Round 1 of the NHL Draft will take place Thursday, July 7 at 7 p.m. ET (ESPN, ESPN+, SN, TVAS). Rounds 2-7 will be held Friday, July 8 beginning at 11 a.m. ET (NHLN, ESPN+, SN, TVAS).
The 2022 NHL Draft will take place at Bell Centre in Montreal, the first in-person draft since the 2019 event at Rogers Arena in Vancouver.
2022 NHL Mock Draft: Latest Predictions for All 1st-Round Prospects
6. Columbus Blue Jackets - Simon Nemec, D, Nitra (Slovakia)
12. Columbus Blue Jackets - Conor Geekie, C, Winnipeg (WHL)
Entire article:
https://bleacherreport.com/articles...atest-predictions-for-all-1st-round-prospects
2022 NHL Mock Draft:
6. COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS: DAVID JIRICEK, D, PLZN (CZREP)
The second defenseman off the board will be David Jiricek. The Blue Jackets need to improve their porous defense that surrendered dozens of shots per night to their mediocre goaltenders. Jiricek will bring speed and physicality to the back-end of Columbus' defense that will sear its bad habits.
12. COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS: DANILA YUROV, RW, MAGNITOGORSK (RUS)
Columbus gets their second pick inside the top-12 and pivots to address their offense, drafting Danila Yurov out of Russia. Yurov is a development project, but he's talented enough to have averaged 1.57 points across 23 games in Russia's junior league, adding juice to Columbus' lackluster offense from 2022.
Entire article:
https://www.oddschecker.com/us/insi...aft-predicting-each-of-the-first-three-rounds
Mock 2022 NHL Draft: Wright, Slafkovsky, Cooley remain top three picks
6. Columbus Blue Jackets (from Chicago Blackhawks)
Kimelman -- Cutter Gauthier, LW, USA U-18 (NTDP): His skating and shot are NHL-caliber already, and he's got a power forward build (6-2, 189) that will be even better when he gets around an NHL strength coach.
Morreale -- Gauthier: A good skater with a power forward-type game who can really shoot the puck. He had 65 points (34 goals, 31 assists) and scored five power-play goals in 54 games for the NTDP, and had nine points (three goals, six assists) in six games for the United States at the World U-18s. He'll play at Boston College next season.
12. Columbus Blue Jackets
Kimelman -- Kevin Korchinski, D, Seattle (WHL): After taking a forward with their first selection, the Blue Jackets could look to add a top defenseman in Korchinski (6-2, 185). He led WHL rookie defensemen with 65 points (four goals, 61 assists) in 67 games and his playmaking ability ranks among the best at his position in this year's draft.
Morreale -- Kemell: A shoulder injury sidelined him twice, totaling more than two months, but he still led Liiga rookies with 15 goals and was second with 23 points in 39 games. Kemell is a good skater with acceleration and speed who is considered a highly skilled playmaker that sees the ice well. He led Finland with six goals in five games at the U-18s.
Entire article:
https://www.nhl.com/news/2022-mock-nhl-draft-first-round/c-334508008
Just saying': It looks like a real "crap shoot" as who the Blue Jackets will pick.
When you look at the top prospects (link below), what really pisses you off is that there are 3 projected 1st round picks of players committed to both scUM and Goldie; and none to Ohio State...
https://www.tankathon.com/nhl/mock_draft
However, Dubois has a grand total of two 60 point seasons to his name as a former #3 overall pick and is now pouting his way out of his second organization at age 25. I wouldn't touch him if I was a GM.
