NHL Entry Draft: Full First Round Mock Draft, Fourth Edition

NHL Entry Draft: 27 Team’s Positions Have Been Solidified in the Draft Order. So Let’s Jump Into Our Fourth Edition of our First Round Mock Draft.

The NHL Entry Draft is getting close and for every hockey fan, this is a day we all look forward too. It’s a day in which we get to see which cornerstone players our favorite teams select and who they end up moving in order to move up the draft.

For instance, this season a few teams acquired an additional first-round pick, these teams were St. Louis who got Washington’s first rounder plus some other picks when they acquired Kevin Shattenkirk. And Arizona who got theirs via Minnesota when they were finally able to deal Martin Hanzal. The Dallas Stars will receive Anaheim’s first round pick that was acquired when they moved forward Patrick Eaves, the pick was a conditional second if Eaves played more than 50% of the Ducks playoff games and they advanced to the Western Final the Second Round pick would turn into a First Round pick. And the Ducks did so when they beat out Edmonton.

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Now let’s dive into our fourth mock draft, we have a lot of new teams appearing in new spots and a couple of new faces as well. Keep in mind these are all picks that I myself feel would be the best for every organization moving forward. With 12 teams having been eliminated from the playoffs, more selection spots have been solidified.

Picks 1-27 were determined by the NHL Draft Lottery results and the teams placing’s due to overall standings and playoff elimination, the first 27 picks were given, courtesy of Wikipedia, For the remaining 4, this randomizer at http://www.randomlists.com/random-nhl-team/ was used again.