The Red Wings have the blue line in mind this time around in our SB Nation NHL Mock Draft — with the 6th overall pick, Detroit selects defenseman Bowen Byram from the Vancouver Giants out of the WHL.
Going into this years Mock, I was poised to select a forward. We were really hoping that Alex Turcotte would still be around, but the Blackhawks took him early at 3rd overall. So with that, I took the best player available, and I think it’s very interesting that Byram fell as far as he did. I figured he would be a lock in the top-five.