2022 1 Round Mock Draft

did you mean to not have names, also mtl pick will be kept, it'll be Carolina that Arizona gets

This got totally screwed up for some reason so here's the picks in the order above. I had explanations in everything so if there's a pick that you're confused on, comment.

ARZ: Shane Wright
ARZ: Simon Nemec
OTT: Matthew Savoie
SEA: Joakim Kemell
BUF: Logan Cooley
PHI: Danila Yurov
NYI: Brad Lambert
NJD: David Jiricek
CBJ: Rutger McGroarty
CBJ: Isaac Howard
VAN: Ty Nelson
EDM: Conor Geekie
WPG: Ivan Miroshnichenko
DET: Denton Mateychuk
SJS: Simon Forsmark
DAL: Luca Del Bel Belluz
CAL: Frank Nazar
LA: Juraj Slafkovsky
ANA: Lian Bichsel
BOS: Tucker Robertson
BUF: Ludwig Persson
MIN: Jonathan Lekkerimaki
TOR: Arseni Koromyslov
WAS: Noah Ostlund
NAS: Artyom Duda
STL: Jordan Gustafson
MON: Marco Kasper
PIT: Gleb Trikozov
NYR: Filip Mesar
TBL: Jani Nyman
BUF: Ryan Chesley
ARZ: Kirill Dolzhenkov

Things that stood out to me as too low:

Mesar - at 29?
Mintyukov - outside 1st?
Snuggerud - outside 1st?

...as too high

Yurov at 6

Montreal has there own first pick

I think your top 8 is pretty spot on. couple of interesting picks like Slafkovsky that low and belluz that high. McGraortys skating is so weak that I don't love having him in the top 10

besides that this is pretty solid. I do also like that you haven't kicked Lambert of the face of the earth like a lot have.

Montreal keeps their own first due to the conditions, Arizona gets Carolina's 1st

I dont get what people see in Mesar. He’s good, but not fantastic. And in an elite draft class like this, I don’t see him as higher than a late first right now. Snuggerud and Mintyukov are just outside the first. Again with such a strong class, there’s like 25 guys that I think could go picks 20-32. I love the size,speed, skill blend of Yurov, and he just plays like a Flyer to me.

Oh ok thanks. The picks stay the same. Kasper would be good for the Coyotes at the end of the first.

Elite skating

I get that. But there are players with more complete profiles that I value higher.

Slafkovsky is talented but the class around him is too. I wouldn’t be shocked to see him off the board sooner than I have him. Belluz has skyrocketed up my rankings over the past couple of months. Very good complete player. 200 foot guy with good speed. Thinks the game at an elite level. McGroarty is not a good skater, but he thinks the game at such a high level that I see him being able to overcome that obstacle. Not to mention that he has room to develop strength wise and stronger legs will make him more explosive. He’ll never be an elite skater but neither is Evgeni Malkin or David Krejci. They turned out alright.

Lambert shouldn’t be kicked off the face of the earth, but he shouldn’t go top 5 either. I think him having the Islanders taking him at 7 makes a lot of sense. Only issue is I think by the time the season ends Islanders will be picking somewhere between 10-15. I think Lambert could drop even further than 7. Horrible numbers in Liiga, recently loaned to the Pelicans and still showing nothing though it’s only been 2 games.