1st round

A few suggestions:
Habs take Catton
Flames take Iginla or Helenius
Devils take Eiserman
Sabres take Yakemchuk

The rest looks good.

Thanks for the feedback. Of course this is highly subjective and everyone will have very different evaluations. But I'll explain my logic on those picks:

Habs: Eiserman, because I think their greatest need is a left shot scorer. And he has such a sturdy build and I like the development path of NTDP into college for him. So I think it's a very safe pick compared to someone like Catton whose dynamic playstyle will be much harder to translate to the NHL, especially at his size and with the limited options he has in terms of league to play in in the next 2 years. It's like Cutter Gauthier compared to Matt Savoie.

Flames: O'boy they sure are depressing to look at. The typical route for teams like them that need everything is to build defense>center>wing. But defense is their least bad position, both in their roster and prospect pool. And if they pick Silayev then they wont be able sell a ticket in the upcoming years. So Catton is someone with high upside, by far the most likely of the remaining players to become a 1C, and super exciting to watch. So even if they'll suck, as what's left of their core approaches an average age of 35, at least they'll have an exciting young player to watch. As to Iginla and Helenius, I just don't think they have anywhere close to the potential of Catton, and Calgary isn't in a position to make lower risk / lower reward picks like that.

Devils: I guess the disagreement here is just whether or not Eiserman will be available at 10. I just think the public scouts are having an overreaction because his development haven't been as good as hoped. Last year he was considered 1st/2nd in this draft class by most public scouts. Maybe the pressure got to him, and he's just been squeezing his stick too hard. He's one of the youngest in the draft class and is going to a great college program, so I think the concerns of him not having rounded out his game this year are greatly overblown.

Sabres: 2 months ago I would've been all ears for Yakemchuk. But since adding Byram I just think they are too stocked up on offensively gifted, young defensemen to pick another one. It's always good to have talent in the pipeline though. But for that purpose I'd prefer Jiricek over Yakemchuk. I think he has more talent and has a lot more physical development left in him. So if one were to simmer in WHL/Europe/AHL for 4 or so years then I think Jiricek is the better player at the end of it. As to why Greentree, I think he has a toolkit that is sorely needed on the Sabres: the ability and willingness to absorb contact and maintaining the ability to make plays during contact, a Draisatl type. They don't have anyone like that, which makes it so hard for them to get through structured defenses.

I don’t know I’m ok with that, I think he is a Defensive D man who will disappoint anyone who grabs him in the top 10. There are players with much higher upside than a big stay home LD