Canuck71's 2011 Annual NHL Mock Draft: Drafting Thread

[Velociraptor]

Los Angeles Kings are pleased to select, from Wayzata High School in Minnesota, Left Winger, Mario Lucia



NY Islanders are on the clock, and have been notified.

[Morgan Gardiner]

sorry guys. i've been caught up with stuff.

got my list ready.

[Fozz]

The NY Islanders pick Nikita Kucherov, Left Wing, CSKA.

[rt]

The Phoenix Coyotes are pleased to select, from Kärpät of the SM-Liiga, forward Miikka Salomäki.

[rt]

If someone could pm the next GM for me, I'd really appreciate it. I'm on my phone and can't scroll down the op. Thanks.

[CertifiedPublicGuin]

Next GM has been notified.

[danishh]

updated, until canuck returns.

Originally Posted by Canuck71

Draft Order:

Round 1:
#/Team/Name/Position/Junior Team/League
1. EDM - Ryan Nugent-Hopkins - C - Red Deer - WHL
2. COL - Adam Larsson - D - Skelleftea - SEL
3. FLA - Sean Couturier - C - Drummondville - QMJHL
4. NJ - Ryan Murphy - D - Kitchener - OHL
5. NYI - Gabriel Landeskog - RW - Kitchener - OHL
6. OTT - Jonathan Huberdeau - C - Saint John - QMJHL
7. ATL - Dougie Hamilton - D - Niagara - OHL
8. CBJ - Duncan Siemens - D - Saskatoon - WHL
9. BOS f TOR - Nathan Beaulieu - D - Saint John - QMJHL
10. MIN - Ryan Strome - C - Niagara - OHL
11. COL f STL - Mika Zibanejad - C Djurgarden - SEL
12. CAR - Mark McNeill - C - Prince Albert - WHL
13. CGY - Sven Bartschi - C - Portland - WHL
14. DAL - Oscar Klefbom - D - Farjestad - SEL
15. NYR - Mark Scheifele - C - Barrie - OHL
16. BUF - Joel Armia - RW - Assat - SM-Liiga
17. MTL - J.T Miller - C - US-NTDP - USHL
18. CHI - Matt Puempel - LW - Peterborough - OHL
19. EDM f L.A - Jamie Oleksiak - D - Northeastern - NCAA
20. PHX - Boone Jenner - C - Oshawa - OHL
21. OTT f NSH - Nicklas Jensen - LW - Oshawa - OHL
22. ANA - Stefan Noesen - LW - Plymouth - OHL
23. PIT - Brandon Saad - LW - Saginaw - OHL
24. DET - Jonas Brodin - D - Farjestad - SEL
25. TOR f PHI - Joe Morrow - D - Portland - WHL
26. WSH - Tyler Biggs - LW - US-NTDP - USHL
27. TB - Phillip Danault - LW - Victoriaville - QMJHL
28. SJ - Scott Mayfield - D - Youngstown - USHL
29. TOR f BOS - Vladislav Namestnikov - C - London - OHL
30. VAN - Zack Phillips - C - Saint John - QMJHL

Round 2: 
#/Team/Name/Position/Junior Team/League
31. EDM - David Musil - D - Vancouver - WHL
32. STL f COL - Alexander Khokhlachev - C - Windsor - OHL
33. FLA - Brett Ritchie - RW - Sarnia - OHL
34. NYI - Rocco Grimaldi - LW - US-NTDP - USHL
35. OTT - Dmitrij Jaskin - RW - Slavia Praha - CZE
36. CHI f ATL - Stuart Percy - D - Mississauga - OHL
37. CBJ - Tomas Jurco - RW - Saint John - QMJHL
38. NSH f NJ - Ty Rattie - LW - Portland - WHL
39. TOR - Daniel Catenacci - C - Sault Ste. Marie - OHL
40. BOS f MIN - Lucas Lessio - RW - Oshawa - OHL
41. STL - John Gibson - G - US-NTDP - USHL
42. CAR - Connor Murphy - D - US-NTDP - USHL
43. NYR -  Adam Clendening - D - Boston University - NCAA
44. CHI f CGY - Victor Rask - C - Leksand - SWE
45. DAL - Shance Prince - C - Ottawa - OHL
46. STL f BUF - Seth Ambroz - RW - Omaha - USHL
47. FLA f MTL - Joseph Labate - C - Holy Angels - HS-MN
48. OTT f CHI - Rickard Rakell - C - Plymouth - OHL
49. L.A - Mario Lucia - LW - Wayzata - HS-MN
50. NYI f MTL - Nikita Kucherov - LW - CSKA - KHL
51. PHX - Miikka Salomaki - LW - Karpat - SM-Liiga
52. NSH - 
53. ANA - 
54. PIT - 
55. DET - 
56. PHX f PHI - 
57. NYR f WSH - 
58. TB - 
59. SJ - 
60. OTT f BOS - 
61. VAN -

and my picks:

