Hope you enjoyed my mock draft! Feel free to post yours in the comments below :)

Imagine if Tampa got Pettersson 😂😂

tbh, I got the feeling that Elias Pettersson will turn out to be a draft steal. He's sick, top 5 in my book

Watching this 3 years later just feels wrong

This is so funny to watch 5 years later 😂 CALE MAKAR 9TH!

Wow, #14 for Pettersson. I know hind sight is 20/20 but man. He's the top player in that draft by a mile looking back now.

EP40 lighting it up for Vancouver

“Vegas wont be competing for a playoff spot for a while, 3 years at least if everything goes perfect” We were all so innocent.

Like.. Watching this afterwards and you said golden knights aren't competing 4 a playoff spot

Wow Pettersson at 14😳

You did a better job giving details as to why teams would select certain players than most nhl analysts have so far. Great job on this video!

way to cover Vancouvers pick with your fkn head

What do you mean eichel's buffalo's gm

Elias Petterson busted this mock draft! The NHL draft is just flat out crazy!

I think it is funny some people are mad over these picks because they only know the NHL 17 potentials for the players.

I could see the Canucks trading Tanev+ for that 14th pick from Tampa and taking Peterson, he played with another one of their prospects dahlen so maybe some day 1 chemistry?

I love how far Cody Glass as shot up, good to see more Canadian boys in the top 5.

I used to live in brooks Alberta where Cale makar plays he came to my birthday and I can't believe he's going to the NHL

As a Red Wings fan, I agree with what you said about Makar or Liljegren

I could potentially see Yamamoto going much earlier than expected and breaking into the top 15. he is undersized but he created a ton of offence with on a pretty weak team and was very impressive at the prospects game.

Love your videos!

I hope Detroit is drafting Elias Pettersson, his hands is sick, could be the next Datsyuk

I got a question for you, if Nashville beats the blues to move on, the flames will lock in at 16, who do you see them taking? We are stacked at defense imo so a forward such at poehling or vesalainen?

two winnipegers in the top 5! right on.

hey Tac have your heard of Yamamotto out of Spokane? Where do you thing he'll be going based on his performance this year?

I prefer Patrick to hischier but I think NJ will take hischier because they need more pure goal scorers instead of two way gays and hischier can play anywhere (center or wing) for them, but you're definitely right the whole draft completely depends on what Dallas does

When will you be uploading round two of the Stanley hut playoffs??? I wanna see you win that cup lol

Vancouver will take if available in order Heiskanen Glass or Rasmussen

Just watched this and realized that you said it would take 3 or 4 years until Vegas makes the playoffs 😂😂

I think a dark horse for 20-30 is Jaret Anderson Dolan, he is 4 days away from the 2018 draft eligibility and he put up decent points on Spokane and he is almost exactly a year younger than Patrick plus he's a fantastic skater

TacTixHD who will calgary pick in first round?

Just throwing this in there Patrick has played 1 full season since 2011. And before that was 76% is his highest games played. He might be better but health can be an issue. As a Devils fan I feel we need Hischier and his speed I find would go well. After drafting Zacha who has been a more power forward Type player.

Just hoping one of Kostin, Suzuki or Tolvanen are there at 16/17 for the Flames.

Leaf fan but in BC so still want the Canucks to be good. I hope they take Glass or Tippet. When Mike Bossy went so late in the draft the knock on him was he was a one dimensional player all he did was score goals. All Tippet does is score goals

I think you know ur hockey, i think ur spot on. Good job on the vid.

Man I know absolutely nothing about 90%+ of these dudes lol Kudos for doing homework on the subject haha

I wouldnt be to surprised if Cal Foote makes his way into the top 15 polarizing figure that can contribute offensively and and hes a solid in his own zone. Son of Adam Foote and plays kinda the same way as his father. Someone that could be a mid to late 1st round steal

did you hear what he said about the golden knights, and how it would take three years to make the playoffs.

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I'm gonna be honest, I think Florida is pretty solid up front with size, now they need to add some wheels. There are some slow players upfront (Bjugstad, Barkov, Jagr) that I think could be helped by a player like Lias Anderson.

Arizona might go with Liljegren, their LDH is already set with OEL, Goose and Chychrun, but they are very poor at RDH. But i wouldn't be shocked if they take Tippett, he has very good numbers.

imagine, Dallas trades 3rd pick and something else for Cory Schneider. Devils have 2 top 3 picks and sets up decent future. The Devils also need a defenceman so they can pick Heiskanen with 3rd overall

how do u do the whole draft table??

do they complete first round

This video makes me laugh now, LOL

Michael Rasmussen is local like actually local to the Canucks he was born 30 mins away from Vancouver

5 years later here’s what I would do out of the players you said 1. Cale Makar 2. Elias Peterson 3. Miro Heiskanen 4. Nico Hischier 5. Nick Suzuki 6. Martin Necas 7. Casey Mittelstadt 8. Nolan Patrick 9. Cody Glass 10. Owen Tippett 11. Gabe Vilardi 12. Michael Rasmussen 13. Timothy Liljergen 14. Juuso Valimaki 15. Kill Kostin

oh my what a great video

11 months later vegas just swept the kings

I would like to see the Devils take Hischier, he's more dynamic offensively / more of what the devils need whereas Patrick is more of a heavy two-way center. Although we could move Zacha or Mcleod to the wing, they are 2 big centers and it would make a lot more sense to draft Hischier. Nico has a higher ceiling in my opinion even though Nolan might be more NHL ready right now. Also Patrick's injury history is definitely a concern. Obviously both great players though who would both help the devils tremendously and i would gladly take either one, but if the decision was up to me i'm going with Nico.

