The Athletic

● By Corey Pronman

Accuracy: 25.24%1st Place
We’ve reached the eve of the 2022 NHL Entry Draft. We enter the draft with a lot of questions still and with significant uncertainty around the league about how the first few picks will play out. It’s made for a fun pre-draft process, and possibly a highly entertaining Thursday night. With those questions in mind, here is my projection of how the first round will play out. This mock draft may be updated over the next day, especially if a first-round pick is moved before the draft starts.

Top Players Not Included

These players appear in the top 32 of our

Consensus Big Board

, but do not show up in this mock.