Way Way Too Early Mock Draft (September Edition)

October 09, 2019

There's no clever name for it like the McDavid derby, or the Fall for Hall, or Fail for Nail campaigns. There's no glory or respect given to the notion of tanking in the FOHL. In fact, it's a hot button issue that has ignited message boards around the league. With the topic under such a microscope, there's no one hanging a poster in their GM office reading "Fight for Wright", but GMs around the FOHL are keenly aware that an exceptional status player is entering the 2019 draft.

Joining the likes of John Tavares, Aaron Ekblad, Connor McDavid, and ahem, Sean Day, Shane Wright becomes the fifth OHLer to be granted exceptional status to the league. The 15 year old is expected to join the talent ranks of the trio of aforementioned, all who went first overall in the OHL draft and then followed that up with first overall picks into the NHL.

There's no clear cut bad teams in the FOHL, so take the rankings with a grain of salt. It's meant to showcase the young players entering the 2019 draft class more than it's an indictment of the talent of the FOHL's 2019 teams. There's been only a few games played so predicting who will finish where is a fool's game, but for the purposes of a mock draft..