2020 NHL Draft: Reviewing First Round Mock Scenarios for Teams

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 teams, so I’ll recap those results and start providing analysis at 11th overall with Minnesota. For each team, I’ll highlight their most common match and list all of their selections by likelihood — accounting for availability and predicting their preference. That process of elimination will produce a consensus mock for the teams.

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

Detroit Red Wings

HIGHEST: 1

LOWEST: 4

MOST COMMON: Tim Stutzle (4)

SELECTION RECAP: Tim Stutzle (4), Alexis Lafreniere (3), Lucas Raymond (2), Quinton Byfield (1)

Ottawa Senators

HIGHEST: 1

LOWEST: 6

MOST COMMON: Lucas Raymond (5)

SELECTION RECAP: Lucas Raymond (5), Marco Rossi (4), Quinton Byfield (3), Jamie Drysdale (3), Alexis Lafreniere (2), Tim Stutzle (2), Alexander Holtz (1)

Los Angeles Kings

HIGHEST: 1

LOWEST: 6

MOST COMMON: Jamie Drysdale (6)

SELECTION RECAP: Jamie Drysdale (6), Alexis Lafreniere (1), Quinton Byfield (1), Yaroslav Askarov (1), Cole Perfetti (1)

Anaheim Ducks

HIGHEST: 2

LOWEST: 7

MOST COMMON: Alexander Holtz (4)

SELECTION RECAP: Alexander Holtz (4), Cole Perfetti (3), Quinton Byfield (2), Jamie Drysdale (1)

New Jersey Devils

HIGHEST: 1

LOWEST: 10

MOST COMMON: Marco Rossi (5), Jack Quinn (5)

SELECTION RECAP: Marco Rossi (5), Jack Quinn (5), Yaroslav Askarov (2), Alexis Lafreniere (1), Quinton Byfield (1), Lucas Raymond (1), Alexander Holtz (1), Cole Perfetti (1), Noel Gunler (1)

Buffalo Sabres

HIGHEST: 2

LOWEST: 9

MOST COMMON: Tim Stutzle (3), Anton Lundell (3)

SELECTION RECAP: Tim Stutzle (3), Anton Lundell (3), Quinton Byfield (1), Lucas Raymond (1), Alexander Holtz (1), Noel Gunler (1)

Montreal Canadiens

HIGHEST: 1

LOWEST: 9

MOST COMMON: Cole Perfetti (4)

SELECTION RECAP: Cole Perfetti (4), Alexis Lafreniere (2), Anton Lundell (2), Lucas Raymond (1), Alexander Holtz (1)

Chicago Blackhawks

HIGHEST: 2

LOWEST: 10

MOST COMMON: Jake Sanderson (3)

SELECTION RECAP: Jake Sanderson (3), Alexander Holtz (2), Quinton Byfield (1), Tim Stutzle (1), Cole Perfetti (1), Yaroslav Askarov (1), Seth Jarvis (1)

Arizona Coyotes

HIGHEST: 1

LOWEST: 3

MOST COMMON: Alexis Lafreniere (1), Marco Rossi (1)

SELECTION RECAP: Alexis Lafreniere (1), Marco Rossi (1)