If you’ve been following SBN Hockey’s network-wide mock draft, you know that the Caps are on the clock, which means we’re on the clock for them. One year ago, also drafting 26th overall, we selected Brock Nelson (he ended up going to the Isles at 30th in the actual entry draft; Caps pick Evgeny Kuznetsov was off the board already). This time around, we’re pleased to select… defenseman Scott Mayfield out of Youngstown of the USHL.
Here’s Mayfield’s draft preview video from NHL.com:
Per NHL Central Scouting’s Gary Eggleston:
The fantastic Corey Pronman has much more (and ranks Mayfield as the 16th-best prospect in the draft):
Mayfield also won a gold medal for the U.S. and was named tournament MVP at the 2010 World Junior ‘A’ Challenge, as the Yanks downed Canada in Penticton. (For more on the young blueliner, click here, here, here and/or here.)
In sum, he’s an American-born defenseman to be drafted out of the USHL who was an all-tourney selection as he won gold on Canadian soil; we enjoyed this movie the first time around and are happy to buy a ticket to the sequel.