Hey everyone it's Dale Murphy! I'm here checking in on how my mock draft went! I sure hope I did a good job picking who would be drafted and where!
My Pick: Jamie Frasier
Real Pick: Jamie Frasier
We got this one right! The Carolina Kraken player does indeed go first overall.
My pick: Max Belcher
Real pick: Alexa Johansen So I was not aware of the Blizzard trading up to two to grab Alexa. She's a great player not going to lie. It was a steep price, but I had Alexa going three to Calgary, so the Blizzard had to move up to grab her.
My Pick: Alexa Johansen
Real pick: Anna Skovgaard
With my projected pick off the board, the Dragons grab my projected number 4, Anna Skovagaard.
My pick: Anna Skovgaard
Real pick: Yib Kove
I had Yib going 5 to the Blizzard. That one trade really push everyone up a pick. I will note Max Belcher is falling.
My pick: Ylib Kove
Real pick: Stavros Kondos
So the Argonauts traded down. If I was correct and they wanted Belcher he is still here. Instead they took Kondos. I had Kondos going 8. Belcher's fall continues.
My pick: Jennifer Huh
Real pick: Jennifer Huh
And that makes my second correct pick! Pat on back.
My pick: Jim Wieners
Real pick: Max Belcher
So Belcher finds his home in Chicago. Little fall from 2 to 7.
My pick: Stavros Kondos
Real pick: Jim Wieners
Kondos is off the board already, so they grap Wieners, who I had going at 7. An aside, while I only have 2 picks right of 8, I correctly have the top 8 players going 1-8. That should be something!
My pick: James Howlett
Real pick: James Howlett
Hey go me! 3 picks right!
My pick: Nathangus McExplosion
Real pick: Nathangus McExplosion
And that's actually 4, and two in a row!
My pick: Cade Die Vries
Real pick: Saava Kirik
I had Kirk all the way down at 17.
My pick: MattyJ
Real pick: Deth Klaw
I had Klaw going 13. He goes 12 instead. This puts MattyJ and Cade Die Vries as fallers. De Vries actually fell all the way out of the first round.
My pick: Deth Klaw
Real pick: Matviy Cajabi Klaw is off the board already having went 12. The Blizzard grab Matviy Cajabi, who I had going to Philly at 18.
My pick: Will Nuck
Real pick: Robo Sven
I had Sven all the way down at 20.
My pick: Thomas Hudson
Real pick: Kristians Mikelis
I did not have Kristians Mikelis in the first round. The Maine Timber defender had a line of 0-12-12 in 37 games. The scoring came in the playoffs, with a 3-6-9 line in 17 games.
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Hey go me!
My pick: Savva Kirik
Real pick: MattyJ Kirk is off the board already. The Blizzard end the slide of MattyJ here.
My pick: Mativy Cajabi
Real pick: Mark "The Tater Tot" Jagerson Mativy Cajabi is off the board already. I stand by what I said, the Forge need a defender more, but Jagerson is a great player and a great LR add.
My pick: Braden Point
Real pick: Brayden Point Hey, that's my fifth correct pick!
My pick: Robo Sven
Real pick: Thomas Hudson
Sven is long off the board, having gone 14 to Hamilton. The Blizzard grab Hudson, ending his fall from 15 at 20.
While getting just 5 picks right out of 20, I still think this mock is strong. The whole top 10 is correct, and was mostly messed up by the Blizzard and Argonauts trade, and one wrong guess on Max Belcher. The 11-20 was a bit weaker, with just one actually correct, although still having mocked 19 of the 20 first rounders is pretty good.
How do you think I did?
That's all folks! This has been the Dale Murphy Report
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Signing off, Dale Murphy
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