Mock Draft v1.0

Pick	Team	Player		Upside	Downside	Ht/Wt
1	Edmonton	Nail Yakupov	RW	All Star winger, deadly shooter, good playmaker, has a physical edge	Size and injuries are a concern	5'10, 189
2	Columbus	Alex Galchenyuk	C	Top line center with good two way play	May not have elite offensive skills, knee injury	6'0, 198
3	Montreal	Mikhail Grigorenko	C	All Star center with good scoring and playmaking skills	Effort and consistency have been a problem, huge upside but huge risk	6'3, 200
4	NY Islanders	Mathew Dumba	D	Top powerplay defenseman with a physical edge	Decision making needs work	6'0, 183
5	Toronto	Ryan Murray	D	Smooth skating top pairing defenseman	Has limited offensive upside and not very physical	6'0, 201
6	Anaheim	Filip Forsberg	LW	Top line power forward	Skating needs a lot of work to play first line minutes	6'2, 181
7	Minnesota	Radek Faksa	C	Second line power forward	Like Forsberg, his skating needs work	6'3, 202
8	Carolina	Jacob Trouba	D	Excellent two way second pairing defenseman	Decision making and discipline are a concern	6'2, 198
9	Winnipeg	Teuvo Teravainen	LW	First line playmaking winger	Needs to get significantly bigger to handle the NHL	5'11, 165
10	Tampa Bay	Morgan Rielly	D	Top pp defenseman, second pair at even strength	Defensive play is suspect, missed most of season with a knee injury	6'0, 190
11	Washington*	Griffin Reinhart	D	Physical shutdown defenseman, second pair at even strength	Consistency is an issue, limited offensive upside	6'4, 207
12	Buffalo	Zemgus Girgensons	C	Physical second line center	Offensive ability may be limited	6'2, 198
13	Dallas	Cody Ceci	D	Solid two way second pair defenseman	Doesn't have high end offensive or defensive ability, not very physical	6'2, 207
14	Calgary	Sebastien Collberg	RW	Skilled second line winger with playmaking ability	Needs to improve strength, consistency and defensive zone play	5'11, 176
15	Washington	Brendan Gaunce	C	Second or third line center, with good size and good all around game	Could improve physicality, skating needs work, can improve puck skills	6'2, 215
16	Ottawa	Matt Finn	D	Hard working second pair, two way defenseman	Could get bigger, skating needs to get better, puck skills need work	6'0, 195
17	Columbus**	Pontus Aberg	LW	Creative, two way second liner with a good shot	Needs to get bigger, passing needs work	5'11, 194
18	San Jose	Derrick Pouliot	D	Second pairing puck moving defenseman	Undersized, suspect defensively, and can be careless with the puck	5'11, 186
19	Chicago	Olli Maata	D	Stay at home second pair defenseman with a good first pass	Skating needs improvement and has limited offensive skills	6'2, 202
20	New Jersey	Hampus Lindholm	D	Great skating, two way defender	Offensive and defensive upside are question marks, needs to bulk up	6'2, 196
21	Tampa Bay***	Malcolm Subban	G	Starting goalie, quick pads and glove, solid rebound control	Inconsistency and injury concerns	6'1, 188
22	Philadelphia	Tom Wilson	RW	Bruising power forward, probably on the 3rd line, chance of 2nd	Skating needs a lot of work, puck skills are limited	6'4, 203
23	Buffalo****	Tomas Hertl	C	Offensively skilled second liner with decent grit	A poor skater and questionable defensively	6'2, 198
24	Pittsburgh	Brady Skjei	D	Good skating, two way second pair defenseman	Is inconsistent, not physical, and may be limited offensively	6'3, 200
25	Florida	Stefan Matteau	C	Hard working, intelligent two way second/third liner	May not have the offensive skill to play top six	6'2, 210
26	Phoenix	Ville Pokka	D	Defensive oriented second pair defenseman, with a chance of offensive upside	Offensive ability is debatable, skating needs work	6'0, 196
27	Boston	Scott Kosmachuk	RW	Hard working, physical second liner with some offensive punch	May not have top six skill, size may decrease impact of physical play	6'0, 185
28	St. Louis	Mike Matheson	D	Good skater, offensive minded second pair defenseman	Needs to add size and improve skill to be an NHLer	6'1, 178
29	NY Rangers	Ludvik Bystrom	D	Intelligent, mobile, second pair defenseman	Not physical, offensive skills need improvement	6'1, 208
30	Vancouver	Scott Laughton	C	Strong, gritty two way center with a little offensive punch	Probably not a top six player, needs to bulk up	6'0, 177

Honorable mention
Andrei Vasilevski, G, 6'3, 204
Colton Sissons, C, 6'1, 189
Anton Slepyshev, LW, 6'2, 187
Martin Frk, RW, 6'0, 204
Slater Koekkek, D, 6'2, 184
Dalton Thrower, D, 5'11, 189
Phil Giuseppe, LW, 6'0, 176
Damon Severson, D, 6'2, 200
Tanner Pearson, LW, 6'0, 198
Mike Winther, C, 5'11, 175
Nic Kerdiles, LW, 6'2, 201
Chandler Stephenson, LW, 5'10, 192
Erik Karlsson, C, 6'0, 162
Nikolai Prokhorkin, LW, 6'2, 191

* via Colorado
**via Los Angeles
*** via Detroit
**** via Nashville

Note: The draft order reflects the first round seeding. A new version will be posted at the end of each round reflecting the updated draft order.