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NHL Mock Draft 2.0

  Keaton Verhoeff (Dan Hickling)      Since my first mock draft of the NHL season, the prospect landscape has dramatically changed. Gavin McKenna has gone from challenged to the challenger, while the World Junior Championship altered the stock of a number of potential first-round talents.     Given the degree of change in the world of junior hockey, I figured it was an ideal time to revisit and update my stance on the lottery picks. It also happens to be -25 degrees in Montreal, so I have very little inclination to venture outside out of fear of picking up frostbite. I decided to avoid the classic weekend pastime of skating in circles around the Quartier des Spectacles rink while simultaneously judging the array of skate attendants for being negligent, so I could turn my focus to other ice surfaces.      As always, take all my words with a grain of salt. I'm far too unqualified to treat my assessment of these players as meaningful, especially...