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The Winnipeg Jets and 30 other teams look to boast their teams’ prospect pools with the NHL Entry Draft. The first round will run tonight and tomorrow rounds two through seven go tomorrow morning at 8 am CST. The Jets currently own eight picks in the seven rounds with two of those seventh round.
If the lead up to the draft is any indication, the next two days could feature numerous deals that change the future of teams for the better or for the worse. We could also see the Vegas Golden Knights unload more defencemen as they drafted a lot of them. Players rumoured to be available include Alexei Emelin and Marc Methot amongst others. Other players rumoured to be on the move include Marco Scandella and Matt Duchene.
just some instant analysis on every pick: the gm had their pick ranked very high and were very surprised he was still there
— J.R. Lind (@jrlind) June 23, 2017
Bettman asked who was announcing the pick, the kid raised his hand, strided to the microphone and ALMOST PULLED IT OFF pic.twitter.com/XgsrzrPXeI
— Dave Lozo (@davelozo) June 23, 2017
| Pick Number | Team | Player | Average Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Jersey Devils | Nico Hischier | 1.5 |
| 2 | Philadelphia Flyers | Nolan Patrick | 1.5 |
| 3 | Dallas Stars | Miro Heiskanen | 4.3 |
| 4 | Colorado Avalanche | Cale Makar | 7 |
| 5 | Vancouver Canucks | Elias Pettersson | 10.3 |
| 6 | Vegas Golden Knights | Cody Glass | 7.1 |
| 7 | New York Rangers | Lias Andersson | 15.4 |
| 8 | Buffalo Sabres | Casey Mittelstadt | 7.6 |
| 9 | Detroit Red Wings | Michael Rasmussen | 15 |
| 10 | Florida Panthers | Owen Tippett | 10.4 |
| 11 | Los Angeles Kings | Gabe Villardi | 4.7 |
| 12 | Carolina Hurricanes | Martin Necas | 10.7 |
| 13 | Vegas Golden Knights | Nick Suzuki | 13.7 |
| 14 | Tampa Bay Lightning | Callan Foote | 18.8 |
| 15 | Vegas Golden Knights | Erik Brannstrom | 22 |
| 16 | Calgary Flames | Juuso Valimaki | 16.4 |
| 17 | Toronto Maple Leafs | Timothy Liljegren | 13.5 |
| 18 | Boston Bruins | Urho Vaakanainen | 25.8 |
| 19 | San Jose Sharks | Josh Norris | 35.3 |
| 20 | St. Louis Blues | Robert Thomas | 24.8 |
| 21 | New York Rangers | Filip Chytil | 41.1 |
| 22 | Edmonton Oilers | Kailer Yamamoto | 23 |
| 23 | Arizona Coyotes | Pierre-Olivier Joseph | 32.6 |
| 24 | Winnipeg Jets | Kristian Vesalainen | 18.3 |
| 25 | Montreal Canadiens | Ryan Poehling | 19.9 |
| 26 | Dallas Stars | Jake Oettinger | 29 |
| 27 | Philadelphia Flyers | Morgan Frost | 49 |
| 28 | Ottawa Senators | Shane Bowers | 32.2 |
| 29 | Chicago Blackhawks | Henri Jokiharju | 34.7 |
| 30 | Nashville Predators | Eeli Tolvanen | 15.8 |
| 31 | St. Louis Blues | Klim Kostin | 16.2 |
