I participated in my first mock fantasy hockey draft of the season with many experts from RotoWire.com. It was a 12-team league that required a starting lineup of 2 goalies, 1 RW, 1 LW, 2 LW or RW, 3 C, 3 D and four bench spots of any players. It was a points league with 3 points per goal scored, 2 per assist, 0.2 per save, -1 per goal allowed, 4 points per goalie win and two points per shutout.
Let's take a quick look at the first two rounds. Goalies were obviously at a premium in this format with two starters. Sidney Crosby was a surprise in the first round with the uncertain timetable for his return from last season's concussion. Nicklas Lidstrom got a big boost from positional scarcity, although defensemen were slow to go off the board.
| Round | Player | Pos | Team |
| R1 P1 | Alex Ovechkin | LW | WAS |
| R1 P2 | Steven Stamkos | C | TB |
| R1 P3 | Corey Perry | RW | ANA |
| R1 P4 | Daniel Sedin | LW | VAN |
| R1 P5 | Henrik Sedin | C | VAN |
| R1 P6 | Martin St. Louis | RW | TB |
| R1 P7 | Henrik Lundqvist | G | NYR |
| R1 P8 | Antti Niemi | G | SAN |
| R1 P9 | Roberto Luongo | G | VAN |
| R1 P10 | Sidney Crosby | C | PIT |
| R1 P11 | Tim Thomas | G | BOS |
| R1 P12 | Evgeni Malkin | C | PIT |
| R2 P1 | Ryan Miller | G | BUF |
| R2 P2 | Jarome Iginla | RW | CAL |
| R2 P3 | Corey Crawford | G | CHI |
| R2 P4 | Pekka Rinne | G | NAS |
| R2 P5 | Nicklas Lidstrom | D | DET |
| R2 P6 | Cam Ward | G | CAR |
| R2 P7 | Carey Price | G | MON |
| R2 P8 | Ryan Getzlaf | C | ANA |
| R2 P9 | Claude Giroux | RW | PHI |
| R2 P10 | Pavel Datsyuk | C | DET |
| R2 P11 | Bobby Ryan | RW | ANA |
| R2 P12 | Jimmy Howard | G | DET |
The top 24 in ADP are sure to change the next few weeks as training camps begin. Happy mock drafting!