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Toronto Maple Leafs: 2018 NHL Mock Draft – Picks 1-15

By Alex Hobson

CHICAGO, IL - JUNE 23: Timothy Liljegren poses for photos after being selected 17th overall by the Toronto Maple Leafs during the 2017 NHL Draft at the United Center on June 23, 2017 in Chicago, Illinois. (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)
CHICAGO, IL - JUNE 23: Timothy Liljegren poses for photos after being selected 17th overall by the Toronto Maple Leafs during the 2017 NHL Draft at the United Center on June 23, 2017 in Chicago, Illinois. (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images) /
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CHICAGO, IL – JUNE 23: The Edmonton Oilers select right wing Kailer Yamamoto with the 22nd pick in the first round of the 2017 NHL Draft on June 23, 2017, at the United Center in Chicago, IL. (Photo by Daniel Bartel/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
CHICAGO, IL – JUNE 23: The Edmonton Oilers select right wing Kailer Yamamoto with the 22nd pick in the first round of the 2017 NHL Draft on June 23, 2017, at the United Center in Chicago, IL. (Photo by Daniel Bartel/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) /

10th Overall – Edmonton Oilers: Noah Dobson (D, Acadie-Bathurst Titan, QMJHL)

You’d think the Edmonton Oilers would be done picking in the top ten (Hall, Nugent-Hopkins, Yakupov, Draisaitl, Nurse, McDavid, Puljujarvi) but they aren’t.  They will be picking in the top ten for the eighth time in nine years.

It’s incredible that they don’t currently have the best team in the NHL by about six miles, but what can you do? Last year they selected 22nd and got Kailer Yamamoto.

This year we are predicting that they will take Noah Dobson.

Let’s see. Right handed defenseman, good size, great offensively and defensively. What’s not to like?

Well, truthfully there isn’t much. Dobson is very good at what he does and he would be a very good addition to an Oilers team that’s known to struggle defensively. With 69 points in 67 games this year, he also has a comparable playing style to Zach Werenski. That alone should be enough to get Oilers fans excited.

Then, they’ll remember that their team didn’t fire Peter Chiarelli yet and go back to being very, very sad.

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