NHL Mock Draft 2022: Washington Capitals select Denton Mateychuk with No. 20 pick

With the benefit of hindsight, the Japers’ Rink team has done a decent job in past mock drafts. We didn’t have a first round pick last season, but for the 2020 mock draft we picked Marat Khusnutdinov with the 24th overall pick. The Capitals brass went with Hendrix Lapierre after moving up to draft him with the 22nd overall pick. Lapierre looks like the better pick after overcoming his injury issues and putting up strong junior numbers. Marat also still looks good but will need to come over from Russia to show his progress.

For 2019 we picked Patrik Puistola with the 25th overall pick, but thank goodness the Caps didn’t listen to us because in reality they used the 25th overall pick on goal…