2016 NHL Mock Draft

NHL Central Scouting has just released their Midterm Rankings, found here, so why not do a mock draft. It has been a while since I used the NHL Draft Lottery Simulator.

The NHL Draft Order is determined by a draft lottery. The top 3 picks are a draft lottery pick. I ran the lottery simulator once.

Who was the winner of the NHL draft lottery for 2016? The Toronto Maple Leafs!! They can finally draft a franchise changing player in Auston Matthews.

Here are the NHL draft lottery results. Remember the top 3 picks are lottery picks:

Here are the Picks (Can you believe no Canadian team made the playoffs???):

1. Toronto Maple Leafs: C Auston Matthews
2. Calgary Flames: RW Patrik Laine
3. Vancouver Canucks: RW Jesse Puljujarvi
4. Edmonton Oilers: D Jakob Chychrun
5. Columbus Blue Jackets: LW Matthew Tkachuk 
6. Winnipeg Jets: D Olli Juolevi
7. Arizona Coyotes: RW / LW Alexander Nylander
8. Buffalo Sabres: D Dante Fabbro
9. Montreal Canadiens: D Mikhail Sergachyov
10. Colorado Avalanche: LW Pierre-Luc Dubois
11. New Jersey Devils: C Clayton Keller
12. Ottawa Senators: C Tyson Jost
13. Carolina Hurricanes C German Rubtsov
14. Boston Bruins LW Kieffer Bellows