I'm attending the NHL draft for the second time in my life this weekend. Just arrived in Fort Lauderdale tonight (Wednesday) and I'm in South Florida till Monday. Planning to squeeze in a day trip to the Bahamas as well.
Unlike the last draft I went to, in LA in 2010, the Leafs have a first rounder - two in fact. And that number may increase before Friday night is over.
Here's my mock draft:
1. Edmonton - Connor McDavid, C
2. Buffalo - Jack Eichel, C
3. Arizona - Noah Hanifin, D
4. Toronto - Dylan Strome, C
5. Carolina - Mitch Marner, RW
6. New Jersey - Ivan Provorov, D
7. Philadelphia - Lawson Crouse, LW
8. Columbus - Zach Werenski, D
9. San Jose - Pavel Zacha, C
10. Colorado - Jakub Zboril, D
11. Florida - Matthew Barzal, C
12. Dallas - Mikko Rantanen, RW
13. Los Angeles - Timo Meier, RW
14. Boston - Paul Bittner, LW
15. Calgary - Kyle Connor, LW
16. Edmonton - Ilya Samsonov, G
17. Winnipeg - Evgeni Svechnikov, RW
18. Ottawa - Travis Konecny, RW
19. Detroit - Jake DeBrusk, LW
20. Minnesota - Jeremy Roy, D
21. Buffalo - Daniel Sprong, RW
22. Washington - Colin White, C
23. Vancouver - Thomas Chabot, D
24. Toronto - Oliver Kylington, D
25. Winnipeg - Gabriel Carlsson, D
26. Montreal - Brandon Carlo, D
27. Anaheim - Jansen Harkins, C
28. Tampa Bay - Noah Juulsen, D
29. Philadelphia - Filip Chlapik, C
30. Arizona - Anthony Beauvillier, LW
Honourable mentions: Denis Guryanov, RW; Nick Merkley, RW; Mackenzie Blackwood, G; Joel Eriksson Ek, C; Brock Boeser, RW; Jacob Larsson, D; Rasmus Andersson, D.
