Hockey Wilderness Community 2011 NHL Mock Draft: Colorado Avalanche

Congrats, and all that.

Now we move on to the next trickiest position to draft in. Every year there is a false contest about which player will be the first overall selection. More often than not, there is a 1A and 1B. This year, not many people believe that, although there was some clamoring from the Oiler fans for Adam Larsson.

Who will the Avs take with their pick? Make the jump, read who Hockey Wilderness thinks they should take, and cast your vote for the Avs pick.

With Nugent-Hopkins off the board, the Avs are left with a host of players that make sense in the two spot. The worst part is? The Avs could use them all. You don't get to be the second worst team in the league without being bad in more areas than not. 

Coming from a Wild blog this is going to sound like the pot calling the kettle black here, but their fourth highest scorer was a defenseman, and their sixth highest was traded away after only playing 36 games for the team. Not a good sign. 

As much as Adam Larsson deserves to be the second overall pick, I think the Avs go with Gabriel Landeskog, LW out of Kitchener. A big, already filled out forward who plays well in all three zones.

I put the percentages at about 60-40 that his actually happens. Larsson is the consensus #2, so he likely goes at two. However, if I'm the Avs, I take Landeskog.

Who do you take at #2?

Note: At the behest of our prospect guru, Dan Chan, we have expanded the list of potential picks. Enjoy.