2012 SB Nation Mock Draft: Fear The Fin Selects Tomas Hertl With No. 17 Pick

Over the past week, the SB Nation network of hockey blogs has been conducting a mock draft ahead of the real thing in Pittsburgh next Friday. With the Sharks on the clock at 17th overall and Doug Wilson busy getting a spraytan, it's fallen upon us here at Fear The Fin to make the first round pick on behalf of the franchise. We've selected, from HC Slavia Praha of the Czech Extraliga, center Tomas Hertl.

We would have preferred to pick either of the two Swedish wingers Sebastian Collberg or Pontus Aberg but seeing as the