2018 NHL Mock Drafts Revisited: Pick-By-Pick Results

2018 NHL Mock Drafts Revisited: By-The-Numbers Breakdown

It’s always fun to reflect on my NHL mock drafts and break it down by the numbers, but it’s also nice to have a head-to-head comparison with pick-by-pick results over seven rounds.

I provided that for my 2016 mocks and readers really seemed to appreciate it, with some reaching out to say they missed it in 2017 when I only had time to publish one mock.

The good news is both versions are back for 2018, recapping my seventh annual mock draft that published on June 8 as well as my consensus last-minute mock that went live on June 18 — with tweaks based on further research and feedback from scouts, media and fans.

This project wouldn’t have been possible without Brandon Share-Cohen, who kindly shared the code from THW’s Draft Tracker, which he updated throughout draft weekend as one of the unsung heroes for our THW team.

So stick-tap to BSC, as we call him, and here is a legend to help you follow along:

N31 — Next 31, the next 31 names on my draft board that didn’t quite make the cut for my 217 selections.

HM — Honourable Mention, there were 420 and 472 prospects listed for my respective mocks.

RE — Re-Entry, there were 13 unsigned prospects as of June 1 that re-entered the 2018 draft, but I didn’t make room for them in my original mock and rather provided my projected placements.

NR — Not Ranked, there were 13 and 12 prospects drafted in 2018 that didn’t appear in my respective mocks.

Without further ado, let’s see how I fared for 2018 . . .

FIRST ROUND

Pick	Player	Original Mock	Consensus Mock
1	Rasmus Dahlin	1	1
2	Andrei Svechnikov	3 (Detroit via trade)	2
3	Jesperi Kotkaniemi	6 (Montreal via trade)	3
4	Brady Tkachuk	9	8
5	Barrett Hayton	15	12
6	Filip Zadina	2	4
7	Quinn Hughes	5	5
8	Adam Boqvist	4	11
9	Vitaly Kravtsov	13	13
10	Evan Bouchard	11	6
11	Oliver Wahlstrom	8	9
12	Noah Dobson	7	7
13	Ty Dellandrea	29	23
14	Joel Farabee	14	14
15	Grigori Denisenko	24	18
16	Martin Kaut	22	22
17	Ty Smith	10	10
18	Liam Foudy	R2, 45	R2, 45
19	Jay O’Brien	R2, 53	R2, 49
20	Rasmus Kupari	16	24
21	Ryan Merkley	27	R2, 41
22	K’Andre Miller	20	17
23	Isac Lundestrom	26	20
24	Filip Johansson	R2, 33	R2, 55
25	Dominik Bokk	21	28
26	Jacob Bernard-Docker	R2, 47	R2, 47
27	Nicolas Beaudin	R2, 35	R2, 35
28	Nils Lundkvist	30	27
29	Rasmus Sandin	25 (to Toronto)	25 (to Toronto)
30	Joe Veleno	12	16
31	Alexander Alexeyev	R2, 34	R2, 34

SECOND ROUND

Pick	Player	Original Mock	Consensus Mock
32	Mattias Samuelsson	36	R1, 30
33	Jonatan Berggren	R1, 17	R1, 26
34	Serron Noel	38	R1, 19
35	Jesse Ylonen	49	42
36	Jared McIsaac	R1, 31	R1, 29
37	Jett Woo	43	33
38	Alex Romanov	R6, 186	R4, 101
39	Olof Lindbom	R5, 126	R5, 126
40	Ryan McLeod	41	R1, 21
41	Bode Wilde	R1, 19	R1, 15
42	Jack Drury	48	58
43	Ruslan Iskhakov	R3, 93	R3, 93
44	Albin Eriksson	R4, 98	R3, 84
45	Scott Perunovich	R3, 63	R3, 63
46	Martin Fehervary	R3, 76	R4, 95
47	Kody Clark	R4, 118	R4, 119
48	Jonathan Tychonick	37	37
49	Kirill Marchenko	39	39
50	Adam Ginning	57	43
51	Akil Thomas	R1, 23	40
52	Sean Durzi	R4, 119	R3, 83 (Toronto)
53	Calen Addison	40	36
54	Bo Groulx	54	54
55	Kevin Bahl	61	38
56	Jacob Olofsson	32	R1, 31
57	Axel Andersson	R4, 103	R3, 75
58	Filip Hallander	56	52
59	Gabriel Fortier	R5, 128	R4, 122
60	David Gustafsson	44	44
61	Ivan Morozov	58	48
62	Olivier Rodrigue	R3, 78	R3, 66

