Dickinson
12. PHI: Silayev
13. MIN: Catton
14. SJS: Eiserman
15. DET: Brandsegg-Nygard
16. STL: Jiricek


Even after these guys, there are still some really talented guys like Connelly, Hage, Sennecke and Surin still on the board. You could fit anyone of those 4 at the end of a top 10.

 

[Hale The Villain]

1. SJS - Celebrini
2. CHI - Levshunov
3. ANA - Demidov
4. CBJ - Lindstrom
5. MTL - Helenius
6. UTA - Silayev
7. OTT - Iginla
8. SEA - Buium
9. CGY - Catton
10. NJD - Dickinson
11. BUF - Yakemchuk
12. PHI - Hage
13. MIN - Parekh
14. SJS - Eiserman
15. DET - Greentree
16. STL - Sennecke

 

[De Montreal]

1. Buium
2. Catton
3. Celebrini
4. Demidov
5. Dickinson
6. Eiserman
7- Greentree
8- Helenius
9- Iginla
10- Jiricek

 

[Junohockeyfan]

1. Buium
2. Catton
3. Celebrini
4. Demidov
5. Dickinson
6. Eiserman
7- Greentree
8- Helenius
9- Iginla
10- Jiricek

Habs won't pick another D.

 

[16thOverallSaveUs]

Habs won't pick another D.

The rest of it is accurate tho

 

[Junohockeyfan]

The rest of it is accurate tho

I think Celebrini slips to 5.

 

[Xirik]

Habs won't pick another D.

Habs not going BPA two years in a row huh?

 

[JeffreyLFC]

1. San Jose: Macklin Celebrini
2. Chicago: Artyom Levshunov
3. Anaheim: Zayne Parekh
4. Columbus: Ivan Demidov
5. Montreal: Cayden Lindstrom
6. Utah : Zeev Buium
7. Ottawa: Carter Yakemchuk
8. Seattle : Sam Dickinson
9. Calgary : Konsta Helenius
10. New Jersey: Anton Silayev
11. Buffalo: Adam Jiricek
12. Philadelphia: Tij Iginla
13. Minnesota: Trevor Connelly
14. San Jose: Cole Eiserman
15. Detroit : Michael Brandsegg-Nygard
16. St.Louis: Beckett Sennecke

 

[Junohockeyfan]

Habs not going BPA two years in a row huh?

Doubt it.

 

[Blueswin]

1. San Jose: Macklin Celebrini
2. Chicago: Artyom Levshunov
3. Anaheim: Zayne Parekh
4. Columbus: Ivan Demidov
5. Montreal: Cayden Lindstrom
6. Utah : Zeev Buium
7. Ottawa: Carter Yakemchuk
8. Seattle : Sam Dickinson
9. Calgary : Konsta Helenius
10. New Jersey: Anton Silayev
11. Buffalo: Adam Jiricek
12. Philadelphia: Tij Iginla
13. Minnesota: Trevor Connelly
14. San Jose: Cole Eiserman
15. Detroit : Michael Brandsegg-Nygard
16. St.Louis: Beckett Sennecke

The Blues will happily take Catton, Berkly @ #16

 

[majormajor]

1. SJS: Celebrini
2. CHI: Levshunov
3. ANA: Buium - They need an RD more but this is just BPA.
4. CBJ: Demidov
5. MTL: Catton
6. Utah: Lindstrom - They need a PPQB and almost take Parekh, but Armstrong can't resist a PF.
7. OTT: Silayev - They need Zdeno Chara 2.0.
8. SEA: Dickinson - Ron Francis will hit the easy two-base hit.
9. CGY: Iginla - no chance they pass on Tij.
10. NJD: Brandsegg-Nygard - need a strong play driver.
11. BUF: Chernyshev - they need a Nichushkin type PF for all their small forwards.
12. PHI: Parekh
13. MIN: Helenius
14. SJS: Yakemchuk - I could also see Yak going much higher.
15. DET: Pulkkinen - Yzerman bold pick, Edvinsson 2.0, maybe Yegor Surin instead.

I have Eiserman falling a ways, and Connolly not getting touched in the top 25-50 picks.

