2023 NHL Mock Draft

Draft date: January 2021, July 21st 2023, in Nashville, Tennessee

By Bill Płaczek

Publication date: Monday, October 9th 2023 a 08:14 pm

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Round

ROUND 1

Pick	Team	Player	Position	Junior league team	HT	WT
1	CHI	Connor Bedard	RHC	Canada	5' 10"	183
2	ARI	Adam Fantilli	LHC	Canada	6' 2"	182
3	SJ	Matvei Michkov	LHRW	Russia	5' 9"	160
4	MON	Brayden Yager	RHC	Canada	6' 0"	170
5	SEA	Cameron Allen	RD	Canada	5' 11"	190
6	ANA	Dalibor Dvorsky	LHC	Slovakia	6' 1"	190
7	BUF	Zach Benson	LW	Canada	5' 975"	155
8	PHI	Eduard Sale	LHRW	Czechia	6' 1"	166
9	WPG	Calum Ritchie	RHC	Canada	6' 2"	180
10 T	NJ	Matthew Wood	RW	Huskies	6' 35"	185
11	CBJ	Kasper Halttunen	LW	Finland	6' 3"	192
12	VAN	Leo Carlsson	LHRW	Sweden	6' 3"	194
13	DET	Andrew Cristall	LW	Canada	5' 9"	165
14 T	NYI	Nate Danielson	RHC	Canada	6' 1"	181
15 T	OTT	Oliver Moore	LHC	United States	5' 11"	176
16 T	ARI	Riley Heidt	LHC	Canada	5' 11"	179
17 T	LA	Charlie Stramel	RHC	Badgers	6' 3"	216
18 T	BOS	William Will Smith	RHC	United States	6' 0"	172
19	WAS	Mikhail Gulyayev	LD	Russia	5' 10"	170
20	NAS	Otto Stenberg	LHC	Sweden	5' 11"	176
21	PIT	Ryan Leonard	RW	United States	5' 11"	181
22	CGY	Ethan Gauthier	RW	Canada	5' 11"	174
23	ANA	Alex Ciernik	LHRW	Germany	5' 10"	172
24	VEG	Quentin Musty	LW	United States	6' 2"	203
25	STL	Gavin Brindley	RW	Wolverines	5' 9"	160
26 T	TOR	Theo Lindstein	LD	Sweden	6' 0"	180
27	NYR	Ondrej Molnar	LW	Slovakia	6' 0"	170
28 T	CHI	Colby Barlow	LHRW	Canada	6' 1"	190
29	CAR	Caden Price	LD	Canada	6' 1"	181
30 T	EDM	Tyler Peddle	LHC	Canada	6' 1"	190
31 T	MON	Gabriel Perreault	LW	United States	5' 1075"	167
32	COL	Kalan Lind	LW	Canada	6' 0"	160

ROUND 2

Pick	Team	Player	Position	Junior league team	HT	WT
33	CHI	William Whitelaw	RHC	United States	5' 9"	173
34	ARI	Dominik Petr	LHC	Czechia	6' 1"	165
35	SJ	Hunter Brzustewicz	LD	United States	5' 11"	187
36 T	MON	Daniil But	LW	Russia	6' 4"	198
37	SEA	Tanner Molendyk	LD	Canada	5' 11"	176
38	ANA	Jayden Perron	LHRW	Canada	5' 9"	175
39	BUF	Koehn Ziemmer	RW	Canada	6' 0"	201
40 T	BUF	Mathieu Cataford	RW	Canada	5' 11"	187
41 T	SEA	Carson Rehkopf	LW	Canada	6' 3"	185
42	NJ	Emil Jarventie	LW	Finland	5' 11"	182
43	CBJ	Denver Barkey	LHC	Canada	5' 8"	174
44 T	VAN	Noah Dower Nilsson	LHC	Sweden	5' 11"	170
45	DET	Arttu Karki	LD	Finland	6' 1"	176
46	NYI	Oliver Bonk	RD	Canada	6' 1"	180
47 T	OTT	Jordan Tourigny	RD	Canada	5' 11"	165
48	DAL	Dylan Mackinnon	RD	Canada	6' 2"	185
49	LA	Lukas Dragicevic	RD	Canada	6' 2"	181
50 T	ANA	Tuomas Uronen	RHLW	Finland	5' 11"	180
51	WAS	Jesse Kiiskinen	RHLW	Finland	5' 11"	172
52 T	NAS	Tanner Adams	RHC	Friars	5' 11"	170
53 T	PIT	Rasmus Kumpulainen	LHC	Finland	6' 2"	180
54	CGY	Luca Cagnoni	LD	Canada	5' 10"	172
55	MIN	Kalem Parker	RD	Canada	6' 0"	187
56 T	BUF	Andrew Strathmann	LD	United States	5' 11"	175
57 T	DET	Kenneth Trey Augustine	G	United States	6' 0"	180
58 T	SEA	Jakub Dvorak	LD	Czechia	6' 5"	203
59 T	WPG	Cameron Johnson	LHC	Canada	5' 9"	150
60 T	CHI	Scott Ratzlaff	G	Canada	6' 1"	170
61	CAR	Roman Kantserov	LHRW	Russia	5' 9"	163
62	EDM	Coulson Pitre	RW	Canada	6' 0"	170
63	FLA	Jan Sprynar	RW	Czechia	6' 1"	177
64 T	ANA	Ethan Miedema	LW	Canada	6' 35"	181

