2016 NHL Mock Draft 3.0

Looking for the latest version of our mock draft? NHL Mock Draft 5.5 (released May 20th) is linked here.

Expanding our NHL mock draft in this edition, we’re now featuring all seven rounds. The hope is to have full prospect profiles before June’s draft.

Please note that statistics are reflective of March 11th, 2016. Draft order is from standings heading into March 11th games.

We need to expect the order to be constantly changing until the actual draft order is determined. It’s also important to remember that more draft pick movement is expected on draft day.

Draft pick ownership information was gather through www.generalfanager.com – it’s worth noting that several conditional trades are still in place, or options for picks to be sent in 2016 or 2017. We will include those picks as they are confirmed.

Rules are slightly tweaked for this year’s draft lottery process. The following is from NHL.com,

2016 NHL Draft Lottery



Beginning in 2016, the Draft Lottery will be utilized to assign the top three drafting slots in the NHL Draft, an expansion over previous years when the Draft Lottery was used to determine the winner of the first overall selection only.



Three draws will be held: the 1st Lottery draw will determine the Club selecting first overall, the 2nd Lottery draw will determine the Club selecting second overall and the 3rd Lottery draw will determine the club selecting third overall.



As a result of this change, the team earning the fewest points during the regular season will no longer be guaranteed, at worst, the second overall pick. That club could fall as low as fourth overall.



The allocation of odds for the 1st Lottery draw will be the same as outlined above for the 2015 NHL Draft Lottery. The odds for the remaining teams will increase on a proportionate basis for the 2nd Lottery draw, based on which Club wins the 1st Lottery draw, and again for the 3rd Lottery draw, based on which Club wins the 2nd Lottery draw.



The 11 Clubs not selected in the Draft Lottery will be assigned NHL Draft selections 4 through 14, in inverse order of regular-season points.



With all that in mind, we will turn to the NHL Lottery Simulator to determine our top three picks. Each month we release a new edition, we’ll use the draft simulator until actual top three is determined. The remaining order will be determined by current NHL standings.

And our winners are: Buffalo, Edmonton, and Vancouver



