NHL Entry Draft: Mock Draft #1 by rey72335, Water Knight, and RR

[George Maharis]

Columbus has Murray, Savard, Moore, Erixon, and Goloubef to go with their already solid defense of Wisniewski, Johnson, Nikitin, and Tyutin.

Their greatest need is dynamic offensive talent, and I can't imagine they would pass over the consensus BPA to draft to a position of strength.

I'm just mad because you gave me a guilty conscience for taking Nichushkin over him.

Haha, wait a minute.... im getting "yelled at" (not by you) for taking a Russian who IS PLAYING IN CANADA and has the option to go to the NHL next season instead of a Russian who IS PLAYING IN RUSSIA and has a 3-year contract with the KHL? Logic... currently unavailable.

Also, in the end it comes to the GM's opinion.. and for me, Zadorov is my 2nd favorite dman in the draft..

Seems like I cant do anything right in this draft..

 

[ManByng]

where's Mtl, Fla and LA? need some picks here

 

[David Strorm]

LA is waiting.

 

[TheNudge]

Haha, wait a minute.... im getting "yelled at" (not by you) for taking a Russian who IS PLAYING IN CANADA and has the option to go to the NHL next season instead of a Russian who IS PLAYING IN RUSSIA and has a 3-year contract with the KHL? Logic... currently unavailable.

Also, in the end it comes to the GM's opinion.. and for me, Zadorov is my 2nd favorite dman in the draft..

Seems like I cant do anything right in this draft..

Same here, every time I pick no one says anything. But the next pick get's the oh wow what a great pick. What about me ???? It seem like I'm reaching every time.

 

[Water Knight]

Same here, every time I pick no one says anything. But the next pick get's the oh wow what a great pick. What about me ???? It seem like I'm reaching every time.

I though Bo was a good fit for the wings . For me Jacob De La Rose was maybe a tad bit early ,but again if that's your guy you take him if when you get the chance. I myself will be taking a few guys early soon . Jacob De La Rose is a good pick and I would have probably taken him at 40 if my two guys I have in mind were picked before then. I also see no problem with seeing Zachary Fucale go at 14, as you can't trade down and I myself was going to take him before you got to pick again .

Cheer up guys

 

[TheNudge]

I though Bo was a good fit for the wings . For me Jacob De La Rose was maybe a tad bit early ,but again if that's your guy you take him if when you get the chance. I myself will be taking a few guys early soon . Jacob De La Rose is a good pick and I would have probably taken him at 40 if my two guys I have in mind were picked before then. I also see no problem with seeing Zachary Fucale go at 14, as you can't trade down and I myself was going to take him before you got to pick again .

Cheer up guys

Weird part of this is I'm trying to pick like the team I'm picking for. Like Washington had the most success when they pick Swedes (Backstrom,Marcus Johansson,Filip Forsberg). I felt it was either La rose or Mueller. But I felt Mueller at 31st was way too early. I hate reaching but I had no choice. Also for Bo, I knew he wasn't the BPA. But I felt he suited Detroit the most and he was exactly what they needed.

 

[George Maharis]

I though Bo was a good fit for the wings . For me Jacob De La Rose was maybe a tad bit early ,but again if that's your guy you take him if when you get the chance. I myself will be taking a few guys early soon . Jacob De La Rose is a good pick and I would have probably taken him at 40 if my two guys I have in mind were picked before then. I also see no problem with seeing Zachary Fucale go at 14, as you can't trade down and I myself was going to take him before you got to pick again .

Cheer up guys

I am cheery

I just don't see why I should be called out for three picks that make sense with my logic.

Drouin - Wanted to change the draft up so it wasn't consensus picks as anything can happen..
Zadorov - Felt he was the best dman available, couldn't risk waiting until 14th.
Fucale - Knew he wasn't making it out of round 1.

I covered the three areas with three tremendous players... I think you're all just jealous that I got the most offensively talented player, an amazing dman, and a franchise goalie..

 

[TheNudge]

I am cheery

I just don't see why I should be called out for three picks that make sense with my logic.

Drouin - Wanted to change the draft up so it wasn't consensus picks as anything can happen..
Zadorov - Felt he was the best dman available, couldn't risk waiting until 14th.
Fucale - Knew he wasn't making it out of round 1.

I covered the three areas with three tremendous players... I think you're all just jealous that I got the most offensively talented player, an amazing dman, and a franchise goalie..

I can't say Drouin was a bad pick but the other two wasn't great. But since we can't trade up or down you made the most out of what you had. But I agree how can you pick Z over ellias ? How ? If you go by needs then you know the last thing Columbus need is a D. By the way I don't see Z becoming a Pronger type of player. I see Z becoming a Coburn type of player with a bit more offensive. But like I said he won't become the next Chara or Pronger.

 

[George Maharis]

Weird part of this is I'm trying to pick like the team I'm picking for. Like Washington had the most success when they pick Swedes (Backstrom,Marcus Johansson,Filip Forsberg). I felt it was either La rose or Mueller. But I felt Mueller at 31st was way too early. I hate reaching but I had no choice. Also for Bo, I knew he wasn't the BPA. But I felt he suited Detroit the most and he was exactly what they needed.

Exactly what I did with Ottawa and Chicago.