ROUND 3

Pick	Team	Player	Position	Junior league team	HT	WT
65	CHI	Carson Bjarnason	G	Canada	6' 3"	177
66	ARI	Danny Nelson	LW	United States	6' 2"	190
67 T	NAS	Connor Levis	RW	Canada	6' 2"	194
68	MON	Lucas St. Louis	LD	Canada	5' 11"	170
69	SEA	Jackson Parsons	G	Canada	6' 0"	188
70	ANA	Aram Minnetian	RD	United States	6' 0"	172
71 T	VEG	Michael Chambre	G	United States	6' 1"	170
72 T	SJ	Luca Pinelli	LHC	Canada	5' 9"	161
73	WPG	Drew Fortescue	LD	United States	6' 3"	180
74 T	PIT	Niko Minkkanen	RD	Finland	6' 4"	194
75	CBJ	Michael Hrabal	G	Czechia	6' 6"	196
76	VAN	Michael DeAngelo	LW	United States	5' 11"	181
77	DET	Grayden Slipec	LHC	Canada	5' 10"	175
78 T	NYI	Nikita Telegin	LHC	Russia	6' 1"	178
79 T	TOR	Peter PJ Forgione	LD	Canada	6' 3"	200
80 T	CHI	Nikita Nedopekin	LHC	Russia	5' 10"	190
81 T	LA	Finn Brink	LW	Maple Grove Senior High School	5' 10"	174
82	BOS	Luke Coughlin	LD	Canada	5' 9"	165
83 T	ARI	Hugo Hell	LD	Sweden	5' 11"	165
84 T	NAS	Noel Nordh	LHRW	Sweden	6' 3"	187
85 T	LA	Nathan Drapeau	LD	Canada	5' 11"	185
86 T	CBJ	Zeb Forsfjäll	LHRW	Sweden	5' 9"	165
87 T	MIN	Jesse Nurmi	LHRW	Finland	5' 11"	170
88	VEG	Mazden Leslie	RD	Canada	6' 1"	181
89	STL	Connor Lewis	LD	Canada	6' 2"	190
90 T	TOR	Ryan Fine	RHC	United States	5' 7"	178
91 T	PHI	Etienne Morin	LD	Canada	5' 11"	180
92 T	TB	Bradley Nadeau	LW	Canada	5' 9"	155
93 T	CAR	Luca Cagnoni	LD	Canada	5' 10"	172
94 T	EDM	Axel Sandin Pelikka	RD	Sweden	5' 11"	181
95 T	PHI	Gracyn Sawchyn	RHC	Canada	5' 11"	165
96 T	NYR	Tom Willander	RD	Sweden	6' 1"	178

