Fantasy hockey mock draft 1.0
Results of 1st standard-league simulation for 2023-24; season preview podcasts
NOTES: This is a non-keeper mock draft with standard categories (goals, assists, plus/minus, power-play points, shots on goal, hits for skaters; wins, goals-against average, save percentage, shutouts for goalies). Yahoo Fantasy forward position eligibility for this season is listed below. Roster size is 18 players: three centers, two left wings, two right wings, four defensemen, two goalies, one utility skater spot (UTIL) and four bench spots (BN).
PJ, AD, NA and CM indicate the fantasy manager (Pete Jensen, Anna Dua, Nick Alberga, Chris Meaney of FTN Network) who selected each team (T1-T12) in this mock draft, which was conducted Sept. 5, 2023.
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ROUND 1
1. Connor McDavid, C, EDM (T1 - CM)
2. Leon Draisaitl, C, EDM (T2 - PJ)
3. Nathan MacKinnon, C, COL (T3 - AD)
4. Auston Matthews, C, TOR (T4 - NA)
5. David Pastrnak, RW, BOS (T5 - CM)
6. Jack Hughes, C/LW, NJD (T6 - PJ)
7. Kirill Kaprizov, LW, MIN (T7 - AD)
8. Matthew Tkachuk, LW, FLA (T8 - NA)
9. Jason Robertson, LW, DAL (T9 - CM)
10. Nikita Kucherov, RW, TBL (T10 - PJ)
11. Brady Tkachuk, LW, OTT (T11 - AD)
12. Mikko Rantanen, RW, COL (T12 - NA)
ROUND 2
13. Tage Thompson, C, BUF (T12 - NA)
14. Ilya Sorokin, G, NYI (T11 - AD)
15. Sidney Crosby, C, PIT (T10 - PJ)
16. Igor Shesterkin, G, NYR (T9 - CM)
17. Mitchell Marner, RW, TOR (T8 - NA)
18. Cale Makar, D, COL (T7 - AD)
19. Rasmus Dahlin, D, BUF (T6 - PJ)
20. Roope Hintz, C, DAL (T5 - CM)
21. Andrei Vasilevskiy, G, TBL* (T4 - NA)
22. Adam Fox, D, NYR (T3 - AD)
23. Jake Oettinger, G, DAL (T2 - PJ)
24. Elias Pettersson, C, VAN (T1 - CM)
*NOTE: Vasilevskiy (back surgery) is expected to be out for 10 weeks.
ROUND 3
25. Tim Stützle, LW, OTT (T1 - CM)
26. Erik Karlsson, D, PIT (T2 - PJ)
27. Alex Ovechkin, LW, WSH (T3 - AD)
28. Brayden Point, C, TBL (T4 - NA)
29. Mika Zibanejad, C, NYR (T5 - CM)
30. Connor Bedard, C, CHI (T6 - PJ)
31. Alexandar Georgiev, G, COL (T7 - AD)
32. Roman Josi, D, NSH (T8 - NA)
33. William Nylander, RW, TOR (T9 - CM)
34. Miro Heiskanen, D, DAL (T10 - PJ)
35. Dougie Hamilton, D, NJD (T11 - AD)
36. Brad Marchand, LW, BOS (T12 - NA)
ROUND 4
37. Artemi Panarin, LW, NYR (T12 - NA)
38. Andrei Svechnikov, RW, CAR (T11 - AD)
39. Linus Ullmark, G, BOS (T10 - PJ)
40. Timo Meier, RW, NJD (T9 - CM)
41. Steven Stamkos, C, TBL (T8 - NA)
42. Jack Eichel, C, VGK (T7 - AD)
43. Evan Bouchard, D, EDM (T6 - PJ)
44. Kyle Connor, LW, WPG (T5 - CM)
