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Draft Class: 2020

Created By: cappawana

Published: Jul. 13, 2020 at 10:39 p.m.

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Just the first two rounds. After that it's just a lot of nuance.

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Round 1
1. Alexis Lafrenière (Columbus Blue Jackets) (Details: No matter who gets the first overall pick, they will select this franchise-altering winger.).
2. Quinton Byfield (Los Angeles Kings) (Details: Although some draft rankings have Stuetzle dethroning Byfield for second overall, the Kings will likely take another center in Byfield.).
3. Tim Stützle (Ottawa Senators from San Jose Sharks) (Details: Ottawa has a pretty easy choice to make here. Their pipeline lacks a true future 1C, which I believe Stuetzle could be for them.).
4. Jake Sanderson (Detroit Red Wings) (Details: The Red Wings, and by association Steve Yzerman, are known for draft surprises (Moritz Seider comes to mind). I think they will surprise again and go off the board with Sanderson at 4.).
5. Lucas Raymond (Ottawa Senators) (Details: Not only does Ottawa get their future 1C, they complete their future first line by drafting their future 1RW. Imagine Tkachuk-Stuetzle-Raymond in the future. Killer.).
6. Marco Rossi (Anaheim Ducks) (Details: Anaheim has a strong-ish prospect pool. But they lack a true future option at center. Marco Rossi is the best center available at 6th overall.).
7. Jamie Drysdale (New Jersey Devils) (Details: New Jersey may finally end their streak of selecting centers in the first round and begin building up their defense. Drysdale has fallen a bit, and New Jersey gets a gift.).
8. Cole Perfetti (Buffalo Sabres) (Details: With Mittelstadt potentially entering bust territory, Buffalo may consider drafting another center to fill that void. Perfetti can also play the wing if Mittelstadt ends up panning out. Buffalo may also move this pick to get a top defenseman. Who knows what their new GM will do.).
9. Alexander Holtz (Montreal Canadiens) (Details: Montreal is kind of spoiled. They have a Kotkaniemi as their future 1C, they have a really good defensive prospect pool headlined by Alex Romanov, and Cayden Primeau and Michael McNiven are legitimate options in goal for the Canadiens moving forward. Drafting a scoring winger may be the icing on top for a future top-tier team in Montreal.).
10. Yaroslav Askarov (Chicago Blackhawks) (Details: Chicago lacks a goalie of the future in the pipeline. Crawford continues to get hurt, Subban isn't a long-term solution, and I'm not sure of Delia's ability to be an NHL starter. Askarov just makes the most sense for a retooling Blackhawks team.).
11. Seth Jarvis (New Jersey Devils from Arizona Coyotes) (Details: A number of teams have Seth Jarvis very high on their draft lists. I too am high on the Winterhawks superstar. After drafting Drysdale at 7, New Jersey could go off the board and grab Jarvis at 11.).
12. Anton Lundell (Minnesota Wild) (Details: Minnesota's trend of mediocrity is in large part due to their poor draft luck. They lack a true option at center moving forward, much like many teams picking before them. Lundell has fallen quite a bit but I don't expect him to fall much further if he's available for Minnesota at 12.).
13. Noel Gunler (Vancouver Canucks) (Details: Vancouver will likely go with the Swedish winger. They won't be drafting a center for quite a while now that they have Pettersson and Horvat down the middle, and unless they  trade down, they won't go too far off the board to draft a defenseman.).
14. Dylan Holloway (Nashville Predators) (Details: Nashville needs some help at forward. I wouldn't be surprised if they tried to trade up to draft Askarov, but in the event that they cannot complete that trade, I could see them taking the versatile winger Dylan Holloway.).
15. Jack Quinn (Florida Panthers) (Details: Jack Quinn is a polarizing prospect. I could see Florida taking Quinn at 15, I could see him going higher or falling a bit. I believe he'll be gone at least by 15th overall.).
