Arctic Ice Hockey’s First Annual NHL Mock Draft: Pick #13

Hey all! Welcome to Arctic Ice Hockey's first annual NHL Mock Draft. Over the next thirty days, Ryan, Tim and myself will attempt to telepathically channel the minds of NHL General Managers as they complete their final rankings in preparation for the 2012 NHL Draft being held June 22, 2012 in Pittsburgh, PA.

In some instances, our analysis will require less insight than others *cough* *Edmonton* *cough*.

So without further adieu, we present our loyal readers with the thirteenth overall pick of Arctic Ice Hockey's 2012 Mock Draft.

Joe Nieuwendyk: With the thirteenth overall selection in this years draft, the Dallas Stars are pleased to select…

Rankings: CSS (3 EUR), ISS (13), TSN (28), Hockey Prospectus (11)

The Skinny: After drafting Jamie Oleksiak in the first round last year, it’s hard to believe the Stars will be looking to take a defenseman in the first round again — despite Jacob Trouba still being on the board. Scott Glennie has not been panning out as desired and Brendan Morrow is nearing his end of days with the franchise. With Collberg, Dallas will get a speedy winger that will compliment franchise centre Jamie Benn after the departure of James Neal has left the team slightly depleted at the position.

Hockey Prospectus:

Collberg got a very small amount of minutes in the SEL after being a top scorer in the Swedish U20 league as a 16-year-old. In international events, he was much better and produced a lot. Collberg is a true plus skater who is very well rounded in that aspect of the game. He's great from a standstill with good agility and first step quickness. When he gets going, his top speed is quite dangerous and he can really put defensemen on their heels. Collberg has very quick feet that allow his first few steps to take advantage of his acceleration and speed more than the average quick player. He also has a nice "gliding gear" after he makes a couple of steps and can create very quick bursts from the simplest of motions. Collberg has above-average to plus puck skills as he is a very coordinated player with the puck who shows good creativity, can control the play well on the power play from the sideboards, and overall is hard to strip the puck from. Collberg is a plus shooter with a great wrist shot that is deadly accurate and he regularly shows the ability to score from a distance. The phrase "quick release" is overused at times in scouting circles, but the puck truly does fly off his blade and is very deceptive. However, Collberg will also go to the high percentage areas to score goals and doesn't mind getting involved with the physical stuff. He is quite small though and needs a boatload of strength to be effective doing that at the pro level. Collberg has decent hockey sense, although his sense is more an instinctual, shooter type of sense as opposed to having good vision but he will make the rights plays and does show above-average vision here and there. – Corey Pronman

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