The Florida Panthers will have plenty of options to fill the most glaring need in its prospect pool, a winger with size, toughness and some scoring pop, when they pick at the number eleven spot in the 2015 NHL draft.
To no one in the known universe's surprise, The Cooper & Blue selected Connor McDavid first overall and Die By The Blade quickly scooped up Jack Eichel in the two hole. The draft started in earnest with the embattled Arizona Coyotes at three and here's how we got to this point:
There was some debate among the staff, with Timo Meier, a favorite among a lot of community members, available and Mikko Rantanen, who was our choice in our own LBC mock draft (nabbed at 10 by Mile High Hockey), strongly considered, but with things falling a different way in SB Nation's mock draft, our Shane O'Donnell felt he had a strong inkling on whose name GM Dale Tallon would call if he stepped to the podium with this particular group of players still on the board, firmly pointing us in the direction we took.