As the NHL Draft grows ever closer, the Habsent Minded crew got together for their second annual Mock Draft special.
Patrik Bexell, Matt Drake, Jared Book, and Anton Rasegård used Draft Prospect’s draft simulator with Bob McKenzie’s ranking and we turned the randomness down to about 33%.
In every scenario, the first four picks were Connor Bedard, Adam Fantilli, Will Smith, and Leo Carlsson in some order. That meant there was a decision to be made with the fifth overall pick. Keep in mind that we limited trades from happening, although the tool itself allows trades using the draft pick value chart.
We went in three different directions with the #5 pick with David Reinbacher, Matvei Michkov, and Ryan Leonard being selected.
Everyone picked a goaltender and everyone picked at least one right-handed defenceman which is an organizational need at this time.
| PICK | PATRIK | JARED | ANTON | MATT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | DAVID REINBACHER, RD | RYAN LEONARD, F | MATVEI MICHKOV, F | MATVEI MICHKOV, F |
| 31 | EDUARD SALE, LW | BRADLY NADEAU, F | GAVIN BRINDLEY, F | QUENTIN MUSTY, F |
| 37 | FELIX NILSSON, C | OSKAR FISKER MOLGAARD, C | MICHAEL HRABAL, G | KALIN LIND, C |
| 69 | LUCA PINELLI, C | JAYDEN PERRON, F | ARAM MINNETIAN, RD | ADAM GAJAN, G |
| 101 | TOMAS SUCHANEK, G | MATTHEW MANIA, RD | FELIX UNGER SORUM, F | DYLAN MACKINNON, RD |
| 110 | JORDAN TOURIGNY, RD | JOEY WILLIS, F | ONDREJ MOLNAR, F | BRADY CLEVELAND, LD |
| 128 | ZEB FORSFJÄLL, F | THOMAS MILIC, G | JORDAN TOURIGNY, RD | ZEB FORSFJÄLL, F |
| 133 | ALEX WEIERMAIR, F | HOYT STANLEY, RD | BEN ROBERTSON, LD | KADEN HAMELL, RD |
| 144 | AUSTIN ROEST, C | BECKETT HENDRICKSON, LW | JOEY WILLIS, F | AUSTIN ROEST, C |
| 165 | RYAN FINE, C | CARTER SOTHERAN, RD | CARTER SOTHERAN, RD | TY HIGGINS, RD |
| 197 | LIAM ENGSTROM, F | ALBERT WIKMAN, LD | BECKETT HENDRIKSON, LW | COLE BURBIDGE, F |
Be sure to check out our full drafts and reasoning in the podcast below.
