2017 NHL Entry Draft
Round 1:
R1P1 - NJD - D Cale Makar
R1P2 - VGK - F Elias Pettersson
R1P3 - ARI - D Miro Heiskanen
R1P4 - VAN - F Nico Hischier
R1P5 - PHI - F Jason Robertson
R1P6 - EDM - F Robert Thomas
R1P7 - CAR - G Jake Oettinger
R1P8 - WPG - F Nick Suzuki
R1P9 - CBJ - F Josh Norris
R1P10 - TOR - F Ryan Poehling
R1P11 - NYI - F Cody Glass
R1P12 - CGY - F Nolan Patrick
R1P13 - CHI - G Jeremy Swayman
R1P14 - OTT - F Jaret Anderson-Dolan
R1P15 - FLA - F Owen Tippett
R1P16 - MIN - G Cayden Primeau
R1P17 - COL - D Erik Brannstrom
R1P18 - DAL - G Matt Villalta
R1P19 - BUF - F Morgan Frost
R1P20 - DET - D Ronnie Attard
R1P21 - TOR - F Maxime Comtois
R1P22 - CBJ - D Sean Durzi
R1P23 - MTL - F Michael Rasmussen
R1P24 - TBL - D Timothy Liljegren
R1P25 - NSH - F Gabe Vilardi
R1P26 - NYR - D Cal Foote
R1P27 - SJS - D Nic Hague
R1P28 - PIT - F Kailer Yamamoto
R1P29 - LAK - F Casey Mittelstadt
R1P30 - BOS - D Joey Keane
R1P31 - STL - F Kristian Vesalainen
The first four picks came in about as expected. The Devils get a future number one offensive defenseman, the Golden Knights make their first ever entry draft selection and take a player in Pettersson who could become a game breaking talent for them at both ends of the ice, Arizona drafts a smooth skating two way defensive star in Heiskanen and the Canucks take potentially the most NHL ready player in two way center Nico Hischier. After that it's a couple of offensively skilled wingers who jump up the draft board a bit to be taken fifth and sixth in Robertson and Thomas. Oettinger goes to Carolina, high for a goalie but probably not too high for him. Suzuki to Winnipeg, Norris to Columbus and Poehling to Toronto, three centers in a row round out the top ten. After that it's anyone's guess really. Glass doesn't end up falling as far as expecting, going at number 11 to the Islanders. Patrick falls out of the top five but is selected 12th by Calgary. Swayman is drafted 13th by Chicago which starts something of a run on goalies with Villalta and Primeau both being drafted in the teens despite being second round talents at best. Brannstrom drops to Colorado at 17 and Liljegren falls all the way to Tampa at 24th. Projected second rounder Ronnie Attard ends up going to Detroit at 20 in what is being called a reach. And Columbus takes Sean Durzi at 22 ahead of projected top ten picks Liljegren and Foote.
Round 2:
R2P32 - ARI - F Shane Bowers
R2P33 - VAN - F Noah Cates
R2P34 - VGK - F Martin Necas
R2P35 - NJD - F Isaac Ratcliffe
R2P36 - PHI - D Cale Fleury
R2P37 - EDM - F Connor Dewar
R2P38 - CAR - F Ivan Lodnia
R2P39 - WPG - D Pierre-Olivier Joseph
R2P40 - CBJ - F Brett Leason
R2P41 - TOR - F Trey Fix-Wolansky
R2P42 - CBJ - D Juuso Valimaki
R2P43 - CGY - F Kole Lind
R2P44 - TOR - D Henri Jokiharju
R2P45 - MIN - F Nicholas Abruzzese
R2P46 - FLA - D Jack Rathbone
R2P47 - MIN - F Ben Meyers
R2P48 - COL - F Alexei Toropchenko
R2P49 - DAL - F Alex Formenton
R2P50 - BUF - D David Farrance
R2P51 - ARI - F Klim Kostin
R2P52 - WSH - F Jack Studnicka
R2P53 - ANA - F Nathan Smith
R2P54 - MTL - F Bryce Snively
R2P55 - TBL - F Mason Shaw
R2P56 - NSH - F Maxim Sushko
R2P57 - NYR - F Morgan Barron
R2P58 - SJS - D Seth Barton
R2P59 - CAR - F Alexandre Texier
R2P60 - DET - D Mikey Anderson
R2P61 - BOS - F Logan Hutsko
R2P62 - STL - F Lias Andersson
The Golden Knights with a savvy pick to select Czech winger Martin Necas in the second round. He wouldn't have lasted much longer with his talent. Toronto reaches for Fix-Wolansky, he wasn't projected to go until the 4th round, but maybe they know something we don't. The Red Wings reach a bit on a defenseman again, taking Mikey Anderson almost a full round early. Some scouts like the pick though and think he is very projectable with his defensively responsible two way game.
Round 3:
R3P63 - ARI - D Dylan Samberg
R3P64 - LAK - D Ben Mirageas
R3P65 - VGK - F Eeli Tolvanen
R3P66 - NJD - F Adam Ruzicka
R3P67 - PHI - G Stuart Skinner
R3P68 - EDM - D Mario Ferraro
R3P69 - CAR - F Rafael Harvey-Pinard
R3P70 - WPG - G Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
R3P71 - CBJ - G Pyotr Kochetkov
R3P72 - TOR - G Michael DiPietro
R3P73 - NYI - D Conor Timmins
R3P74 - CGY - D Ian Mitchell
R3P75 - CAR - D Reilly Walsh
R3P76 - OTT - D Urho Vaakanainen
R3P77 - FLA - F Filip Chytil
R3P78 - MIN - F Mike Hardman
R3P79 - COL - F Ben Jones
R3P80 - DAL - D Clayton Phillips
R3P81 - BUF - F Valtteri Puustinen
R3P82 - DET - F Grant Mismash
R3P83 - WSH - F Marc McLaughlin
R3P84 - ANA - D Max Gildon
R3P85 - MTL - D Jake Christiansen
R3P86 - CAR - D Robin Salo
R3P87 - NSH - D Zack Hayes
R3P88 - NYR - F Emil Bemstrom
R3P89 - TBL - G Daniil Tarasov
R3P90 - PIT - D Kasper Kotkansalo
R3P91 - LAK - F Jonas Rondbjerg
R3P92 - BOS - G Keith Petruzzelli
R3P93 - TBL - F Lean Bergmann
Vegas with another good pick to snag Eeli Tolvanen in the third round. He could be a steal if he makes the NHL. The Coyotes select steady defenseman Dylan Samberg. He has the tools to make it as an NHL defenseman. Filip Chytil is a high ceiling pick by Florida, he could impress some people in a few years.