Draft 16

Draft Class: 2016

Published: May 11, 2016 at 2:45 p.m.

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Round 1
1. Auston Matthews (Toronto Maple Leafs) (Details: Easy choice. Toronto has hopefully learned from trying to build around a winger).
2. Patrik Laine (Winnipeg Jets) (Details: Jets hit gold with the lottery ).
3. Jesse Puljujärvi (Columbus Blue Jackets) (Details: No brainer ).
4. Pierre-Luc Dubois (Edmonton Oilers) (Details: This is one is tricky. could go any which way. 50/50 trade down/out or pick. I'd say it's easily between Chychrun/ Dubois with ex boston GM taking Dubois.).
5. Jakob Chychrun (Vancouver Canucks) (Details: 50/50 
Chychrun/ Tkachuk ).
6. Matthew Tkachuk (Calgary Flames) (Details: flames nab what could be biggest steal of draft but with line mates like Dvorak/Marner it comes with a risk).
7. Olli Juolevi (Arizona Coyotes) (Details: With strong prospects up from Yotes grab possible franchise defender ).
8. Alexander Nylander (Buffalo Sabres) (Details: I feel like Segachev is the right choice but if Nylander is still on the board you think they would take BPA).
9. Logan Brown (Montreal Canadiens) (Details: Taking local boy Julien Gauthier would be a fan favourite choice but I think the take the giant Brown.).
10. Mikhail Sergachev (Colorado Avalanche) (Details: Glaring holes in the defence makes this easy ).
11. Michael McLeod (New Jersey Devils) (Details: I don't know much about Mcleod but from what i've read he seems like a solid prospect.).
12. Tyson Jost (Ottawa Senators) (Details: Easy choice in my mind is the Dynamic centre ).
13. Jake Bean (Carolina Hurricanes) (Details: I think Canes go off the board a little bit and take fantastic player in Bean.).
14. Max Jones (Boston Bruins) (Details: Totally unpredictable bruins scouting.  watching them select 13th,14th and 15th and not select not even one of Barzal, Connor and Svechikov blew my mind. ).
15. Sam Steel (Minnesota Wild) (Details: Just a hunch. ).
16. Tyler Benson (Detroit Red Wings) (Details: Detroit does what Detroit always does and makes us all look stupid.).
17. Julien Gauthier (Nashville Predators) (Details: power forward slip because of lack of speed and lack of all around play. Solid goal scorer with 41 but 14 assists is a big red flag.).
18. Kieffer Bellows (Philadelphia Flyers) (Details: I don't expect Bellows to be anywhere close to this far down the list but he fits well with what philly is building.).
19. Dante Fabbro (Tampa Bay Lightning) (Details: BCHL is a bit of a sink hole to throw your pick into but scouts seem to believe he's got incredible potential ).
20. Clayton Keller (Arizona Coyotes from New York Rangers) (Details: Pure skill and offensive ability with Strome locked in as #1C Keller will slot in as talented #2).
21. Alex DeBrincat (Carolina Hurricanes from Los Angeles Kings) (Details: With the success of smaller skilled forwards becoming more prominent as the game shifts to a faster pace.  Debrincat's back to back 50+goal seasons with Gallagher feistiness is enough to overcome his height of 5'7).
22. Kale Clague (Winnipeg Jets from Chicago Blackhawks) (Details:  1st round but after taking Laine Jets add to the defence).
23. Jacob Cederholm (Boston Bruins from San Jose Sharks) (Details: Boston continues it's unique draft lift and goes off the board ).
24. Chad Krys (New York Islanders) (Details: I don't know enough about him but ranked 21st for a reason).
25. Nathan Bastian (Florida Panthers) (Details: adding 6'4 power forward into the mix of Crouse and current skill will hopefully make Florida a long term contender).
26. William Knierim (Anaheim Ducks) (Details: with amazing prospect pool on defence easy choice is taking a forward).
27. Carter Hart (Toronto Maple Leafs from Pittsburgh Penguins) (Details: I was pulling for Edmonton to grab Carter Hart but Leafs use that late first to lock up top goaltending prospect ).
28. Luke Kunin (St. Louis Blues) (Details: Blues and their fans get huge gift with selecting local boy.).
29. Markus Niemeläinen (Dallas Stars) (Details: He just sounds like a Dallas star. I have no other reasoning ).
30. German Rubtsov (Washington Capitals) (Details: Well caps won't be picking here... ).

Round 2

CapFriendly.com User-Generated Mock-Draft

ROUND 1	TEAM	ORIGINAL	PLAYER	DETAILS

1	-	Auston Matthews	Easy choice. Toronto has hopefully learned from trying to build around a winger
2	-	Patrik Laine	Jets hit gold with the lottery
3	-	Jesse Puljujärvi	No brainer
4	-	Pierre-Luc Dubois	This is one is tricky. could go any which way. 50/50 trade down/out or pick. I'd say it's easily between Chychrun/ Dubois with ex boston GM taking Dubois.
5	-	Jakob Chychrun	50/50 Chychrun/ Tkachuk
6	-	Matthew Tkachuk	flames nab what could be biggest steal of draft but with line mates like Dvorak/Marner it comes with a risk
7	-	Olli Juolevi	With strong prospects up from Yotes grab possible franchise defender
8	-	Alexander Nylander	I feel like Segachev is the right choice but if Nylander is still on the board you think they would take BPA
9	-	Logan Brown	Taking local boy Julien Gauthier would be a fan favourite choice but I think the take the giant Brown.
10	-	Mikhail Sergachev	Glaring holes in the defence makes this easy
11	-	Michael McLeod	I don't know much about Mcleod but from what i've read he seems like a solid prospect.
12	-	Tyson Jost	Easy choice in my mind is the Dynamic centre
13	-	Jake Bean	I think Canes go off the board a little bit and take fantastic player in Bean.
14	-	Max Jones	Totally unpredictable bruins scouting. watching them select 13th,14th and 15th and not select not even one of Barzal, Connor and Svechikov blew my mind.
15	-	Sam Steel	Just a hunch.
16	-	Tyler Benson	Detroit does what Detroit always does and makes us all look stupid.
17	-	Julien Gauthier	power forward slip because of lack of speed and lack of all around play. Solid goal scorer with 41 but 14 assists is a big red flag.
18	-	Kieffer Bellows	I don't expect Bellows to be anywhere close to this far down the list but he fits well with what philly is building.
19	-	Dante Fabbro	BCHL is a bit of a sink hole to throw your pick into but scouts seem to believe he's got incredible potential
20		Clayton Keller	Pure skill and offensive ability with Strome locked in as #1C Keller will slot in as talented #2
21		Alex DeBrincat	With the success of smaller skilled forwards becoming more prominent as the game shifts to a faster pace. Debrincat's back to back 50+goal seasons with Gallagher feistiness is enough to overcome his height of 5'7
22		Kale Clague	1st round but after taking Laine Jets add to the defence
23		Jacob Cederholm	Boston continues it's unique draft lift and goes off the board
24	-	Chad Krys	I don't know enough about him but ranked 21st for a reason
25	-	Nathan Bastian	adding 6'4 power forward into the mix of Crouse and current skill will hopefully make Florida a long term contender
26	-	William Knierim	with amazing prospect pool on defence easy choice is taking a forward
27		Carter Hart	I was pulling for Edmonton to grab Carter Hart but Leafs use that late first to lock up top goaltending prospect
28	-	Luke Kunin	Blues and their fans get huge gift with selecting local boy.
29	-	Markus Niemeläinen	He just sounds like a Dallas star. I have no other reasoning
30	-	German Rubtsov	Well caps won't be picking here...