THIRD ROUND

Pick	Player	Original Mock	Consensus Mock
63	Jack McBain	67	R2, 57
64	Justus Annunen	R4, 117	R4, 94
65	Jan Jenik	88	90
66	Cam Hillis	73	R2, 61
67	Alec Regula	85	79
68	Tyler Madden	R4, 110	73
69	Jake Wise	R1, 18	R2, 32
70	Jacob Ragnarsson	HM	R7, 213
71	Jordan Harris	R4, 101	88
72	Jakub Skarek	R2, 51	67
73	Ty Emberson	65 (Arizona)	64
74	Niklas Nordgren	R2, 42	R2, 56
75	Oskar Back	84	85
76	Semyon Der-Arguchintsev	90	R2, 59
77	Jakub Lauko	R2, 46	R2, 46
78	Sampo Ranta	89	R2, 60
79	Blake McLaughlin	R2, 55	65
80	Marcus Karlberg	R5, 130	R6, 167
81	Seth Barton	R7, 195	HM
82	Bulat Shafigullin	87	R4, 120
83	Riley Stotts	R4, 105	R4, 105
84	Jesper Eliasson	HM	HM
85	Lukas Dostal	81	R4, 98
86	Alexander Khovanov	64	R2, 53
87	Linus Karlsson	R5, 137	R5, 137
88	Joey Keane	R4, 122	R4, 110
89	Logan Hutsko	R4, 114	R4, 114
90	Dmitry Semykin	R5, 132	R5, 132
91	Nathan Smith	HM	R7, 210
92	Connor Dewar	R7, 201	R7, 201
93	Riley Sutter	74	72

FOURTH ROUND

Pick	Player	Original Mock	Consensus Mock
94	Matej Pekar	R1, 28	R3, 81
95	Johnny Gruden	94	R3, 74
96	Luke Henman	116	116
97	Allan McShane	R3, 72	R2, 50
98	Ryan O’Reilly	R3, 66	102
99	Slava Demin	R3, 79	R3, 78
100	Adam Mascherin	RE (70-120)	R2, 51
101	Nico Gross	R5, 136	R5, 145
102	Jasper Weatherby	R7, 210	R6, 156
103	Jake Pivonka	R5, 125	R5, 139
104	Lenni Killinen	N31	R6, 184
105	Martin Pospisil	HM	R7, 207
106	Curtis Douglas	95	97
107	Joel Hofer	HM	HM
108	Demetrios Koumontzis	HM	HM
109	Tyler Weiss	R3, 70	R3, 86
110	Xavier Bernard	R3, 86	R3, 92
111	Jachym Kondelik	123	123
112	Jack St. Ivany	R6, 170	R7, 192
113	Aidan Dudas	R2, 52	R3, 76
114	Ivan Prosvetov	R6, 182	R6, 181
115	Paul Cotter	R6, 174	R6, 174
116	Jack Perbix	R6, 179	R6, 179
117	Linus Lindstrand-Cronholm	HM	HM
118	Mac Hollowell	HM	N31
119	Curtis Hall	R2, 60	R3, 77 (Boston)
120	Philipp Kurashev	R2, 62	R2, 62
121	Alex Green	HM	HM
122	Milos Roman	R3, 68	R3, 68
123	Jack Gorniak	R6, 177	R6, 177
124	Mitchell Gibson	HM	HM

FIFTH ROUND

Pick	Player	Original Mock	Consensus Mock
125	Miska Kukkonen	HM	HM
126	Angus Crookshank	N31	R6, 163
127	Wyatte Wylie	HM	HM
128	Cole Fonstad	R2, 50	R3, 69
129	Justin Almeida	N31	R6, 185
130	Toni Utunen	R3, 80	R4, 103
131	Spencer Stastney	R3, 77	R3, 70
132	Lauri Pajuniemi	HM	HM
133	Samuel Houde	HM	HM
134	Blade Jenkins	R3, 82	R3, 82
135	Brandon Kruse	NR	HM
136	Akira Schmid	R6, 162	R7, 204
137	Riley Damiani	R4, 121	138
138	Hugh McGing	HM	HM
139	Mikael Hakkarainen	HM	HM
140	Brandon Saigeon	R4, 113	R4, 113
141	Yegor Sharangovich	HM	HM
142	Michael Callahan	R4, 107	R4, 107
143	Samuel Ersson	HM	HM
144	David Hrenak	HM	HM
145	Dennis Busby	149	R4, 118
146	Danil Zhuravlyov	R6, 163	R6, 186
147	Roman Durny	HM	HM
148	Simon Johansson	R3, 75	134
149	Filip Kral	R4, 96	R3, 91
150	Declan Chisholm	N31	N31
151	Vladislav Yeryomenko	N31	HM
152	Magnus Chrona	NR	NR
153	Giovanni Vallati	144	136
154	Connor Corcoran	N31	N31
155	Damien Giroux	HM	HM

