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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 16 players: two centers, two left wings, two right wings, four defensemen, two goalies, four bench spots (BN). PJ, AD, NA and DS indicate the manager (Pete Jensen, Anna Dua, Nick Alberga, David Satriano) who selected each of the 12 teams (T1-T12) in this mock draft, which was conducted Aug. 5, 2022.
ROUND 1
1. Connor McDavid, C, EDM (T1-AD)
2. Leon Draisaitl, C/LW, EDM (T2-NA)
3. Cale Makar, D, COL (T3-PJ)
4. Auston Matthews, C, TOR (T4-DS)
5. Kirill Kaprizov, LW, MIN (T5-AD)
6. Nathan MacKinnon, C, COL (T6-NA)
7. Igor Shesterkin, G, NYR (T7-PJ)
8. Andrei Vasilevskiy, G, TBL (T8-DS)
9. Mikko Rantanen, C/RW, COL (T9-AD)
10. Nikita Kucherov, RW, TBL (T10-NA)
11. Jonathan Huberdeau, LW, CGY (T11-PJ)
12. Matthew Tkachuk, RW, FLA (T12-DS)
ROUND 2
13. Roman Josi, D, NSH (T12-DS)
14. Aleksander Barkov, C, FLA (T11-PJ)
15. Mitchell Marner, RW, TOR (T10-NA)
16. Victor Hedman, D, TBL (T9-AD)
17. Kyle Connor, LW, WPG (T8-DS)
18. Adam Fox, D, NYR (T7-PJ)
19. Steven Stamkos, C/LW, TBL (T6-NA)
20. Frederik Andersen, G, CAR (T5-AD)
21. Mika Zibanejad, C, NYR (T4-DS)
22. Brady Tkachuk, LW, OTT (T3-PJ)
23. Sidney Crosby, C, PIT (T2-NA)
24. Alex Ovechkin, LW, WSH (T1-AD)
ROUND 3
25. Ilya Sorokin, G, NYI (T1-AD)
26. Artemi Panarin, LW, NYR (T2-NA)
27. Alex DeBrincat, LW, OTT (T3-PJ)
28. Juuse Saros, G, NSH (T4-DS)
29. Sebastian Aho, C, CAR (T5-AD)
30. Jack Hughes, C, NJD (T6-NA)
31. Patrick Kane, RW, CHI (T7-PJ)
32. Andrei Svechnikov, LW, CAR (T8-DS)
33. John Carlson, D, WSH (T9-AD)
34. J.T. Miller, C/LW, VAN (T10-NA)
35. Jack Campbell, G, EDM (T11-PJ)
36. David Pastrnak, RW, BOS (T12-DS)
ROUND 4
37. Jake Oettinger, G, DAL (T12-DS)
38. Moritz Seider, D, DET (T11-PJ)
39. Jake Guentzel, LW, PIT (T10-NA)
40. Thatcher Demko, G, VAN (T9-AD)
41. Aaron Ekblad, D, FLA (T8-DS)
42. Gabriel Landeskog, C/LW, COL (T7-PJ)
43. Max Pacioretty, LW, CAR - INJ. (T6-NA)*
44. Chris Kreider, LW/RW, NYR (T5-AD)
45. Quinn Hughes, D, VAN (T4-DS)
46. Johnny Gaudreau, LW, CBJ (T3-PJ)
47. Mark Stone, RW, VGK (T2-NA)
48. Timo Meier, LW/RW, SJS (T1-AD)
\INJURY UPDATE: Pacioretty will need six months to recover from a torn Achilles and likely be out for the first half of the season but is worth stashing on injured reserve in all fantasy leagues.
