Matvei Michkov is the future in recent Capitals mock draft

We are days away from the 2023 NHL Draft Washington Capitals fans and you know what that means. Mock draft time!

Since we are a Capitals blog we are going to focus on just the Caps and all their picks in this year’s draft. Let’s go through a quick rundown.

The Caps will own five picks in this year’s draft. They’ll miss out on two of the seven rounds due to trades.

Of course we all know they have the number eight pick in the first round. They are rumored to trade up, you can read more here. 

So we’re going to do this backwards to create suspense which is the first time we ever did this in a mock draft. We’ll go from the Caps last pick to their first pick.

In addition to the first round the Caps will have picks in round 2, 4, 5, and 7.

7th Round:  David Klee

David Klee is a center from Waterloo of the USHL. They could probably pick him 200th or in the 200 range. For the Waterloo Black Hawks he had three goals and 10 assists for 13 points. He’s expected to attend the University of North Dakota. The previous season for the 16U AAA Colorado Thunderbirds he had 44 goals and 75 assists for 119 in 61 games.

5th Round: Alexander Hellnemo

Alexander Hellnemo is a goaltender for Skelleftea Jr. of the Sweden Jr. league. The Caps are pretty much set on goalies up and down the organization but they tend to take one in the later rounds each year the last few years. This is this year’s new goalie.

For the J20 Nationell’s Skelleftea AIK J20 he went 15-8-0 in the regular season with a .916 save percentage and a 2.32 goals against average. In the playoffs he went 0-2-0 with a .893 save percentage and a 3.03 GAA.

For Skellefteå AIK of the SHL he went 5-3-0 with a 2.39 goals against average and a .895 save percentage. He also was loaned to Vasteras IK of the Hockey Allsvenskan where he went 0-2-0 with a .861 save percentage and a 3.07 GAA.

On the international stage he represented Sweden in the International Jr. on their U19 team where he went 1-1-0 with a 2.02 goals against average and a .871 save percentage.

4th Round: Timur Mukhanov

Timur Mukhanov is a left winger from Omsk Jr. of the Russia Jr. league. For Omskie Krylia of the VHL he had four goals and four assists for eight points in 31 games.

For Omskie Yastreby of the MHL he had eight goals and nine assists for 17 points in 15 games in the regular season. In the MHL playoffs he had one goal in nine games.

He is expected to play in the KHL this upcoming season with the Severstal Cherepovets.

2nd Round: Carson Rehkoph

Carson Rehkoph is a left winger from Kitchener of the OHL. Don’t be fooled he’s not associated with the New York Rangers. He’s with the Kitchener Rangers of the OHL where he spent the last two seasons.

In 2021 22 he recorded 18 goals and 15 assists for 33 points in 65 games. In the playoffs he had six points in 12 games with four goals and two assists.

Last season for the Rangers he recorded 59 points in 68 games with 30 goals and 29 assists in the regular season. In the playoffs he had six points in nine games with two goals and four assists.