HF Habs: 2023 Early Bird 15th Annual Mock Draft (COMPLETE)

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The Stanley Cup Champion Boston Bruins (hold for applause) would like to thank the wonderful site of HFBoards for hosting us today.

We’d also like to thank our star players Kreji and Bergeron. Without them playing for minimum wage, we could’ve never have put together a salary cap compliant squad that took us all the way.

Lastly we’d like to thank our new scout Brian Wilde in helping us make our selection today.

So with the 32nd pick, the Boston Bruins are pleased to select, from Lokomotiv Yaroslavl, the 6 foot 5 inch Beast from the East, Daniel le Buuuuuuuuttttt!!!

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I believe the Maple Leafs pick at 32

 

[Treb]

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The Stanley Cup Champion Boston Bruins (hold for applause) would like to thank the wonderful site of HFBoards for hosting us today.

We’d also like to thank our star players Kreji and Bergeron. Without them playing for minimum wage, we could’ve never have put together a salary cap compliant squad that took us all the way.

Lastly we’d like to thank our new scout Brian Wilde in helping us make our selection today.

So with the 32nd pick, the Boston Bruins are pleased to select, from Lokomotiv Yaroslavl, the 6 foot 5 inch Beast from the East, Daniel le Buuuuuuuuttttt!!!

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You looked at the standings, not the picks. Toronto has that pick.

 

[SwiftyHab]

You looked at the standings, not the picks. Toronto has that pick.

Oops. Totally forgot. Well given that we have the Boston pick, we just did their PR for them.

 

[bopeep]

The Columbus Blue Jackets are building something special and the pieces are beginning to come together. Before this draft, our cupboards had been stocked with the likes of Kent Johnson, Kirill Marchenko, David Jiricek, Denton Mateychuk, Corson Ceulemans, Stanislav Svozil and Jordan Dumais to name a few. At the 2023 NHL Entry draft, we've added our #1 center in Connor Bedard and a rough and tumble 2LD in Dmitri Simashev. One piece we feel may be missing though is our future starting goaltender and today we are going to address that need.

With no further ado, the Columbus Blue Jackets are happy to select from the Omaha Lancers of the USHL, goalie Michael Hrabal.

Chicago @Pompeius Magnus next

 

[calder candidate]

The Columbus Blue Jackets are building something special and the pieces are beginning to come together. Before this draft, our cupboards had been stocked with the likes of Kent Johnson, Kirill Marchenko, David Jiricek, Denton Mateychuk, Corson Ceulemans, Stanislav Svozil and Jordan Dumais to name a few. At the 2023 NHL Entry draft, we've added our #1 center in Connor Bedard and a rough and tumble 2LD in Dmitri Simashev. One piece we feel may be missing though is our future starting goaltender and today we are going to address that need.

With no further ado, the Columbus Blue Jackets are happy to select from the Omaha Lancers of the USHL, goalie Michael Hrabal.

Chicago @Pompeius Magnus next

That a pretty solid draft to me those are basically the best FW, best D and the best goalie of the draft.

 

[Pompeius Magnus]

With pick #34, the Chicago Blackhawks select, from the Kelowna Rockets of the WHL, defenseman Caden Price.

''A high-end puck mover, he displays vision and creativity in the way that he pushes play from the back end. He is a smooth skater who can shake oncoming forecheckers and once he beats that first layer, requires very little time to complete a crisp feed up ice.''

@SOLR is up next for San Jose.

 

[bopeep]

That a pretty solid draft to me those are basically the best FW, best D and the best goalie of the draft.

Yeah, no matter how they come out of the lottery, the Blue Jackets pipeline is impressive

 

[SOLR]

With the #35 pick San Jose Sharks are proud to select Gavin McKenna




























Just kidding (WE'RE NOT IN 2026 SOLR, you can't draft 15 years old Connor Bedard Cousins)

 

[SOLR]

With the 35th pick in the 2023 NHL Entry Draft, San Jose is proud to select Charlie Stramel

Rolling the dice on the big guy.

 

[Mrb1p]

@SOLR is slacking on the PM but Ill go ahead.

With the 36th pick in the 2023 NHL entry draft, the Anaheim Ducks are proud to select, Carson Rehkopf from the Kitchener Rangers.

While this pick may be a bit off my board, it's a gamble I am taking on size, uncertainty of some other prospects I have ranked ahead of him and the LW and triggerman pool being pretty low for the Ducks. Rehkopf is a very good consolation prize to anyone that was looking at Barlow closely, he does a lot of the things Colby does at a fraction of the draft price. We also like that he does not look like he owned a Monte Carlo SS in 1996.

4. Anaheim: Leo Carlsson (C) - Orebro (SHL)
36. Anaheim: Carson Rehkopf (LW) - Kitchener (OHL)

 

[Pompeius Magnus]

Picking from the list that @WinterLion sent me : With pick #37, the Arizona Coyotes are proud to select, from the Brandon Wheat Kings of the WHL, goaltender Carson Bjarnasson.

@Hope Of Glory is on the clock.

 

[WeThreeKings]

There's one good goalie left who's 18, Habs better be warming up to get him. No he wasn't at the WJCs

 

[Mrb1p]

I count four good goalies left but thats just me

 

[Hope Of Glory]

The Detroit Red Wings are proud to turn to Sweden to pick center Noah Dower Nilsson.

