The EP Rinkside Mock 2019 NHL Entry Draft

All 31 of the NHL’s teams are descending on Vancouver, holding court with their scouting departments, and consolidating their rankings in advance of the 2019 NHL Entry Draft this Friday.

Before you know it, another 200 plus players will enter the NHL’s world, first as the property of the team that drafted them, and eventually as full-fledged, signed parts of a big league roster.

It all starts on Friday. The way that the NHL Draft is organized, Friday is set for round one, and they’ll go through a rapid fire-like Saturday in which they sprint from round two to round seven.

We’re not going to try and divine rounds two-through-seven, but there’s enough information out there that we can make some guesstimations about the first-round at the very least. That’d be fun, and perhaps in the fullness