2020 NHL Draft: Reviewing First Round Mock Scenarios for Prospects

The mocking is done — at least for the first round.

Now it’s on to the real challenge — my annual seven-round mocks. But, first, let’s review the first round to determine a consensus of sorts based on the 10 scenarios presented in this mock series.

I’ve already reviewed the top 10 for the prospects, so I’ll recap those results and start providing analysis after the top eight — since those eight were locks for the top 10. Interestingly, a total of 14 prospects cracked the top 10 and a whopping 56 were taken at least once in the top 31, with 21 of those 56 prospects appearing in all 10 scenarios.

For each prospect, I’ll highlight their most common match and list all of their selections — using a process of elimination to produce a consensus mock for the prospects.

Without further ado, here is how the prospects fared throughout this mock series:

Alexis Lafreniere (LW, Canada, Rimouski QMJHL)

TOTAL: 10

HIGHEST: 1

LOWEST: 1

AVERAGE: 1

MOST COMMON: Detroit (3)

SELECTION RECAP: Detroit (3 — 1, 1, 1), Ottawa (2 — 1, 1), Montreal (2 — 1, 1), Los Angeles (1 — 1), New Jersey (1 — 1), Arizona (1 — 1)

Quinton Byfield (LC, Canada, Sudbury OHL)

TOTAL: 10

HIGHEST: 2

LOWEST: 4

AVERAGE: 2

MOST COMMON: Ottawa (3)

SELECTION RECAP: Ottawa (3 — 2, 2, 4), Anaheim (2 — 2, 2), Detroit (1 — 2), Los Angeles (1 — 2), New Jersey (1 – 2), Buffalo (1 — 2), Chicago (1 — 2)

Jamie Drysdale (RD, Canada, Erie OHL)

TOTAL: 10

HIGHEST: 3

LOWEST: 6

AVERAGE: 4

MOST COMMON: Los Angeles (6)

SELECTION RECAP: Los Angeles (6 — 3, 3, 5, 6, 6, 6), Ottawa (3 — 3, 4, 5), Anaheim (1 — 3)

Tim Stutzle (LC/LW, Germany, Adler Mannheim DEL)

TOTAL: 10

HIGHEST: 2

LOWEST: 9

AVERAGE: 5

MOST COMMON: Detroit (4)

SELECTION RECAP: Detroit (4 — 2, 3, 4, 4), Buffalo (3 — 3, 7, 7), Ottawa (2 — 3, 5), Chicago (1 — 9)

Lucas Raymond (RW, Sweden, Frolunda SHL)

TOTAL: 10

HIGHEST: 3

LOWEST: 8

AVERAGE: 5

MOST COMMON: Ottawa (5)

SELECTION RECAP: Ottawa (5 — 3, 4, 4, 5, 6), Detroit (2 — 4, 4), New Jersey (1 — 7), Buffalo (1 — 7), Montreal (1 — 8)

Marco Rossi (LC, Austria/Switzerland, Ottawa OHL)

TOTAL: 10

HIGHEST: 3

LOWEST: 8

AVERAGE: 6

MOST COMMON: New Jersey (5)

SELECTION RECAP: New Jersey (5 — 6, 6, 7, 7, 8), Ottawa (4 — 4, 5, 5, 5), Arizona (1 — 3)

Alexander Holtz (LW/RW, Sweden, Djurgardens SHL)

TOTAL: 10

HIGHEST: 5

LOWEST: 9

AVERAGE: 7

MOST COMMON: Anaheim (4)

SELECTION RECAP: Anaheim (4 — 6, 6, 6, 7), Chicago (2 — 9, 9), Ottawa (1 — 5), New Jersey (1 — 7), Buffalo (1 — 7), Montreal (1 — 9)

Cole Perfetti (LW/LC, Canada, Saginaw OHL)

TOTAL: 10

HIGHEST: 5

LOWEST: 10

AVERAGE: 8

MOST COMMON: Montreal (4)

SELECTION RECAP: Montreal (4 — 8, 8, 8, 9), Anaheim (3 — 5, 5, 7), Los Angeles (1 — 6), Chicago (1 — 9), New Jersey (1 — 10)