2020 Mock Prediction

Not my personal rankings, just a mock of how things might go. Let me know what you think - who come out as winners/losers, who your team may have interest in, etc.

If Winnipeg is able to land the hometown kid Seth Jarvis, I would be pumped!

if buffalo selects sanderson i’m going to burn my season tickets mark my words

I hope they know better than to take him at 7 lol. Look at all those beauties still otb...

I think Sanderson gets picked in the top 10 personally but I also think he is being overlooked. Buffalo to have Dahlin on the 1st line and Sanderson on the 2nd line is set on the left for many years. Sanderson IMO is going to be a really solid #3 defender.

Sanderson has a ton of qualities to like - the skating, the IQ, the gap/stick defending the rush and 1-on-1. Just not sure if the overall skill is high enough to take him over some of these other guys. Then again, I'm not a scout, maybe there is enough upside in his offensive game to justify going top-10. Either way, if I'm picking at #7, I'm taking a guy like Rossi or Perfetti over Sanderson. You said yourself that Sanderson is gonna be a good #3 d-man; those forwards still otb have top-line upside and (by the nature of being forwards) less projection in their development IMO.

Very true, but not sold on Rossi or Perfetti being top line. I think they are more 2nd line roles or even 3rd line roles, but there is absolutely nothing wrong with that as a lot of teams these days are running 3 lines with more even ice time then in the past. I think if you're looking to anchor your 2nd line defense, Sanderson is an awesome option with potential for 1st line. If the Hawks had a 1st line LHD prospect (we have a couple 2nd line and a few 3rd liners) I would take Sanderson in a heartbeat and move one of out other prospects.

For me, Sanderson wil be the first NJ pick or a Californian team pick. He's not gonna be drafted by Buffalo.

Habs take Perfetti, since he plays the wing (also I like him more).

Stick taps for Amirov top 10

Ottawa won't pass up Stutzle. Pretty sure I heard they are high on him. They also already said they are drafting the best player available.

Also I'm wondering if Detroit gets 1st overall would they take Stutzle over Laf. It would be pretty nuts to do that but you never know with Yzerman. If he loves a player he doesn't care.

Can't see any situation where Ottawa passes on either of Stutzle or Rossi for Drysdale. They already have a really solid young d-core and don't need another PPQ over a 1C.

Buffalo's not selecting a defense, they have like 12 already. Their issues are forward depth

I would have disagreed with you with Botterill having a strong preference for USA players but now that he is fired - I believe that buffalo takes a forward to build upon depth of Eichel and mittelstadt and Cozens

Wild already have their Koivu replacement with Eriksson Ek. I don't like Lundell at 11 but I can see him being the pick. I'm hoping for Mercer unless Rossi falls

Finally a ranking with some risers/fallers. Nobody would've predicted for Detroit to take Seider but here we are today, your mock has more chances to be accurate than any other mock following the rankings and pampering it with team needs.