With Chicago, knowing they took Teuvo last year, I took a player he already has chemistry with from Team Finland in Artturi Lehkonen..
With Ottawa, they've always loved Swedes, and being that Wennberg can play all 3 forward positions, when Alfie retires Ottawa has two potential players to take his RW spot (Wennberg/Silfverberg)..

 

[DMaz16]

Sorry guys this draft is moving faster than I thought it would... My pick is upcoming

 

[George Maharis]

I can't say Drouin was a bad pick but the other two wasn't great. But since we can't trade up or down you made the most out of what you had. But I agree how can you pick Z over ellias ? How ? If you go by needs then you know the last thing Columbus need is a D. By the way I don't see Z becoming a Pronger type of player. I see Z becoming a Coburn type of player with a bit more offensive. But like I said he won't become the next Chara or Pronger.

The same way 10 teams passed over Forsberg and 11 teams over Grigorenko last year... both thought to be top-5 picks. Or even Calgary taking Jankowski at 21 when he was ranked 43rd..

I said it before and will say it again, anything can happen at the draft, and THATS part of my reasoning.

 

[DMaz16]

The Montreal Canadiens are proud to select from the Guelph Storm of the Ontario Hockey League.....

Jason Dickinson

 

[Jamie Benn]

The Montreal Canadiens are proud to select from the Guelph Storm of the Ontario Hockey League.....

Jason Dickinson

Great pick.

 

[TheNudge]

The same way 10 teams passed over Forsberg and 11 teams over Grigorenko last year... both thought to be top-5 picks. Or even Calgary taking Jankowski at 21 when he was ranked 43rd..

I said it before and will say it again, anything can happen at the draft, and THATS part of my reasoning.

It wasn't a big shock to me since before the draft I heard that Jankowski was almost a shoe in for top 30. I heard he could go anywhere from 20 to 60. And that a couple team had their eye on him. So it wasn't that far fetch.

 

[Water Knight]

The same way 10 teams passed over Forsberg and 11 teams over Grigorenko last year... both thought to be top-5 picks. Or even Calgary taking Jankowski at 21 when he was ranked 43rd..

I said it before and will say it again, anything can happen at the draft, and THATS part of my reasoning.

Don't forget about Fowler

http://youtu.be/X_J8diuBwJ8

Thing I like about the 2013 draft is the fact that it is so deep after the top 4 picks almost anything can happen. Even more true after you get past the first 10 picks.

 

[David Strorm]

Great pick with Dickinson, was going to take him at #36.

 

[DMaz16]

As for the Blue Jackets debate I think that your logic behind each pick is sound however it feels like maybe you pigeonholed Columbus into getting a FW, D, and G before the draft even started.... So while yes you probably got the best D available at that pick maybe it didn't leave you open to flexibility of someone like Lindholm dropping

It's entirely possible that I have no idea what I'm talking about too

 

[TheNudge]

Don't forget about Fowler

http://youtu.be/X_J8diuBwJ8

Thing I like about the 2013 draft is the fact that it is so deep after the top 4 picks almost anything can happen. Even more true after you get past the first 10 picks.

That was soo unexpected. In that year I trade 11th + 22nd for 3rd to get Fowler. So I finish with Fowler wich I was really happy but he took Ryan Johanssen and E Kuz. So I loss that deal big time . The funny thing I wanted Ryan with the 11 but I just wanted Fowler that much more.

 

[George Maharis]

It wasn't a big shock to me since before the draft I heard that Jankowski was almost a shoe in for top 30. I heard he could go anywhere from 20 to 60. And that a couple team had their eye on him. So it wasn't that far fetch.

That's my point... first round or basically third round. If they can get away with something like that, or even Toronto getting away with taking Reilly when everyone was so pumped to get a center, I shouldn't be getting yelled at for taking a guy who was ranked 9th on Bob McKenzie's list at 7th.. I wanted to take a forward, a dman, and a goalie with my first 3 picks and I did. After that I draft for depth.. which was Connor Hurley, a fantastic center who could very easily be a first round pick.

 

[George Maharis]

Anyways, let's just drop this Columbus debate and get going with the actual draft!!
When we're DONE the draft, then we can go back and discuss what happened.. In the end, no argument is going to change my decision. I took who I WANTED and that's that.

 

[TheNudge]

That's my point... first round or basically third round. If they can get away with something like that, or even Toronto getting away with taking Reilly when everyone was so pumped to get a center, I shouldn't be getting yelled at for taking a guy who was ranked 9th on Bob McKenzie's list at 7th.. I wanted to take a forward, a dman, and a goalie with my first 3 picks and I did. After that I draft for depth.. which was Connor Hurley, a fantastic center who could very easily be a first round pick.

Guess what, Brian Burke as been fired.

 

[George Maharis]

Guess what, Brian Burke as been fired.

Damn, I guess i've been "future endeavoured"..

 

[ManByng]

wonder where HubOfHockey1918 went?

 

[LT]

Suppose I could take over a team if needed. If anyone's already inactive or doesn't want a 2nd team, I'm down. Don't feel like you have to though, I'm content just watching this one play out as well.

 

[ManByng]

^if he's on the East coast, he might be asleep, so some of us might have to wait until tomorrow. i'll be hittin' the hay at about 11 pm, mountain time and won't be able to pick until around 7 am, mountain when i log on at work.