16. Braden Schneider (Calgary Flames) (Details: Braden Schneider is another candidate for a huge jump up from his ranking. Calgary could use a defenseman to replace some of their aging core (i.e. Giordano and Brodie).).
17. Rodion Amirov (New York Rangers) (Details: Rodion Amirov has fallen a bit since the October 2019 rankings where he was around 11-13. Amirov is really good, and New York will be lucky to grab him.).
18. Kaiden Guhle (Winnipeg Jets) (Details: Guhle is another defenseman that could rise. Winnipeg needs another defenseman to round out their prospect pool, and Guhle would really wrap up an already fairly deep defensive prospect pool.).
19. Justin Barron (Ottawa Senators from New York Islanders) (Details: With this pick, I could honestly see Ottawa trading it away for immediate help. However, this mock draft does not allow me to do that, so I have them rounding out their defensive prospect pool with Justin Barron.).
20. Dawson Mercer (Carolina Hurricanes from Toronto Maple Leafs) (Details: I could see Carolina going for another winger at 20. They have Necas and Suzuki at center for the future, so to fill that right wing side would be a priority, I believe.).
21. Connor Zary (New York Rangers from Carolina Hurricanes) (Details: The Rangers have one of the best prospect pools in the entire league, and it would not surprise me if they took Zary here to be developed into the 2C, should Chytil grow to be the 1C in New York.).
22. Jan Mysak (Dallas Stars) (Details: The Stars are going to need to start filling out their prospect pool, as it isn't very deep, especially at forward. Someone is going to need to replace Jamie Benn on the left side down the line, and I believe Mysak, who has fallen a bit in this draft, could be that guy.).
23. Mavrik Bourque (Edmonton Oilers) (Details: With the likely departure of Ryan Nugent-Hopkins next offseason, the Oilers may move to draft a true center to develop into a 2C, should they decide to keep Draisaitl on the wing.).
24. Helge Grans (Vegas Golden Knights) (Details: I'm personally very high on Helge Grans. Vegas is still such a bizarre success story to me. In this draft, it makes sense for them to draft a defenseman, as their forward pool is pretty deep. Grans, in my opinion, is the best defenseman available at 24.).
25. Hendrix Lapierre (Minnesota Wild from Pittsburgh Penguins) (Details: The Wild don't have much certainty at center moving forward (Khovanov is currently their best bet), so drafting Lapierre makes some sense here.).
26. Jérémie Poirier (Philadelphia Flyers) (Details: The Flyers may be departing from Gostisbehere sooner rather than later. Drafting Poirier gives them the opportunity to develop a left defenseman into what they believed Gostisbehere would live up to after his phenomenal rookie season.).
27. Marat Khusnutdinov (Washington Capitals) (Details: The Capitals clearly love Russians. Besides that irrelevent point, they could use another center. Connor McMichael could develop into Backstrom's replacement as the 1C down the line, and Khusnutdinov could become the 2C. And I just want to see Khusnutdinov play in Hershey some day.).
28. Jacob Perreault (San Jose Sharks from Tampa Bay Lightning) (Details: The Sharks will take what they can get at 28. I believe Perreault is the best player available here.).
29. John-Jason Peterka (Colorado Avalanche) (Details: Now I'll admit, I am an Avalanche fan, so I kind of stretched some justifications so J.J. Peterka would fall down to 29. But, they kind of make sense, right? Anyways, the Avalanche have plenty of great prospects, but could use some more wingers, which Peterka can play.).
30. Lukas Reichel (St. Louis Blues) (Details: The Blues will take a winger to replace some of the aging wingers they currently have. Reichel is the best available.).
31. Zion Nybeck (Anaheim Ducks from Boston Bruins) (Details: The Ducks took a center at 6, and they'll add another forward with Zion Nybeck at 31.).