ROUND 5
49. Kris Letang, D, PIT (T1-AD)
50. Jack Eichel, C, VGK (T2-NA)
51. Brent Burns, D, CAR (T3-PJ)
52. Jason Robertson, LW, DAL (T4-DS)
53. Claude Giroux, C/RW, OTT (T5-AD)
54. Marc-Andre Fleury, G, MIN (T6-NA)
55. Elias Pettersson, C/LW, VAN (T7-PJ)
56. Elias Lindholm, C, CGY (T8-DS)
57. Filip Forsberg, LW, NSH (T9-AD)
58. Jacob Markstrom, G, CGY (T10-NA)
59. Brad Marchand, LW, BOS (T11-PJ)
60. Devon Toews, D, COL (T12-DS)
ROUND 6
61. Josh Norris, C, OTT (T12-DS)
62. Sergei Bobrovsky, G, FLA (T11-PJ)
63. Darcy Kuemper, G, WSH (T10-NA)
64. Evgeni Malkin, C, PIT (T9-AD)
65. Evander Kane, LW, EDM (T8-DS)
66. Patrice Bergeron, C, BOS (T7-PJ)
67. Vladimir Tarasenko, RW, STL (T6-NA)
68. Kevin Fiala, LW/RW, LAK (T5-AD)
69. Joe Pavelski, C/RW, DAL (T4-DS)
70. Mark Scheifele, C, WPG (T3-PJ)
71. Morgan Rielly, D, TOR (T2-NA)
72. Evgeny Kuznetsov, C, WSH (T1-AD)
ROUND 7
73. Nikolaj Ehlers, LW/RW, WPG (T1-AD)
74. Robin Lehner, G, VGK - INJ. (T2-NA)\*
75. Connor Hellebuyck, G, WPG (T3-PJ)
76. Tristan Jarry, G, PIT (T4-DS)
77. Jeremy Swayman, G, BOS (T5-AD)
78. William Nylander, LW/RW, TOR (T6-NA)
79. Patrik Laine, LW/RW, CBJ (T7-PJ)
80. Drake Batherson, RW, OTT (T8-DS)
81. Tim Stützle, C/LW, OTT (T9-AD)
82. Brayden Point, C, TBL (T10-NA)
83. Sam Reinhart, C/RW, FLA (T11-PJ)
84. Teuvo Teravainen, LW/RW, CAR (T12-DS)
\\INJURY UPDATE: Lehner is expected to be out for the entire season because of a hip injury that will require surgery.
ROUND 8
85. Pavel Buchnevich, LW/RW, STL (T12-DS)
86. MacKenzie Weegar, D, CGY (T11-PJ)
87. John Tavares, C, TOR (T10-NA)
88. Lucas Raymond, RW, DET (T9-AD)
89. Thomas Chabot, D, OTT (T8-DS)
90. Zach Werenski, D, CBJ (T7-PJ)
91. Dougie Hamilton, D, NJD (T6-NA)
92. Drew Doughty, D, LAK (T5-AD)
93. Jesper Bratt, RW, NJD (T4-DS)
94. Nazem Kadri, C, CGY (T3-PJ)\\*
95. Cole Caufield, LW/RW, MTL (T2-NA)
96. Rasmus Dahlin, D, BUF (T1-AD)
\\\NOTE: Kadri signed a seven-year contract with the Calgary Flames after the conclusion of this mock draft.*
ROUND 9
97. Cam Talbot, G, OTT (T1-AD)
98. Alexandar Georgiev, G, COL (T2-NA)
99. Spencer Knight, G, FLA (T3-PJ)
100. Darnell Nurse, D, EDM (T4-DS)
101. Charlie McAvoy, D, BOS (T5-AD)
102. Blake Wheeler, C/RW, WPG (T6-NA)
103. Jonathan Quick, G, LAK (T7-PJ)
104. Semyon Varlamov, G, NYI (T8-DS)
105. Zach Hyman, LW/RW, EDM (T9-AD)
106. Torey Krug, D, STL (T10-NA)
107. Dylan Larkin, C, DET (T11-PJ)
108. John Gibson, G, ANA (T12-DS)
ROUND 10
109. Anze Kopitar, C, LAK (T12-DS)
110. Noah Dobson, D, NYI (T11-PJ)
111. David Perron, RW, DET (T10-NA)
112. Miro Heiskanen, D, DAL (T9-AD)
113. Matty Beniers, C, SEA (T8-DS)
114. Mathew Barzal, C, NYI (T7-PJ)
115. Shea Theodore, D, VGK (T6-NA)
116. Mats Zuccarello, RW, MIN (T5-AD)
117. Jonathan Marchessault, LW/RW, VGK (T4-DS)
118. Evan Bouchard, D, EDM (T3-PJ)
119. Roope Hintz, C, DAL (T2-NA)
120. Tom Wilson, RW, WSH (T1-AD)
ROUND 11
121. Owen Power, D, BUF (T1-AD)
122. Tony DeAngelo, D, PHI (T2-NA)
123. Jakub Vrana, LW, DET (T3-PJ)
124. Bryan Rust, RW, PIT (T4-DS)
125. Pierre-Luc Dubois, C, WPG (T5-AD)
126. Linus Ullmark, G, BOS (T6-NA)
127. Trevor Zegras, C, ANA (T7-PJ)
128. Matt Duchene, RW, NSH (T8-DS)
129. Ville Husso, G, DET (T9-AD)
