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Dach may be a few years away from making an impact for the Oilers — at least a couple years away — but his upside is right up there with the top-end talents in this draft class.

That mock will be predicting the prospects that I’m led to believe the teams will take — based on feedback and new information from fellow scouts, media and fans — whereas this mock, which has already been in the works for months, is more so who I would take for each team as of today. ANALYSIS: This is where the 2019 draft gets really interesting and we might even see a trade here — a shuffling within the top five where Chicago moves down but still gets the guy they want. Hoglander isn’t big, but he’s sturdy and strong on the puck. So my selection may not be well received by the online community.

I could see that scenario playing out.eval(ez_write_tag([[300,250],'thehockeywriters_com-large-mobile-banner-2','ezslot_8',679,'0','0'])); Byram is drawing favourable comparisons to Drew Doughty and being touted as the best defence prospect from the WHL since Scott Niedermayer. ANALYSIS: The Sabres know their Swedes and love their Swedes. Those questions will all be answered in Vancouver on June 21 — and I’ll be in attendance to witness those walks to the stage at Rogers Arena, credentialed to cover the 2019 NHL Entry Draft for The Hockey Writers — but it’s a guessing game between now and then.eval(ez_write_tag([[580,400],'thehockeywriters_com-medrectangle-3','ezslot_0',662,'0','0'])); For any aspiring scout or wannabe general manager, the rest of June feels like Christmas Eve and mock drafts are the gifts that keep on giving. All signs point to the Panthers signing Artemi Panarin as a Russian sniper to mentor 2018 first-rounder Grigori Denisenko, and 2017 first-rounder Owen Tippett will also be joining the fold as a shoot-first Canadian winger. 2. Byram was looking more and more like a No. ANALYSIS: With their second pick of the first round, Colorado is set up well to select their goaltender of the future and a present teammate of their top pick, Zegras. It went as follows: That's quite a few trades. Height/Weight: 5-foot-11.25, 172 pounds (CO), Playoff Stats: 7 GP-4 G-7 A-11 PTS (WJC-18), Regular Season Stats: 63 GP-14 G-51 A-65 PTS (NTDP), 28 GP-7 G-26 A-33 PTS (USHL). Byram has established himself as the consensus third-best prospect, but the Blackhawks have drafted defencemen with five of their top six picks over the last three years, including the last four in a row. Florida has a solid defence as of today, but the future is a bit bleak on the back end in terms of high-end prospects.

In our evaluation of what Montreal did, we won’t include players for picks as this would skew things.

Along with countless other analysts and draft enthusiasts, I have spent over a year preparing for that date: the first round of the 2019 NHL Entry Draft. ANALYSIS: Caufield’s fall is halted here. The closest comparables for this trade can be seen with the moves made by San Jose, New Jersey and Carolina. Opinions on all the decisions made by the Canadiens over the two days of the draft. If he could bottle that up on a consistent basis, Honka would still be a top-10 prospect for 2019. Dallas GM Jim Nill won’t be scared off, coming from the same Detroit background as Yzerman where they reaped a lot of rewards thanks to their Russians. Height/Weight: 5-foot-7.25, 163 pounds (CO), Playoff Stats: 7 GP-14 G-4 A-18 PTS (WJC-18), Regular Season Stats: 64 GP-72 G-28 A-100 PTS (NTDP), 28 GP-29 G-12 A-41 PTS (USHL). All potential first-rounders, but Brink stands out from that pack for the Flames given their recent success with drafting from the USHL. And sometimes swinging for the fences on prospects who should potential or have elements in their game that really stand out can be a smart strategy.

Some of those scouts think Dorofeyev should be in the top-10 conversation and that he’d be a steal here. ANALYSIS: That run of defencemen, with five of the last six picks, has left Calgary a lot of forwards to choose from — the aforementioned Suzuki, McMichael, Nick Robertson, Beecher and Mastrosimone, plus a couple QMJHLers in Jakob Pelletier and Samuel Poulin being among the many options here. Jack Hughes or Kaapo Kakko? Toronto traded their 208th selection to St-Louis for a seventh round pick in 2020. Kaliyev is one of this year’s elite scorers — a 50-goal man in the OHL — but he’s not without his flaws, which makes his fall into the twenties more believable than Byram being available at No. The question remains though, did Montreal maximise their assets and do well trade-wise during the draft?

Even so, it feels like the Habs didn’t fully maximize the potential return they could have gotten. On the second day of the draft we saw a lot of activity, beginning as early at the third pick of the second round (#34).

