[Update - Bumped to top of Blog as Draft is tomorrow.]
Game 5 of the Stanley Cup Final goes tonight, which can only mean it is time to start planning the FunHL's NHL Entry Draft - Mock Draft. Are you with me?
Seriously, enjoy the last few games while you can because it is a LONG summer.
That said, there are a few bursts of Fantasy Hockey Fun before the puck drops again in October.
The FunHL Entry Draft (and off season trades) for one; the spate of Free Agent signings leading up to and after July 1st; the decision on the Winnipeg franchise's nickname (seriously, it just has to be the Jets); and of course the NHL Entry Draft on June 24th and 25th from Minnesota. I had sent out an e-mail to everyone about the Oiler's $100K Draft Contest but that doesn't have the same pride element that competing against your pool-peers might have, so here is the challenge:
Post your own Mock Draft in the comments below.
Scoring will be as follows:
5pts for every correct name correctly identified as being selected in the first round (max. 150pts);
5pts for every name correctly identified at their draft slot (NOT the team) (max. 150pts);
bonus +5 pts for every selection made correctly, in order, from the start of the draft until the first mistake (max. 150pts - yes correctly predicting that the Oilers will take Ryan Nugent-Hopkins 1st overall will yeild you 15pts even if you are incorrect in believeing that Colorado will take Sean Couturier at number 2).
I will try and link with some of the Rankings and Mock Draft's that are out there as I see them but for now here are a couple:
Craig Button's Top 30
Craig Button's Mock Draft v1.0
Central Scouting Final Rankings
International Scouting Service May 30th Rankings
The Hockey Writers
My NHL Draft.com
If you have other suggestions, feel free to add them. Good luck.
1. The Nuge
ReplyDelete2. Larrson
3. Landeskog
4. Couturier
5. Huberdeau
6. Strome
7. Hamilton
8. Murphy
9. Bartschi
10. Arnia
11. Siemens
12. Zibenejad
13. McNeil
14. Phillips
15. Kochlachev
16. Saad
17. Oleksiak
18. Puempel
19. Beaulieu
20. Brodin
21. Musil
22. Gibson,J
23. Grimaldi
24. Jurco
25. Biggs
26. Klefbom
27. Mayfield
28. Rattie
29. Jensen
30. Rakell
1. Nugent-Hopkins
ReplyDelete2. Larsson
3. Huberdeau
4. Landeskog
5. Couturier
6. Strome
7. Hamilton
8. Siemens
9. Murphy
10. Zibanejad
11. Armia
12. Bartschi
13. McNeill
14. Beaulieu
15. Scheifele
16. Oleksiak
17. Jensen
18. Saad
19. Klefbom
20. Biggs
21. Puempel
22. Brodin
23. Jurco
24. J.T.Miller
25. Phillips
26. Khokhlachev
27. Namestnikov
28. Rattie
29. Morrow
30. Grimaldi
Bob's List
ReplyDelete1.Nugent-Hopkins - c edm
2.Landeskog - lw col
3.Huberdeau c fla
4.Larrson d njd
5.Couturier c nyi
6.Strome c ott
7.Zibanejad c win
8.Scheifele c phi
9.Murphy d bst
10.Hamilton d min
11.Brodin d col
12.Armia rw car
13.MacNeil c cgy
14.Beaulieu d dal
15.Bartschi, lw nyr
16.Phillips, c buf
17.Oleksiak, d mtl
18.Biggs, r chi
19.Seimens, d edm
20.Puempel, lw phx
21.Jensen, rw ott
22.Musil, d ana
23.Jurco, rw, pit
24.Klefbom, d det
25.Miller, c tor
26.Saad, lw was
27.Morrow D tbl
28.Jenner, c sjs
29.Percy d van
30.Rattie, lw tor
31.Gibson,J g, edm
there is my list...
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ReplyDeletephi pick 8 - Hamilton D
min pick 10 Armia rw
car pick 12 - Bartschi LW
nyr pick 15 - Schiefele
Congrats to Bob who gets 25 out of 30 names correct, identifies the correct slot for the first 4 selections for 165pts.
ReplyDeleteI finish second with 26 names out of 30 correct, four correct slots but not in a run from the start.
Cam gets 22 of 30 names right and correctly gets 4 of them in the right slot, but again not in a run from the start.
Bob also was the only one to suggest that Percy would be a 1st rounder and slotted Zibanejad into the top 7.