2013 NHL Mock Draft 1

With the Draft Lottery already determined, and the NHL Playoffs blazing through the second round, here is my first ever attempt at doing a mock draft of any sort. Once the entire draft order is decided, I will come out with an additional mock draft. Let's see how this goes. Feel free to reply and discuss.

Order	Team	Player	Why
1	Colorado	Seth Jones - D	As much as Colorado doesn’t want us to think it, this is a slam dunk.
2	Florida	Nathan MacKinnon - C	Stock up on a safe pick here. Good compliment to Huberdeau.
3	Tampa Bay	Jonathan Drouin - LW	Adding Drouin to the likes of St. Louis, Stamkos, Lecavlier, Hedman, and Purcell makes the Lightning a solid G away from being Pittsburgh South.
4	Nashville	Aleksander Barkov - C	Getting a young C like Barkov will have Nashville in contention in no time.
5	Carolina	Elias Lindholm - C	This is a safer pick than the next one, and the Hurricanes play it safe.
6	Calgary	Valery Nichushkin - RW	He would be a slam dunk, but Nichushkin is under contract in the KHL for two more years.
7	Edmonton	Rasmus Ristolainen - D	I cannot fathom Edmonton drafting Offense here. I think they go with the big D to start solidifying their line.
8	Buffalo	Sean Monahan - C	It is between Monahan and Shinkaruk. I think Darcy goes with the size and tries again to hit on a solid pick up the middle.
9	New Jersey	Hunter Shinkaruk - LW	Sniper with a lot of offense and a lot of upside. People could start to forget about another sniper that moved to Minnesota.
10	Dallas	Frederik Gauthier - C	Two way center that will have fans excited over his size and skill
11	Philadelphia	Darnell Nurse - D	Tough rugged D on a team known to have tough rugged D. Seems like a match made in Philly Heaven and NHL Hell.
12	Phoenix	Anthony Mantha - RW	Big strong forward and hard to get off the puck.
13	Winnepeg	Max Domi - C	The Jets already have a scrappy C in Evander Kane. Make it two with Domi. Yikes.
14	Columbus	Ryan Pulock - D	Jack Johnson, Ryan Murray, Ryan Pulock…..solid young D core for a team finally heading in the right direction