Eleven Posted July 3, 2022 Report Posted July 3, 2022 Here's something for all you draftniks and amateur scouts. A contest! I'm not nearly as well-versed as some here when it comes to this stuff, so I'm not going to enter--but I'll keep score. Inspired by something I saw on Die By the Blade, here are the rules. 1. Make a mock draft of the entire first round. Post it here. 2. Wait until Thursday and see how close you come, using the following point schedule: (a) Pick a player's spot exactly, 3 points. (b) Pick a player's spot within one spot of where he goes, 2 points. (c) Correctly pick that the player is selected in the first round, 1 point. Have fun! Quote
mjd1001 Posted July 3, 2022 Report Posted July 3, 2022 I haven't been following the draft much at all, but I don't just want to copy and paste someone else's mock draft so I moved things around a little bit. 1. Wright 2. Slafkovsky 3. Cooley 4. Nemec 5. Jiricek 6. Savoie 7. Kemell 8. Gauthier 9. Lekkerimaki 10. Korchinski 11. Kasper 12. Nazar 13. Mintyukov 14. Geekie 15. Mateychuk 16. Yurov 17. Lamberg 18. Howard 19. Bischel 20. McGroarty 21. Ohgren 22. Pickering 23. Snuggerud 24. Kulich 25. Mesar 26. Chelsey 27. Miroschinichenko 28. Belluz 29. Gaucher 30. Beck 31. Firkus 32. Ostlund Quote
thewookie1 Posted July 3, 2022 Report Posted July 3, 2022 Normal Version: 1. MTL: Shane Wright 2. NJD: Juraj Slafkovsky 3. ARI: Logan Cooley 4. SEA: Simon Nemec 5. PHI: Cutter Gauthier 6. CBJ: David Jiricek 7. OTT: Joakim Kemell 8. DET: Marco Kasper 9. BUF: Frank Nazar 10. ANA: Jonathan Lekkerimaki 11. SJS: Kevin Korchinski 12. CBJ: Matthew Savoie 13. NYI: Brad Lambert 14. WPG: Connor Geekie 15. VAN: Isaac Howard 16. BUF: Liam Ohgren 17. NSH: Danila Yurov 18. DAL: Pavel Mintyukov 19. MIN: Rutger McGroarty 20. WSH: Noah Ostlund 21. PIT: Jiri Kulich 22. ANA: Denton Mateychuk 23: STL: Jimmy Snuggerud 24. MIN: Ivan Miroshnichenko 25. TOR: Ryan Chesley 26. MTL: Nathan Gaucher 27. ARI: Seamus Casey 28. BUF: Jagger Firkus 29. EDM: Jack Hughes 30. WPG: Filip Mesar 31. TBL: Lian Bichsel 32. ARI: Ty Nelson Quote
thewookie1 Posted July 3, 2022 Report Posted July 3, 2022 Just now, thewookie1 said: Early Trade Version: 1. MTL: Shane Wright 2. CHI: Logan Cooley 3. ARI: Matthew Savoie 4. SEA: Juraj Slafkovsky 5. PHI: Cutter Gauthier 6. CBJ: Simon Nemec 7. OTT: Joakim Kemell 8. DET: Marco Kasper 9. BUF: David Jiricek 10. ANA: Jonathan Lekkerimaki 11. SJS: Kevin Korchinski 12. CBJ: Frank Nazar 13. NYI: Brad Lambert 14. WPG: Connor Geekie 15. VAN: Isaac Howard 16. BUF: Liam Ohgren 17. NSH: Danila Yurov 18. DAL: Pavel Mintyukov 19. MIN: Rutger McGroarty 20. WSH: Noah Ostlund 21. PIT: Jiri Kulich 22. ANA: Denton Mateychuk 23: STL: Jimmy Snuggerud 24. MIN: Ivan Miroshnichenko 25. TOR: Ryan Chesley 26. MTL: Nathan Gaucher 27. ARI: Seamus Casey 28. BUF: Jagger Firkus 29. EDM: Jack Hughes 30. WPG: Filip Mesar 31. TBL: Lian Bichsel 32. ARI: Ty Nelson The only primary change is DeBrincat going to NJD for the 2nd OA and perhaps other stuff is swapped too. Quote
Eleven Posted July 3, 2022 Author Report Posted July 3, 2022 @thewookie1 and others: You do not have to name the team making the pick. Quote
Marvin Posted July 4, 2022 Report Posted July 4, 2022 On 7/3/2022 at 12:29 PM, thewookie1 said: The only primary change is DeBrincat going to NJD for the 2nd OA and perhaps other stuff is swapped too. FYI: I read that Chicago allegedly turned down a high first, another 1st, and a prospect for DeBrincat. Quote