It's tough to guess how good of a player will be just based on stats. Remember Nail Yakupov? He put up 100+ points in his draft year and look where he is now.

Vancouver selects Round 1: Pick 1 Elias Pettersson

Being a flyers fan we have a 5 rookie defense so I would love Nico so he could help Wayne train n Jakub on the offensive side

1. Patrick 2. Hischier 3. Heiskanen 4. Liljegren 5. Glass 6. Mittlestadt. 7. Makar 8. Tippet 9. Villiardi 10. Valimaki 11. Rasmussen

Make round 2 prediction

Tac tix do u play hockey ????

I'm with Mike cratty I fell Nick Hauge should go 13th to Winnipeg he's 6'4 and strong incace a player like Laine gets rocked again Hauge will stick up and he has a great shot hes an all around player oh and he plays for the steelheads and they are in the Ohl finals

Id like Vilardi, but I really hope the Avs take Tippett. Hes a solid pure winger and they need that more than another C. If Vilardi can play winger then him being a righty would help still.

As a Colorado Fan, I would beg to differ that Colorado is ok with waiting longer to come back to a better position. Id say that they take someone like Liljegren or another defensemen other than Heiskanen, as I agree that Dallas will get him. Colorado's forward core is still pretty good. Their bottom six can be improved upon, but for right now, defense comes first.

I hope my Canucks take a C with either Game Vilardi, Cody Glass, or even that Nicholas Suzuki player who looks unreal after the year he had.

Best sleeper in the first round will be Robert Thomas from London

I really hope the Leafs get the opportunity to draft Cal Foote.

Or potentially Suzuki could be a good fit.

Omg Suzuki is on my home town team right now

Do another episode of franchise mode

Your pronouncing is so good with those finnish guys :)

is tactics from Windsor?

what about the other half

So Tippett is gonna play for his uncle possibly???

Good video, like and subscribed!

good job man. Sounds like you did your homework.

Wait u live in Windsor ?

Honestly I think Avs r going to go with Cal Foote mainly because he plays in a similar way that his dad did and heritage with the Avs

1.Patrick 2. Hischier 3.Vilardi 4. Tippet 5. Mitt 6. Glass 7. Makar 8.Heiskainen 9. Petterson 10 Suzuki

Cal Foote will go higher than expected.

Mock draft 2018????

I look back on this video you say Vegas doesn’t need Mittelstadt right away because they won’t make the playoffs in 4 years.. today they are top 3 in the league halfway through the season

They actually have 2

Toronto got him at 17th yay

I wonder who the Tampa bay player is definitely not the steal of the draft

I really think Detroit will pick Elias Pettersson, he is the new Zetterberg for sure.

My guy Klim Kostin the beast

I like those picks, here are mine: New Jersey Devils: Nolan Patrick Philadelphia Flyers: Nico Hischier Dallas Stars: Cody Glass Colorado Avalanche: Miro Heiskanen Vancouver Canucks: Gabriel Vilardi Vegas Golden Knights: Casey Mittelstadt Arizona Coyotes: Cale Makar Buffalo Sabres: Eeli Tolvanen Detroit Red Wings: Nick Suzuki Florida Panthers: Owen Tippett Los Angeles Kings: Timothy Liljegren Carolina Hurricanes: Martin Necas Winnipeg Jets: Nicolas Hague Tampa Bay Lightning: Juuso Valimaki New York Islanders: Callan Foote Let me know your thoughts

Wings got Vili Saarijarvi in the pipeline... Offensive RD ... I don't think he's as good as Makar or Liljegren obviously (He does look very skilled tho)... I'm just saying they have a kid who could fill a similar role if they decide to go in another direction

Where is Maxime Comtuis??

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Colorado has MacKinnon, Duchene, and Jost. There's no way they go center at #4

What about cal foote

Im not gonna move any EU player above an NA one since its really hard to compare the two, with NA players playing against other young guys and EU ones playing in their countries top league/leagues. With that said, the SHL had proven to be the best league in Europe, apart from the KHL, and Lias Andersson has proven to be really good in what is the best team in the SHL. Having Necas on 12th and Andersson not even in it seems kinda weird if you ask me. IMO, L.Andersson = E.Petterson > M.Necas, i do belive that both of the swedes are gonna go in the top 15 of the draft, if not higher

just wondering, have you watched any of these guys play, or this strictly based on stats

Ryan Poehling?

2018??

Tolivinen?

Maxime sushko??? Owen sound attack

these kids are so damn young

I kinda want the flyers to trade with Colorado for duchene and landeskog than pick comtois with the 4th pick or vilardi

Winnipeg needs Stuart skinner or Mike dipetretro

We love our Finnish hockey players in Winnipeg :D

Throwback to Detroit picking Cale lol

I wish Makar went to Detroit...