On NHL Draft day, consider yourselves sufficiently mocked
Puck Daddy —
... to be second only to the Major League Baseball mock draft in blind estimation and utter unpredictability. Take the Chicago Blackhawks: In seven different NHL Mock Drafts we surveyed, they were predicted to select five different players with the 11th pick: Colten Teubert, Colin Wilson, Zach Boychuk, Greg Nemiscz and Luca Sbisa. This whole thing pretty much makes Dr. Ian Malcolm's chaos theory look like an exact science by comparison. Check out the following Mock Drafts at My NHL Draft, Draft Nation, The Hockey News, The National Post, ...
Hockey Mockery
Kuklas Korner —
Can someone please explain what is the appeal of “mock drafts”? To echo Jamie Fitzpatrick’s question on the subject today: “What exactly is the point of these exercises?”
Some links—a few of which I shamelessly ripped off from Puck Daddy today—include My NHL Draft, Draft Nation, The Hockey News, The National Post, TSN, The Milford Daily News, Illegal Curve and NHL Draft Site.
No disrespect intended; they look like a lot of work to put ...
How do you want the Dallas Stars' season to end?
Defending Big D —
... Currently, the Stars sit in the ninth position in the draft. This means they will be included in the draft lottery that determines the number one overall pick, with a weighted system applied to each corresponding ranking at the end of the season. The Stars have a 4.7% chance of winning the lottery, but NHL rules dictate that teams can only move up a maximum of four spots in the draft. So conceivably, if the Stars stayed in ninth at the end of the season they could move as high as the 5th overall pick. But what happens with an 0-3-0 finish? ...
Today is NHL Draft Lottery Day!
Pension Plan Puppets —
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LW M. Svensson-Paajarvi
Here are a few mock drafts as things stand right now:
MyNHLDraft
Nazem Kadri
Total Pro Sports
Brayden ...
Afternoon Delight: Canada vs Sweden
IllegalCurve.com —
... The Hot List today features Jacob Josefson, who I will be seeing in about 90 minutes.
The Toronto Maple Leafs are prepared to make a deal to land John Tavares.
Seven Oilers will represent their countries at the World Championships.
Melt Your Face Off has a link to some pictures of Stanley Cup engravings, and the mistakes contained therein. (H/T Puck Daddy).
Just in time for the draft lottery, a mock draft! One more to keep you busy.
Afternoon Delight will be cut ...
Mock Drafting Mockery
Avs Talk - A Colorado Avalanche Blog —
... therefore contain a nice little fail in them where they have the Avs drafting second overall, which is an impossibility. But if you like speculating, here's some more fodder for you. And don't forget, we'll be able to make even more informed random speculation once the first 14 slots are determined after the draft lottery tonight at 6:00pm MT on TSN and VS. Related links NHL Draft Site 2009 Mock Draft Total Pro Sports 2009 Mock Draft MyNHLDraft 2009 Mock Draft ...
NHL Draft Lottery set for tonight; some notes on Tom Hicks
Defending Big D —
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Dallas Stars
Brayden Schenn, Center, Brandon (WHL)
MyNHLDraft.com
8 Jared Cowen Drafted ...
Being Crappy Pays Off In The End
Bolts by the Bay | A Tampa Bay Lightning Blog —
... fewest points had the chance to win the first overall selection; no team could move up more than four spots and no team could move backward more than one.
The main reason why it was so important to finish in one of the top two spots, was this draft has two consensus sure-fire NHL studs at the top of it. The NHL draft is different than most of the major sports leagues, in that the top players, generally are never busts.
Let’s get into some analysis obatined from MyNHLDraft.com.
Jon Tavares - This player is a future ...
Capitals Mock Drafts
Capitals Kremlin —
... Chris Kreider - C
NHLDraftSite.com
Jordan Caron - C
MyDraftNHL.com
Nick Leddy - D
NHL.com ...
2009 NHL Draft Prospect Preview: Jacob Josefson
Blueshirt Banter —
... One of the best sites out there for NHL Draft coverage is MyNHLDraft, and they've recently updated their mock draft,and they currently have the ...
2009 NHL Draft preview
Defending Big D —
... Stars into what he believes to be a successful team.
Follow the jump for the rest of the draft preview, including a list of the top 30 prospects and several mock drafts.
Here are the top prospects in the draft, ranked according to an average between several media sources.
NHLdraftnotes.com has a good list of prospects from the Western Hockey league as well, complete with scouting reports and grades.
MyNHLDraft.com has a constantly updating mock draft, with the Stars making the ...
David Conte at the Draft: Devils Picks Since 1994
In Lou We Trust —
... Even Parise played another season with the University of North Dakota after he was drafted. So it makes no sense to have the first round or even the seventh round pick try and fit a current positional need.
Hopefully this has provided some background on what David Conte and the Devils' scouting staff has done since the 1994 NHL Entry Draft. With the 2009 NHL Draft approaching, now is a good idea to pursue and peruse the various mock drafts and prospect profiles out there.
Feel free to offer ...
Stargazing: 2009 NHL Draft mock extravaganza
Defending Big D —
... in the system.
HF has the Stars drafting Dmitry Kulikov in the #8 spot in their mock draft.
Hockey's Future is a great source for news and profiles on every NHL prospect, so if you are looking for some in-depth breakdowns of who the Stars might be drafting next weekend,
be sure to check them out.
Here's a rundown of most of the mock drafts available on the web (My thoughts at the end):
MyNHLDraft.com: ...
Mock Draft: MyNHLDraft
Blue Seat Blogs —
... In the next installment of our mock drafts, we follow the guys over at My NHL Draft. Their draft is actually more reflective of how I would do the draft, with the Islanders taking Victor Hedman #1 overall. You can’t pass on an 18-year old 6′4 220 lb defenseman who can score, hit, and play well in all three zones. They are incredibly rare. He would be the rock on defense that DiPietro so desperately needs. But then again, from a management standpoint, you can’t pass on Tavares and the revenue he would bring to Long Island. ...
Stargazing: Live from The 2009 NHL Draft
Defending Big D —
... Round 1 begins on Versus tonight at 7pm ET -Coverage of Rounds 2-7 starts on NHL Network tomorrow morning at 10am ET
Latest mock drafts:
Bleacher.com mock draft from a Canucks contributor (Stars pick: Kulikov-D)
USA Today's latest mock draft (Stars pick: Ekman-Larsson-D)
Mock draft from Canada.com and the Edmonton Journal (Stars pick: Kulikov-D)
Mynhldraft.com promises frequent updates as we get closer (Stars pick: ...
