HW Community Mock Draft 2013: Day 8

On the board: Kyle Nicolas. You have until 11:44AM CDT to make your pick!

Day 7 Recap

After yet another late start (sorry about that...), the 2nd round continues with impressive picks being made.

The second of the draft have been picked as the New Jersey Devils select Tristan Jarry of Edmonton Oil Kings. The second goalie picked in the draft, he has proved himself well as he got an impressive 1.61 GAA and a .936 save percentage in the 27 games he played.

Another stand-out pick came from the Dallas Stars as they select another powerful left winger, J.T. Compher. Despite his 5'11" stature, he plays like someone who is bigger than him with impressive strength and speed for someone of his size.

To close out the day, the Phoenix Coyotes selected a small, yet powerful center, Nicolas Petan. While he isn't a towering giant like many other prospects, the 'Yotes hope that his skills and strengths will bring good hockey back to the Arizona desert.

Day 8 begins with the Winnipeg Jets.

DAY 7 SELECTIONS

38TH OVERALL - The Buffalo Sabres select a powerful defenseman, Steven Santini.

HW WIMinnesotaWildFan's Take:

He was named best defenseman at this year’s IIHF U18 World Championship, and is very well rounded in his skill set. This 6’2 205 lb player is also an impressive skater, and really knows how to hit too.

39TH OVERALL - The New Jersey Devils select an impressive goaltender, Tristan Jarry.

General Manager goaliemon:

Why take a guy that is currently a back up goaltender? Well, hes behind another strong goaltender by the name of Laurent Brossoit who is a prospect for the Calgary Flames. He is still young and has yet to have a chance to prove himself to a heavy workload that a starting goalie would see. However, in limited starts over this past year, he as posted very impressive stat lines. 27 games played, 1.61 GAA and .936 Save percentage. How sheltered are his starts? A little bit, but he does have a playoff shut out from this year as well, so he has proven he can play against playoff teams. He also has a 16 save shut out bid in the CHL U17 Top Prospects game.

Jarry’s flaws are few, and infact there is nothing he can do about them until he becomes a starter and can prove he can handle the riggers of being a number one guy. He likes to play the puck, something that the Devils have grown accustom to over the last 21 years. He has strong side to side movement and is mentally tough, not letting weak goals get to him (Hes not Flurry). His rebound control is above average, which is why I decided to go with Tristan Jarry over other available goaltender prospects.

40TH OVERALL - The Dallas Stars select yet another forward, J.T Compher.

General Manager Mike Murphy "Dig Deep":

It came down to a choice of taking the best available player and of the names that were left on the board Lehkonen, Compher, and Petan stood out. I am going with Compher for Dallas because the USA development program has been outstanding as of late and Compher is touted by some to be the best of that crop available in this year’s draft (after Seth Jones played for USNTDP last year).

Compher is a high-energy player, he is a dogged forechecker, he isn’t afraid to take the body, and he has shown flashes of true offensive talent. He isn’t a big body but possesses great strength and speed for his frame and plays like he is a much bigger man than his 5’11" frame. Compher might be a little bit raw and there is no doubt that he is going to need to bulk up and add a lot of muscle to his frame to play his style at the professional level but I like his potential and I think his style of play is very welcome on a team that is embodied by Jamie Benn.

This makes three forwards in three picks for Dallas. DARING STRATEGY YOU SAY? Or perhaps I keep missing on d-men and am really hoping a desirable one falls to me at 54. It is true that Compher doesn’t have a cool or unique name (huge bummer) but he has a great smile… so there’s that.

Welcome to Texas JT. Grab a belt buckle, a revolver, and the nearest horse. It’s time for some Texas hockey.

41ST OVERALL - The Philadelphia Flyers select powerful left/right winger Edgars Klavins.

HW WIMinnesotaWildFan's Take:

Klavins is an extremely good puck handler, and despite his not so giant 6’3" stature, he is still a pretty good skater.

42ND OVERALL - The Phoenix Coyotes select small, but powerful center Nicolas Petan.

General Manager jerem77:

Although a bit small at 5-9 he’ll bring skill, skating and hockey sense to the desert.

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 6 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'OR (QMJHL)
17	OTT	THEODORE, SHEA	D	SEATTLE (WHL)
18	DET	DE LA ROSE, JACOB	C	LEKSAND (SWE-2)
19	CBJ (via NYR)	ERNE, ADAM	LW	QUEBEC (QMJHL)
20	SJS	PULOCK, RYAN	D	BRANDON (WHL)
21	TOR	HORVAT, BO	C	LONDON (OHL)
22	CGY (via STL)	MORRISSEY, JOSH	D	PRINCE ALBERT (WHL)
23	WSH	HAGG, ROBERT	D	MODO JR (SWE-JR)
24	VAN	MORIN, SAMUEL	D	RIMOUSKI (QMJHL)
25	MTL	LAZAR, CURTIS	RW/C	EDMONTON (WHL)
26	ANA	MCCOSHEN, IAN	D	WATERLOO (USHL)
27	CBJ (via LAK)	BURAKOWSKY, ANDRE	C	MALMO (SWE-D1)
28	DAL (via BOS)	RYCHEL, KERBY	LW	WINDSOR (OHL)
29	MIN (via CGY)	FUCALE, ZACH	G	HALIFAX (QMJHL)
30	CHI	BIGRAS, CHRIS	D	OTTAWA (OHL)

ROUND 2

#	Drafting	Name	Pos	Team
31	FLA	VANNELLI, TOMMY	D	MINNETONKA (HIGH-MN)
32	COL	KLIMCHUK, MORGAN	LW	REGINA (WHL)
33	TBL	BOWEY, MADISON	D	KELOWNA (WHL)
34	MTL (via NSH)	HARTMAN, RYAN	RW	PLYMOUTH (OHL)
35	CAR	BUCHNEVICH, PAVEL	LW	SEVERSTAL (RUSSIA)
36	MTL (via CGY)	MUELLER, MIRCO	D	EVERETT (WHL)
37	EDM	MCCARRON, MICHAEL	RW	USNTDP
38	BUF	SANTINI, STEVEN	D	USNTDP
39	NJD	JARRY, TRISTAN	G	EDMONTON (WHL)
40	DAL	COMPHER, J.T.	C	USNTDP
41	PHI	KLAVINS, EDGARS	LW/RW	EIK (ELITSERIEN)
42	PHX	PETAN, NICOLAS	C	PORTLAND (WHL)
43	WPG	COMRIE, ERIC	G	TRI-CITY (WHL)
44	CBJ	DESROSIERS, PHILIPPE	G	RIMOUSKI (QMJHL)
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