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Hockey Buzz Mock Draft moves on: Kings pick in, Red Wings on clock

June 12, 2019, 12:43 AM ET [276 Comments]
Jan Levine
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The second annual Hockey Buzz Mock Draft rolls on, Jack Hughes went first to New Jersey, Kappo Kakko to the Rangers and Bowen Byram to Chicago. Following a trade with Colorado, Buffalo selected Alex Turcotte. Los Angeles' pick is below with Detroit on the clock.

Overall Rules and Process:

After the pick or trade is made, a poll will be posted to rate the selection or deal. If the majority of people like the pick or trade, that selection stands and it moves on to the next team’s picks. If not, the majority rules and that’s what happens with that team and pick. I have the last right of refusal to keep everything on the up and up and avoid ballot box stuffing. My request to you is that you take this serious and not make a mockery of the mock draft, because that would be an insult to the others who are participating and makes the whole process a sham. But by playing this out, we get to have healthy debate and conversation to remain engaged up and possibly beyond the draft. If teams make deals and they occur before a team’s selection is due, that deal will play a part as to when each person’s selection occurs.

Here how this is working: each evening (for now, one pick per day, but we will go to two when we get to second half of the mock draft and possibly even before that, so that we complete on time) the team’s selector emails me their pick and rationale for that selection to [email protected]. If making a trade, the same applies, and all the selectors have been listed below along with their screen name if from this site or their twitter handle if external to help facilitate making trades. I am posting that pick and rationale on the site and create a voting poll. For now, we are using just a yes or no vote for the poll, but if people want me to list other options for the selection at that pick number in cases of a no vote, I am happy to do so, to help make it more robust.


With the 5th Overall Pick in the 2019 NHL Entry Draft, the Los Angeles Kings, represented by slimtj100, select Cole Caufield

Rationale for the selection:

Figured he was the closest thing to a marketable star as they can get. Not sure he’s BPA, but I’m not concerned by that, It’s LA, they need flash and pizazz and hopefully Caufield provides that...and with 40 goal seasons included. Purest sniper in the draft by all accounts, is good enough for me. Bucking the trend of bigger players in LA

Kings select Cole Caufield
 
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Detroit is on the clock and selecting for the Red Wings will be Feds91Stammer.

2019 NHL DRAFT FIRST-ROUND ORDER and GMs to Date

1. New Jersey Devils - redmonsters, Kevin Barrett - Jack Hughes
2. New York Rangers - Jan Levine, Kappo Kakko
3. Chicago Blackhawks - kevin6, Kevin Braeunle, Bowen Byram
4. Colorado Avalanche (from Ottawa Senators) - optimus-reim, Luke Herrington, trafded pick to Buffalo, who selects Alex Turcotte
5. Los Angeles Kings - slimtj, TJ Reilly, Cole Caufield
6. Detroit Red Wings - Feds91Stammer
7. Buffalo Sabres - lonsabres, Paul Schott, traded to Colorado
8. Edmonton Oilers - Reveen, Curtis Lavoie
9. Anaheim Ducks - climbdenali12, Ryan Armstrong
10. Vancouver Canucks - Carol Schram, Canucks blogger on the site
11. Philadelphia Flyers - Flyerfan328, Philip Brunner and Streit2ThePoint, Ryan Snyder
12. Minnesota Wild - MaximumBone, Silas Bengtsson (or Colorado or Edmonton)
13. Florida Panthers - jimbo, Jimmy Reilly
14. Arizona Coyotes - jediman, Brendan Smith, and if he is unsable to draft, then phantom19, Norm Braeunle
15. Montreal Canadiens - Karine Hains, Canadiens blogger on the website
16. Colorado Avalanche - optimus-reim, Luke Herrington
17. Vegas Golden Knights - Jeff Paul, Vegas blogger for Hockey Buzz
18. Dallas Stars - Panarin27, Mark Choate
19. Ottawa Senators (from Columbus Blue Jackets) - Trevor Shackles, Ottawa blogger on the site
20. New York Rangers (from Winnipeg Jets) - Jan Levine
21. Pittsburgh Penguins - Datools55, Julien Michel
22. Los Angeles Kings (from Toronto Maple Leafs) - slimtj, TJ Reilly
23. New York Islanders - eichiefs9
24. Nashville Predators - Russ Cohen, sportsology
25. Washington Capitals - nyrangers9479
26. Calgary Flames - beandip, Andrew Horenbein
27. Tampa Bay Lightning - Panarin27, Mark Choate
28. Carolina Hurricanes - Bingo, Chris Cote
29. Buffalo Sabres [or Anaheim Ducks] (from San Jose Sharks) - lonsabres, Paul Schott

St. Louis’ pick is owner by Buffalo, pick to be made by lonsabres, Paul Schott
Boston to be covered by Anthony Travalgia, HB Bruins blogger

30. Stanley Cup Final losing team
31. Stanley Cup winner

I will post my full view on Larry Brooks' column (https://nypost.com/2019/06/11/rangers-arent-shying-away-from-buyouts-this-summer/) later today. But in short, on the podcast Tuesday, I made pretty clear my thoughts on possibly dealing Chris Kreider. Plus, if GM Jeff Gorton is going to buy out Brendan Smith or Kevin Shattenkirk, then the savings needs to be used to bring in a top-level player, not just to free up cap room.

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