2020 HW Mock Draft Recap

It’s finally here! The 2020 NHL Draft returns tonight at 7:00pm on NBCSN with the first round and then resumes Wednesday for rounds 2-7.

First let’s meet our “General Managers”

Meet The General Managers

Alex Appleyard – Contributor for The Athletic and Amateur Scout for SmahtScouting.com

Manny Benevides – Contributor for Brotherly Puck and Cohost of BPW Radio on Brotherly Pod

Josh Bright – Host of The Bright Side

Ted Brown – Contributor for Philly is Flyer, Last Word on Hockey, and The Puck Authority

Marco D’Amico – Site Owner of Scrimmage and Stats, former stat expert at 91.9 Sports FM

Steve Ferrari – Cohost of Full Circle on High and Wide Radio

Brandon Holmes – Video Scout for FC Hockey, Cohost of Painting Prospects Podcast, and Site owner of Riding the Pine

Jim Iacovone – Host of High and Wide, Angry and Negative Show, and Site owner of HW Hockey

Dan Silver – Contributor for Philly is Flyer, and Cohost of O&B Puckcast and Gettin’ Bullied

Jack Smith – Host of Full Circle and Cohost of High and Wide on High and Wide Radio

HW NHL MOCK DRAFT – ROUND 1

1. New York Rangers (Brown) – Alexis Lafreniere
2. Los Angeles Kings (Benevides) – Quinton Byfield
3. Ottawa Senators  Benevides) – Tim Stuetzle
4. Detroit Red Wings (Iacovone) – Marco Rossi
5. Ottawa Senators (Benevides) – Lucas Raymond
6. Anaheim Ducks (Silver) – Jamie Drysdale
7. New Jersey Devils (Silver) – Jake Sanderson
8. Buffalo Sabres (Holmes) – Cole Perfetti
9. Minnesota Wild (Smith) – Alexander Holtz
10. Winnipeg Jets (D’Amico) – Seth Jarvis
11. Nashville Predators (Smith) – Yaroslav Askarov
12. Florida Panthers (Holmes) – Kaiden Guhle
13. Carolina Panthers (Brown) – Rodion Amirov
14. Edmonton Oilers (Silver) – Dylan Holloway
15. Toronto Maple Leafs (D’Amico) – Anton Lundell
16. Montreal Canadiens (Appleyard) – Noel Gunler
17. Chicago Blackhawks (Iacovone) – Hendrix Lapierre
18. New Jersey Devils (Silver) – Jack Quinn
19. Calgary Flames (Appleyard) – Jan Mysak
20. New Jersey Devils (Silver) – Connor Zary
21. Columbus Blue Jackets (Bright) – Mavrik Bourque
22. New York Rangers (Brown) – Jacob Perreault
23. Philadelphia Flyers (Bright) – Ridley Greig
24. Washington Capitals (Ferrari) – Dawson Mercer
25. Colorado Avalanche (Holmes) – Brendon Brisson
26. St. Louis Blues (Iacovone) – Braden Schneider
27. Anaheim Ducks (Silver) – Lukas Reichel
28. Ottawa Senators (Benevides) – Tyson Foerster
29. Vegas Golden Knights (Appleyard) – Emil Andrae
30. Dallas Stars (Ferrari) – Justin Barron
31. San Jose Sharks (D’Amico) – Helge Grans

First Round Winners

New York Rangers/ Ted Brown/ Alexis Lafreniere, Jacob Perreault

Ottawa Senators/Manny Benevides/ Tim Stutzle, Lucas Raymond, Tyson Foerster

Anaheim Ducks/ Dan Silver/ Jamie Drysdale, Lukas Reichel

HW NHL MOCK DRAFT – ROUND 2

1. Detroit Red Wings (Iacovone) – John-Jason Peterka
2. Ottawa Senators (Benevides) – William Wallinder
3. San Jose Sharks (D’Amico) – Marat Khusnutdinov
4. Los Angeles Kings (Benevides) – Ryan O’Rourke
5. Anaheim Ducks (Silver) – Topi Niemela
6. Nashville Predators (Smith) – Thomas Bordeleau
7. Buffalo Sabres (Holmes) – Lukas Cormier
8. Minnesota Wild (Smith) – Jeremy Poirier
9. Winnipeg Jets (D’Amico) – Sam Colangelo
10. Carolina Hurricanes (Brown) – Ozzie Weisblatt
11. Nashville Predators (Smith) – Jake Neighbors
12. Florida Panthers (Holmes) – Roni Hirvonen
13. Toronto Maple Leafs (D’Amico) – Theodore Neiderbach
14. Detroit Red Wings (Iacovone) – Martin Chromiak
15. Chicago Blackhawks (Iacovone) – Ty Smilanic
16. Montreal Canadiens (Appleyard) – Zion Nybeck
17. Montreal Canadiens (Appleyard) – Kasper Simontaival
18. NO PICK
19. Calgary Flames (Appleyard) – Tristan Robins
20. Los Angeles Kings (Benevides) – Anton Johannesson
21. Ottawa Senators (Benevides) – Sean Farrell
22. Carolina Hurricanes (Brown) – Brock Faber
23. Philadelphia Flyers (Bright) – Tyler Kleven
24. Detroit Red Wings (Iacovone) – Daemon Hunt
25. San Jose Sharks (D’Amico) – Daniel Torgersson
26. Montreal Canadiens (Appleyard) – William Villaneuve
27. Boston Bruins (Ferrari) – Shakir Muhkamadullin
28. Ottawa Senators (Benevides) – Nico Dawes
29. Los Angeles Kings (Benevides) – Luke Evangelista
30. Ottawa Senators (Benevides) – Yan Kuznetsov
31. Tampa Bay Lightning (Brown) – Evgeni Oksentyuk

ROUND 2 WINNERS

Montreal Canadiens/Alex Appleyard/ Zion Nybeck, Kasper Simontaival, William Villaneuve

Detroit Red Wings/Jim Iacovone/ John-Jason Peterka, Martin Chromiak, Daemon Hunt

San Jose Sharks/Marco D’Amico/ Marat Khusnutdinov, Daniel Torgersson

That’s a wrap on our first ever HW NHL Mock Draft! Thank you to all our GM’s for participating in our weekend long mock draft!

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