SIXTH ROUND

Pick	Player	Original Mock	Consensus Mock
156	Pontus Holmberg	NR	NR
157	Kevin Mandolese	N31	R7, 202
158	David Tendeck	N31	N31
159	Tim Berni	HM	HM
160	Victor Brattstrom	HM	HM
161	Alex Kannok-Leipert	R7, 192	N31
162	Alexis Gravel	R5, 152	R5, 152
163	Simon Kjellberg	NR	NR
164	Michael Kesselring	N31	R7, 208
165	Johan Sodergran	HM	R7, 191
166	Jesper Sellgren	HM	R7, 211
167	Mathias-Emilio Pettersen	158	R5, 135
168	Dawson Barteaux	N31	N31
169	Mathias Laferriere	HM	HM
170	Justin Schutz	HM	HM
171	Nikolai Kovalenko	R3, 69	R3, 87
172	Mitch Hoelscher	N31	N31
173	Veini Vehvilainen	R5, 151	R5, 151
174	Gavin Hain	N31	176
175	Jacob Ingham	165 (Los Angeles)	R7, 203
176	Zachary Emond	HM	HM
177	Liam Gorman	NR	NR
178	Hunter Drew	HM	HM
179	Shawn Boudrias	N31	HM
180	Peter Diliberatore	HM	HM
181	Dustyn McFall	NR	NR
182	John Leonard	NR	NR
183	Cole Koepke	NR	NR
184	Jared Moe	HM	HM
185	Xavier Bouchard	157	R5, 141
186	Artyom Manukyan	HM	HM

SEVENTH ROUND

Pick	Player	Original Mock	Consensus Mock
187	William Worge Kreu	NR	NR
188	Jakov Novak	HM	HM
189	Liam Kirk	R4, 115	R4, 115
190	Brett Stapley	HM	HM
191	Otto Kivenmaki	HM	HM
192	Matthew Thiessen	N31	N31
193	Josiah Slavin	NR	NR
194	Luke Loheit	HM	HM
195	Patrik Siikanen	HM	HM
196	Christian Krygier	HM	HM
197	Jake Kucharski	HM	HM
198	Dmitry Zavgorodniy	R2, 59	R3, 80
199	Jermaine Loewen	HM	HM
200	Tyler Tucker	R4, 112	R4, 112
201	Cole Krygier	R6, 176	R6, 178
202	Shamil Shmakov	R5, 154	R5, 154
203	Eetu Pakkila	HM	HM
204	Trey Fix-Wolansky	HM	HM
205	Marcus Westfalt	R5, 147	R5, 147
206	Radim Salda	N31	194
207	Santtu Kinnunen	NR	NR
208	Jordan Kooy	202	200
209	Zachary Bouthillier	HM	HM
210	Sam Hentges	NR	NR
211	Semyon Kizimov	HM	HM
212	Pavel Shen	HM	214
213	Milan Kloucek	NR	NR
214	Ty Taylor	HM	HM
215	Austin Wong	R6, 180	R6, 180
216	Riley Hughes	212	212
217	Eric Florchuk	R5, 153	R5, 143

Undrafted from Consensus Mock

63 Total Misses — 154 of 217 (5 of top 100, 27 of top 150)

Third Round

Pavel Gogolev (71)

Adam McCormick (89)

Fourth Round

Libor Zabransky (96)

Luka Burzan (99)

Amir Miftakhov (100)

Kristian Reichel (104)

Chase Wouters (106)

Ryan Chyzowski (108)

Nathan Dunkley (109)

Alex Steeves (111)

Patrick Giles (117)

Matthew Struthers (121)

Egor Sokolov (124)

