1. Edmonton Oilers - Nail Yakupov RW
The Oilers take the best player in the draft. Needs be damned.
2. Columbus Blue Jackets - Ryan Murray D
The BJ's, with a pretty much completely horrible team, take the top defenseman.
3. Montreal Canadiens - Mikhail Grigorenko C
Despite reservations and cries of "Wah! Kovalev! Wah!", the Habs take the best center in the draft.
4. New York Islanders - Matthew Dumba D
The Islanders need good... well anything. Dumba reminds them of a young Mark Streit.
5. Toronto Maple Leafs - Alex Galchenyuk C/LW
Injuries? Who cares? He's substantially better than any center in the system. Including the NHL team.
6. Anaheim Ducks - Filip Forsberg W
The Ducks look to the future and take a direct replacement for Teemu Selanne.
7. Minnesota Wild - Jacob Trouba D
The Wild, perhaps the only team worse than Columbus, finally realize trading Burns was a mistake.
8. Carolina Hurricanes - Radek Faksa C/RW
The 'Canes hate taking defensemen. They did it last year, so they take a forward this year.
9. Winnipeg Jets - Teuvo Teravainen RW
The Jets get the uber-talented and intelligent Teravainen out of the SM-Liiga.
10. Tampa Bay Lightning - Griffin Reinhart D
The Bolts need a big, commanding defenseman. Apparently.
11. Washington Capitals - Morgan Rielly D
The Caps are surprised when injury-riddled Rielly falls into their lap. They're happy to take him.
12. Buffalo Sabres - Zemgus Girgensons C
The Sabres go off the board for some name swag from Latvia. Also, he's a big centerman.
13. Dallas Stars - Cody Ceci D
The Stars are fortunate to get Ceci here. The big, mobile defenseman is a good fit.
14. Calgary Flames - Olli Määttä D
Maatta plays a very advanced defensive game. A system thin on defensemen gets a good one.
15. Ottawa Senators - Sebastian Collberg RW
A lot of mock drafts think the Sens are a good fit for sniper Collberg. I agree.
16. Florida Panthers - Pontus Aberg W
The Panthers, in need of... you know... good players, take the speed demon from Sweden.
17. San Jose Sharks - Brendan Gaunce C
A sysem in need of, quite literally, everything, takes a big, solid defensive forward.
18. Chicago Blackhawks - Malcolm Subban G
Questions about Campbell are addressed with the addition of the "best" goalie in the draft.
19. Tampa Bay Lightning - Andrei Vasilevski G
The Lightning look for a quick fix in the nets.
20. Boston Bruins - Brady Skjei D
The reeling Bruins take the best player available, the underrated Skjei (pronounced "Shay")
21. Pittsburgh Penguins - Slater Koekkoek D
The Pens groan because they had their eye on Skjei. Injured Koekkoek is the next best.
22. Vancouver Canucks - Derrick Pouliot D
The Canucks apparently miss Christian Ehrhoff.
23. Washington Capitals - Phillip Di Giuseppe C
The Caps go off the board a tad and take the top college draftee.
24. Philadelphia Flyers - Dalton Thrower D
The Flyers add the nasty Thrower. He's not big, but put up surprising numbers this season.
25. Buffalo Sabres - Hampus Lindholm D
The Sabres take a chance on a late riser out of Sweden.
26. St. Louis Blues - Tomas Hertl C
Hertl has been scoring in the Czech league. The Blues hope he does the same in NA.
27. New Jersey Devils - Jordan Schmaltz D
The Devils like Schmaltz's mobility and offense. Like a young Scott Niedermayer.
28. Phoenix Coyotes - Matt Finn D
The Coyotes like the well-rounded, flashless game of the Guelph Storm defender.
29. New York Rangers - Nicolas Kerdiles C/LW
The Rangers like physical forwards. It was Miller last year, now they take Kerdiles.
30. Columbus Blue Jackets - Ludvig Byström D
Another riser out of Sweden, the Jackets seem to make the Los Angeles pick count.
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