2023 Team Board Mock Draft

[majormajor]

I want the Sharks to pick MM but voted Smith because that’s who I think they will pick. Are we supposed to vote for the player that we would pick or who we think the team will actually pick?

Asking for a friend

That also drives me nuts. OP never clarified it.

But as it happens nearly everyone is voting for who they personally want. And since consistent interpretation of the poll question is important, we should stick with that.

 

[Hasbro]

Dvorsky for the Caps

 

[pgfan66]

Easy win for Reinbacher in Detroit. Hoping for Seider 2.0, I guess.

 

[Xirik]

Devils fans will judge the Sharks fans harshly if they make a bad pick with their 2nd first round pick.

 

[FlyguyOX]

Flyers really going for the boom-bust factor

 

[Stewie Griffin]

Devils fans will judge the Sharks fans harshly if they make a bad pick with their 2nd first round pick.

We're not used of selecting twice in the first round okay...we're still getting used to selecting in the first round in general

 

[Xirik]

We're not used of selecting twice in the first round okay...we're still getting used to selecting in the first round in general

Devils aren't used to not pick in the 1st round, it feels very weird that the fanbase is trying to figure out the BPA at the 58th pick.

Guess we should highfive the Shark fans on the way to switching positions?

 

[Kearns]

Please add Matthew Wood to the pick choices.

 

[RayMartyniukTotems]

Please add Matthew Wood to the pick choices.

Scouts are saying Wood needs to improve his skating and will drop. Has great size and decent skills

 

[GermanSpitfire]

Scouts are saying Wood needs to improve his skating and will drop. Has great size and decent skills

Bob McKenzie polled real scouts recently and the consensus list was Wood at 12. This is likely the range he goes - so I’m surprised he isn’t among the options listed

 

[WayneGretzky]

No Wood or Yager, but there’s 6-7 guys who have a high chance of not being 1st round picks, this train is coming off the tracks, Yager should’ve been an option for the last one too.

Wood is right up St. Louis’ alley as a player, he’d be my choice for them here no doubt.

 

[STL fan in MN]

Please add Matthew Wood to the pick choices.

Agreed. Wood’s been an option in the last 5 polls…and then removed for the Blues at 10. He’s who I’d vote for given who’s already gone.

 

[Gliff]

Suggestion, can you include the percentage of the vote the winner got on the OP?

 

[Castle8130]

I'm shocked David Edstrom isn't an option and Andrew Cristall is. Edstrom is a guarantee to go in the 1st, possibly even top 15. I say it's likely Cristall gets drafted in the early to late second round.

 

[Hasbro]

Ollie Moore in StL

 

[57special]

Pretty solid top 10, though I'd argue against all three of the USNDT guys being picked there. Are all three going to be playing C in the NHL? Seems unlikely.

 

[Juxtaposer]

Pretty solid top 10, though I'd argue against all three of the USNDT guys being picked there. Are all three going to be playing C in the NHL? Seems unlikely.

The rest of the top-10 makes sense, but I think taking Moore top-10 would be a pretty big mistake. And Leonard won’t be a center, but he definitely deserves to be drafted top-8.

 

[GermanSpitfire]

The rest of the top-10 makes sense, but I think taking Moore top-10 would be a pretty big mistake. And Leonard won’t be a center, but he definitely deserves to be drafted top-8.

Just a hunch but I think if Wood was an option it would have been closer vote than what it was.

 

[themelkman]

Devils fans will judge the Sharks fans harshly if they make a bad pick with their 2nd first round pick.

Well you didnt earn us the second first for next year yet so we wont accept any criticism until you do

 

[pgfan66]

Wood beats Willander by 1 vote for the Canucks. ASP with a lot of votes too, would've been interesting to get a tie-breaker with only Wood and Willander as available options.

 

[Kearns]

Seems to have stalled. It's the Victoria Day long weekend in Canada. Could be a factor?

 

[PullHard]

Should probably have a run off vote between the two at the top

 

[pgfan66]

Seems to have stalled. It's the Victoria Day long weekend in Canada. Could be a factor?

Should probably have a run off vote between the two at the top

Already did a runoff vote that Willander took, albeit with far fewer votes than the original poll… Team Board Mock Draft Runoff

 

[Ace]

Should probably have a run off vote between the two at the top

It wasn’t a tie. And on draft night teams aren’t picking between two players…they pick from all of them

 

[pgfan66]

It wasn’t a tie. And on draft night teams aren’t picking between two players…they pick from all of them

It’s also not a poll. So one could say what we’re doing here has nothing to do with the draft. It’s just a fun exercise for fans.