45. Evander Kane, LW, EDM (T4 - NA)
46. Quinn Hughes, D, VAN (T3 - AD)
47. Clayton Keller, RW, ARI (T2 - PJ)
48. Zach Hyman, LW, EDM (T1 - CM)
ROUND 5
49. Alex Tuch, RW, BUF (T1 - CM)
50. Connor Hellebuyck, G, WPG (T2 - PJ)
51. Matt Boldy, LW, MIN (T3 - AD)
52. Victor Hedman, D, TBL (T4 - NA)
53. Filip Gustavsson, G, MIN (T5 - CM)
54. Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, C, EDM (T6 - PJ)
55. Nico Hischier, C, NJD (T7 - AD)
56. Juuse Saros, G, NSH (T8 - NA)
57. J.T. Miller, C/RW, VAN (T9 - CM)
58. Kevin Fiala, LW, LAK (T10 - PJ)
59. Sebastian Aho, C, CAR (T11 - AD)
60. John Carlson, D, WSH (T12 - NA)
ROUND 6
61. Aleksander Barkov, C, FLA (T12 - NA)
62. Brent Burns, D, CAR (T11 - AD)
63. John Tavares, C, TOR (T10 - PJ)
64. Joe Pavelski, C, DAL (T9 - CM)
65. Jake Guentzel, LW, PIT (INJ.) (T8 - NA)
66. Evgeni Malkin, C, PIT (T7 - AD)
67. Jonathan Marchessault, RW, VGK (T6 - PJ)
68. Mikhail Sergachev, D, TBL (T5 - CM)
69. Vladimir Tarasenko, RW, OTT (T4 - NA)
70. Jeremy Swayman, G, BOS (T3 - AD)
71. Charlie McAvoy, D, BOS (T2 - PJ)
72. Dylan Larkin, C, DET (T1 - CM)
ROUND 7
73. Alex DeBrincat, RW, DET (T1 - CM)
74. Moritz Seider, D, DET (T2 - PJ)
75. Cole Caufield, RW, MTL (T3 - AD)
76. Frederik Andersen, G, CAR (T4 - NA)
77. Filip Forsberg, LW, NSH (T5 - CM)
78. Devon Levi, G, BUF (T6 - PJ)
79. Andrei Kuzmenko, LW, VAN (T7 - AD)
80. Anze Kopitar, C, LAK (T8 - NA)
81. Adrian Kempe, C, LAK (T9 - CM)
82. Ilya Samsonov, G, TOR (T10 - PJ)
83. Claude Giroux, RW, OTT (T11 - AD)
84. Thatcher Demko, G, VAN (T12 - NA)
ROUND 8
85. Johnny Gaudreau, LW, CBJ (T12 - NA)
86. Jordan Kyrou, C, STL (T11 - AD)
87. Josh Morrissey, D, WPG (T10 - PJ)
88. Vince Dunn, D, SEA (T9 - CM)
89. Kris Letang, D, PIT (T8 - NA)
90. Tyler Toffoli, RW, NJD (T7 - AD)
91. Tyler Bertuzzi, LW, TOR (T6 - PJ)
92. Chris Kreider, LW, NYR (T5 - CM)
93. Jonathan Huberdeau, LW, CGY (T4 - NA)
94. Joonas Korpisalo, G, OTT (T3 - AD)
95. Devon Toews, D, COL (T2 - PJ)
96. Brandon Montour, D, FLA (T1 - CM)
ROUND 9
97. Stuart Skinner, G, EDM (T1 - CM)
98. Mark Stone, RW, VGK (T2 - PJ)
99. Dawson Mercer, C, NJD (T3 - AD)
100. Morgan Rielly, D, TOR (T4 - NA)
101. Mark Scheifele, C, WPG (T5 - CM)
102. Sergei Bobrovsky, G, FLA (T6 - PJ)
103. Seth Jones, D, CHI (T7 - AD)
104. Carter Verhaeghe, C, FLA (T8 - NA)
105. Jared McCann, LW, SEA (T9 - CM)
106. Taylor Hall, LW, CHI (T10 - PJ)
107. Hampus Lindholm, D, BOS (T11 - AD)
108. Vitek Vanecek, G, NJD (T12 - NA)
ROUND 10
109. Jakob Chychrun, D, OTT (T12 - NA)
110. Joel Eriksson Ek, C, MIN (T11 - AD)
