[Caged Great]

I could see Makar going to Dallas. I don't think NJ will burn the #1 OV pick on a D-man even though they might like to replace Larsson. If either of the two D-men that are expected to go early were over 6 feet tall, they probably would go in that direction, but with them both being 5-11, it doesn't make a ton of sense value wise to go that way when they need scoring more than anything. Philly already has Gostisbehere and Colorado has Barrie in that same undersized offensive D-man role, so I don't think they want more. I think those two teams will more likely go with forwards instead. I'm expecting Vancouver to go forward as well after taking Juolevi last year.

If I was to guess, the two top D will go 3 and 6 with Makar and Heiskanen going to Dallas and Vegas. I could see Pettersson and Necas go in the top 8 too. It'll be interesting. I have a feeling that Valardi, Middlestadt, and Tippett might slide a bit to the 8-12 range.

If I had to guess how the picks from to Calgary would go

1 - NJ - Hischier
2 - PHI - Patrick
3 - DAL - Makar/Heiskanen
4 - COL - Glass
5 - VAN - Pettersson
6 - VGK - Makar/Heiskanen
7 - ARI - Necas
8 - BUF - Vilardi
9 - DET - Andersson
10 - FLA - Middlestadt
11 - LA - Kostin
12 - CAR - Tippett
13 - WPG - Foote
14 - TB - Tolvanen
15 - NYI - Suzuki
16 - CGY - Liljegren