Welcome to the 2017 edition of the Hockey Wilderness mock draft. We’re doing things a little differently this time around. You’ll still be getting the same great draft profiles, but we’ve gone ahead and condensed the format to drive through all the picks in the first round in the 10 days leading up to the draft. In prior seasons we’ve brought you a pick each day up to the draft, but now we’re bringing 3 picks each day, culminating with the 31st pick right on draft day.
The Calgary Flames have emerged from a rather deep pit that recently enveloped the franchise, as the team went five consecutive seasons without a playoff appearance between ’09-’10 and ’14-’15, when it finally qualified but then fell in the second round to the Ducks.