2020 NHL mock draft: Detroit Red Wings add much-needed talent

Check out our latest 2020 NHL Mock Draft, which goes for two rounds!

There’s a lot that needs to be figured out before the 2020 NHL Draft happens. However, it’s never too early to start doing mock drafts. In this 2020 NHL mock draft, we projected the first two rounds with some help from our friends.

Before we get into the draft, let’s look at some trades that were made. Now, there were players involved and they were considered future considerations, as the draft will likely happen prior to the end of the season. Contending teams that are cap-strapped won’t deal an impact player before the postseason, but also would want to, in order to free cap. That said, the player wouldn’t be officially dealt until the off-season begins.

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The first trade was between Minnesota and Chicago. Chicago dealt their ninth overall pick to the Wild for the 11th and 54th overall picks. Then Chicago followed that up by trading the newly acquired 11th and 54th overall picks to Winnipeg for their 12th and 43rd overall picks.

Florida dealt their 14th and 45th overall picks to Ottawa for the 21st, 33rd, 52nd and 53rd picks. Following that, Calgary dealt their 16th overall pick to the Arizona Coyotes for a 2021 first round pick and the 41st overall pick.

After that was a four pick swap between Carolina and Minnesota, with Minnesota moving their 25th and 42nd overall selections to Carolina for their 19th and 54th overall picks.

The first player trade was between Tampa Bay and Montreal. The deal was the rights to Alex Killorn once his contract became a modified-no-trade-clause for the 39th overall pick.

Then Ottawa traded their 46th overall pick to the Islanders for a third round pick in 2020 and 2021. The Islanders quickly flipped the 46th pick to the Maple Leafs, who dealt their 50th overall pick along with the rights to Tyson Barrie.

Then one of the most controversial trades in the draft happened, when Toronto traded Jeremy Bracco to the Canadiens for the 58th overall selection. Following that trade up, and the last trade of the two round mock, Philadelphia sent Shayne Gostisbehere to the Canadiens for a 2021 2nd and the 61st overall selection in 2020.

The reasons behind each deal will be discussed as the picks roll in, so if you are interested in the deals you can scroll ahead to the picks that were dealt to see why we did what we did! Now, onto the picks!