NHL Entry Draft: THN: 2017 Draft Comparable (Mock)

[TheGroceryStick]

The Hockey News has top prospects with best case (comparable NHL)


Got me thinking - if all these comparable were in the draft (you get them as rookies, but know their ceiling) where would they go, and how would they fit with 2017 teams.

Here is the top30 in order (I won't list the prospect they compare to though)

[FIELDSET="2017 TOP Prospect Comparables"]1.Eric Staal
2.Joe Pavelski
3.Jason Allison
4.Jaden Schwarz
5.Erik Karlsson
6.Ryan Mcdonagh
7.Kyle Okposo
8.James VanRiemsdyk
9.Henrik Zetterberg
10.Mark Sheifele
11.Nikita Kucherov
12.Claude Giroux
13.Rickard Rakell
14.Dustin Brown
15.Jay Bouwmeester
16.Erik Johnson
17. Ryan O'Rielly
18. Mark Giordano
19. Brandon Saad
20. Kevin Hayes
21. Alex Killorn
22. Ben Hutton
23.Ondrej Palat
24. Conor Sheary
25. Mike Fisher
26. Roman Josi
27. Gustav Nyquist
28. Torey Krug
29. Jake Gardiner
30. Jordan Staal
[/FIELDSET]
[FIELDSET="2017 NHL draft"]
1 New Jersey Devils
2 Philadelphia Flyers
3 Dallas Stars
4 Colorado Avalanche
5 Vancouver Canucks
6 Vegas Golden Knights
7 Arizona Coyotes
8 Buffalo Sabres
9 Detroit Red Wings
10 Florida Panthers
11 Los Angeles Kings
12 Carolina Hurricanes
13 Winnipeg Jets
14 Tampa Bay Lightning
15 New York Islanders
16 Calgary Flames
17 Toronto Maple Leafs
18 Boston Bruins
19 San Jose Sharks
20 St. Louis Blues
21 New York Rangers
22 Edmonton Oilers
23 Arizona Coyotes (from Minnesota)1
24 Columbus Blue Jackets
25 Montreal Canadiens
26 Chicago Blackhawks
27 St. Louis Blues (from Washington)2
28. Nashville Predators
29. Ottawa Senators
30. Pittsburgh Penguins
31. Anaheim Ducks [/FIELDSET]



How would the draft play?

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[uncleben]

In that case, if I'm Jersey, I take Erik Karlsson.

 

[Tatar Shots]

So Makar and Pettersson are going 1 and 2.

 

[RDA96]

link to the article comparing them to nhlers? i cant seem to find it

 

[boredmale]

link to the article comparing them to nhlers? i cant seem to find it

Just my guess here, in there draft preview they compare them to NHLers so he wants you to match his personal mock draft with the people THN Draft preview compares them to

 

[untouchable21]

Gimme the Roman Josi comparable at 13 for the Jets, although in reality as much as I like PO Joseph, not sure I'd be taking him at 13