111. Luke Hughes, D, NJD (T10 - PJ)
112. Matty Beniers, C, SEA (T9 - CM)
113. Darcy Kuemper, G, WSH (T8 - NA)
114. Alex Pietrangelo, D, VGK (T7 - AD)
115. Pavel Buchnevich, LW, STL (T6 - PJ)
116. Marc-Andre Fleury, G, MIN (T5 - CM)
117. Martin Necas, C, CAR (T4 - NA)
118. Vincent Trocheck, C, NYR (T3 - AD)
119. Brock Nelson, C, NYI (T2 - PJ)
120. Tristan Jarry, G, PIT (T1 - CM)
ROUND 11
121. Nikolaj Ehlers, LW, WPG (T1 - CM)
122. Josh Norris, C, OTT (T2 - PJ)
123. Drew Doughty, D, LAK (T3 - AD)
124. Tom Wilson, RW, WSH (T4 - NA)
125. Travis Konecny, RW, PHI (T5 - CM)
126. Owen Power, D, BUF (T6 - PJ)
127. Pyotr Kochetkov, G, CAR (T7 - AD)
128. Shea Theodore, D, VGK (T8 - NA)
129. Noah Dobson, D, NYI (T9 - CM)
130. Ivan Barbashev, C, VGK (T10 - PJ)
131. Jesper Bratt, LW, NJD (T11 - AD)
132. Elias Lindholm, C, CGY (T12 - NA)
ROUND 12
133. Connor Brown, RW, EDM (T12 - NA)
134. Akira Schmid, G, NJD (T11 - AD)
135. Jeff Skinner, LW, BUF (T10 - PJ)
136. Bo Horvat, C, NYI (T9 - CM)
137. Pierre-Luc Dubois, LW, LAK (T8 - NA)
138. Blake Wheeler, RW, NYR (T7 - AD)
139. Valeri Nichushkin, RW, COL (T6 - PJ)
140. Zach Werenski, D, CBJ (T5 - CM)
141. Patrick Kane, RW, NYR (UFA) (T4 - NA)
142. Thomas Chabot, D, OTT (T3 - AD)
143. Pavel Zacha, C, BOS (T2 - PJ)
144. Nick Suzuki, C, MTL (T1 - CM)
ROUND 13
145. Mike Matheson, D, MTL (T1 - CM)
146. Logan Cooley, C, ARI (T2 - PJ)
147. Evgeny Kuznetsov, C, WSH (T3 - AD)
148. Sean Durzi, D, ARI (T4 - NA)
149. Matt Duchene, C, DAL (T5 - CM)
150. Brock Boeser, RW, VAN (T6 - PJ)
151. Mattias Ekholm, D, EDM (T7 - AD)
152. Jake DeBrusk, LW, BOS (T8 - NA)
153. Troy Terry, RW, ANA (T9 - CM)
154. Rickard Rakell, RW, PIT (T10 - PJ)
155. Bowen Byram, D, COL (T11 - AD)
156. Mathew Barzal, C, NYI (T12 - NA)
ROUND 14
157. Rasmus Andersson, D, CGY (T12 - NA)
158. Barrett Hayton, C, ARI (T11 - AD)
159. John Klingberg, D, TOR (T10 - PJ)
160. Trevor Zegras, C, ANA (T9 - CM)
161. Drake Batherson, RW, OTT (T8 - NA)
162. Robert Thomas, C, STL (T7 - AD)
163. Brandt Clarke, D, LAK (T6 - PJ)
164. Patrik Laine, LW, CBJ (T5 - CM)
165. K'Andre Miller, D, NYR (T4 - NA)
166. Antti Raanta, G, CAR (T3 - AD)
167. Brandon Hagel, LW, TBL (T2 - PJ)
168. Darnell Nurse, D, EDM (T1 - CM)
ROUND 15
169. Wyatt Johnston, C, DAL (T1 - CM)
170. Artturi Lehkonen, LW, COL (T2 - PJ)
171. Brady Skjei, D, CAR (T3 - AD)
172. Sam Reinhart, C, FLA (T4 - NA)
173. Ville Husso, G, DET (T5 - CM)
174. Nick Schmaltz, C, ARI (T6 - PJ)
175. Aaron Ekblad, D, FLA (T7 - AD)
176. Jamie Benn, LW, DAL (T8 - NA)
177. Adin Hill, G, VGK (T9 - CM)
