The SBNation NHL mock draft continued yesterday with picks eighteen through twenty-one. Over the next couple days, the NHL sites here at SBN will be finishing the first round deciding who they think their teams should pick. The Lightning don’t have a first round pick this year, so we won’t be included. Even so, we’ll be keeping an eye on the proceedings so that you know what to expect come Friday, June 22nd when the draft starts.
We’ll cover picks 25, 26, 27, and 28 today. Today’s picks start with a big trade. The Toronto Maple Leafs were scheduled to pick 25th but they traded the pick along with prospect Jeremy Bracco and the rights to negotiate with pending UFA Tyler Bozak to the Philadelphia Flyers in exchange for Wayne Simmonds.