The 2018 SBNation NHL Mock Draft started with the Colorado Avalanche sitting in the 16th position. After seeing the picks start to flow in, the management team at Mile High Hockey started to see some of their favorite prospects falling. The team began to work tirelessly to move up into the top-8 to get their hands on the ultra-talented Oliver Wahlstrom, but to no avail. The prices were just too high.
Then, after seeing one other prospect we greatly coveted fall out of the top-10, an opportunity presented itself for us to move the Avalanche up a few spots and grab a prospect of great value.