178. Dylan Cozens, C, BUF (T10 - PJ)
179. Cam Talbot, G, LAK (T11 - AD)
180. Dmitry Orlov, D, CAR (T12 - NA)
ROUND 16
181. Ryan O'Reilly, C, NSH (T12 - NA)
182. Boone Jenner, C, CBJ (T11 - AD)
183. Jakub Vrana, LW, STL (T10 - PJ)
184. Justin Faulk, D, STL (T9 - CM)
185. MacKenzie Weegar, D, CGY (T8 - NA)
186. Teuvo Teravainen, LW, CAR (T7 - AD)
187. Jake Sanderson, D, OTT (T6 - PJ)
188. Kirill Marchenko, RW, CBJ (T5 - CM)
189. Nazem Kadri, C, CGY (T4 - NA)
190. Ryan Hartman, RW, MIN (T3 - AD)
191. Lucas Raymond, LW, DET (T2 - PJ)
192. Reilly Smith, RW, PIT (T1 - CM)
ROUND 17
193. Tomas Hertl, C, SJS (T1 - CM)
194. Jamie Drysdale, D, ANA (T2 - PJ)
195. Viktor Arvidsson, LW, LAK (T3 - AD)
196. Tyson Barrie, D, NSH (T4 - NA)
197. Jacob Trouba, D, NYR (T5 - CM)
198. Jacob Markstrom, G, CGY (T6 - PJ)
199. Tyson Foerster, C, PHI (T7 - AD)
200. Jeff Petry, D, DET (T8 - NA)
201. Matthew Knies, LW, TOR (T9 - CM)
202. JJ Peterka, RW, BUF (T10 - PJ)
203. Matias Maccelli, LW, ARI (T11 - AD)
204. Rasmus Sandin, D, WSH (T12 - NA)
ROUND 18
205. Max Pacioretty, LW, WSH (T12 - NA)
206. Calen Addison, D, MIN (T11 - AD)
207. Karel Vejmelka, G, ARI (T10 - PJ)
208. Neal Pionk, D, WPG (T9 - CM)
209. Yaroslav Askarov, G, NSH (T8 - NA)
210. Phillip Danault, C, LAK (T7 - AD)
211. Chandler Stephenson, C, VGK (T6 - PJ)
212. Jared Spurgeon, D, MIN (T5 - CM)
213. Gabriel Vilardi, C, WPG (T4 - NA)
214. Max Domi, C, TOR (T3 - AD)
215. Spencer Knight, G, FLA (T2 - PJ)
216. Noah Hanifin, D, CGY (T1 - CM)
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T1 - CM:
C: Connor McDavid, C, EDM
C: Elias Pettersson, C, VAN
C: Dylan Larkin, C, DET
LW: Tim Stützle, LW, OTT
LW: Zach Hyman, LW, EDM
RW: Alex Tuch, RW, BUF
RW: Alex DeBrincat, RW, DET
D: Brandon Montour, D, FLA
D: Mike Matheson, D, MTL
D: Darnell Nurse, D, EDM
D: Noah Hanifin, D, CGY
G: Stuart Skinner, G, EDM
G: Tristan Jarry, G, PIT
UTIL: Nikolaj Ehlers, LW, WPG
BN: Nick Suzuki, C, MTL
BN: Wyatt Johnston, C, DAL
BN: Reilly Smith, RW, PIT
BN: Tomas Hertl, C, SJS
T2 - PJ:
C: Leon Draisaitl, C, EDM
C: Brock Nelson, C, NYI
C: Josh Norris, C, OTT
LW: Brandon Hagel, LW, TBL
LW: Artturi Lehkonen, LW, COL
RW: Clayton Keller, RW, ARI
RW: Mark Stone, RW, VGK
D: Erik Karlsson, D, PIT
D: Charlie McAvoy, D, BOS
D: Moritz Seider, D, DET
D: Devon Toews, D, COL
G: Jake Oettinger, G, DAL
G: Connor Hellebuyck, G, WPG
UTIL: Pavel Zacha, C, BOS
BN: Logan Cooley, C, ARI
BN: Lucas Raymond, LW, DET
BN: Jamie Drysdale, D, ANA
BN: Spencer Knight, G, FLA
T3 - AD:
C: Nathan MacKinnon, C, COL
C: Dawson Mercer, C, NJD
