2010 NHL Mock Draft, 21st Pick: Detroit Red Wings Select Riley Sheahan

With the 21st pick in the 2010 SB Nation NHL Mock Draft, our Detroit Red Wings bloggers at Winging It In Motown select...

Riley Sheahan, Notre Dame Fighting Irish (NCAA)

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From Winging It In Motown:

Much has been made about a team with a deep talent pool taking a flyer on the highly skilled, but oft-troubled, Kirill Kabanov, but Sheahan is a classic Red Wings pick. No, he's not a defenseman (of the last nine first round draft picks made by the Wings, 8 have been defensemen), but he is a collegiate player, giving him and the team the entire duration of his eligibility -- rather than the usual two years -- to make a decision about signing him to a pro contract. Knowing the Red Wings' penchant for allowing prospects to over-ripen, someone with three years left at Notre Dame could be an attractive commodity.

The next pick belongs to the Phoenix Coyotes.