1. The Puck Under the Sun's NHL Mock Draft Round 1 By: Superk116

2. Introduction Welcome to my 7 part NHL 2016 Mock Draft. We will start with Round 1. Here are the Top 30 picks according to me:

3. Pick 1: Toronto Auston Matthews Center Scottsdale, Arizona, USA ZSC Lions 36 Games, 24 Goals, 22 Assists, 46 Points

4. Pick 2: Winnipeg Patrik Laine Left Wing Tampere, Finland Tappara 46 Games, 17 Goals, 16 Assists, 33 Points

5. Pick 3: Columbus Jesse Puljujarvi Right Wing Alvkarleby, Sweeden Karpat 50 GP, 13 G, 15 A, 28 PTS

6. Pick 4: Edmonton Olli Juolevi Defenseman Helenski, Finland London 57 GP, 9 G, 33 A, 42 PTS

7. Pick 5: Vancouver Pierre Luc-Dubois Center Saint-Agathe-De-Monts, Quebec, Canada Cape Breton 62 GP, 42 G, 57 A, 99 PTS

8. Pick 6: Calgary Mikhali Sergachev Defenseman Nizhnekamsk, Russia Windsor 67 GP, 17 G, 40 A, 57 PTS

9. Pick 7: Arizona Matthew Tkachuk Left Wing Scottsdale, Arizona, United States London 57 GP, 30 G, 77 A, 107 PTS

10. Pick 8: Buffalo Alexander Nylander Winger Calgary, Alberta, Canada (Sweedish Nationality) Mississauga 57 GP, 28 G, 47 A, 75 PTS

11. Pick 9: Montreal Tyson Jost Center/ Left Wing St Albert, Alberta, Canada Penticon 48 GP, 42 G, 62 A, 104 PTS

12. Pick 10: Colorado Jakob Chycurn Defenseman Boca Raton, Florida, United States Sarnia 62 GP, 11 G, 38 A, 49 PTS

13. Pick 11: New Jersey Dantae Fabbro Defenseman New Westminister, British Columbia, Canada Pentincon 45 GP, 14 G, 53 A, 67 PTS

14. Pick 12: Ottawa Michael McLeod Center Missassauga, Ontario, Canada Missassauga 57 GP, 21 G, 40 A, 61 PTS

15. Pick 13: Carolina Clayton Keller Center Swansea, Illinois, USA US National Development Team 23 GP, 13 G, 24 A, 37 PTS

16. Pick 14: Boston Charlie McAvoy Defenseman Long Beach, New York, USA Boston University 37 GP, 3 G, 22 A, 25 PTS

17. Pick 15: Minnesota German Rubtsov Center Chekov, Russia Team Russia U18 28 GP, 12 G, 14 A, 26 PTS

18. Pick 16: Detroit Logan Brown Center Raleigh, North Carolina, USA Windsor 59 GP, 21 G, 53 A, 74 PTS

19. Pick 17: Nashville Jake Bean Defenseman Calgary, Alberta, Canada Calgary 68 GP, 24 G, 40 A, 64 PTS

20. Pick 18: Philadelphia Max Jones Left Wing Rochester, Michigan, USA London 63 GP, 28 G, 24 A, 52 PTS

21. Pick 19: New York Islanders Logan Stanley Defenseman Waterloo, Ontario, Canada Windsor 64 GP, 5 G, 12 A, 17 PTS

22. Pick 20: Arizona 1 Kieffer Bellows Center Edina, Minnesota, United States US National Development Team 23 GP, 16 G, 16 A, 32 PTS

23. Pick 21: Carolina 2 Riley Tufte Left Wing Ham Lake, Minnesota, USA Blaine High 25 GP, 47 G, 21 A, 78 PTS

24. Pick 22: Winnipeg 3 Libor Hajek Defenseman Smreck, Czech Republic Saskatoon 69 GP, 3 G, 23 A, 26 PTS

25. Pick 23: Florida Julien Gauthier Right Wing Point-aux-Tremble, Quebec, Canada Val-d'Or 54 GP, 41 G, 16 A, 57 PTS

26. Pick 24: Anaheim Luke Kunin Center Chesterfield, Missouri, USA University of Wisconsin 34 GP, 19 G, 13 A, 32 PTS

27. Pick 25: Dallas Rasmus Asplund Center/Left Wing Filipstad, Sweeden Farjestad BK 46 GP, 4 G, 8 A, 12 PTS

28. Pick 26: Washington Tage Thompson Center/ Right Wing Oyster Bay, New York, USA University of Connecticut 36 GP, 14 G, 18 A, 32 PTS

29. Pick 27: Tampa Bay Jonathan Dahlen Center/ Left Wing Ostersund, Sweeden Timiria IK 51 GP, 15 G, 14 A, 29 PTS

30. Pick 28: St Louis Alex DeBrincat Center Farmington Hills, Minnesota, USA Erie 60 GP, 51 G, 50 A, 101 PTS

31. Pick 29: Boston or Toronto 4 (Loser of SC gives their Pick to a team they traded to) Pascal Laberge Center/ Right Wing Chauteauguay, Quebec, Canada Victoriaville 56 GP, 23 G, 45 A, 68 PTS ( If SJ loses its Boston and if PIT loses its Toronto)

32. Pick 30: Boston or Toronto 5 Tyler Benson Left Wing Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Vancouver 30 GP, 9 G, 19 A, 28 PTS

33. Picks by Country United States 12 40% Canada 9 30% Sweeden 4 13.33% Russia 2 6.66% Finland 2 6.66% Czech Republic 1 3.33%

34. Trades Pick 20- NY Rangers to Arizona Pick 21- Los Angeles to Carolina Pick 22- Chicago to Winnipeg Pick 29/30- San Jose to Boston and Pittsburgh to Toronto

35. Conclusion That concludes Round 1. Round 2 will be coming soon.