C: Vincent Trocheck, C, NYR
LW: Alex Ovechkin, LW, WSH
LW: Matt Boldy, LW, MIN
RW: Cole Caufield, RW, MTL
RW: Ryan Hartman, RW, MIN
D: Adam Fox, D, NYR
D: Quinn Hughes, D, VAN
D: Drew Doughty, D, LAK
D: Thomas Chabot, D, OTT
G: Jeremy Swayman, G, BOS
G: Joonas Korpisalo, G, OTT
UTIL: Evgeny Kuznetsov, C, WSH
BN: Antti Raanta, G, CAR
BN: Brady Skjei, D, CAR
BN: Viktor Arvidsson, LW, LAK
BN: Max Domi, C, TOR
T4 - NA:
C: Auston Matthews, C, TOR
C: Brayden Point, C, TBL
C: Martin Necas, C, CAR
LW: Evander Kane, LW, EDM
LW: Jonathan Huberdeau, LW, CGY
RW: Vladimir Tarasenko, RW, OTT
RW: Tom Wilson, RW, WSH
D: Victor Hedman, D, TBL
D: Morgan Rielly, D, TOR
D: Sean Durzi, D, ARI
D: K'Andre Miller, D, NYR
G: Andrei Vasilevskiy, G, TBL
G: Frederik Andersen, G, CAR
UTIL: Patrick Kane, RW, NYR (UFA)
BN: Sam Reinhart, C, FLA
BN: Nazem Kadri, C, CGY
BN: Tyson Barrie, D, NSH
BN: Gabriel Vilardi, C, WPG
T5 - CM:
C: Roope Hintz, C, DAL
C: Mika Zibanejad, C, NYR
C: Mark Scheifele, C, WPG
LW: Kyle Connor, LW, WPG
LW: Filip Forsberg, LW, NSH
RW: David Pastrnak, RW, BOS
RW: Travis Konecny, RW, PHI
D: Mikhail Sergachev, D, TBL
D: Zach Werenski, D, CBJ
D: Jacob Trouba, D, NYR
D: Jared Spurgeon, D, MIN
G: Filip Gustavsson, G, MIN
G: Marc-Andre Fleury, G, MIN
UTIL: Chris Kreider, LW, NYR
BN: Matt Duchene, C, DAL
BN: Patrik Laine, LW, CBJ
BN: Ville Husso, G, DET
BN: Kirill Marchenko, RW, CBJ
T6 - PJ:
C: Jack Hughes, C/LW, NJD
C: Connor Bedard, C, CHI
C: Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, C, EDM
LW: Tyler Bertuzzi, LW, TOR
LW: Pavel Buchnevich, LW, STL
RW: Jonathan Marchessault, RW, VGK
RW: Brock Boeser, RW, VAN
D: Rasmus Dahlin, D, BUF
D: Evan Bouchard, D, EDM
D: Owen Power, D, BUF
D: Brandt Clarke, D, LAK
G: Devon Levi, G, BUF
G: Sergei Bobrovsky, G, FLA
UTIL: Valeri Nichushkin, RW, COL
BN: Nick Schmaltz, C, ARI
BN: Jake Sanderson, D, OTT
BN: Jacob Markstrom, G, CGY
BN: Chandler Stephenson, C, VGK
T7 - AD:
C: Jack Eichel, C, VGK
C: Nico Hischier, C, NJD
C: Evgeni Malkin, C, PIT
LW: Kirill Kaprizov, LW, MIN
LW: Andrei Kuzmenko, LW, VAN
RW: Tyler Toffoli, RW, NJD
RW: Blake Wheeler, RW, NYR
D: Cale Makar, D, COL
D: Seth Jones, D, CHI
D: Alex Pietrangelo, D, VGK
D: Mattias Ekholm, D, EDM
G: Alexandar Georgiev, G, COL
G: Pyotr Kochetkov, G, CAR
UTIL: Robert Thomas, C, STL
BN: Aaron Ekblad, D, FLA
BN: Teuvo Teravainen, LW, CAR
BN: Tyson Foerster, C, PHI
BN: Phillip Danault, C, LAK
T8 - NA:
C: Steven Stamkos, C, TBL
C: Anze Kopitar, C, LAK
C: Carter Verhaeghe, C, FLA
LW: Matthew Tkachuk, LW, FLA
LW: Jake Guentzel, LW, PIT (INJ.)
