Well, the 2nd round of the playoffs is over, and a few more draft positions (most notably the Flames' #22) are set in stone. I only did 2 mocks last year, but it's fun and stuff, so I decided to do another one RIGHT NOW. Only this time, there's a twist. I decided (pretty much right after I posted the last one) that I wanted to do something different. Something... interesting. You can go anywhere (to many sites much more useful than mine) and find mock drafts littered with sensible picks. Informative, but boring (well, not really).
No. This time, I wanted to gift my readers (yes, all six of you!) with something you won't find anywhere else. A mock draft that's littered with insanity from start to finish. (You know, as if every team was run by Scott Howson).
In every draft, someone does something ridiculous (2007: Los Angeles takes Thomas Hickey 4th overall for no apparent reason), sometimes many someones (2012: Garth Snow offers Howson ALL of the Islanders' picks in order to move up TWO spots; Howson, when offered ALL the Islanders' draft picks for his 2nd overall (which would move him down to 4th) TURNS DOWN THE OFFER; the Islanders take Griffin Reinhart 4th; Carolina trades their 8th pick and a lot of other great stuff for Jordan Staal; Pittsburg drafts Derrick Pouliot 8th; Grigorenko drops to 12th; Teravainen drops to 18th; Calgary, after trading down, drafts Mark Jankowski) and makes the rest of the draft supremely interesting. It always happens. No one sees it coming. So, I thought I'd try my hand at predicting some of these reaches (not trades, because that would mess up the draft order). All at the same time. In one mock draft.
So, without further wasting of time, here is my 2013 NHL Entry Draft: First Round Mock II.
And Madness Ensued. (Disclaimer: someone (a GM perhaps) might be offended by this. I say suck it up, this is a blog).