GASabresIUFAN Posted July 4, 2022 Report Posted July 4, 2022 (edited) Team Player 1 Mon Wright 2 NJ Slafkovsky 3 AZ Cooley 4 Sea Nemec 5 Phi Gauthier 6 CBJ Jiricek 7 Ott Kemell 8 DET Savoie 9 Buf Kasper 10 ANA Korchinski 11 SJ Mintyukov 12 CBJ Nazar 13 NYI Lambert 14 WPG Lekkerimaki 15 VAN Mateychuk 16 Buf Snuggerud 17 NASH Pickering 18 Dal Yurov 19 Minn Geekie 20 WAS Kulich 21 PIT Ostlund 22 ANA Ohgren 23 STL Bichsel 24 Minn Gaucher 25 TOR Howard 26 MON McGroarty 27 AZ Rinzel 28 Buf Chesley 29 EDM Miroshinchenko 30 WPG Del Bel Belluz 31 TB Mesar 32 AZ Beck Edited July 5, 2022 by GASabresIUFAN Quote
Huckleberry Posted July 4, 2022 Report Posted July 4, 2022 https://nhlentrydraft.com/mock-draft If you are lazy 🙂 Quote
Contempt Posted July 5, 2022 Report Posted July 5, 2022 6 hours ago, Marvin, Sabres Fan said: FYI: I read that Chicago allegedly turned down a high first, another 1st, and a prospect for DeBrincat. Then Chicago is stupid because at the end of the day he's still a little winger. Quote
dudacek Posted July 5, 2022 Report Posted July 5, 2022 Why the hell not? Montreal: succumbs to the hometown pressure and picks Wright New Jersey: Slavkovsky proves to be too great a fit with their spine of young centres Arizona: goes big and goes home with the 1st surprise, Arizona-raised Gauthier Seattle: sticks with the plan and takes Nemec, the heady D to go with last year's centre Philadelphia: trades the pick for immediate help. The delighted Blackhawks ***** up Cooley Columbus: moves quickly for Jiricek to replace the Seth Jones hole on their blueline Ottawa: Fast-climber Korchinski vaults himself all the way to number 7. Detroit: decides its best centre option is right in its backyard with Nazar. Buffalo: goes for speed and offence from Savoie Anaheim: steps off the board and plays into type to grab Bichsel. San Jose: happily snatches up Kasper as the best centre available Columbus: wasn't planning on taking Kemmel, but he's too talented to ignore after dropping to 12 NY Islanders: hadn't considered Lekkerimaki dropping this far, but Lou loves his US college guys. They take Howard, as planned. Winnipeg: the Jets also pauses over Lekkerimaki, but decide their needs elsewhere are too strong. They were hoping Mintyukov would be there and they take him. Vancouver: Faced with the same dilemma as Winnipeg, Vancouver trades down. Arizona grabs Lekkerimaki for picks 27 and 32 Buffalo: The Sabres look to their ties with the USNDP for Snuggerud, sold on his tools and his character. Nashville: grabs Kulich, fully buying in on his offensive breakout at the U18s. Dallas: likes heavy, and they get heavy, taking big centre Gaucher from the Q Minnesota: stops the free fall of Geekie, looking for talent and size up the middle. Washington: With Backstrom out, the Caps move to fill with a big trade with the Canucks. They surprise some at 20 by picking Ostlund. Pittsburgh: Steps up and rolls the dice on Lambert, the draft's most divisive prospect. Anaheim: after going physical at 10, the Ducks go skill here with the crafty Firkus St. Louis: the hard and heavy Blues see McGroarty as a perfect fit. Minnesota: Minnesota catches another faller, the puck-moving defenceman Mateychuk Toronto: rolls the dice on the first Russian, the highly skilled Yurov Montreal: The Habs go big on the blueline with Lamoureaux Arizona: 7 picks after "reaching" for Ostlund, the Canucks grab his surprisingly still available linemate Ohgren. Buffalo: another USNDP player, Chesley fills a need at right D with good value at 28 Edmonton: The Oilers pick another riser, Schaefer, reaching in the minds of some to add a potential power forward Winnipeg: After addressing their need on the blueline with their first pick, the Jets take Del Bel Belluz to fill another need at centre Tampa: a big defenceman with a toolbox, Pickering plays to type and fills a long-term need at D Arizona: With their 3rd pick of round one, the Canucks go Rinzel, addressing a need at right D with a long-term project with tools Kinda fun. Can't do a straight "rankings" draft and its interesting in showing how how trades and needs can really shake uo where certain players might go. Quote
