The 2019 NHL Entry Draft takes place on Friday at Rogers Arena in Vancouver and with teams likely done with evaluations and rankings, I have come up with my second and final mock draft for this year’s event being hosted in Western Canada. The results are as displayed below:
1. New Jersey Devils – Jack Hughes, C – USHL
2. New York Rangers – Kaapo Kakko, RW – FHL
3. Chicago Blackhawks – Bowen Byram, D – WHL
4. Colorado Avalanche – Alex Turcotte, C – USHL
5. Los Angeles Kings – Dylan Cozens, C – WHL
6. Detroit Red Wings – Trevor Zegras, C – USHL – Often forgotten in this draft
7. Buffalo Sabres – Matthew Boldy, LW – USHL
8. Edmonton Oilers – Philip Broberg, D – SHL
9. Anaheim Ducks – Kirby Dach, C – WHL
10. Vancouver Canucks – Peyton Krebs, C – WHL
11. Philadelphia Flyers – Cole Caufield, RW – USHL
12. Minnesota Wild – Vasili Podkolzin, RW – VHL
13. Florida Panthers – Moritz Seider, D – DEL
14. Arizona Coyotes – Victor Soderstrom, D – SHL
15. Montreal Canadiens – Ville Heinola, D – Liiga
16. Colorado Avalanche – Alex Newhook, C – BCHL
17. Vegas Golden Knights – Arthur Kaliyev, LW – OHL
18. Dallas Stars – Philip Tomasino, C/RW – OHL
19. Ottawa Senators – Thomas Harley, D – OHL
20. Winnipeg Jets – Pavel Dorofeyev, LW – MHL
21. Pittsburgh Penguins – Raphael Lavoie, C/RW – QMJHL
22. Los Angeles Kings – Cam York, D – USHL
23. New York Islanders – Ryan Suzuki, C – OHL
24. Nashville Predators – Lassi Thompson, D – WHL
25. Washington Capitals – Brayden Tracey, C – WHL
26. Calgary Flames – Spencer Knight, G – USHL
27. Tampa Bay Lightning – Bobby Brink, RW – USHL
28. Carolina Hurricanes – Jakob Pelletier, LW/C – QMJHL
29. Anaheim Ducks – Matthew Robertson, D – WHL
30. Boston Bruins – Jamieson Rees, C – OHL
31. Buffalo Sabres – Conor McMichael, C – OHL