NHL Mock Draft: Picks 11-20

Today, picks 11-20 will be given the mock treatment, as I attempt to get something right. If you're keeping score, since I started doing mock drafts, I've gotten six right (getting it right means either getting player with team or draft slot correct) in 2013, none in 2014, and three in 2015. I can safely say at least one pick will be correct. That out of the way, here are picks 11-20.

11. New Jersey Devils-Clayton Keller, C, USA NTDP

The Devils still need scoring badly, and with only Kyle Palmieri and Mike Cammalleri likely returning, the urgent need for scorers won't be ending anytime soon. Getting Keller, who nearly eclipsed the NTDP scoring record set by Auston Matthews, would be a step in the right direction and be a nice compliment to last year's first round pick Pavel Zacha.

12. Ottawa Senators-Logan Brown, C, Windsor (OHL)

Michael McLeod would also be considered here, as would a defender, but Brown's measurables and bloodlines are too good to pass up here. He's more of a playmaker than scorer at this point, but it's hard to ignore the size, as well as the high potential of setting up players like Bobby Ryan and Mike Hoffman.

13. Carolina Hurricanes-Michael McLeod, C, Mississauga (OHL)

The Hurricanes are woefully short on offense, and given their needs up the middle, McLeod would fill both spots. Like Brown, he has high potential, but a fair amount is already showing, and he has the speed to make highlight reel plays when needed.

14. Boston Bruins-Charlie McAvoy, D, Boston University

Boston has many picks to play with, and while the needs are considerable everywhere except on the left side and in goal, the Bruins continue to replenish their defensive depth and do so in their own backyard. McAvoy is more of an offensive defender at this point in the development, but his size suggests that he can be a fair defender in his own end who would be hard to move off the puck.

15. Minnesota Wild-Kieffer Bellows, LW, USA NTDP

The Wild need a high-end scorer in their pipeline, and they look to a familiar bloodline, as they take ex-North Star Brian Bellows' kid Kieffer. Where he continues to develop remains a bit of a question, as he is committed to Boston College, but could go the major junior route and Portland of the WHL. As for what he can do, he scores...a lot. That's his one dimension, but on a team with many playmakers and few goal scorers, it makes sense.

16. Detroit Red Wings-Jake Bean, D, Calgary (WHL)

The Red Wings need defenders, preferably one that can be a top pairing player. However, there are far more solid second pairing players at this point in the draft, and given the Red Wings' problem of filling that void Nicklas Lidstrom left when he retired in 2012, it seems that anyone will do. Bean is the best offensive defender remaining, and while his work in his own end is a work in progress, the Red Wings will be happy to take a near point a game season like what Bean had this season in Calgary.

17. Nashville Predators-Dante Fabbro, D, Penticton (BCHL)

The Preds may wish to start thinking about the future on the blue line, as Shea Weber can't play forever, and the pipeline defensively is starting to run a little thin. Fabbro is the safest pick available on the blue line, and the Preds can afford to let him develop at Boston University.

18. Philadelphia Flyers-Max Jones, LW, London (OHL)

The Flyers need scoring, and while Jones didn't put up eye-popping numbers in London, there's no mistaking that he is a definitive power forward. Discipline may need to be reinforced a little, as he sat out much of the OHL playoffs due to a 12-game suspension, but he is unafraid to hit people and score goals however he has to do it, things that could make him a fan favorite in a city known for toughness.

19. New York Islanders-Riley Tufte, LW, Fargo (USHL)

The Isles can afford to wait on this year's group to develop, and a perfect example would be Tufte, a Minnesota-Duluth commit who can use the time to fill out a little. The upside is a power forward in the vein of Nick Bjugstad that can score and has some bite.

20. Arizona Coyotes (from the New York Rangers)-Logan Stanley, D, Windsor (OHL)

Whereas I had the Coyotes taking a more offensive defender in Mikhail Sergachev with their first pick, this time around, they go with a shutdown defender in Logan Stanley, also playing in Windsor. A big guy at 6-6, 216 lbs., he would be given time to develop, as he needs improvement on skating, but getting a player that can work in Dave Tippett's system would be a plus, something that Stanley can do.