PM'ing the next guy!

12. Dalibor Dvorsky
15. Ryan Leonard
38. Noah Dower Nilsson

 

[Sookind]

The Detroit Red Wings are proud to turn to Sweden to pick center Noah Dower Nilsson.

PM'ing the next guy!

12. Dalibor Dvorsky
15. Ryan Leonard
38. Noah Dower Nilsson

Damn i wanted him I was sure it would be available at my spot

 

[MarkovsKnee]

Things are moving fast. Round One is complete:

1. Columbus: Conor Bedard (C) - Regina Pats (WHL)
2. Chicago: Adam Fantilli (C) - U of Michigan (NCAA)
3. San Jose: Matvei Michkov (RW) - Sochi (KHL)
4. Anaheim: Leo Carlsson (C) - Orebro (SHL)
5. Arizona: David Reinbacher (RD) - Kloten (NL)
6. Vancouver: Will Smith (C) - U18 USDP
7. Montreal: Zach Benson (LW) - Winnipeg Ice (WHL) - AUTO
8. Philadelphia: Colby Barlow (LW) - Owen Sound Attack (OHL)
9. St. Louis: Nate Danielson (C) - Brandon Wheat Kings (WHL)
10. Washington: Oliver Moore (C) - U18 USDP
11. Montreal (from Fla): Brayden Yager (C) - Moose Jaw Warriors (WHL)
12. Detroit: Dalibor Dvorsky (C) - AIK (HockeyAllsvenskan)
13. Calgary: Eduard Sale (LW) - HC Kometa Brno (Czech)
14. Arizona (from Ott): Andrew Cristall (LW) - Kelowna Rockets (WHL)
15. Detroit (from Vanc/NYI): Ryan Leonard (F) - U18 USDP
16. Nashville: Axel Sandin Pellikka (RD) - Skelleftea (SHL)
17. Buffalo: Matthew Wood: U of Conn (NCAA)
18. Winnipeg: Calum Ritchie (C) - Oshawa Generals (OHL)
19. Pittsburgh: Etienne Morin (LD) - Moncton Wildcats (QMJHL)
20: Nashville (from Edm): Gabriel Perreault (LW) - U18 NTDP
21. Minnesota: Gavin Brindley (F) - Michigan (NCAA)
22: Seattle: Quentin Musty (LW) - Sudbury Wolves (OHL)
23. Colorado: Riley Heidt (C) - Prince George Cougars (WHL)
24. CBJ (from LAK): Dmitri Simashev (LD) - Yaroslavl (KHL)
25. NYR: Samuel Honzek (LW) - Vancouver Giants (WHL)
26. St. Louis (from NYR/Dallas): Mikhail Gulyayev (LD) - OMSK (MHL)
27. Vegas: Jayden Perron (F) - Chicago Steel (USHL)
28. Chicago (from TB): Ethan Gauthier (RW) - Sherbrooke Phoenix (QMJHL)
29. St. Louis (from Toronto): Koehn Ziemmer (RW) - Prince George Cougars (WHL)
30. SJS (from NJD): Otto Stenberg (F) - Frolunda HC (SHL)
31. Carolina: Lukas Dragicevic (RD) - Tri-City Americans (WHL)
32: Toronto (from Wash/Boston): Daniil But (W) - Yaroslavl (KHL)

 

[MarkovsKnee]

OP has been updated to latest pick, which is Montreal. @bcv

 

[Mrb1p]

The Detroit Red Wings are proud to turn to Sweden to pick center Noah Dower Nilsson.

PM'ing the next guy!

12. Dalibor Dvorsky
15. Ryan Leonard
38. Noah Dower Nilsson

Thats such a Detroit draft too! Very good. It kinda sucks they can't get that main forward to make them competitive, theyre mostly all support players.

 

[Hope Of Glory]

Damn i wanted him I was sure it would be available at my spot

Yeah I have 3 picks before you (thanks Stevie Y), he wasn't making it to yours

Thats such a Detroit draft too! Very good. It kinda sucks they can't get that main forward to make them competitive, theyre mostly all support players.

Yeah they could really benefit from packaging some of those picks to get in the top 5. There prospect pool is decent but they lack high end talent, a bit like us.

But man, 5 top 40ish picks is crazy. Can't really be mad since the Habs' 1st rounders will be better but I'm still kinda jealous

 

[danyhabsfan]

Benson and Yager

Holy shit!

a bit better than Button who had us picking Barlow and Sale...

 

[MarkovsKnee]

@bcv has 90 minutes to pick for Montreal.

 

[Pompeius Magnus]

@bcv has 90 minutes to pick for Montreal.

It is a work day, I might give him a bit more wiggle room . Until 7pm would seem fair to me.

Edit: 90 minutes does bring us to 7 now that I really think about it. You get why I went the humanities route now

 

[bcv]

@bcv has 90 minutes to pick for Montreal.

Give me 5 mins

 

[bcv]

Montreal selects Hunter Brzustewicz

@L4br3cqu3 has been pm'd

 

[L4br3cqu3]

Well, Brzustewicz was pretty much the one I wanted, nice pick.

Ok, with the 40th pick, Buffalo selects, from the London Knights in the OHL, D Oliver Bonk

@Hope Of Glory is next and will be PMed.