Fifth Round

Nando Eggenberger (125)

Kyle Topping (127)

Justin Ducharme (128)

Adam Samuelsson (129)

Samuel Fagemo (130)

Lukas Wernblom (131)

Kirill Nizhnikov (133)

Anderson MacDonald (140)

Sean Comrie (142)

Michal Kvasnica (144)

Vladislav Kotkov (146)

Linus Nyman (148)

Jacob Tortora (149)

Karel Plasek (150)

Kristian Tanus (153)

Alexander Zhabreyev (155)

Sixth Round

Einar Emanuelsson (157)

Tristen Nielsen (158)

Peetro Seppala (159)

Santeri Salmela (160)

Jack Lagerstrom (161)

Danila Galenyuk (162)

Billy Moskal (164)

Samuel Bucek (165)

Filip Lindberg (166)

Brodi Stuart (168)

Brendan Budy (169)

Samuel Harvey (170)

Arttu Nevasaari (171)

Carl Wassenius (172)

Ville Petman (173)

Eli Zummack (175)

Jack DeBoer (182)

Mikhail Bitsadze (183)

Seventh Round

Cooper Zech (187)

Nicolas Guay (188)

Keegan Karki (189)

Isaac Johnson (190)

Alexei Polodyan (193)

Jordan Sambrook (195)

Nikita Rtishchev (196)

Nicolas Mattinen (197)

Marc Del Gaizo (198)

Montana Onyebuchi (199)

Ivan Kosorenkov (205)

Nikita Anokhovsky (206)

Jerry Turkulainen (209)

Vojtech Budik (215)

Benjamin Gleason (216)

Anton Malyshev (217)

Replaced By (2 in top 100, 20 in top 150)

Third Round

Seth Barton (81)

Jesper Eliasson (84)

Fourth Round

Joel Hofer (107)

Demetrios Koumontzis (108)

Linus Lindstrand-Cronholm (117)

Mac Hollowell (118)

Alex Green (121)

Mitchell Gibson (124)

Fifth Round

Miska Kukkonen (125)

Wyatte Wylie (127)

Lauri Pajuniemi (132)

Samuel Houde (133)

Brandon Kruse (135)

Hugh McGing (138)

Mikael Hakkarainen (139)

Yegor Sharangovich (141)

Samuel Ersson (143)

David Hrenak (144)

Roman Durny (147)

Declan Chisholm (150)

Vladislav Yeryomenko (151)

Magnus Chrona (152)

Connor Corcoran (154)

Damien Giroux (155)

Sixth Round

Pontus Holmberg (156)

David Tendeck (158)

Tim Berni (159)

Victor Brattstrom (160)

Alex Kannon-Leipert (161)

Simon Kjellberg (163)

Dawson Barteaux (168)

Mathias Laferriere (169)

Justin Schutz (170)

Mitch Hoelscher (172)

Zachary Emond (176)

Liam Gorman (177)

Hunter Drew (178)

Shawn Boudrias (179)

Peter Diliberatore (180)

Dustyn McFall (181)

John Leonard (182)

Cole Koepke (183)

Jared Moe (184)

Artyom Manukyan (186)

Seventh Round

William Worge Kreu (187)

Jakov Novak (188)

Brett Stapley (190)

Otto Kivenmaki (191)

Matthew Thiessen (192)

Josiah Slavin (193)

Luke Loheit (194)

Patrik Siikanen (195)

Christian Krygier (196)

Jake Kucharski (197)

Jermaine Loewen (199)

Eetu Pakkila (203)

Trey Fix-Wolansky (204)

Santtu Kinnunen (207)

Zachary Bouthillier (209)

Sam Hentges (210)

Semyon Kizimov (211)

Milan Kloucek (213)

Ty Taylor (214)

Undrafted from Original Mock

75 Total Misses — 142 of 217 (7 of top 100, 31 of top 150)

Third Round

Pavel Gogolev (71)

Jacob Tortora (83)

Alex Steeves (91)

Egor Sokolov (92)

Fourth Round

Danila Galenyuk (97)

Luka Burzan (99)

Amir Miftakhov (100)

Adam McCormick (102)

Linus Nyman (104)

Chase Wouters (106)

Ryan Chyzowski (108)

Nathan Dunkley (109)

Libor Zabransky (111)

Anton Malyshev (120)

Alexander Zhabreyev (124)

