Conducted between June 5th and June 25th (hey, we had to wait until the playoffs ended to get the draft order all set), the hockey blogs of SB Nation have completed our NHL mock draft for the season.
Below you’ll find all 30 picks for the 1st round of the draft. I think the most noteworthy selection is the #1 pick. Mile High Hockey had a better idea of the Colorado Avalanche’s intentions than the general press up until Joe Sakic and Patrick Roy let it be known they wanted to select Nathan Mackinnon #1 overall.
Along with the list of 30 picks, we link to each and every post for the selections. You’ll also see a listing of the team-blog name – those blogs were responsile for their teams pick).
1. Colorado (Mile High Hockey): Nathan MacKinnon
2. Florida (Litter Box Cats): Jonathan Drouin
3. Tampa Bay (Raw Charge): Seth Jones
4. Nashville (On the Forecheck): Aleksander Barkov
5. Carolina (Canes Country): Valeri Nichushkin
6. Calgary (Matchsticks and Gasoline): Sean Monahan
7. Edmonton (Copper and Blue): Elias Lindholm
8. Buffalo (Die by the Blade): Darnell Nurse
9. New Jersey (In Lou we Trust): Hunter Shinkaruk
10. Dallas (Defending Big D): Rasmus Ristolainen
11. Philadelphia (Broad Street Hockey): Mirco Mueller
12. Phoenix (Five for Howling): Bo Horvat
13. Winnipeg (Arctic Ice Hockey): Kerby Rychel
14. Columbus (Jackets Cannon): Max Domi
15. NY Islanders (Lighthouse Hockey): Alexander Wennberg
16. Buffalo: Frederik Gauthier
17. Ottawa (Silver Seven Sens): Ryan Pulock
18: Detroit (Winging it in Motown): Anthony Mantha
19. Columbus: Valentin Zykov
20. San Jose (Fear the Fin): Andre Burakowsky
21. Toronto (Pension Plan Puppets): Nikita Zadorov
22. Calgary: Shea Theodore
23. Washington (Japers’ Rink): J.T. Compher
24. Vancouver (Nucks Misconduct): Adam Erne
25. Montreal (Eyes on the Prize): Josh Morrissey
26. Anaheim (Anaheim Calling): Robert Hagg
27. Columbus: Ryan Hartman
28. Calgary: Artturi Lehkonen
29. Dallas: Nicolas Petan
30. Chicago (Second City Hockey): Morgan Klimchuk
(note: any player that is not hyperlinked, I could not locate the story that the blog in question was supposed to publish regarding their pick)