matter2003 Posted July 5, 2022 Report Posted July 5, 2022 (edited) On 7/3/2022 at 7:38 AM, Eleven said: Here's something for all you draftniks and amateur scouts. A contest! I'm not nearly as well-versed as some here when it comes to this stuff, so I'm not going to enter--but I'll keep score. Inspired by something I saw on Die By the Blade, here are the rules. 1. Make a mock draft of the entire first round. Post it here. 2. Wait until Thursday and see how close you come, using the following point schedule: (a) Pick a player's spot exactly, 3 points. (b) Pick a player's spot within one spot of where he goes, 2 points. (c) Correctly pick that the player is selected in the first round, 1 point. Have fun! Should be that everyone is scored by the number of picks away that player is from where you have him drafted, lowest score wins. So for instance if you pick someone 10th and he gets drafted 17th, you get a 7 for him. If you pick someone 15th and he gets drafted 10th, you get a 5 for him. Obviously picking someone exactly where they are drafted would give a 0. I feel this is much better scoring system in terms of showing how accurate a person is overall. Why should someone who projects a player to go 12th but he goes 14th get the same score as someone who projects him to go 30th? In the original system, both players would have the same score, they would both get a point. In my system person A would get 2 and person B would get 16, accurately showing one person was far closer than the other. Could even put a weight favoring later picks since they would be harder to get right than the early picks. Edited July 5, 2022 by matter2003 1 Quote
Andrew Amerk Posted July 5, 2022 Report Posted July 5, 2022 1 hour ago, matter2003 said: Should be that everyone is scored by the number of picks away that player is from where you have him drafted, lowest score wins. So for instance if you pick someone 10th and he gets drafted 17th, you get a 7 for him. If you pick someone 15th and he gets drafted 10th, you get a 5 for him. Obviously picking someone exactly where they are drafted would give a 0. I feel this is much better scoring system in terms of showing how accurate a person is overall. Why should someone who projects a player to go 12th but he goes 14th get the same score as someone who projects him to go 30th? In the original system, both players would have the same score, they would both get a point. In my system person A would get 2 and person B would get 16, accurately showing one person was far closer than the other. Could even put a weight favoring later picks since they would be harder to get right than the early picks. I like this. 1 Quote
PerreaultForever Posted July 5, 2022 Report Posted July 5, 2022 I could see a DeBrincat trade as well and perhaps some other shuffling but aside from that here's my guesses: 1. Wright 2. Slafkovsky 3. Cooley 4. Nemec 5. Gauthier 6. Kemell 7. Jirichek 8. Lekkerimaki 9. Savoie 10. Korchinski 11. Kasper 12. Snuggerud 13. Geekie 14. Mintyukov 15. Pickering 16. Nazar 17. McGroarty 18. Chesley 19. Kulich 20. Yurov 21. Miroshnichenko 22. Lambert 23. Ohgren 24. Ostlund 25. Howard 26. Rinzel 27. Gaucher 28. Schaefer 29. Firkus 30. Del Bel Belluz 31. Bichsel 32. Beck Quote
