With the NHL draft now upon us, it’s time to
look at some of the various mock drafts out there. Here, we’ve compiled a
comparison of 6 different mocks, including our own. The others, in the
order they appear, are: Sports Illustrated (Allan Muir), Red Line Report (Kyle
Woodlief), TSN (Pierre McGuire and Craig Button), and Hockey’s Future (staff
collaboration like the HW mock). Who was the most successful? Read
on to find out.
The results:
Mock |
Correct Picks |
Total 1st rounders |
HW | 5/30 (16.7%) | 25/30 (83.3%) |
SI | 4/30 (13.3%) | 26/30 (86.7%) |
RLR | 6/30 (20%) | 23/30 (76.7%) |
TSN – McGuire | 9/30 (30%) | 26/30 (86.7%) |
TSN – Button | 2/30 (6.7%) | 24/30 (80%) |
HF | 3/30 (10%) | 25/30 (83.3%) |
If you want to view each mock in detail, click on the blue link associated with
each column.
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# | Team | Actual |
HW |
SI |
RLR |
TSN McGuire |
TSN Button |
HF |
1 |
NYI |
Tavares |
Tavares |
Tavares |
Tavares |
Tavares |
Hedman | Hedman |
2 | TB | Hedman |
Hedman |
Hedman |
Hedman |
Hedman |
Tavares | Tavares |
3 |
COL |
Duchene |
Duchene |
Duchene |
Duchene |
Duchene |
Duchene |
Duchene |
4 | ATL | Kane |
Kane |
P-Svensson |
Kane |
Kane |
Kane |
Kane |
5 |
LA |
Schenn | P-Svensson |
Schenn |
Schenn |
Schenn |
P-Svensson | Cowen |
6 | PHX | E-Larsson | Cowen | Kulikov | Cowen |
E-Larsson |
Cowen |
E-Larsson |
7 |
TOR |
Kadri | Schenn | Kane | Leblanc | Cowen | Schenn | Schenn |
8 | DAL | Glennie | Kulikov | Cowen | E-Larsson | P-Svensson | Josefson | Kulikov |
9 |
OTT |
Cowen | Schroeder | Kreider | Kulikov | Kadri | E-Larsson | P-Svensson |
10 | EDM | P-Svensson | E-Larsson | Ellis |
P-Svensson |
Glennie | Glennie | Glennie |
11 |
NSH |
Ellis | Kadri | Schroeder | Glennie | Schroeder | Kreider | Josefson |
12 | MIN | de Haan | Glennie | Glennie | Schroeder | Ellis | Kadri | Schroeder |
13 |
BUF |
Kassian | Ellis | E-Larsson | Ashton |
Kassian |
Kulikov | Kadri |
14 | FLA | Kulikov | Despres | Moore | Moore | Moore | Kassian | Moore |
15 |
ANA |
Holland | Kassian | Kadri | Kassian | Rundblad | Rundblad | Leblanc |
16 | CBJ | Leddy | Moore | Rundblad | Ellis | Kulikov | Moore | Ellis |
17 |
STL |
Rundblad | Leblanc | Josefson | Budish | Josefson | Schroeder | Kassian |
18 | MTL | Leblanc | Holland | Kassian | Roussel |
Leblanc |
Caron | Despres |
19 |
NYR |
Kreider |
Kreider |
Holland | Rundblad | Erixon | Ellis | Palmieri |
20 | CGY | Josefson | Rundblad | Ferraro | Ferraro | Olsen | Olsen | Ferraro |
21 |
PHI |
Moore | Josefson | Leddy | Morin | Shore | Erixon | Kreider |
22 | VAN | Schroeder | de Haan | Palmieri | Kadri | Elliott | Ashton | Erixon |
23 |
NJ |
Erixon | Ferraro | Leblanc | Leddy | Kreider | Leblanc | de Haan |
24 | WSH | Johansson | Ashton | Ashton | Josefson | Ferraro | Orlov | Ashton |
25 |
BOS |
Caron | Elliott | de Haan | Kreider | de Haan | Leddy | Rundblad |
26 | NYI | Palmieri | Erixon | Morin | Olsen | Morin | de Haan | Werek |
27 |
CAR |
Paradis | Morin | Caron | de Haan | Ashton | Ferraro | Holland |
28 | CHI | Olsen | Caron | Budish | Clifford | Caron | Shore | Shore |
29 |
DET |
Ashton | O’Reilly | Olsen | Klingberg | Holland | Klingberg | Klingberg |
30 | PIT | Despres | Shore | Elliott | Gelinas |
Despres |
Morin | Morin |