HW Community Mock Draft 2013: Day 3

On the board: WildFinn. You have until 12:00AM CDT to make your pick!

Spots still open: MTL, OTT, PHI, VAN

Day 2 Recap

After a late start (whoops...), the draft resumed with prospects being selected at their projected spots. There were very few surprises on Day 2 with teams making the smart choices for their organization.

However, trades were now starting to happen as prospects begin to fall and as some teams get anxious on getting their top players.

With the New Jersey Devils about to select at #9, GM Flying Finns made a strong push and traded away their 15th overall pick, their 3rd and 6th round picks in order to push up. Once the deal was made, the Islanders were pleased to select Sean Monahan, originally ranked #6 by Hockey Wilderness.

Day 3 will now start with the Winnipeg Jets!

DAY 1 SELECTIONS

8TH OVERALL - The Buffalo Sabres select physical Russian defenseman Nikita Zadorov.

HW Danccchan's Take:

The team has a very well-rounded prospect pool so they add a prospect that brings a special talent; the ability to be a dominant hardhitting and gritty player

9TH OVERALL - The New York Islanders select two-way centerman Sean Monahan.

General Manager Flying Finns!:

A great two way center and leader with a very high hockey IQ in the mold of David Krejci.
Fantastic at draws and will form a dangerous 1-2 punch with Tavares-Strome / Monahan-Niederreiter in the future..

10TH OVERALL - The Dallas Stars select goal-scorer Hunter Shinkaruk

General Manager Mike Murphy "Dig Deep":

The first and most obvious reason is the name. I am not sure what a Shinkaruk is but it sounds like the Inuit word for “Snow Demon"… that alone is reason enough for me to take him. Apparently he also is pretty good at hockey which is a big plus.

There are a lot of needs in Dallas but what strikes me as something that is a serious problem is the recent trend to get older via trades and free agency over the past two years, especially in the top six forwards. Obviously Jagr is gone but Erik Cole and Ray Whitney remain and the two geriatric forwards are under contract until the end of the upcoming season. I heard from an unreliable source that Whitney and Cole are so old that they arrive to games in an oxen-drawn covered wagon like the ones from Oregon Trail. In a perfect world the veterans would serve as solid stopgaps and teachers until a prospect emerges in the Dallas system that looks like they are ready to play top six minutes and give Loui Eriksson and Jamie Benn a little bit of help putting the puck into the opponent’s net. Shinkaruk could very well be that guy.

Hunter Shinkaruk supposedly can play both wing and center which is something that Dallas should be thrilled about and he is one of the most outstanding offensive players available in this year’s draft. Shinkaruk represents skill, creativity, and a potential top-line scorer which is something every hockey team can use and the last time I checked the Dallas Stars play hockey.

Now, in accordance with the tradition I just made up, it’s time to give Shinkaruk a pair of boots, a cowboy hat, and a rack of ribs that is three times bigger than his head. Welcome to Texas Hunter. Now let’s go eat some ribs.

11TH OVERALL - The Philadelphia Flyers select huge two-way defenseman Darnell Nurse.

HW Danccchan's Take:

The team lacks bluechip talent at all positions so they pick the prospect with the highest upside. Nurse also has the look and playing style of a future Flyer!

12TH OVERALL - The Phoenix Coyotes select versatile and skilled Alexander Wennberg

General Manager jerem77

The 6-1 C/LW is a great skater with high hockey IQ. He is also responsible defensively and not afraid to throw his body around. Scored 14 goals in the SWE-1 league this past season as well as 2 goals in the World Juniors so the offensive upside is there as well.

TRADES

Minnesota Wild receives: 29th overall 2013

Calgary Flames receives: 46th overall 2013 + 81st overall 2013

New Jersey Devils receives: 15th overall 2013 + 116th overall 2013 + 166th overall 2013

New York Islanders receives: 9th overall 2013

RULES

Remember the rules:

Drafting:

1. Picks will be made in the Mock Draft GDT that will be created every morning at 10AM.
2. You will have 8 hours to make your pick. Otherwise, you will be auto'd using HW rankings. Any time past 12AM will be automatically transferred to the next morning's 10AM thread (e.g 1 hour left + 10AM = 11AM deadline).
   
3. Make you pick in the comments section, with a short description following it.
4. This draft will continue until June 28th.
5. If you miss your pick twice, you will be replaced.
   

Trading:

1. Trading of picks will be allowed. Trading of players will NOT.
2. Send in your trades to my email - danccchan@gmail.com. I need one player to send the proposal, the second player to quote said proposal with a "I approve" statement in the email

Also, when you make your pick, you should make it ion the comments section in the following format:

SUBJECT: With the 1st overall pick, the Colorado Avalanche select Sidney Crosby

MESSAGE: "The Avalanche select Crosby because his free-flowing hair and his ability to grow a mullet"