130. Alex Pietrangelo, D, VGK (T10-NA)
131. Jordan Kyrou, LW/RW, STL (T11-PJ)
132. Sam Bennett, C, FLA (T12-DS)
ROUND 12
133. Jacob Trouba, D, NYR (T12-DS)
134. Tyler Toffoli, LW/RW, CGY (T11-PJ)
135. Ryan O'Reilly, C, STL (T10-NA)
136. Erik Karlsson, D, SJS (T9-AD)
137. Brock Boeser, RW, VAN (T8-DS)
138. Jake Sanderson, D, OTT (T7-PJ)
139. Matt Boldy, LW/RW, MIN (T6-NA)
140. Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, C/LW, EDM (T5-AD)
141. Seth Jones, D, CHI (T4-DS)
142. Andrew Mangiapane, LW/RW, CGY (T3-PJ)
143. John Klingberg, D, ANA (T2-NA)
144. Mikhail Sergachev, D, TBL (T1-AD)
ROUND 13
145. Logan Thompson, G, VGK (T1-AD)
146. Jordan Binnington, G, STL (T2-NA)
147. Adrian Kempe, LW/RW, LAK (T3-PJ)
148. Bowen Byram, D, COL (T4-DS)
149. Rasmus Andersson, D, CGY (T5-AD)
150. Carey Price, G, MTL (INJ.) (T6-NA)
151. Robert Thomas, C, STL (T7-PJ)
152. Troy Terry, RW, ANA (T8-DS)
153. Juraj Slafkovsky, LW, MTL (T9-AD)
154. Jakob Chychrun, D, ARI (T10-NA)
155. Jeff Petry, D, PIT (T11-PJ)
156. Hampus Lindholm, D, BOS (T12-DS)
ROUND 14
157. Pavel Francouz, G, COL (T12-DS)
158. Cole Perfetti, C/RW, WPG (T11-PJ)
159. Taylor Hall, LW, BOS (T10-NA)
160. Vitek Vanecek, G, NJD (T9-AD)
161. Sean Durzi, D, LAK (T8-DS)
162. Brayden Schenn, C/LW, STL (T7-PJ)
163. Justin Faulk, D, STL (T6-NA)
164. Seth Jarvis, LW/RW, CAR (T5-AD)
165. Tyler Bertuzzi, LW/RW, DET (T4-DS)
166. Ilya Samsonov, G, TOR (T3-PJ)
167. Adam Boqvist, D, CBJ (T2-NA)
168. Carter Verhaeghe, LW, FLA (T1-AD)
ROUND 15
169. Alexis Lafrenière, LW/RW, NYR (T1-AD)
170. Michael Bunting, LW, TOR (T2-NA)
171. Tage Thompson, C, BUF (T3-PJ)
172. Nico Hischier, C, NJD (T4-DS)
173. Jaccob Slavin, D, CAR (T5-AD)
174. Shayne Gostisbehere, D, ARI (T6-NA)
175. Calen Addison, D, MIN (T7-PJ)
176. Bo Horvat, C, VAN (T8-DS)
177. Vincent Trocheck, C, NYR (T9-AD)
178. Neal Pionk, D, WPG (T10-NA)
179. Valeri Nichushkin, LW/RW, COL (T11-PJ)
180. Tyler Seguin, C/RW, DAL (T12-DS)
ROUND 16
181. Tomas Hertl, C, SJS (T12-DS)
182. David Krejci, C, BOS (T11-PJ)
183. Alex Tuch, RW, BUF (T10-NA)
184. Dawson Mercer, C/RW, NJD (T9-AD)
185. Damon Severson, D, NJD (T8-DS)
186. Andrei Kuzmenko, LW, VAN (T7-PJ)
187. Matt Murray, G, TOR (T6-NA)
188. Carter Hart, G, PHI (T5-AD)
189. Elvis Merzlikins, G, CBJ (T4-DS)
190. Gustav Forsling, D, FLA (T3-PJ)
191. Nick Suzuki, C, MTL (T2-NA)
192. Cole Sillinger, C, CBJ (T1-AD)
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TEAM 1 (AD)
C: Connor McDavid, C, EDM
C: Evgeny Kuznetsov, C, WSH
LW: Alex Ovechkin, LW, WSH
LW: Nikolaj Ehlers, LW/RW, WPG
RW: Timo Meier, LW/RW, SJS
RW: Tom Wilson, RW, WSH
D: Kris Letang, D, PIT
D: Rasmus Dahlin, D, BUF
D: Owen Power, D, BUF
D: Mikhail Sergachev, D, TBL
G: Ilya Sorokin, G, NYI
G: Cam Talbot, G, OTT
BN1: Logan Thompson, G, VGK
BN2: Carter Verhaeghe, LW, FLA
BN3: Alexis Lafrenière, LW/RW, NYR
BN4: Cole Sillinger, C, CBJ
TEAM 2 (NA)
C: Sidney Crosby, C, PIT
C: Jack Eichel, C, VGK
LW: Leon Draisaitl, C/LW, EDM
LW: Artemi Panarin, LW, NYR
RW: Mark Stone, RW, VGK
RW: Cole Caufield, LW/RW, MTL
D: Morgan Rielly, D, TOR
D: Tony DeAngelo, D, PHI
D: John Klingberg, D, ANA
D: Adam Boqvist, D, CBJ
G: Robin Lehner, G, VGK (INJ.)
