NHLHS Mock Draft: With the Number Seven Pick…

NHLHS Mock Draft is our latest feature where we collectively predict the first round of the 2010 NHL Entry Draft. The draft is a crapshoot and we will be wrong… …but we thought it would be fun to try.

With the seventh overall pick in the 2010 NHL Entry Draft, the Carolina Hurricanes select…

Brandon Gormley

For the most part the Canes looked like they would select a forward but with Gormley available they simply could not pass. This defenseman holds a high-end offensive pedigree posting 9 goals and 43 points in 58 games with the Moncton Wildcats of the QMJHL.  With Jamie McBain already on the major league roster, the Canes would look great on the backend for years down the road.

Alexander Monaghan
NHLHS Editor-in-chief
amonaghan@nhlhotstove.com
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