Let's pick apart ESPN's Mock Draft, shall we

[forty_three]

1 Seth Jones

Florida Panthers

TEAM: Portland (WHL)


2 Nathan MacKinnon

Buffalo Sabres


3 Jonathan Drouin

Tampa Bay Lightning

TEAM: Halifax (QMJHL)



4 Valeri Nichushkin

Washington Capitals

TEAM: Chelyabinsk (Russia)



5 Alexander Barkov

Calgary Flames

TEAM: Tappara (Finland)



6 Nikita Zadorov

Edmonton Oilers

TEAM: London (OHL)



7 Elias Lindholm

Columbus Blue Jackets

TEAM: Brynas (Sweden)


8 Sean Monahan

Colorado Avalanche

TEAM: Ottawa (OHL)



9 Rasmus Ristolainen

Philadelphia Flyers

TEAM: TPS (Finland)


10 Alexander Wennberg

New York Islanders

TEAM: Djurgarden (Sweden)


11 Adam Erne

Nashville Predators

TEAM: Quebec City (QMJHL)



12 Ryan Pulock

Winnipeg Jets

TEAM: Brandon (WHL)



13 Max Domi

Dallas Stars



14 Curtis Lazar

Phoenix Coyotes

TEAM: Edmonton (WHL)


15 Kerby Rychel

St. Louis Blues

TEAM: Windsor (OHL)


16 Darnell Nurse

San Jose Sharks

TEAM: Sault Ste. Marie (OHL)



17 Mirco Mueller

Vancouver Canucks

TEAM: Everett (WHL)


18 Robert Hagg

Minnesota Wild

TEAM: Modo (Sweden)


19 Anthony Mantha

Columbus Blue Jackets (from NYR)

TEAM: Val-d'Or (QMJHL)


20 Hunter Shinkaruk

New Jersey Devils

TEAM: Medicine Hat (WHL)



21 Josh Morrissey

Detroit Red Wings

TEAM: Prince Albert (WHL)



22 Bo Horvat

Carolina Hurricanes

TEAM: London (OHL)


23 Valentin Zykov

Columbus Blue Jackets (from LAK)

TEAM: Baie-Comeau (QMJHL)


24 Ryan Hartman

Ottawa Senators

TEAM: Plymouth (OHL)



26 Zachary Fucale

Pittsburgh Penguins

TEAM: Halifax (QMJHL)



27 Jacob de la Rose

Boston Bruins

TEAM: Leksand (Sweden)


28 Frederik Gauthier

Montreal Canadiens

TEAM: Rimouski (QMJHL)


29 Jason Dickinson

Anaheim Ducks

TEAM: Guelph (OHL)


30 Marcus Hogberg

Chicago Blackhawks

TEAM: Linkoping (Sweden)

 

[DChero]

Umm.. problem #1: Draft Lottery

 

[forty_three]

Umm.. problem #1: Draft Lottery

Good start.

Problem #2, apparently Chicago plays Anaheim for the cup.

 

[DChero]

Problem #3: Everyone has a first round pick.

 

[DChero]

Problem #4: The Flyers pick a European.

 

[awaz]

Problem #5: 8 teams are worse than the flyers.

 

[DaBoltsNIsles]

Problem #6

The Oilers don't have the 1st pick.

 

[sbb122]

lol, this thread reminded me of this gem i saw earlier today...

i literally lol'd at work...

Everything Wrong With Rick Reilly's Dumbass Column About Why Chicago Should Help The Cubs' Government-Abetted Monopolist Billionaire Owner Make More Money

 

[KennyBanyeah]

Problem #6

The Oilers don't have the 1st pick.

See problem #1.

@ the goat fellatio providing Oiltankers.

 

[beantownmaniac]

Problem #7: Bruins should be picking last

 

[DChero]

See problem #1.

@ the goat fellatio providing Oiltankers.

If you're not tanking, you're not trying.

 

[flyersfan4706]

Problem #4: The Flyers pick a European.

Moar good ol' Flyers' Brand Hockey Canadien Boys

Problem #8: The Flyers pick a defenseman

(Moar centers)


(Also, LOL @ Zadorov before Lindholm, and Shinkaruk falling to #20.)

 

[thedddd]

Problem #9: Espn -enough said.

 

[KennyBanyeah]

Moar good ol' Flyers' Brand Hockey Canadien Boys

Problem #8: The Flyers pick a defenseman

(Moar centers)


(Also, LOL @ Zadorov before Lindholm, and Shinkaruk falling to #20.)

IMO Zadorov is about 9-12 places too high. I wouldn't have him above Lindholm or Monahan. In fact he's nowhere near as good as those two guys.

 

[flyersfan4706]

IMO Zadorov is about 9-12 places too high. I wouldn't have him above Lindholm or Monahan. In fact he's nowhere near as good as those two guys.

I've seen Zadorov go anywhere from #8 to #20, but I really doubt anybody is breaking up the Top 6 of Jones, MacKinnon, Drouin, Barkov, Lindholm, and Nichushkin.

 

[forty_three]

(Also, LOL @ Zadorov before Lindholm, and Shinkaruk falling to #20.)

Yeah, they have the Jackets at 8th which is lol in itself, but able to get Lindholm down there.

I actually had to look it up and see if he had a major injury or something and I missed it. Top five player.

 

[Cmon_WTF]

I've seen Zadorov go anywhere from #8 to #20, but I really doubt anybody is breaking up the Top 6 of Jones, MacKinnon, Drouin, Barkov, Lindholm, and Nichushkin.

I can see Nichushkin sliding in the draft. There's a lot of uncertainty weather or not he'll even come to NA and a lot of teams will be turned of by the fact he still has two years left on his current contract in Russia.

 

[BOSSMANPC]

Hey 43, is Max Domi related to Tie Domi?

 

[forty_three]

Hey 43, is Max Domi related to Tie Domi?

Yep. His son.

aggressive, annoying little shit apparently. Imagine that.

Kerby Rychel is also Warren's son.

 

[BOSSMANPC]

Yep. His son.

aggressive, annoying little shit apparently. Imagine that.

Kerby Rychel is also Warren's son.

Damn, I missed that one. Also we're getting old !!