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NHL Entry Draft 2016




Round 1

TRADE: VAN acquires 2016 WPG 1st (3rd overall), D Derrick Pouliot (22yo, 59gp, 12-20-32, -9); WPG acquires 2016 VAN 1st (6th overall), 2018 VAN 1st (top5 protected), C Brad Richardson (31yo, 82gp, 7-10-17, -13), prospect C Nico Sturm (21yo, NCAA, 44gp, 13-27-40, -1), rights to F Linden Vey (24yo, 18gp, 2-4-6, -6). Instant Analysis - The cost of moving up three spots was high, with Vancouver spending a future first to move into the top three and have a shot at some truly elite talent and probably one of the top two defensemen in the draft. To offset the pain of losing another first they do acquire rising star Derrick Pouliot, an offensive defenseman they are sorely lacking and named to the NHL All Rookie team this past season.

1st Pick: FLA selects C Auston Matthews
No surprise here, Florida gets the most dominant offensive player in the draft and a budding superstar sniper.

2nd Pick: ARI selects RW Matthew Tkachuk
Arizona goes with the all around offensive skill and intangibles of Keith Tkachuk's son. Tkachuk should put up a lot of points in this league.

3rd Pick: VAN selects RD Charlie McAvoy
The Canucks trade up to make sure they can get their man on defense. McAvoy is a potential number one NHL defenseman, unbelievably good in his own end especially for his age and also able to control play offensively.

4th Pick: TOR selects LW Alex DeBrincat
DeBrincat produces. He scored 48 goals in his draft year. There are question marks about his size and defense but his scoring prowess and finishing ability are indisputable.

5th Pick: CGY selects RW Jordan Kyrou
The Flames go a little off the board taking the skilled Kyrou. They believe in his skating and playmaking ability and are expecting him to develop into a productive top six NHLer one day.

6th Pick: WPG selects RD Dante Fabbro
Winnipeg surprises by passing on consensus top five blueliner Adam Fox to go for the more traditional all around defenseman with a heavy shot.

TRADE: NYR acquires 2016 CAR 1st (7th overall); CAR acquires 2016 NYR 1st (13th overall), 2016 TBL 1st (21st overall), RW Jesper Fast (59gp, 6-5-11, -2). Instant Analysis - The Rangers jump up to grab their guy, presumably Adam Fox who is still on the board, surprisingly, at seven. The Canes acquire two first rounders a little farther down and a utility NHLer in Fast.

7th Pick: NYR selects RD Adam Fox
The Rangers believe in Fox and he is on record already as wanting to play for them so they ignore the questions about his size and tools and trade up to get him. Fox has an amazing offensive mind and should be able to step into running an NHL PP1 in a couple years.

8th Pick: LAK selects RW Tage Thompson
The Kings draft the rangy winger oozing with talent and hope he pops as an elite first line forward who can dominate games.

9th Pick: EDM selects C Michael McLeod
The speedy two way forward goes to the Oilers, he is good at both ends of the rink and uses his feet to his advantage all over the ice.

10th Pick: BUF selects G Carter Hart
The hands down best goalie in the draft goes to Buffalo, who now have both him and McDavid to build around.

11th Pick: MIN selects C Logan Brown
A classic Wild center with two way chops and intangibles, they should love him in Minny.

12th Pick: DAL selects RW Drake Batherson
The skilled Batherson works hard and skates well and put up 70 points in the OHL in his draft year.

13th Pick: CAR selects C Tyson Jost
Jost is a good skater who can play a lot of minutes and sees the ice really well, but had an underwhelming season statistically at the Junior A level in his draft year.

14th Pick: CBJ selects C Pierre-Luc Dubois
Dubois falls out of the top ten, perhaps due to attitude concerns or questions about his consistency, but Columbus is happy to draft a player who could finally be that coveted 1C they've always wanted.

15th Pick: PIT selects LD Ryan Lindgren
Lindgren is a hard nosed defensive defenseman, what you see is what you get with him. He won't score goals but should help keep them out of your net.

16th Pick: FLA selects LW Dillon Dube
The Panthers go with Dube, who plays hard on the puck and has a hard shot as well.

17th Pick: NJD selects G Joseph Woll
Woll definitely has potential to be an NHL goalie after showing well in his High School season, but how that translates and how he develops is yet to be seen.

18th Pick: TOR selects RD Andrew Peeke
The Leafs go with a steady defense first blueliner who plays the right way. Peeke won't impress you offensively but he knows his job and executes it well.

19th Pick: SJS selects LW Clayton Keller
Keller has electrifying skill and probably the best hands in the draft. His skating is great and he is in the right place at the right time in his own end as well. He slid this far because of concerns about his size and the fact he didn't put up eye popping numbers in high school, but in a few years he could shoot up redraft boards. The analytics crowd loves this kid.

20th Pick: COL selects RW Joey Anderson

21st Pick: CAR selects LW Max Jones

22nd Pick: PHI selects RW Luke Kunin
The Flyers choose the very well rounded Kunin, a two way winger who skates well, plays physical and controls play at both ends of the ice.

23rd pick: OTT selects LD Dennis Cholowski

24th pick: STL selects LW Patrik Laine
Laine may possess the second best shot in the draft, but slid this far because there are concerns about his attitude and some see him as too one dimensional on the ice. St. Louis could really have a steal here if he develops well and proves his critics wrong. He could've just as easily gone top five as all the way down here at 24th.

