26. Washington Capitals
27. Tampa Bay Lightning
28. St. Louis Blues
29. Boston Bruins (via SJS)
30. Anaheim Ducks (via TOR, via PIT)
"On Sean Day, exceptional status is burden to carry around because he was deemed exceptional as 15 yr old but clearly isn’t as an 18 yr old. (Bob McKenzie, June 20th)"
There definitely are more picks to be made, and virtually all picks in this mock draft can be debated. But the Canucks are primed to take a good forward as the draft’s fifth overall selection and there are big prospects who will be headed to many rivals, such as the Arizona Coyotes, the Edmonton Oilers, and the Calgary Flames.
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The common theme, however, is that there are a lot of similar players in the later portions of the first round. Many big-body forwards who work hard with two-way upside, many mobile defensemen with good poise yet with a slight want of size. The Canucks will do themselves good to acquire one of those picks, or even acquire an early second to draft a guy like Tyler Benson.