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Using a combination of Paul Castron's tendencies, Bob McKenzie's scout rankings, what we think other teams will do in the 1st round and personal favorites vs. what we see the Devils front office doing, we made our selections at 7, 18, 20, 84, 99, 120, 130, 161 and 192.

In this special edition of #DevilsDaily, Dave Turner and Jeff O’Connor host Part II of their 2020 NHL Mock Draft along with independent podcast hosts from the Buffalo Sabres, Minnesota Wild, Winnipeg Jets, Nashville Predators, Florida Panthers, Carolina Hurricanes, Edmonton Oilers, Toronto Maple Leafs, Montreal Canadiens, Chicago Blackhawks and Calgary Flames to cover picks 8 through 20.

Thanks to Austin Broad of The Charging Buffalo, Jack Dawkins of The Hockey Writers, Brendan Farrell of the Winnipeg Jets Grit Per 60 Podcast, Jonah Storey of Penalty Box Radio, Zac Hynus of the Redvolution Rampage Podcast, Zach Laing of OilersNation, Pat Lorusso of Centre of Leafs Nation, Zack Cook of Cook's Corner, Jeff Osborn of The Rink Chicago and Matt Duborg of Fireside Chat.

We opened with a discussion of trading down from 20 but still staying in the 1st round, a snapshot of the goaltenders after Askarov (11:27) and an evaluation of fan-submitted prospects (27:55).

Today, we unveil our 2020 NHL Draft 1st Round Boards and our decision-making process.

We start with a brief aside about the Ken Daneyko picture with Reilly Walsh, Nikita Okhotyuk and Kevin Bahl. Then we begin a discussion about the Stanley Cup Playoffs/Finals (5:18), what we took from it as Devils fans in looking at the rebuild (33:37). Following that, a profile of OHL LHD Ryan O'Rourke (37:48) as a potential 1st round pick for Dave. We fleshed out some thoughts about the Draft after Round 1 and guidelines for players NJ should target (46:53). We took some listener questions about trading up in the 1st round, Sanderson at 7, FAs for Bing and trading Kyle Palmieri (1:01:03). We then did some mini profiles for Marat Khusnutdinov, Jean-Luc Foudy, Joni Jurmo, Emil Andrae and Sam Colangelo (1:18:48).

A look at some defensemen today including Justin Barron of the QMJHL, Helge Grans of Sweden, Jeremie Poirier of the QMJHL and William Wallinder of Sweden.

A look at WHL power winger Jake Neighbours, OHL sniper Tyson Foerster, USHL elite-producing center Brendan Brisson and OHL smooth center Jan Mysak.

A rapid-fire look at WHL winger Ridley Greig, German winger John-Jason Peterka and QMJHL center Hendrix Lapierre.

A look at one of the top primary point producing forwards in the OHL, Jacob Perreault.

A look at the top LHD from the WHL, Kaiden Guhle.