This will probably be the one most people argue didn’t get full value. Adding Harley would give the Islanders an embarrassment of riches, with Devon Toews coming off a breakout season as an older rookie in ascending to the Isles’ top power-play unit during the playoffs, while Sebastian Aho, Mitch Vande Sompel and Parker Wotherspoon are all trending well in the AHL. ANALYSIS: Washington may be more inclined to take a forward here — perhaps Egor Afanasyev or Nils Hoglander, having drafted defence-heavy in recent years — but Seider strikes me as a prospect that would really appeal to the Capitals.

The Canadiens traded #50, worth 130 in the chart. The 2019 NHL Entry Draft was the 57th NHL Entry Draft.The draft was held on June 21–22, 2019 at Rogers Arena in Vancouver, British Columbia.. Yes, Turcotte’s upside could be higher than Dylan Strome since he’s a much better skater and more of a two-way presence like Toews. Ottawa could definitely be the team to take that chance if Tomasino is still available here. Over 2 million monthly readers now come to THW for their hockey fix. Adding Newhook, who may take a few more seasons to develop into an impactful NHLer, would also make Vancouver incredibly fun to watch in the years to come. Detroit traded their pick #143 to Buffalo for picks #177 and #191. The other two forwards that I strongly considered for Tampa Bay were Nolan Foote and Brayden Tracey, both from the WHL. Forty-three players jockey for position on this year’s list. ANALYSIS: Tampa considers all the same forwards as Calgary and decides to go with Nick Robertson, one of the youngest prospects in this draft class who outshone most of those peers at the Hlinka Gretzky Cup and again at the CHL Top Prospects Game. With more time on my hands than usual this spring, I really hunkered down in May — spending much of that month putting the finishing touches on this year’s mock, the culmination of hundreds or quite possibly thousands of hours dedicated to the 2019 draft class.eval(ez_write_tag([[580,400],'thehockeywriters_com-medrectangle-4','ezslot_2',664,'0','0'])); The older I get, now 34, the more I’m enjoying the scouting side of hockey — to the point of considering a career shift from the media side. The Sabres might go forward-heavy in this year’s draft after using five of six picks on defencemen in 2018, but to come out of the first round with Broberg and Hoglander would be quite the boon for Buffalo. Hughes is also very marketable as an American kid. He’s definitely the most explosive defender to come out of the Dub since Ivan Provorov. Los Angeles Kings’ Anze Kopitar: Hall of Fame Worthy? Beecher might not be the consensus best player available — not with Suzuki shockingly still on the board — but Beecher is very much the type of pick we’ve come to expect from Boston. Sakic knows all about that swagger and what Roy’s confidence meant to Colorado’s success during their playing careers. ANALYSIS: The Stars have a history of selecting Russian forwards in the first round, albeit with mediocre results — Valeri Nichushkin and Denis Gurianov. Playoff Stats: 7 GP-9 G-11 A-20 PTS (WCJ-18), 4 GP-0 G-4 A-4 PTS (WJC-20)eval(ez_write_tag([[300,250],'thehockeywriters_com-large-mobile-banner-1','ezslot_7',668,'0','0'])); Regular Season Stats: 50 GP-34 G-78 A-112 PTS (NTDP), 24 GP-12 G-36 A-48 PTS (USHL). San Jose traded their pick #153 to Washington for picks #211 and a 2020 seventh round selection.

The Finnish Matthews — Kakko has patented his game after Auston Matthews — has franchise player written all over him and should make an immediate impact in Manhattan. Most pundits are pegging the Habs draft as a relative success. It went as follows: 1. ANALYSIS: The Islanders already have a plethora of promising offensive defencemen in their system — highlighted by 2018 first-rounder Noah Dobson — but you can never have too much of a good thing and point-producing defenders will always have value. The Flyers traded their 201st selection to Montreal for a seventh rounder in 2020.

As much as the Kings could use an electrifying forward like Zegras to spark their future offence, Byram would be Blake’s first choice among the next three — ahead of Turcotte and Zegras. Montreal traded the 136th overall pick to Florida for a fifth round pick in 2020. Krebs is a big-time talent, the first overall pick from his WHL bantam draft year ahead of Dach and Byram. Vancouver traded pick #102 to Buffalo for #122 and #175. ANALYSIS: Getting Byram and Kaliyev with their two first-round picks would be a dream come true for Blake and all the Kings’ fans. Obviously, the potential of this draft class will only be realized down the road. Jack Hughes (LHC, USNTDP) 2.

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