2013 NHL Mock Draft - First Look: Washington Gets Nathan MacKinnon
Derek Zona
February 01 2013 02:28PM
Sure, the NHL season is just seven games old, but for draft watchers, it's never too early to play with mock drafts. With the posting of our most recent Consensus Top 100, we can debut our first edition of the 2013 NHL Mock Entry Draft. For the first time since 2006, the Oilers aren't at the very top of the mock draft list, meaning some other team gets to brag about their beuild through terrible play. This year's first candidate is the Washington Capitals, who are currently using the most prolific goal-scorer of the last 10 years in a checking capacity.
Also of note: Columbus currently has three picks in the top 12, their own (#5) the Kings (as a result of the Jeff Carter trade) and the Rangers (as a result of the Rick Nash trade).
The mock draft uses the NHL standings as of this morning for the selection priority and the NHL Numbers Consensus Top 100 List for the picks. The sources for the consensus list are Bob McKenzie, Future Considerations, ISS, Ryan Kennedy, Craig Button, Corey Pronman of Hockey Prospectus, and The Scouting Report. Their rankings are weight by their accuracy in ranking previous drafts: Bob McKenzie's rankings carry the most weight as he's the most accurate prognosticator in the group.
| Pick | Team | Selection | Pos. | Current Team | Ht, Wt |
| 1 | Washington Capitals | Nathan MacKinnon | F | Halifax Moosehead | 5'11, 180 lbs. |
| 2 | Florida Panthers | Seth Jones | D | Portland Winterhawks | 6'3, 205 lbs. |
| 3 | Philadelphia Flyers | Aleksander Barkov | F | Tappara | 6'2, 205 lbs. |
| 4 | Calgary Flames | Jonathan Drouin | F | Halifax Moosehead | 5'11, 180 lbs. |
| 5 | Columbus Blue Jackets | Sean Monahan | F | Ottawa 67s | 6'2, 180 lbs. |
| 6 | Dallas Stars | Elias Lindholm | F | Brynas | 6', 183 lbs. |
| 7 | Phoenix Coyotes | Hunter Shinkaruk | F | Medicine Hat Tigers | 5'10, 170 lbs. |
| 8 | Carolina Hurricanes | Rasmus Ristolainen | D | TPS Turku | 6'3, 210 lbs. |
| 9 | Columbus Blue Jackets | Ryan Pulock | D | Brandon Wheat Kings | 6', 195 lbs. |
| 10 | Colorado Avalanche | Adam Erne | F | Quebec Remparts | 6', 200 lbs. |
| 11 | Nashville Predators | Valeri Nichushkin | F | Chelyabinsk | 6'3, 180 lbs. |
| 12 | Columbus Blue Jackets | Josh Morrissey | D | Prince Albert Raiders | 6', 185 lbs. |
| 13 | Winnipeg Jets | Nikita Zadorov | D | London Knights | 6'4, 205 lbs. |
| 14 | Buffalo Sabres | Curtis Lazar | F | Edmonton Oil Kings | 6', 190 lbs. |
| 15 | Toronto Maple Leafs | Robert Hagg | D | MODO | 6'2, 201 lbs. |
| 16 | Vancouver Canucks | Max Domi | F | London Knights | 5'9, 185 lbs. |
| 17 | Pittsburgh Penguins | Kerby Rychel | F | Windsor Spitfires | 6'1, 185 lbs. |
| 18 | Detroit Red Wings | Darnell Nurse | D | Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds | 6'4, 185 lbs. |
| 19 | Edmonton Oilers | Andre Burakovsky | F | Malmo | 6'1, 175 lbs. |
| 20 | New York Islanders | Frederik Gauthier | F | Rimouski Oceanic | 6'1, 210 lbs. |
| 21 | Montreal Canadiens | Anthony Mantha | F | Val - D'or | 6'4, 180 lbs. |
| 22 | Anaheim Ducks | Bo Horvat | F | London Knights | 6', 195 lbs. |
| 23 | Boston Bruins | J.T. Compher | F | USNT | 6', 170 lbs. |
| 24 | St. Louis Blues | Jason Dickinson | F | Guelph Storm | 6'2, 179 lbs. |
| 25 | Minnesota Wild | Zach Fucale | G | Halifax Moosehead | 6', 170 lbs. |
| 26 | New Jersey Devils | Valentin Zykov | F | Baie Comeau | 6', 210 lbs. |
| 27 | Ottawa Senators | Jacob De la Rose | F | Leksand | 6'2, 185 lbs. |
| 28 | Tampa Bay Lightning | Artturi Lehkonen | F | TPS Turku | 5'10, 163 lbs. |
| 29 | Chicago Blackhawks | Anthony Duclair | F | Quebec Remparts | 6', 160 lbs. |
| 30 | San Jose Sharks | Ryan Hartman | F | Plymouth Whalers | 5'11, 185 lbs. |
I already asked this at Twitter, but wouldn't something like Fenwick Close predict the draft order much better than current standings at this point?
Yeah I agree with Eetu. Could someone put that together?
@Eetu Huisman
We'll have to get a few more games under our belt before even fenwick will have any predictive value.
We'll start doing power rankings and speculative standings after about game-10 for everyone.
@Kent Wilson
Slightly different topic. Why is Fenwick considered a better predictor of the standings than CORSI? I see a problem with a team like the NY Rangers because their team-defense system relies so heavily blocking shots and an inhuman ESSV%. Are the Rangers simply an outlier?
@ Derek Zona
Any way you might put out future lists separating F and C positions?
@ChinookArch
Yessir.
@ChinookArch
It's been shown to correlate with scoring chances slightly better than corsi.
@Kent Wilson
But isn't apparent until after about 50 games.