2023 NHL Draft LIVETHREAD!

The Need to Knows:

• What is it?: The 2023 NHL Entry Draft!
• The Time: 4pm PT for the First Round, 9am PT for the Rest of the draft
• The Place: Bridgestone Arena, Nashville, Tennessee
• Place to Watch: ESPN, TVAS, SportsNet

Welcome to the NHL Entry Draft of 2023, mind the Bachelorette party “WHOOOO”ing their way past the event, let’s get ready to fish up some new prospects!

Some Mock Drafts for you to Peruse while you wait:

• From our neighbors over at Sound of Hockey, here’s Curtis Jacke’s list!
• From FloHockey, Chris Peters’ mock draft of the first two rounds!
• SportsNet’s Jason Bukala had this as a mock draft!
• Craig Button’s final mock draft was posted last Friday, and it’s a doozy
• And of course, here’s our previews for who could be selected by the Kraken, and maybe who could fall to them!

Seattle’s Picks:

First Round:

• 20th Overall: Eduard Šale – Forward – Kometa Brno

Second Round:

• 50th Overall: Carson Rehkopf – Center – Kitchener
• 52nd Overall: Oskar Fisker-Molgaard – Center – HV71
• 57th Overall: Lukas Dragicevic – Defenseman – Tri City Americans

Third Round:

• 84th Overall: Caden Price – Defenseman – Kelowna

Fourth Round:

• 116th Overall: Andrei Loshko – Center – Chicoutimi

Fifth Round:

• 148th Overall: Kaden Hammell – Defenseman – Everett

Sixth Round:

• 168th Overall: Visa Vedenpää – Goaltender – Oulun Karpat
• 180th Overall: Zeb Forsfjäll – Forward – Skelleftea AIK

Seventh Round:

• 212nd Overall:  Zaccharya Wisdom – Right Wing- Cedar Rapids Roughriders

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This thread will be periodically updated with the names and positions of each draft pick, as well as a link to our announcement of the draft!

Let’s get to draftin’!