Eleven Posted July 5, 2022 Author Report Posted July 5, 2022 9 hours ago, matter2003 said: Should be that everyone is scored by the number of picks away that player is from where you have him drafted, lowest score wins. So for instance if you pick someone 10th and he gets drafted 17th, you get a 7 for him. If you pick someone 15th and he gets drafted 10th, you get a 5 for him. Obviously picking someone exactly where they are drafted would give a 0. I feel this is much better scoring system in terms of showing how accurate a person is overall. Why should someone who projects a player to go 12th but he goes 14th get the same score as someone who projects him to go 30th? In the original system, both players would have the same score, they would both get a point. In my system person A would get 2 and person B would get 16, accurately showing one person was far closer than the other. Could even put a weight favoring later picks since they would be harder to get right than the early picks. That's a lot more math but maybe I'll try it next year. Let's see how this one goes. Quote
mjd1001 Posted July 5, 2022 Report Posted July 5, 2022 10 hours ago, matter2003 said: Should be that everyone is scored by the number of picks away that player is from where you have him drafted, lowest score wins. So for instance if you pick someone 10th and he gets drafted 17th, you get a 7 for him. If you pick someone 15th and he gets drafted 10th, you get a 5 for him. Obviously picking someone exactly where they are drafted would give a 0. I feel this is much better scoring system in terms of showing how accurate a person is overall. Why should someone who projects a player to go 12th but he goes 14th get the same score as someone who projects him to go 30th? In the original system, both players would have the same score, they would both get a point. In my system person A would get 2 and person B would get 16, accurately showing one person was far closer than the other. Could even put a weight favoring later picks since they would be harder to get right than the early picks. I also agree with this 100%. How good or how accurate a mock draft is.. this is by far and away the best way to determine it. Quote
French Collection Posted July 5, 2022 Report Posted July 5, 2022 I’ll throw my mock in there but I will wait until the last minute in case some prospect sprains an ankle or gets caught wearing some team’s pyjamas. Quote
LGR4GM Posted July 5, 2022 Report Posted July 5, 2022 I don't think I forgot anyway obvious but here is where I came out. Tried to look at some team needs and drafting patterns and bumped some guys up pretty high or down kinda low based on how drafts typically work. Shane Wright Juraj Slafkovsky Logan Cooley Simon Nemec Cutter Gauthier David Jiricek Kevin Korchinski Joakim Kemell Matthew Savoie Frank Nazar Pavel Mintyukov Jonathan Lekkerimaki Brad Lambert Marco Kasper Danila Yurov Rutger McGroarty Conor Geekie Owen Pickering Denton Mateychuk Liam Ohgren Jagger Firkus Noah Ostlund Jiri Kulich Jimmy Snuggerud Filip Mesar Nathan Gaucher Isaac Howard Ryan Chesley Liam Bichsel Ivan Miroshnichenko Calle Odelius David Goyette Quote
matter2003 Posted July 5, 2022 Report Posted July 5, 2022 1 hour ago, Eleven said: That's a lot more math but maybe I'll try it next year. Let's see how this one goes. you could easily set up a spreadsheet to do all of it for you rather quickly Quote
Eleven Posted July 5, 2022 Author Report Posted July 5, 2022 1 minute ago, matter2003 said: you could easily set up a spreadsheet to do all of it for you rather quickly I can't. Someone else might be able to. I'm not good with spreadsheets. I should add that I'm not married to the scoring system--it is modified from a Die By The Blade post and not of my own invention--if someone else wants to take on the role of scorekeeper, have at it! Quote