Round 2
32. Tyson Foerster (Detroit Red Wings).
33. Roni Hirvonen (Ottawa Senators).
34. Justin Sourdif (San Jose Sharks).
35. Ozzy Wiesblatt (Los Angeles Kings).
36. Ryan O'Rourke (Anaheim Ducks).
37. Brendan Brisson (Nashville Predators from New Jersey Devils).
38. Emil Andrae (Buffalo Sabres).
39. William Wallinder (Montreal Canadiens).
40. Ridly Greig (Montreal Canadiens from Chicago Blackhawks).
41. Topi Niemelä (Arizona Coyotes).
42. Ty Smilanic (Minnesota Wild).
43. Shakir Mukhamadullin (Los Angeles Kings from Vancouver Canucks).
44. Jake Neighbours (Nashville Predators).
45. Lukas Cormier (Florida Panthers).
46. Thomas Bordeleau (Calgary Flames).
47. Daniil Gushchin (Carolina Hurricanes from New York Rangers).
48. Tyler Tullio (Winnipeg Jets).
49. Kasper Simontaival (Ottawa Senators from New York Islanders).
50. Jean-Luc Foudy (Ottawa Senators from Columbus Blue Jackets) (Details: Sidenote here -- If Foudy genuinely falls this far, I will be shocked.).
51. Luke Evangelista (Toronto Maple Leafs).
52. Vasili Ponomarev (Carolina Hurricanes).
53. Veeti Miettinen (Ottawa Senators from Dallas Stars).
54. Alexander Pashin (Detroit Red Wings from Edmonton Oilers).
55. Luke Tuch (Los Angeles Kings from Vegas Golden Knights).
56. Joni Jurmo (Chicago Blackhawks from Pittsburgh Penguins).
57. Martin Chromiak (Philadelphia Flyers).
58. Daniel Torgersson (Detroit Red Wings from Washington Capitals).
59. Antonio Stranges (Tampa Bay Lightning).
60. Anton Johannesson (San Jose Sharks from Colorado Avalanche).
61. Zayde Wisdom (Montreal Canadiens from St. Louis Blues).
62. Sam Colangelo (Boston Bruins).