G: Alexandar Georgiev, G, COL
BN1: Roope Hintz, C, DAL
BN2: Jordan Binnington, G, STL
BN3: Michael Bunting, LW, TOR
BN4: Nick Suzuki, C, MTL
TEAM 3 (PJ)
C: Mark Scheifele, C, WPG
C: Nazem Kadri, C, CGY
LW: Brady Tkachuk, LW, OTT
LW: Alex DeBrincat, LW, OTT
RW: Andrew Mangiapane, LW/RW, CGY
RW: Adrian Kempe, LW/RW, LAK
D: Cale Makar, D, COL
D: Brent Burns, D, CAR
D: Evan Bouchard, D, EDM
D: Gustav Forsling, D, FLA
G: Connor Hellebuyck, G, WPG
G: Spencer Knight, G, FLA
BN1: Johnny Gaudreau, LW, CBJ
BN2: Jakub Vrana, LW, DET
BN3: Ilya Samsonov, G, TOR
BN4: Tage Thompson, C, BUF
TEAM 4 (DS)
C: Auston Matthews, C, TOR
C: Mika Zibanejad, C, NYR
LW: Jason Robertson, LW, DAL
LW: Jonathan Marchessault, LW/RW, VGK
RW: Joe Pavelski, C/RW, DAL
RW: Jesper Bratt, RW, NJD
D: Quinn Hughes, D, VAN
D: Darnell Nurse, D, EDM
D: Seth Jones, D, CHI
D: Bowen Byram, D, COL
G: Juuse Saros, G, NSH
G: Tristan Jarry, G, PIT
BN1: Bryan Rust, RW, PIT
BN2: Tyler Bertuzzi, LW/RW, DET
BN3: Nico Hischier, C, NJD
BN4: Elvis Merzlikins, G, CBJ
TEAM 5 (AD)
C: Claude Giroux, C/RW, OTT
C: Sebastian Aho, C, CAR
LW: Kirill Kaprizov, LW, MIN
LW: Kevin Fiala, LW/RW, LAK
RW: Chris Kreider, LW/RW, NYR
RW: Mats Zuccarello, RW, MIN
D: Drew Doughty, D, LAK
D: Charlie McAvoy, D, BOS
D: Rasmus Andersson, D, CGY
D: Jaccob Slavin, D, CAR
G: Frederik Andersen, G, CAR
G: Jeremy Swayman, G, BOS
BN1: Pierre-Luc Dubois, C, WPG
BN2: Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, C/LW, EDM
BN3: Seth Jarvis, LW/RW, CAR
BN4: Carter Hart, G, PHI
TEAM 6 (NA)
C: Nathan MacKinnon, C, COL
C: Jack Hughes, C, NJD
LW: Steven Stamkos, C/LW, TBL
LW: Max Pacioretty, LW, CAR (INJ.)
RW: Vladimir Tarasenko, RW, STL
RW: William Nylander, LW/RW, TOR
D: Dougie Hamilton, D, NJD
D: Shea Theodore, D, VGK
D: Justin Faulk, D, STL
D: Shayne Gostisbehere, D, ARI
G: Marc-Andre Fleury, G, MIN
G: Linus Ullmark, G, BOS
BN1: Blake Wheeler, C/RW, WPG
BN2: Matt Boldy, LW/RW, MIN
BN3: Carey Price, G, MTL (INJ.)