matter2003 Posted July 5, 2022 Report Posted July 5, 2022 (edited) 1 minute ago, Eleven said: I can't. Someone else might be able to. I'm not good with spreadsheets. I should add that I'm not married to the scoring system--it is modified from a Die By The Blade post and not of my own invention--if someone else wants to take on the role of scorekeeper, have at it! I can do the spreadsheet but it will be a spare time thing so the results might be a little delayed 😂 Edited July 5, 2022 by matter2003 Quote
French Collection Posted July 7, 2022 Report Posted July 7, 2022 (edited) Here we go… 1 S.Wright 2 J.Slafkovsky 3 L.Cooley 4 S.Nemec 5 C.Gauthier 6 D.Jiricek 7 J.Lekkerimaki 8 P.Mintyukov 9 M.Savoie 10 K.Korchinski 11 J.Kemell 12 D.Yurov 13 B.Lambert 14 C.Geekie 15 L.Ohgren 16 M.Kasper 17 F.Nazar 18 J.Kulich 19 J.Snuggerud 20 N.Östlund 21 I.Miroshnichenko 22 R.McGroarty 23 O.Pickering 24 F.Mesar 25 D.Mateychuk 26 N.Gaucher 27 L.Bichsel 28 G.Trikozov 29 J.Firkus 30 I.Howard 31 L.Del Bel Belluz 32 L.Hutson Edited July 8, 2022 by French Collection Quote
steveoath Posted July 7, 2022 Report Posted July 7, 2022 (edited) OK here goes: Wright Slafkovsky Cooler Nemec Gautier Jiricek Korchinski Nazar Savoie Lekkerimaki Mintyukov Kemell Mcgroarty Kasper Lambert Yurov Mateychuk Chesley Trikozov Ohgren Miroshnichenko Howard Pickering Ostlund Geekie Firkus Bischel Kulich Gaucher Mesar Snuggerud Casey Edited July 7, 2022 by steveoath Quote
French Collection Posted July 7, 2022 Report Posted July 7, 2022 5 hours ago, steveoath said: OK here goes: Wright Slafkovsky Cooler Nemec Gautier Jiricek Korchinski Nazar Savoie Lekkerimaki Mintyukov Kemell Mcgroarty Kasper Lambert Yurov Mateychuk Chesley Trikozov Ohgren Miroshnichenko Howard Pickering Outland Geekie Firkus Bischel Kulich Gaucher Mesar Snuggerud Casey Your autocorrect put Outland where you probably meant Ostlund? 1 Quote
sabresparaavida Posted July 7, 2022 Report Posted July 7, 2022 Round 1 1. Shane Wright (Montreal Canadiens). 2. Juraj Slafkovsky (New Jersey Devils). 3. Logan Cooley (Arizona Coyotes). 4. Simon Nemec (Seattle Kraken). 5. David Jiricek (Philadelphia Flyers). 6. Cutter Gauthier (Columbus Blue Jackets from Chicago Blackhawks). 7. Marco Kasper (Ottawa Senators). 8. Joakim Kemell (Detroit Red Wings). 9. Matthew Savoie (Buffalo Sabres). 10. Jonathan Lekkerimäki (Anaheim Ducks). 11. Frank Nazar (San Jose Sharks). 12. Lian Bichsel (Columbus Blue Jackets). 13. Danila Yurov (New York Islanders). 14. Conor Geekie (Winnipeg Jets). 15. Noah Östlund (Vancouver Canucks). 16. Ivan Miroshnichenko (Buffalo Sabres from Vegas Golden Knights). 17. Brad Lambert (Nashville Predators). 18. Ty Nelson (Dallas Stars). 19. Denton Mateychuk (Minnesota Wild from Los Angeles Kings). 20. Filip Mesar (Washington Capitals). 21. Rutger McGroarty (Pittsburgh Penguins). 22. Liam Öhgren (Anaheim Ducks from Boston Bruins). 23. Isaac Howard (St. Louis Blues). 24. Jimmy Snuggerud (Minnesota Wild). 25. Pavel Mintyukov (Toronto Maple Leafs). 26. Seamus Casey (Montreal Canadiens from Calgary Flames). 27. Ruslan Gazizov (Arizona Coyotes from Carolina Hurricanes). 28. Ryan Chesley (Buffalo Sabres from Florida Panthers). 29. Gleb Trikozov (Edmonton Oilers). 30. Elias Salomonsson (Winnipeg Jets from New York Rangers). 31. Tristan Luneau (Tampa Bay Lightning). 32. Jack Hughes (Arizona Coyotes from Colorado Avalanche). Quote
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