 

[LeBrun is a Clown]

1. Chicago Black Hawks: Macklin Celebrini

2. San Jose Sharks: Artyom Levshunov

3. Anaheim Ducks: Carter Yakemchuk

4. Columbus Blue Jackets: Sam Dickinson

5. Montreal Canadiens: Cayden Lindstrom

6. Utah X: Ivan Demidov

7. Ottawa Senators: Zayne Parekh

8. Seattle Kraken: Antyon Silayev

9. Calgary Flames: Tij Iginla

10. New Jersey Devils: Cole Eiserman

11. Buffalo Sabres: Adam Jiricek

12. Philadelphia Flyers: Berkly Catton

13. Minnesota Wild: Konsta Helenius

14. San Jose Sharks: Zev Buium

15. Detroit Red Wings: Michael Bransegg Nygard

I love the amount of variance in people’s top 10-12 in this draft, all fun reads

 

[CaptainShark]

Would be over the moon with those last 2 outcomes for the Sharks…

 

[Sombastate]

1. Chicago Black Hawks: Macklin Celebrini

2. San Jose Sharks: Artyom Levshunov

3. Anaheim Ducks: Carter Yakemchuk

4. Columbus Blue Jackets: Sam Dickinson

5. Montreal Canadiens: Cayden Lindstrom

6. Utah X: Ivan Demidov

7. Ottawa Senators: Zayne Parekh

8. Seattle Kraken: Antyon Silayev

9. Calgary Flames: Tij Iginla

10. New Jersey Devils: Cole Eiserman

11. Buffalo Sabres: Adam Jiricek

12. Philadelphia Flyers: Berkly Catton

13. Minnesota Wild: Konsta Helenius

14. San Jose Sharks: Zev Buium

15. Detroit Red Wings: Michael Bransegg Nygard

I love the amount of variance in people’s top 10-12 in this draft, all fun reads

I will fly wherever you live, buy you a coffee and give you a forehead kiss if the Flyers get Catton.

 

[16thOverallSaveUs]

Would be over the moon with those last 2 outcomes for the Sharks…

Leaving with Buium and Levshunov would be something

 

[LeBrun is a Clown]

I will fly wherever you live, buy you a coffee and give you a forehead kiss if the Flyers get Catton.

No need for the kiss, I already get enough from my Swedish girlfriend. They seem to really like Danish men. Catton would be a great snag for the Flyers, though! Have a feeling he’s going to drop a bit, we’ll see

I prefer espresso, btw

 

[Dr Jan Itor]

1. SJS: Celebrini
2. CHI: Levshunov
3. ANA: Demidov
4.CBJ: Buium
5. MTL: Lindstrom
6. Utah: Yakemchuk
7. OTT: Parekh
8. SEA: Helenius
9. CGY: Iginla
10. NJD: Greentree
11. BUF: Dickinson
12. PHI: Silayev
13. MIN: Catton
14. SJS: Eiserman
15. DET: Brandsegg-Nygard
16. STL: Jiricek


Even after these guys, there are still some really talented guys like Connelly, Hage, Sennecke and Surin still on the board. You could fit anyone of those 4 at the end of a top 10.

Would definitely want Catton in this scenario. Right pick.

 

[Xirik]

1. SJ C. Celebrini - Duh
2. CHI C/RW C. Lindstrom - Power forward to play on Bedards wing for years to come instead of waiting for Demidov to arrive in the future.
3. ANH RD A. Levshunov - Plays in Michigan so wait factor isn't there and he's the best RD available
4 CLB W I. Demidov - The Jackets have a deep prospect pool, Their fans might want a player that can help the team fast but I think Columbus can risk the wait time in order to eventually get a player who might be the 2nd best player in the draft.
5 MTL LD S. Dickinson - BPA, Whats better then one Reinbacher? two of them! if they want a center or winger they should trade down.
6 ARI LD A. Silayev - the Coyotes like drafting Russians so they get the 6'7 defenseman Silayev,
7 OTT RD C. Yakemchuk - The Sens need an RD and one that is good on both sides of the puck.
8 SEA LD Z. Buium - BPA and While the the Kraken's Defense is good I think their backend isn't that great at setting up their forwards. Buium should help that greatly.
9 CGY W T. Iginla - I don't need to explain this
10 NJ Brantsegg-Nygard - I call him Slafkovsky-lite, Just in Smaller packaging.
11 BUF RD Z. Parekh - The Sabres need RD might as well take the BPA
12 PHI RW L. Greentree - With Cutter Gauthier traded away GreenTree is the closet thing to a top 6 powerforward they can get.
13 MIN C/RW K. Helenius - High compete level and great IQ, Just seems like a Wild type of player. Could definitely see him playing Center or Wing.
14 SJ (from PIT) I. Chernyshov - Since Grier became GM he's focused more on bigness over the smaller skilled guy. Takes the bigger all rounder that is easily projectible to be a solid NHL'er and still has a high enough ceiling that he could be the steal of the draft.
15 DET W B. Catton - One of the better goal scorers of the draft and Yzerman doesn't seem to be a GM to be concerned about size.
16 STL RD A. Jiricek - BPA

 

[thrillhous]

This is NOT a weak draft like so many were saying.

