FC Hockey

● By Brandon Holmes

Accuracy: 15.63%20th Place
Here we go. We’re just a week out from the 2022 NHL Draft. All the picks are determined — pending further trades — and organizations across the league are gearing up and putting amateur scouting staffs through the final paces to tuck lists in order for once they hit the draft floor at Bell Centre in Montreal for two long days of shaping, or re-shaping the franchise. There’ll be debates at all stops, including No. 1. They’ll extend throughout the first round, into the second day, and won’t stop until all 225 picks are used up and organizations welcome in the latest prospects to their pools. Here’s how the first 32 of those picks could shake out:

Top Players Not Included

These players appear in the top 32 of our

Consensus Big Board

, but do not show up in this mock.