RW: Mitchell Marner, RW, TOR
RW: Drake Batherson, RW, OTT
D: Roman Josi, D, NSH
D: Kris Letang, D, PIT
D: Shea Theodore, D, VGK
D: MacKenzie Weegar, D, CGY
G: Juuse Saros, G, NSH
G: Darcy Kuemper, G, WSH
UTIL: Pierre-Luc Dubois, LW, LAK
BN: Jake DeBrusk, LW, BOS
BN: Jamie Benn, LW, DAL
BN: Jeff Petry, D, DET
BN: Yaroslav Askarov, G, NSH
T9 - CM:
C: J.T. Miller, C/RW, VAN
C: Joe Pavelski, C, DAL
C: Adrian Kempe, C, LAK
LW: Jason Robertson, LW, DAL
LW: Jared McCann, LW, SEA
RW: William Nylander, RW, TOR
RW: Timo Meier, RW, NJD
D: Vince Dunn, D, SEA
D: Noah Dobson, D, NYI
D: Justin Faulk, D, STL
D: Neal Pionk, D, WPG
G: Igor Shesterkin, G, NYR
G: Adin Hill, G, VGK
UTIL: Matty Beniers, C, SEA
BN: Bo Horvat, C, NYI
BN: Troy Terry, RW, ANA
BN: Trevor Zegras, C, ANA
BN: Matthew Knies, LW, TOR
T10 - PJ:
C: Sidney Crosby, C, PIT
C: John Tavares, C, TOR
C: Ivan Barbashev, C, VGK
LW: Kevin Fiala, LW, LAK
LW: Taylor Hall, LW, CHI
RW: Nikita Kucherov, RW, TBL
RW: Rickard Rakell, RW, PIT
D: Miro Heiskanen, D, DAL
D: Josh Morrissey, D, WPG
D: Luke Hughes, D, NJD
D: John Klingberg, D, TOR
G: Linus Ullmark, G, BOS
G: Ilya Samsonov, G, TOR
UTIL: Jeff Skinner, LW, BUF
BN: Dylan Cozens, C, BUF
BN: Jakub Vrana, LW, STL
BN: JJ Peterka, RW, BUF
BN: Karel Vejmelka, G, ARI
T11 - AD:
C: Sebastian Aho, C, CAR
C: Jordan Kyrou, C, STL
C: Joel Eriksson Ek, C, MIN
LW: Brady Tkachuk, LW, OTT
LW: Jesper Bratt, LW, NJD
RW: Andrei Svechnikov, RW, CAR
RW: Claude Giroux, RW, OTT
D: Dougie Hamilton, D, NJD
D: Brent Burns, D, CAR
D: Hampus Lindholm, D, BOS
D: Bowen Byram, D, COL
G: Ilya Sorokin, G, NYI
G: Akira Schmid, G, NJD
UTIL: Barrett Hayton, C, ARI
BN: Cam Talbot, G, LAK
BN: Boone Jenner, C, CBJ
BN: Matias Maccelli, LW, ARI
BN: Calen Addison, D, MIN
T12 - NA:
C: Tage Thompson, C, BUF
C: Aleksander Barkov, C, FLA
C: Elias Lindholm, C, CGY
LW: Brad Marchand, LW, BOS
LW: Artemi Panarin, LW, NYR
RW: Mikko Rantanen, RW, COL
RW: Connor Brown, RW, EDM
D: John Carlson, D, WSH
D: Jakob Chychrun, D, OTT
D: Rasmus Andersson, D, CGY
D: Dmitry Orlov, D, CAR
G: Thatcher Demko, G, VAN
G: Vitek Vanecek, G, NJD
UTIL: Johnny Gaudreau, LW, CBJ
BN: Mathew Barzal, C, NYI
BN: Ryan O'Reilly, C, NSH
BN: Rasmus Sandin, D, WSH
BN: Max Pacioretty, LW, WSH