Fifth Round

Kyle Topping (127)

Adam Samuelsson (129)

Lukas Wernblom (131)

Kirill Nizhnikov (133)

Mikhail Shalagin (134)

Samuel Fagemo (135)

Michal Kvasnica (138)

Samuel Harvey (139)

Ivan Muranov (140)

Anderson MacDonald (141)

Sean Comrie (142)

Samuel Bucek (143)

Oliver Okuliar (145)

Vladislav Kotkov (146)

Nando Eggenberger (148)

Ondrej Buchtela (150)

Mikhail Bitsadze (155)

Sixth Round

Patrick Giles (156)

Filip Lindberg (159)

Christian Lindberg (160)

Jack Lagerstrom (161)

Zach Solow (164)

Ville Petman (166)

Tristen Nielsen (167)

Brodi Stuart (168)

Brendan Budy (169)

Arttu Nevasaari (171)

Carl Wassenius (172)

Nikita Shashkov (173)

Eli Zummack (175)

Matej Blumel (178)

Kristian Reichel (181)

Georgi Ivanov (183)

Max Crozier (184)

Isaac Johnson (185)

Seventh Round

Einar Emanuelsson (187)

Matej Svoboda (188)

Merrick Rippon (189)

Matthew Struthers (190)

Peetro Seppala (191)

Alexander Polunin (193)

Martin Bucko (194)

German Grachyov (196)

Stephen Dhillon (197)

Bryan Lockner (198)

Montana Onyebuchi (199)

Spencer Meier (200)

Jakub Lacka (203)

Leif Mattson (204)

Adam Klapka (205)

Nikita Anokhovsky (206)

Jacob Schmidt-Svejstrup (207)

Demid Mansurov (208)

Jerry Turkulainen (209)

Marcus Bjork (211)

Liam Kindree (213)

Mark Rubinchik (214)

Yegor Zamula (215)

Eero Teravainen (216)

Vladislav Sukhachyov (217)

Replaced by (4 in top 100, 26 in top 150)

Third Round

Jacob Ragnarsson (70)

Jesper Eliasson (84)

Nathan Smith (91)

Fourth Round

Adam Mascherin (100)

Lenni Killinen (104)

Martin Pospisil (105)

Joel Hofer (107)

Demetrios Koumontzis (108)

Linus Lindstrand-Cronholm (117)

Mac Hollowell (118)

Alex Green (121)

Mitchell Gibson (124)

Fifth Round

Miska Kukkonen (125)

Angus Crookshank (126)

Wyatte Wylie (127)

Justin Almeida (129)

Lauri Pajuniemi (132)

Samuel Houde (133)

Brandon Kruse (135)

Hugh McGing (138)

Mikael Hakkarainen (139)

Yegor Sharangovich (141)

Samuel Ersson (143)

David Hrenak (144)

Roman Durny (147)

Declan Chisholm (150)

Vladislav Yeryomenko (151)

Magnus Chrona (152)

Connor Corcoran (154)

Damien Giroux (155)

Sixth Round

Pontus Holmberg (156)

Kevin Mandolese (157)

David Tendeck (158)

Tim Berni (159)

Victor Brattstrom (160)

Simon Kjellberg (163)

Michael Kesselring (164)

Johan Sodergran (165)

Jesper Sellgren (166)

Dawson Barteaux (168)

Mathias Laferriere (169)

Justin Schutz (170)

Mitch Hoelscher (172)

Gavin Hain (174)

Zachary Emond (176)

Liam Gorman (177)

Hunter Drew (178)

Shawn Boudrias (179)

Peter Diliberatore (180)

Dustyn McFall (181)

John Leonard (182)

Cole Koepke (183)

Jared Moe (184)

Artyom Manukyan (186)

Seventh Round

William Worge Kreu (187)

Jakov Novak (188)

Brett Stapley (190)

Otto Kivenmaki (191)

Matthew Thiessen (192)

Josiah Slavin (193)

Luke Loheit (194)

Patrik Siikanen (195)

Christian Krygier (196)

Jake Kucharski (197)

Jermaine Loewen (199)

Eetu Pakkila (203)

Trey Fix-Wolansky (204)

Radim Salda (206)

Santtu Kinnunen (207)

Zachary Bouthillier (209)

Sam Hentges (210)

Semyon Kizimov (211)

Pavel Shen (212)

Milan Kloucek (213)

Ty Taylor (214)