R	OVR	TEAM	POS	PLAYER	LEAGUE	CLUB	BIRTH	HEIGHT	WEIGHT	S/C	GP	G	A	PT	+/-	PIM
1	6	OTT	C	Jonathan Huberdeau	QMJHL	St. John	4 JUN 1993	6'1"	171	L	67	43	62	105	59	88
1	21	NSH	LW	Nicklas Jensen	OHL	Oshawa	16 MAR 1993	6'3"	186	L	61	29	29	58	14	42
2	35	OTT	RW	Dmitrij Jaskin	CZE	Slavia Praha	23 MAR 1993	6'3"	198	L	33	3	7	10	4	16
2	48	CHI	C	Rickard Rakell	OHL	Plymouth	5 MAY 1993	6'1"	185	R	49	19	24	43	14	12
2	60	BOS
3	66	OTT

[CertifiedPublicGuin]

Originally Posted by danishh

updated, until canuck returns.





and my picks:

Thanks Danishh; for what it's worth, the next GM (shootapuck) hasn't been active for a few days, so we may or may not have another consensus selection to make in a few hours.

[ShootaPuck]

Nashville selects Adam Lowry from the Swift Current Broncos

next gm has been messaged

[rt]

Geez. This invite only draft usually runs so smooth.

[CertifiedPublicGuin]

Originally Posted by rt

Geez. This invite only draft usually runs so smooth.

Yep, granted about 8 of the last 17 hrs or so were over night, that's still a pretty reasonable time frame. I'm happy to TSR some more time, but I'll let others make the call.

[rt]

I didn't mean TSR specifically. Just overall.

[CertifiedPublicGuin]

Originally Posted by rt

I didn't mean TSR specifically. Just overall.

Oh I agree, TSR is as reputable as they come on HF. We just seem to continually be hitting ruts and dry-spells, while this is realistically the best mock on HF year-in and year-out.

[Fozz]

Originally Posted by CertifiedPublicGuin

Oh I agree, TSR is as reputable as they come on HF. We just seem to continually be hitting ruts and dry-spells, while this is realistically the best mock on HF year-in and year-out.

Don't worry guys. Things always slow down during the weekend and will pick up starting tomorrow, no doubt.

[The Scouting Report]

Sorry guys, I was in Indy today. I wanted to pick last night but I guess the consensus pick wasn't made yet..

Pick coming in a second!

Edit: Anaheim will select D Ryan Sproul from Sault Ste Marie. PM'ing Pittsburgh.

[CertifiedPublicGuin]

Pittsburgh selects, from the Edmonton Oil Kings, Michael St. Croix.

Next GM pm'ed

[rt]

Originally Posted by The Scouting Report

Sorry guys, I was in Indy today. I wanted to pick last night but I guess the consensus pick wasn't made yet..

Pick coming in a second!

Edit: Anaheim will select D Ryan Sproul from Sault Ste Marie. PM'ing Pittsburgh.

Holiday weekend. No worries. I'm just glad you left my guy on the board.

[Redwingsfan]

With the 55th pick, Detroit selects RW Matt Nieto from Boston University..

[rt]

Phoenix selects, from the Denver Pioneers, Nick Shore.

I can pm the next GM when I get to a pc, or someone else can notify them, if they prefer. I'm probably three hours away from a pc.

[Bluenote13]

The New York Rangers are happy to select, from Linkoping, Sweden, Center Joachim Nermark.


Next GM has been notified.

[Vincent_TheGreat]

Tampa Bay selects Tyler Wotherspoon, D, Portland (WHL)

Next GM notified

[Joe Hallenback]

San Jose is proud to select from the Seattle Thunderbirds of the WHL Colin Jacobs

Ottawa is on the clock

[rt]

Originally Posted by Joe Hallenback

San Jose is proud to select from the Seattle Thunderbirds of the WHL Colin Jacobs

Ottawa is on the clock

Out of curiosity, who would you have went with between Jacobs and Shore. I was pretty torn. Ultimately, I went with what I thought was the higher upside pick. Shore could bust or could be a second line center in an NHL top six. Jacobs is a pretty safe bet for an NHL fourth line, it seems. Jenner was the safe pick between he and Jenssen, my other consideration at 20. Salomakki is another "safe'' pick that I went with ahead of Nieto, who I debated on, which is why I felt more inclined to go with Shore over Jacobs, I guess.

[danishh]

from chicoutimi of the qmjhl

G chris gibson


canuck is up.

[Joe Hallenback]

Originally Posted by rt

Out of curiosity, who would you have went with between Jacobs and Shore. I was pretty torn. Ultimately, I went with what I thought was the higher upside pick. Shore could bust or could be a second line center in an NHL top six. Jacobs is a pretty safe bet for an NHL fourth line, it seems. Jenner was the safe pick between he and Jenssen, my other consideration at 20. Salomakki is another "safe'' pick that I went with ahead of Nieto, who I debated on, which is why I felt more inclined to go with Shore over Jacobs, I guess.

Depends on what you value. In this case I think Shore is probably a better offensive guy then Jacobs but I like my Centers to have some beef to them. Jacobs is a safer bet to play in the NHL I think his top end is solid number 2 center but more than likely a very good number 3 guy. I have only seen Shore play a few times and there is alot to like there