Hey all! Well, Draft Day is finally here! As you probably know by now, myself, Ryan and Tim have teamed up to provide you with a month's worth of Mock Draft coverage to better prepare our readers for the 2012 NHL Draft, beginning tonight in Pittsburgh, PA.
To put it bluntly, the Arctic Ice Hockey Mock Draft was a difficult endeavour. Rarely, if ever could we come to an agreement on players. Our first ten picks were made with "majority rules" in mind, but from picks eleven to thirty, we each took a turn making a draft pick as to expedite the process.
After the jump, we unveil the completed AIH Mock Draft, stacking it against the Community's draft and each of our own personal drafts.
Feel free to leave your opinions in the comments section and make sure you absolutely roast us if we get less than five picks right.
Enjoy!
Ed. Note: Our draft coverage isn't over just yet. Stop by at 1:00PM CST for our NHL Draft Live Chat! Bring your knowledgable comments and questions; we'll be sure to counteract them with sarcasm and off-colour jokes.
| Pick | Team | AIH Mock | Community Mock | Ryan’s Mock | Tim’s Mock | Trevor’s Mock |
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| 1 | Edmonton Oilers | Nail Yakupov | Nail Yakupov | Nail Yakupov | Ryan Murray | Nail Yakupov |
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Filip Forsberg |
| 3 | Montreal Canadiens | |
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Mikhail Grigorenko | Mikhail Grigorenko |
| 4 | New York Islanders | |
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Morgan Rielly | Ryan Murray |
| 5 | Toronto Maple Leafs |
Filip Forsberg | Filip Forsberg | Alex Galchenyuk | Alex Galchenyuk | Alex Galchenyuk |
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Matt Dumba | Teuvo Teravainen | |
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Teuvo Teravainen |
| 7 | Minnesota Wild | Teuvo Teravainen | Matt Dumba | Matt Dumba | Teuvo Teravainen | Jacob Trouba |
| 8 | Carolina Hurricanes | Morgan Rielly | Morgan Rielly | Jacob Trouba | Matt Dumba | Radek Faksa |
| 9 | Winnipeg Jets | |
Radek Faksa | Radek Faksa | Radek Faksa | Morgan Rielly |
| 10 | Tampa Bay Lightning | Cody Ceci | Cody Ceci | Griffin Reinhart | Jacob Trouba | Matt Dumba |
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Washington Capitals (via COL) |
Griffin Reinhart | Jacob Trouba | Morgan Rielly | Griffin Reinhart | Sebastian Collberg |
| 12 | Buffalo Sabres | Zemgus Girgensons | Griffin Reinhart | Cody Ceci | Zemgus Girgensons | Griffin Reinhart |
| 13 | Dallas Stars | Sebastian Collberg | Pontus Aberg | Sebastian Collberg | Sebastian Collberg | Pontus Aberg |
| 14 | Calgary Flames | Jacob Trouba | Olli Maatta | Olli Maatta | Cody Ceci | Brendan Gaunce |
| 15 | Ottawa Senators | Pontus Aberg | Sebastian Collberg | Zemgus Girgensons | Pontus Aberg | Zemgus Girgensons |
| 16 | Washington Capitals | Tomas Hertl | Zemgus Girgensons | Pontus Aberg | Brendan Gaunce | Slater Koekkoek |
| 17 | San Jose Sharks | Brendan Gaunce | Brendan Gaunce | Brendan Gaunce | Hampus Lindholm | Cody Ceci |
| 18 | Chicago Blackhawks | Hampus Lindholm | Hampus Lindholm | Hampus Lindholm | Olli Maatta | Olli Maatta |
| 19 | Tampa Bay Lightning (via DET)
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Thomas Wilson | Matt Finn | Thomas Wilson | Thomas Wilson | Tomas Hertl |
| 20 | Philadelphia Flyers | Olli Maatta | Slater Koekkoek | Slater Koekkoek | Slater Koekkoek | Matt Finn |
| 21 | Buffalo Sabres (via NSH) | Matt Finn | Tomas Hertl | Tomas Hertl | Matt Finn | Tomas Hertl |
| 22 | Pittsburgh Penguins | Philip Di Giuseppe | Thomas Wilson | Scott Laughton | Scott Laughton | Philip Di Guiseppe |
| 23 | Florida Panthers | Slater Koekkoek | Derrick Pouliot | Derrick Pouliot | Derrick Pouliot | Nicolas Kerdiles |
| 24 | Boston Bruins | Scott Laughton | Scott Laughton | Brady Skjei | Thomas Wilson | Henrik Samuelsson |
| 25 | St. Louis Blues | Derrick Pouliot | Colton Sissons | Matt Finn | Ludvig Bystrom | Anton Slepyshev |
| 26 | Vancouver Canucks | Colton Sissons | Henrik Samuelsson | Henrik Samuelsson | Nicolas Kerdiles | Derrick Pouliot |
| 27 | Phoenix Coyotes | Tim Bozon | Philip Di Giuseppe | Malcolm Subban | Tim Bozon | Scott Laughton |
| 28 | New York Rangers | Nicolas Kerdiles | Nicolas Kerdiles | Philip Di Giuseppe | Philip Di Giuseppe | Stefan Matteau |
| 29 | New Jersey Devils | Brady Skjei | Malcolm Subban | Nicolas Kerdiles | Brady Skjei | Andrei Vasilevsky |
| 30 | Los Angeles Kings | Henrik Samuelsson | Tim Bozon | Tim Bozon | Henrik Samuelsson | Martin Frk |
