2022 NHL Mock Draft: The Top-15
The 2022 NHL Entry Draft is less than seven weeks away and today we're going to take a stab at doing a mock draft for the top-fifteen. This year's draft is fairly strong, with solid prospects available from 1 through 20-22. Beyond that, the skill level does drop off a bit, as it does every year, but there are some gems to keep an eye on in late in the first round and throughout the rest of the draft.
1) Montreal Canadiens - Shane Wright (Kingston - OHL)
2) New Jersey Devils - Juraj Slafkovsky (TPS - Liiga)
3) Arizona Coyotes - Logan Cooley (USA U-18 - NTDP)
4) Seattle Kraken - Simon Nemec (HK Nitra - Slovak Extraliga)
5) Philadelphia Flyers - Joakim Kemell (JYP - Liiga)
6) Columbus Blue Jackets - David Jiricek (HC Plzen - Czech Extraliga)
7) Ottawa Senators - Cutter Gauthier (USA U-18 - NTDP)
8) Detroit Red Wings - Matthew Savoie (Winnipeg - WHL)
9) Buffalo Sabres - Marco Kasper (Rogle BK - SHL)
10) Anaheim Ducks - Jonathan Lekkerimaki (Djurgarden -SHL)
11) San Jose Sharks - Pavel Mintyukov (Saginaw - OHL)
12) Columbus Blue Jackets - Conor Geekie (Winnipeg - WHL)
13) New York Islanders - Lian Bischel (Leksand - SHL)
14) Winnipeg Jets - Danila Yurov (Magnitogorsk - KHL)
15) Vancouver Canucks - Liam Ohgren (Djurgarden Jr. - Swe-Jr.)
Others to watch: Brad Lambert (Pelicans - Liiga), Jiri Kulich (Karlovy Vary - Czech Extraliga), Kevin Korchinski (Seattle - WHL), Topias Leinonen (JYP Jr. - Fin-Jr.), Isaac Howard (USA U-18 - NTDP).
Stay tuned for our final mock draft in early-July where each of the writers from Markerzone.com will select their top ten!
| POLL | ||
MAI 21 | 181 ANSWERS 2022 NHL Mock Draft: The Top-15 Who do you think the Montreal Canadiens will select first overall? | ||
| Shane Wright | 105 | 58 % |
| Juraj Slafkovsky | 35 | 19.3 % |
| Logan Cooley | 41 | 22.7 % |
| LIST OF POLLS | ||
| G | A | PTS | ||
| Kyle Connor | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Alex Tuch | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Owen Power | - | 2 | 2 | |
| Michael Bunting | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Drew Helleson | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Jirí Kulich | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Isac Lundestrom | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Vladislav Namestnikov | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Nino Niederreiter | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Gabriel Vilardi | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Jason Zucker | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Leo Carlsson | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Nikolaj Ehlers | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Ross Johnston | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Evgeni Malkin | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Josh Morrissey | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Cole Perfetti | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Bryan Rust | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Mark Scheifele | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Trevor Zegras | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Complete stats | ||||
| STANDINGS 2024-2025 | ||||||
TOP 10 | GP | W | L | OL | PTS | |
Jets | 20 | 17 | 3 | - | 34 | |
Wild | 19 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 29 | |
Hurricanes | 19 | 14 | 5 | - | 28 | |
Devils | 22 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 28 | |
Capitals | 19 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 27 | |
Golden Knights | 20 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 26 | |
Maple Leafs | 20 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 26 | |
Rangers | 18 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 25 | |
Panthers | 20 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 25 | |
Flames | 20 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 25 | |
| Conference | Cumulative | ||||||