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ROUND 1	TEAM	ORIGINAL	PLAYER	DETAILS

1	-	Alexis Lafrenière	No matter who gets the first overall pick, they will select this franchise-altering winger.
2	-	Quinton Byfield	Although some draft rankings have Stuetzle dethroning Byfield for second overall, the Kings will likely take another center in Byfield.
3		Tim Stützle	Ottawa has a pretty easy choice to make here. Their pipeline lacks a true future 1C, which I believe Stuetzle could be for them.
4	-	Jake Sanderson	The Red Wings, and by association Steve Yzerman, are known for draft surprises (Moritz Seider comes to mind). I think they will surprise again and go off the board with Sanderson at 4.
5	-	Lucas Raymond	Not only does Ottawa get their future 1C, they complete their future first line by drafting their future 1RW. Imagine Tkachuk-Stuetzle-Raymond in the future. Killer.
6	-	Marco Rossi	Anaheim has a strong-ish prospect pool. But they lack a true future option at center. Marco Rossi is the best center available at 6th overall.
7	-	Jamie Drysdale	New Jersey may finally end their streak of selecting centers in the first round and begin building up their defense. Drysdale has fallen a bit, and New Jersey gets a gift.
8	-	Cole Perfetti	With Mittelstadt potentially entering bust territory, Buffalo may consider drafting another center to fill that void. Perfetti can also play the wing if Mittelstadt ends up panning out. Buffalo may also move this pick to get a top defenseman. Who knows what their new GM will do.
9	-	Alexander Holtz	Montreal is kind of spoiled. They have a Kotkaniemi as their future 1C, they have a really good defensive prospect pool headlined by Alex Romanov, and Cayden Primeau and Michael McNiven are legitimate options in goal for the Canadiens moving forward. Drafting a scoring winger may be the icing on top for a future top-tier team in Montreal.
10	-	Yaroslav Askarov	Chicago lacks a goalie of the future in the pipeline. Crawford continues to get hurt, Subban isn't a long-term solution, and I'm not sure of Delia's ability to be an NHL starter. Askarov just makes the most sense for a retooling Blackhawks team.
11		Seth Jarvis	A number of teams have Seth Jarvis very high on their draft lists. I too am high on the Winterhawks superstar. After drafting Drysdale at 7, New Jersey could go off the board and grab Jarvis at 11.
12	-	Anton Lundell	Minnesota's trend of mediocrity is in large part due to their poor draft luck. They lack a true option at center moving forward, much like many teams picking before them. Lundell has fallen quite a bit but I don't expect him to fall much further if he's available for Minnesota at 12.
13	-	Noel Gunler	Vancouver will likely go with the Swedish winger. They won't be drafting a center for quite a while now that they have Pettersson and Horvat down the middle, and unless they trade down, they won't go too far off the board to draft a defenseman.
14	-	Dylan Holloway	Nashville needs some help at forward. I wouldn't be surprised if they tried to trade up to draft Askarov, but in the event that they cannot complete that trade, I could see them taking the versatile winger Dylan Holloway.
15	-	Jack Quinn	Jack Quinn is a polarizing prospect. I could see Florida taking Quinn at 15, I could see him going higher or falling a bit. I believe he'll be gone at least by 15th overall.
16	-	Braden Schneider	Braden Schneider is another candidate for a huge jump up from his ranking. Calgary could use a defenseman to replace some of their aging core (i.e. Giordano and Brodie).
17	-	Rodion Amirov	Rodion Amirov has fallen a bit since the October 2019 rankings where he was around 11-13. Amirov is really good, and New York will be lucky to grab him.
18	-	Kaiden Guhle	Guhle is another defenseman that could rise. Winnipeg needs another defenseman to round out their prospect pool, and Guhle would really wrap up an already fairly deep defensive prospect pool.
19		Justin Barron	With this pick, I could honestly see Ottawa trading it away for immediate help. However, this mock draft does not allow me to do that, so I have them rounding out their defensive prospect pool with Justin Barron.
20		Dawson Mercer	I could see Carolina going for another winger at 20. They have Necas and Suzuki at center for the future, so to fill that right wing side would be a priority, I believe.
21		Connor Zary	The Rangers have one of the best prospect pools in the entire league, and it would not surprise me if they took Zary here to be developed into the 2C, should Chytil grow to be the 1C in New York.
22	-	Jan Mysak	The Stars are going to need to start filling out their prospect pool, as it isn't very deep, especially at forward. Someone is going to need to replace Jamie Benn on the left side down the line, and I believe Mysak, who has fallen a bit in this draft, could be that guy.
23	-	Mavrik Bourque	With the likely departure of Ryan Nugent-Hopkins next offseason, the Oilers may move to draft a true center to develop into a 2C, should they decide to keep Draisaitl on the wing.
24	-	Helge Grans	I'm personally very high on Helge Grans. Vegas is still such a bizarre success story to me. In this draft, it makes sense for them to draft a defenseman, as their forward pool is pretty deep. Grans, in my opinion, is the best defenseman available at 24.
25		Hendrix Lapierre	The Wild don't have much certainty at center moving forward (Khovanov is currently their best bet), so drafting Lapierre makes some sense here.
26	-	Jérémie Poirier	The Flyers may be departing from Gostisbehere sooner rather than later. Drafting Poirier gives them the opportunity to develop a left defenseman into what they believed Gostisbehere would live up to after his phenomenal rookie season.
27	-	Marat Khusnutdinov	The Capitals clearly love Russians. Besides that irrelevent point, they could use another center. Connor McMichael could develop into Backstrom's replacement as the 1C down the line, and Khusnutdinov could become the 2C. And I just want to see Khusnutdinov play in Hershey some day.
28		Jacob Perreault	The Sharks will take what they can get at 28. I believe Perreault is the best player available here.
29	-	John-Jason Peterka	Now I'll admit, I am an Avalanche fan, so I kind of stretched some justifications so J.J. Peterka would fall down to 29. But, they kind of make sense, right? Anyways, the Avalanche have plenty of great prospects, but could use some more wingers, which Peterka can play.
30	-	Lukas Reichel	The Blues will take a winger to replace some of the aging wingers they currently have. Reichel is the best available.
31		Zion Nybeck	The Ducks took a center at 6, and they'll add another forward with Zion Nybeck at 31.

