Fantasy hockey four-team mock draft: How long do you wait to draft Connor Bedard?

ESPN Fantasy Hockey’s staff laid out a four-team mock draft to explore how fantasy managers should handle player timing in a compact league—especially when deciding when to draft Connor Bedard. The article explains that small-league formats intensify competition because free agents remain available and opponents draft strong lineups too. It features mock-draft picks and strategy notes from analysts Sean Allen, Pierre, Becquey, Sachin Chandan, and Victoria Matiash, covering rounds one through four. Early selections include Nathan MacKinnon, Connor McDavid, Macklin Celebrini, and Nikita Kucherov, with later picks spanning David Pastrnak, Auston Matthews, Cale Makar, Evan Bouchard, and Andrei Vasilevskiy.