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???):
- Toronto Maple Leafs: C Auston Matthews
- Calgary Flames: RW Patrik Laine
- Vancouver Canucks: RW Jesse Puljujarvi
- Edmonton Oilers: D Jakob Chychrun
- Columbus Blue Jackets: LW Matthew Tkachuk
- Winnipeg Jets: D Olli Juolevi
- Arizona Coyotes: RW / LW Alexander Nylander
- Buffalo Sabres: D Dante Fabbro
- Montreal Canadiens: D Mikhail Sergachyov
- Colorado Avalanche: LW Pierre-Luc Dubois
- New Jersey Devils: C Clayton Keller
- Ottawa Senators: C Tyson Jost
- Carolina Hurricanes C German Rubtsov
- Boston Bruins LW Kieffer Bellows