DRAFT BOARD

ROUND 1

#	Drafting	Name	Pos	Team
1	COL	JONES, SETH	D	PORTLAND (WHL)
2	FLA	MACKINNON, NATHAN	C	HALIFAX (QMJHL)
3	TBL	NICHUSHKIN, VALERI	RW	DYNAMO (RUSSIA)
4	NSH	LINDHOLM, ELIAS	C	BRYNAS (SWEDEN)
5	CAR	DROUIN, JONATHAN	LW	HALIFAX (QMJHL)
6	CGY	BARKOV, ALEKSANDER	C	TAPPARA (FINLAND)
7	EDM	RISTOLAINEN, RASMUS	D	TPS (FINLAND)
8	BUF	ZADOROV, NIKITA	D	LONDON (OHL)
9	NYI (via NJD)	MONAHAN, SEAN	C	OTTAWA (OHL)
10	DAL	SHINKARUK, HUNTER	C/LW	MEDICINE HAT (WHL)
11	PHI	NURSE, DARNELL	D	SAULT STE MARIE (OHL)
12	PHX	WENNBERG, ALEXANDER	C	DJURGARDEN (SWE-2)
13	WPG	DOMI, MAX	C	LONDON (OHL)
14	CBJ	FREDERIK GAUTHIER	C	RIMOUSKI (QMJHL)
15	NJD (via NYI)	ZYKOV, VALENTIN	LW	BAIE-COMEAU (QMJHL)
16	BUF (via MIN)	MANTHA, ANTHONY	RW	VAL-D'PR (QMJHL)
17	OTT	THEODORE, SHEA	D	SEATTLE (WHL)
18	DET
19	CBJ (via NYR)
20	SJS
21	TOR
22	CGY (via STL)
23	WSH
24	VAN
25	MTL
26	ANA
27	CBJ (via LAK)
28	DAL (via BOS)
29	MIN (via CGY)
30	CHI

ROUND 2

#	Drafting	Name	Pos	Team
31	FLA
32	COL
33	TBL
34	MTL (via NSH)
35	CAR
36	MTL (via CGY)
37	EDM
38	BUF
39	NJD
40	DAL
41	PHI
42	PHX
43	WPG
44	CBJ
45	ANA (via NYI)
46	CGY (via MIN)
47	STL (via OTT)
48	DET
49	SJS (via NYR)
50	SJS
51	TOR
52	BUF (via STL)
53	WSH
54	DAL (via VAN)
55	MTL
56	EDM (via ANA)
57	LAK
58	BOS
59	WPG (Comp)
60	SJS (via PIT)
61	WPG (via CHI)

ROUND 3

#	Drafting	Name	Pos	Team
62	PHX (via SJS)
63	COL
64	NSH (via TBL)
65	NYR (via NSH)
66	CAR
67	CGY
68	DAL (via EDM)
69	BUF
70	MIN (via NJD)
71	MTL (via DAL)
72	PHI
73	PHX
74	WPG
75	NYR (via CBJ)
76	NYI
77	PIT (via MIN)
78	OTT
79	DET
80	NYR
81	CGY (via MIN)
82	TOR
83	STL
84	WSH
85	VAN (via FLA)
86	MTL
87	ANA
88	LAK
89	BOS
90	PIT
91	WPG (via CHI)

ROUND 4

#	Drafting	Name	Pos	Team
92	FLA
93	COL
94	STL (via TBL)
95	NSH
96	LAK (via CAR)
97	CGY
98	FLA (via EDM)
99	NSH (via BUF)
100	NJD
101	DAL
102	OTT (via PHI)
103	LAK (via PHX)
104	WPG
105	CBJ
106	NYI
107	MIN
108	OTT
109	DET
110	NYR
111	SJS (via CHI)
112	NSH (via TOR)
113	STL
114	WSH
115	VAN
116	NJD (via NYI)
117	ANA
118	LAK
119	BOS
120	PIT
121	CHI

ROUND 5

#	Drafting	Name	Pos	Team
122	FLA
123	COL
124	TBL
125	NSH
126	CAR
127	WSH (via CGY)
128	EDM
129	BUF
130	BUF (via NJD)
131	DAL
132	PHI
133	PHX
134	WPG
135	CGY (via CLB)
136	NYI
137	MIN
138	OTT
139	DET
140	NSH (via NYR)
141	SJS
142	TOR
143	BUF (via STL)
144	WSH
145	VAN
146	LAK (via MTL)
147	ANA
148	LAK
149	BOS
150	DAL (via PIT)
151	CHI

ROUND 6

#	Drafting	Name	Pos	Team
152	FLA
153	COL
154	TBL
155	NSH
156	CAR
157	CGY
158	EDM
159	BUF
160	NJD
161	DAL
162	PHI
163	PHX
164	WPG
165	CLB
166	NJD (via NYI)
167	MIN
168	OTT
169	DET
170	NYR
171	NSH (via SJS)
172	TOR
173	STL
174	WSH
175	VAN
176	MTL
177	ANA
178	LAK
179	BOS
180	PIT
181	CHI

ROUND 7

#	Drafting	Name	Pos	Team
182	DAL (via FLA)
183	COL
184	TBL
185	NSH
186	TBL (via CAR)
187	CGY
188	EDM
189	BUF
190	WPG (via NJD)
191	LAK (via DAL)
192	PHI
193	PHX
194	PIT (via WPG)
195	CLB
196	NYI
197	MIN
198	CGY (via OTT)
199	DET
200	MIN (via NYR)
201	SJS
202	TOR
203	STL
204	WSH
205	VAN
206	MTL
207	SJS (via ANA)
208	LAK
209	BOS
210	PIT
211	CHI

GM List - LINK HERE

We will be updating the picks as the draft goes along so check this post as well as our twitter, @hockeywildernes, for updates.

For a complete list of draft picks, check out http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013_NHL_Entry_Draft