Folks, I present the annual exercise that is my final mock draft. I’ve fired one of these up on the site since 2007, prior to migrating to SBNation. As usual it’s the culmination of a year’s worth of reading and analyzing other people’s hard work, sprinkled in with observations from my own eyes.
We know there will be a bunch of movement with respect to the draft order come tomorrow night, but the mock below represents the draft order at the time of writing, and does not take into account any hypothetical trades. I’ve researched team needs and recent draft trends to finalize my draft, and without further ado let’s hit it:
- Buffalo Sabres: D Rasmus Dahlin, Frolunda SHL - Stud.