BN4: Matt Murray, G, TOR
TEAM 7 (PJ)
C: Patrice Bergeron, C, BOS
C: Trevor Zegras, C, ANA
LW: Gabriel Landeskog, C/LW, COL
LW: Elias Pettersson, C/LW, VAN
RW: Patrick Kane, RW, CHI
RW: Patrik Laine, LW/RW, CBJ
D: Adam Fox, D, NYR
D: Zach Werenski, D, CBJ
D: Jake Sanderson, D, OTT
D: Calen Addison, D, MIN
G: Igor Shesterkin, G, NYR
G: Jonathan Quick, G, LAK
BN1: Mathew Barzal, C, NYI
BN2: Robert Thomas, C, STL
BN3: Brayden Schenn, C/LW, STL
BN4: Andrei Kuzmenko, LW, VAN
TEAM 8 (DS)
C: Elias Lindholm, C, CGY
C: Matty Beniers, C, SEA
LW: Andrei Svechnikov, LW, CAR
LW: Kyle Connor, LW, WPG
RW: Drake Batherson, RW, OTT
RW: Matt Duchene, RW, NSH
D: Aaron Ekblad, D, FLA
D: Thomas Chabot, D, OTT
D: Sean Durzi, D, LAK
D: Damon Severson, D, NJD
G: Andrei Vasilevskiy, G, TBL
G: Semyon Varlamov, G, NYI
BN1: Evander Kane, LW, EDM
BN2: Brock Boeser, RW, VAN
BN3: Troy Terry, RW, ANA
BN4: Bo Horvat, C, VAN
TEAM 9 (AD)
C: Mikko Rantanen, C/RW, COL
C: Evgeni Malkin, C, PIT
LW: Tim Stützle, C/LW, OTT
LW: Filip Forsberg, LW, NSH
RW: Lucas Raymond, RW, DET
RW: Zach Hyman, LW/RW, EDM
D: Victor Hedman, D, TBL
D: John Carlson, D, WSH
D: Miro Heiskanen, D, DAL
D: Erik Karlsson, D, SJS
G: Thatcher Demko, G, VAN
G: Ville Husso, G, DET
BN1: Juraj Slafkovsky, LW, MTL
BN2: Vitek Vanecek, G, NJD
BN3: Vincent Trocheck, C, NYR
BN4: Dawson Mercer, C/RW, NJD
TEAM 10 (NA)
C: Brayden Point, C, TBL
C: John Tavares, C, TOR
LW: Jake Guentzel, LW, PIT
LW: J.T. Miller, C/LW, VAN
RW: Nikita Kucherov, RW, TBL
RW: Mitchell Marner, RW, TOR
D: Torey Krug, D, STL
D: Alex Pietrangelo, D, VGK
D: Jakob Chychrun, D, ARI
D: Neal Pionk, D, WPG
G: Jacob Markstrom, G, CGY
G: Darcy Kuemper, G, WSH
BN1: David Perron, RW, DET
BN2: Ryan O'Reilly, C, STL
BN3: Taylor Hall, LW, BOS
BN4: Alex Tuch, RW, BUF
TEAM 11 (PJ)
C: Aleksander Barkov, C, FLA
C: Dylan Larkin, C, DET
LW: Jonathan Huberdeau, LW, CGY
LW: Brad Marchand, LW, BOS
RW: Sam Reinhart, C/RW, FLA
RW: Jordan Kyrou, LW/RW, STL
D: Moritz Seider, D, DET
D: MacKenzie Weegar, D, CGY
D: Noah Dobson, D, NYI
D: Jeff Petry, D, PIT
G: Jack Campbell, G, EDM
G: Sergei Bobrovsky, G, FLA
BN1: Tyler Toffoli, LW/RW, CGY
BN2: Cole Perfetti, C/RW, WPG
BN3: Valeri Nichushkin, LW/RW, COL
BN4: David Krejci, C, BOS
TEAM 12 (DS)
C: Josh Norris, C, OTT
C: Anze Kopitar, C, LAK
LW: Teuvo Teravainen, LW/RW, CAR
LW: Pavel Buchnevich, LW/RW, STL
RW: Matthew Tkachuk, RW, FLA
RW: David Pastrnak, RW, BOS
D: Roman Josi, D, NSH
D: Devon Toews, D, COL
D: Jacob Trouba, D, NYR
D: Hampus Lindholm, D, BOS
G: Jake Oettinger, G, DAL
G: John Gibson, G, ANA
BN1: Sam Bennett, C, FLA
BN2: Tyler Seguin, C/RW, DAL
BN3: Tomas Hertl, C, SJS
BN4: Pavel Francouz, G, COL
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