ROUND 4

Pick	Team	Player	Position	Junior league team	HT	WT
97	CHI	Tom Leppä	LHC	Finland	6' 0"	167
98	ARI	Nicholas Lardis	RW	Canada	5' 10"	155
99 T	SJ	Jack Martin	LD	Canada	6' 0"	174
100	MON	Nathan Drapeau	LD	Canada	5' 11"	185
101	SEA	Daniel Jencko	LHC	Slovakia	6' 0"	171
102	ANA	Matthew Soto	RW	Canada	5' 11"	170
103	BUF	Donovan McCoy	RW	Canada	6' 1"	201
104	PHI	Frantisek Ridzon	RW	Slovakia	5' 11"	176
105 T	CBJ	Kimo Gruber	RHC	Switzerland	6' 0"	1921
106	NJ	Charlie Cerrato	LW	United States	5' 11"	170
107	CBJ	Samuel Honzek	LW	Slovakia	6' 3"	180
108	VAN	Matteo Mann	RD	Canada	6' 45"	225
109 T	DET	James Richards	LD	Canada	6' 2"	172
110	NYI	Carey Terrance	LW	United States	6' 1"	181
111	OTT	Maxim Strbak	RD	Slovakia	6' 2"	187
112	DAL	Jean Philip Boudreau	LD	Canada	5' 10"	155
113	LA	Brayden Edwards	RHLW	Canada	6' 1"	174
114	BOS	Preston Lounsbury	LHC	Canada	5' 11"	165
115	WAS	Will McDonough	RHC	United States	6' 1"	187
116	NAS	Tommaso De Luca	LHC	Italy	6' 0"	172
117 T	MON	Lenni Hämeenaho	RW	Finland	6' 0"	174
118	CGY	Daniil Karpovich	LD	Belarus	6' 4"	209
119 T	MIN	Sean Keohane	LD	Dexter Christian Academy	6' 4"	190
120 T	MON	Kalle Carlsson	LHC	Sweden	6' 0"	175
121	STL	Anton Topilnyckyj	RD	Canada	6' 2"	172
122 T	NAS	Valentin Zhugin	LW	Russia	5' 11"	185
123 T	NYR	Emil Kuusla	LHRW	Finland	5' 9"	159
124 T	TB	Sam Oremba	LW	Canada	6' 1"	187
125	CAR	Noah Erliden	G	Sweden	5' 10"	169
126 T	EDM	Conner Brown	RW	United States	5' 10"	170
127	FLA	Rodzers Bukarts	LHC	Latvia	5' 11"	174
128 T	SEA	Nico Myatovic	LW	Canada	6' 2"	181

ROUND 5

Pick	Team	Player	Position	Junior league team	HT	WT
129	CHI	Nikolai Nikutshin	G	Russia	6' 0"	175
130	ARI	Emil Pieniniemi	LD	Finland	6' 0"	160
131	SJ	Luke Patterson	LHC	Canada	6' 0"	172
132	MON	Jackson Unger	G	Canada	6' 1"	181
133	SEA	Samuel Sisik	LW	Finland	5' 7"	150
134	ANA	Joel Svensson	RHC	Sweden	6' 0"	185
135	BUF	Oscar Fisker Moelgaard	LHC	Denmark	6' 0"	160
136	PHI	Logan Wormald	LHRW	Canada	5' 10"	165
137	WPG	Cameron Squires	RW	Canada	5' 11"	150
138	NJ	Jayson Shaugabay	RHC	United States	5' 10"	167
139 T	SJ	Albert Schioldan	RW	Denmark	6' 1"	183
140 T	VAN	Gavin McCarthy	RD	Terriers	6' 1"	181
141	DET	Oren Shtrom	LHRW	Canada	5' 9"	155
142	NYI	Dmitri Simashev	LD	Russia	6' 4"	185
143	OTT	Ethan Hay	LHC	Canada	6' 1"	185
144	DAL	Noa Vali	G	Finland	6' 0"	160
145	LA	Will Vote	RW	United States	5' 8"	159
146 T	BOS	Yegor Zavragin	G	Russia	6' 2"	183
147	WAS	Antoine Keller	G	France	6' 1"	160
148	NAS	A. J. Lacroix	LW	Canada	6' 0"	194
149	PIT	Ivan Remezovsky	LD	Russia	6' 1"	163
150 T	MON	Philippe Collette	LW	Canada	6' 0"	185
151	MIN	Beckett Hendrickson	LW	United States	6' 1"	168
152 T	VEG	Joseph Connor	LHC	Winged Beaver	5' 10"	170
153	STL	Ivan Anoshko	LHC	Belarus	5' 10"	160

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