 

[LeBrun is a Clown]

1. SJ C. Celebrini - Duh
2. CHI C/RW C. Lindstrom - Power forward to play on Bedards wing for years to come instead of waiting for Demidov to arrive in the future.
3. ANH RD A. Levshunov - Plays in Michigan so wait factor isn't there and he's the best RD available
4 CLB W I. Demidov - The Jackets have a deep prospect pool, Their fans might want a player that can help the team fast but I think Columbus can risk the wait time in order to eventually get a player who might be the 2nd best player in the draft.
5 MTL LD S. Dickinson - BPA, Whats better then one Reinbacher? two of them! if they want a center or winger they should trade down.
6 ARI LD A. Silayev - the Coyotes like drafting Russians so they get the 6'7 defenseman Silayev,
7 OTT RD C. Yakemchuk - The Sens need an RD and one that is good on both sides of the puck.
8 SEA LD Z. Buium - BPA and While the the Kraken's Defense is good I think their backend isn't that great at setting up their forwards. Buium should help that greatly.
9 CGY W T. Iginla - I don't need to explain this
10 NJ Brantsegg-Nygard - I call him Slafkovsky-lite, Just in Smaller packaging.
11 BUF RD Z. Parekh - The Sabres need RD might as well take the BPA
12 PHI RW L. Greentree - With Cutter Gauthier traded away GreenTree is the closet thing to a top 6 powerforward they can get.
13 SJ (from PIT) I. Chernyshov - Since Grier became GM he's focused more on bigness over the smaller skilled guy. Takes the bigger all rounder that is easily projectible to be a solid NHL'er and still has a high enough ceiling that he could be the steal of the draft.
14 MIN C/RW K. Helenius - High compete level and great IQ, Just seems like a Wild type of player. Could definitely see him playing Center or Wing.
15 DET W B. Catton - One of the better goal scorers of the draft and Yzerman doesn't seem to be a GM to be concerned about size.
16 STL RD A. Jiricek - BPA

When would you have Eiserman going?

This is NOT a weak draft like so many were saying.

It is wild, the top half is all so skilled that they are all interchangeable, aside from Celebrini ofc

 

[Dr Jan Itor]

1. SJ C. Celebrini - Duh
2. CHI C/RW C. Lindstrom - Power forward to play on Bedards wing for years to come instead of waiting for Demidov to arrive in the future.
3. ANH RD A. Levshunov - Plays in Michigan so wait factor isn't there and he's the best RD available
4 CLB W I. Demidov - The Jackets have a deep prospect pool, Their fans might want a player that can help the team fast but I think Columbus can risk the wait time in order to eventually get a player who might be the 2nd best player in the draft.
5 MTL LD S. Dickinson - BPA, Whats better then one Reinbacher? two of them! if they want a center or winger they should trade down.
6 ARI LD A. Silayev - the Coyotes like drafting Russians so they get the 6'7 defenseman Silayev,
7 OTT RD C. Yakemchuk - The Sens need an RD and one that is good on both sides of the puck.
8 SEA LD Z. Buium - BPA and While the the Kraken's Defense is good I think their backend isn't that great at setting up their forwards. Buium should help that greatly.
9 CGY W T. Iginla - I don't need to explain this
10 NJ Brantsegg-Nygard - I call him Slafkovsky-lite, Just in Smaller packaging.
11 BUF RD Z. Parekh - The Sabres need RD might as well take the BPA
12 PHI RW L. Greentree - With Cutter Gauthier traded away GreenTree is the closet thing to a top 6 powerforward they can get.
13 SJ (from PIT) I. Chernyshov - Since Grier became GM he's focused more on bigness over the smaller skilled guy. Takes the bigger all rounder that is easily projectible to be a solid NHL'er and still has a high enough ceiling that he could be the steal of the draft.
14 MIN C/RW K. Helenius - High compete level and great IQ, Just seems like a Wild type of player. Could definitely see him playing Center or Wing.
15 DET W B. Catton - One of the better goal scorers of the draft and Yzerman doesn't seem to be a GM to be concerned about size.
16 STL RD A. Jiricek - BPA

Minnesota is picking 13th.

A choice between Helenius and Catton would be a nice one.

 

[Xirik]

When would you have Eiserman going?


It is wild, the top half is all so skilled that they are all interchangeable, aside from Celebrini ofc

Probably soon after Jiricek, He's definitely a wildcard and reminds me of perhaps a slightly better version of Alexander Holtz. He's a very Boom or Bust pick and while his ability to score is great I don't know of there is much room for one trick ponies in today's NHL.

This Draft is definitely hard to mock, After Celebrini I could see the next 8 on my list going 2nd overall. There aren't really tiers with two or three players instead its a grab bag where you arguably can't really go wrong.