Having had a good look at the players available to Portland and Vancouver, I've come up with my mock draft 1.0*
* please note that there will only be one mock draft**
** Also note that it's possible that none of these picks will actually happen.
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Portland
1. Dax McCarty (Dal)
3. Arturo Alvarez (SJ)
5. Alejandro Moreno (Phi)
7. Dasan Robinson (Chi)
9. Nathan Sturgis (Seat)
11. Joe Cannon (SJ)
13. Robbie Russell (SLC)
15. Khel Dube (NER)
17. Corey Ashe (Hou)
19. Robbie Findley (SLC)
Vancouver
2. Sanna Nyassi (Seat)
4. Jimmy Conrad (KC)
6. Atiba Harris (Dal)
8. Fuad Ibrahim (TFC)
10. Anthony Wallace (Col)
12. Sinisa Ubiparipovic (NYRB)
14. Amadou Sanyang (TFC)
16. Chance Myers (KC)
18. Alan Gordon (Chivas)
20. Chris Seitz (Phi)
Clearly it's a bit of guess work, but I did default to younger players for Vancouver with Portland opting slightly more experienced. I expect the Whitecaps will go outside the box on more than one pick tomorrow with an eye to getting that player into their development system.
That is why I added the two young Toronto players to their list -- both are raw, but Vancouver will have seen a lot of them and might be interested in developing.
On exception to the go young philosophy is Conrad. The thinking there is that with Jay DeMerit already signed that the 'Caps may be looking to build from a very strong back-line out. One caveat: It might make sense to wait on Conrad (or any of the older players) until the re-entry draft.
With Portland, McCarty is a no brainer. As stated, I went a little older with the Timbers picks. The thinking is that they have a less developed academy system (yes, I know Timbers fans the u23s won a championship. An u23 team is not a development system). You'll note that I selected Findley with the final selection. Yes, he's said he's going overseas, but it might be worth a flyer in case he comes back (or better yet, comes back a better player in a few years).