25th pick: NYI selects RD Nick Blankenburg

26th pick: DET selects LD Scott Perunovich

27th pick: ANA selects C Trent Frederic

28th pick: NSH selects C Brett Howden

29th pick: MTL selects RW Julien Gauthier

30th pick: BOS selects C Jasper Weatherby

Round 2

31st pick: ARI selects LD Maxim Lajoie

32nd pick: FLA selects RW Yegor Sharangovich
The Belarussian forward is a smooth skater who excels in puck retrieval and in finding open ice in the offensive zone to get his shot off.

33rd pick: WPG selects LD Jakob Chychrun
Winnipeg could have a steal on their hands here. Chychrun isn't an amazing skater and wasn't productive offensively in his draft year, but he logs a ton of minutes in every situation and is intelligent at both ends of the ice with a good stick and a good shot. He has NHL size and was projected to be a mid first round pick but slid because of skating and potential issues with coachability. If he hits he could become a top pairing NHL defenseman that a lot of teams regret overlooking.

34th pick: TOR selects RW Jesper Bratt
The speedy playmaker was only moderately successful in Sweden in his draft year so he slides out of the first round, but he is creative offensively and thinks the game well in all three zones. He was used in all situations and never seems to tire. He can play either wing comfortably and has good intangibles.

35th pick: ANA selects LW Jackson Cates

36th pick: VAN selects LD Mikhail Sergachev
Another blueliner who was slated to go mid first round drops into the early second. Sergachev has NHL size and playmaking ability. His shot was good in junior, and he scored 12 goals in the Q in his draft year. He reads the play well at both ends and wins a lot of puck battles, but has battled consistency and motivation issues and didn't play top pairing minutes in junior. He is able to play his off side without missing a beat, which is impressive at his age.

37th pick: NYR selects C Garrett Pilon

38th pick: ARI selects LW Tyler Benson

39th pick: EDM selects LD Samuel Girard
Girard is a slick puck moving defenseman who skates well and knows where to be in his own end while bringing a heavy shot and good playmaking to a powerplay unit as well. He is small and plays like it, but is most definitely the most dynamic offensive defenseman left on the board and should make the NHL on his skill alone.

40th pick: BUF selects LD Josh Mahura

41st pick: MIN selects LW Kieffer Bellows

42nd pick: MTL selects LD Logan Stanley
The towering defenseman won't get you a lot of points but he plays defense very well. He is physically dominant of course, but he doesn't play with nearly as much of an edge as you'd expect from a man with his frame.

43rd pick: NYR selects LD Riley Stillman

44th pick: CBJ selects LW Rasmus Asplund

45th pick: CHI selects LW Brandon Hagel
Hagel has an accurate shot, good speed and leadership intangibles to offset his 5'11" frame.

46th pick: PIT selects LW Boris Katchouk

47th pick: NJD selects LD Matt Kiersted

48th pick: WSH selects C Connor Bunnaman

49th pick: NYR selects RW Nathan Bastian

50th pick: COL selects LD Kale Clague

51st pick: TBL selects RD Dylan Coghlan

52nd pick: PHI selects RD Filip Hronek
The Flyers get an offensive defenseman who really developed his two way game this year in the Dub, going from a -12 in his D-1 year to a +7 in his draft year this season while still putting up 50 assists and 56 points. Hronek is a great playmaker with a reasonably heavy shot and can skate really well.

53rd pick: OTT selects C Sam Steel

54th pick: STL selects C Brandon Gignac

55th pick: NYI selects LW Jonathan Dahlen
Dahlen is a very shifty skater who plays with offensive creativity and vision. He is also capable at center and does well on faceoffs. He had a productive year in Sweden, potting 26 goals in 56 games.

56th pick: DET selects LW Riley Tufte

57th pick: ANA selects RW Jesse Puljujarvi
The Ducks get a winger with a massive frame just oozing with potential. He had limited opportunity in Finland this year and dropped down draft boards as a result, but he's effective in front of the net on the powerplay and at finding open space to get a shot off. He has good wheels when he gets going and if he can ever put it together consistently at the NHL level he will be a force, but he may always be more of a passenger than a play driver and he needs a good distributor to create opportunities for him.

58th pick: NSH selects RW Wade Allison

59th pick: MTL selects C Noah Gregor

60th pick: BOS selects LW Cole Koepke


Notable Prospects Remaining:

G Filip Gustavsson

C Eetu Luostarinen

LW Carsen Twarynski

RW Taylor Raddysh

C Morgan Geekie

LD Jake Bean

LW Axel Jonsson Fjallby

C Matthew Phillips

C Kristian Reichel

LD Markus Niemelainen

C Blake Lizotte

LD Jacob Bryson

LD Kristians Rubins

LD Sean Day

G Zach Sawchenko

RW Will Lockwood

LD Olli Juolevi

RW Alex Nylander

RW Ty Ronning

LD Victor Mete





Canucks Picks:
1(3) RD Charlie McAvoy
2(36) LD Mikhail Sergachev
3(66) C Blake Lizotte
3(69) RW Ty Ronning
4(96) LW Alexei Goloshumov