ROUND 2	TEAM	ORIGINAL	PLAYER	DETAILS

32	-	Tyson Foerster
33	-	Roni Hirvonen
34	-	Justin Sourdif
35	-	Ozzy Wiesblatt
36	-	Ryan O'Rourke
37		Brendan Brisson
38	-	Emil Andrae
39	-	William Wallinder
40		Ridly Greig
41	-	Topi Niemelä	Draft Pick Forfeited
42	-	Ty Smilanic
43		Shakir Mukhamadullin
44	-	Jake Neighbours
45	-	Lukas Cormier
46	-	Thomas Bordeleau
47		Daniil Gushchin
48	-	Tyler Tullio
49		Kasper Simontaival
50		Jean-Luc Foudy	Sidenote here -- If Foudy genuinely falls this far, I will be shocked.
51	-	Luke Evangelista
52	-	Vasili Ponomarev
53		Veeti Miettinen
54		Alexander Pashin
55		Luke Tuch
56		Joni Jurmo
57	-	Martin Chromiak
58		Daniel Torgersson
59	-	Antonio Stranges
60		Anton Johannesson
61		Zayde Wisdom
62	-	Sam Colangelo

Jul. 13, 2020 at 11:06 p.m.

Drw4209

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Red Wings are taking Raymond (unless Stutzle or Byfield drop). Their head of euro scouting is based out of Frolunda

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Jul. 13, 2020 at 11:18 p.m.

ChiHawk

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Sanderson won't go ahead of Drysdale...that would be nuts.

Chicago is reported to be scouting Sanderson, Lundell and Quinn the most. Askarov is not happening in Chicago.

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Jul. 14, 2020 at 1:09 a.m.

Preston_Mattesich

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I love this draft. I think there is a legit chance that Yzerman takes Sanderson because of his defensive upside, but who knows, as a devils fan, that may be wishful thinking. Btw I love the picks that the Devils made. Both are players that I feel will make a huge impact on the organization going forward and the explanations you gave for each pick are phenomenal!

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Jul. 14, 2020 at 3:29 a.m.

Leafs_and_Sens_Fan

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Hope the Sens get Stutzle and Rossi OR Byfield and Raymond.

Wouldn't be disappointed with Drysdale either.

Jul. 14, 2020 at 9:01 a.m.

DiehardRedWingsFan58

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No way is Detroit taking Sanderson at #4 Still praying Stutzle falls to #4 but that's extremely doubtful. Yzerman probably takes either Raymond or Holtz at #4

Jul. 14, 2020 at 10:47 a.m.

Remus

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Ducks are not passing on Drysdale. I dismiss any drafts that don’t have him going there

Jul. 14, 2020 at 8:30 p.m.

Richard88

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Peterka would be a good pick for Colorado. I'd select Reichel before him though.

Jul. 15, 2020 at 11:06 a.m.

cappawana

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Quoting: HabsFan9

Ducks are not passing on Drysdale. I dismiss any drafts that don’t have him going there

I honestly made a huge, super dumb mistake in this draft. I somehow completely forgot the Ducks have Trevor Zegras. I would just flip Rossi and Drysdale, so Jamie Drysdale goes to Anaheim and Marco Rossi goes to New Jersey.

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Jul. 15, 2020 at 4:59 p.m.

CD282

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I don't dislike your Oilers pick at 23, but your verbal is all wrong: Nugent-Hopkins' departure isn't "likely" and Draisaitl is already a center.

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