NHL Draft

[koren808]

To be honest, I don't know too much about who is in the draft besides the great Sidney Crosby going to the Penguins. Who are the Wild looking at with the 4th pick? Any Minnesotans expected to be taken high?<br><br>Anyways, this can be the official NHL Draft Thread. <p>-------------------<br><br>"75 percent of the world is covered by water. The rest is covered by Smoot." --Fred Smoot<br></p><i></i>

[EREmpireStrikesBack]

Kinda glad that Pitt got the #1 pick because they definitely need someone like that to get people to care about hockey in Pittsburgh again. And I think Mario will do a good job with him. <br><br>Haven't seen any mock drafts or anything, but definitely would. <!--EZCODE EMOTICON START 8) --><img src=http://www.ezboard.com/images/emoticons/glasses.gif ALT="8)"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END--> <p>Elk River AA State Champions- 2001 Boys & 2004 Girls</p><i></i>

[EREmpireStrikesBack]

Found site with Central Scouting Service's final ranking:<br><br><!--EZCODE LINK START--><a href="http://nhl.speedera.net/futures/cssrank ... katers.pdf" target="top">North American Skaters</a><!--EZCODE LINK END--><br><br><!--EZCODE LINK START--><a href="http://nhl.speedera.net/futures/cssrank ... oalies.pdf" target="top">North American Goalies</a><!--EZCODE LINK END--><br><br>Does anyone know what the draft order is? I looked on ESPN.com and couldn't find jack <!--EZCODE EMOTICON START 8) --><img src=http://www.ezboard.com/images/emoticons/glasses.gif ALT="8)"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END--> <p>Elk River AA State Champions- 2001 Boys & 2004 Girls</p><i></i>

[koren808]

This should help ER. The first NHL mock draft I have seen.<!--EZCODE LINK START--><a href="http://hockeysfuture.com/article.php?si ... ed&order=0" target="top">hockeysfuture.com/article.php?sid=7795&mode=threaded&order=0</a><!--EZCODE LINK END--> <p>-------------------<br><br>"75 percent of the world is covered by water. The rest is covered by Smoot." --Fred Smoot<br></p><i></i>

[koren808]

And here are the top 8 Minnesota High School prospects (does not include players like Stoa or Johnson)<br><!--EZCODE LINK START--><a href="http://www.hockeysfuture.com/article.php?sid=7789" target="top">www.hockeysfuture.com/article.php?sid=7 ... <!--EZCODE LINK END--> <p>-------------------<br><br>"75 percent of the world is covered by water. The rest is covered by Smoot." --Fred Smoot<br></p><i></i>

[EREmpireStrikesBack]

Thanks man, that's good stuff <!--EZCODE EMOTICON START 8) --><img src=http://www.ezboard.com/images/emoticons/glasses.gif ALT="8)"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END--> <p>Elk River AA State Champions- 2001 Boys & 2004 Girls</p><i></i>

[koren808]

1st Round- will update every few picks (<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong>bold</strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--> picks have Minnesota ties)<br><br>Pick, Team, Player, Position, Team, League, Country/State of Birth<br>1. <!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong>Pittsburgh- Sidney Crosby, C, Rimouski, QMJHL (Canada)</strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>2. Anaheim- Bobby Ryan, RW, Owen Sound, OHL (New Jersey)<br>3. <!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong>Carolina- Jack Johnson, D, US Nat'l Team U-18, USA (Minnesota)</strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>4. <!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong>Minnesota- Benoit Pouliot, LW, Sudbury, OHL (Canada)</strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>5. Montreal- Carey Pride, G, Tri-City, WHL (Canada)<br>6. Columbus- Gilbert Brule, C, Vancouver, WHL (Canada)<br>7. Chicago- Jack Skille, RW, US Nat'l Team U-18, USA (Wisconsin)<br>8. *TRADE* San Jose via Atlanta- Devin Setoguchi, RW, Saskatoon, WHL (Canada)<br>9. <!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong>Ottawa- Brian Lee, D, Moorehead HS, USHSW (Minnesota)</strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>10. Vancouver- Luc Bourdon, D, Val D'or, QMJHL (Canada)<br>11. Los Angeles, Anze Kopitar, C, Sodertalje Jr., Sweden Jr. (Slovenia)<br>12. *TRADE* New York Rangers via Atlanta via San Jose- Marc Staal, D, Sudbury, OHL (Canada)<br>13. Buffalo- Marek Zagrapan, C, Chicoutimi, QMJHL (Slovakia)<br>14. Washington- Sasha Pokulok, D, Cornell, ECAC (Canada)<br>15. New York Islanders- Ryan O'Marra, C, Erie, OHL (Japan)<br>16. *TRADE* Atlanta via New York Rangers- Alex Bourret, RW, Lewiston, QMJHL (Canada)<br>17. Phoenix- Martin Hanzal, C, Budejovice Jr., Czech Jr. (Czech Republic)<br>18. Nashville- Ryan Parent, D, Guelph, OHL (Canada)<br>19. Detroit- Jakub Kindl, D, Kitchener, OHL (Czech Republic)<br>20. *TRADE* Florida via Philadelphia- Kenndal McArdle, LW, Moose Jaw, OHL (Canada)<br>21. Toronto- Tuukka Rask, G, Ilves Jr., Finland Jr. (Finland)<br>22. Boston- Matt Lashoff, D, Kitchener, OHL (New York)<br>23. New Jersey- Niklas Bergfors, RW, Sodertalje Jr., Sweden Jr. (Sweden)<br>24. <!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong>St. Louis- T.J. Oshie, C, Warroad HS, USHSW (Minnesota)</strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>25. Edmonton- Andrew Cogliano, C, St. Michaels Jr. A, OPJRA (Canada)<br>26. Calgary- Matt Pelech, D, Sarnia, OHL (Canada)<br>27. <!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong>*TRADE* Washington via Colorado- Joe Finley, D, Sioux Falls, USHL (Minnesota)</strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>28. <!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong>Dallas- Matt Niskanen, D, Virginia HS, USHSW (Minnesota)</strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br><br>*TRADE*Jeff O'Neill traded to Toronto for a conditional 20006 pick<br><br>29. *TRADE* Philadelphia via Florida- Steve Downie, RW, Windsor, OHL (Canada)<br>30. Tampa Bay- Vladimir Mihalek, D, Presov, Slovakia-2 (Slovakia)<br><br>2 Best Quotes of the Draft- "He likes to hurt people, in a good kind of way." -Bob McKenzie on Mihalek<br>-"That makes it Minnesota 5, Russia 0."-McKenzie after the Niskanen selection on players drafted.<br><br>For those who want to know a little bi about the Benoit Pouliot, the Wild's pick, he has done a blog for nhl.com.<br><!--EZCODE LINK START--><a href="http://www.nhl.com/futures/2005draft/pouliot_blog.html" target="top">www.nhl.com/futures/2005draft/pouliot_b ... <!--EZCODE LINK END--> <p>-------------------<br><br>"75 percent of the world is covered by water. The rest is covered by Smoot." --Fred Smoot<br></p><i>Edited by: <A HREF=http://p074.ezboard.com/bmnhs.showUserP ... oren808</A> at: 7/30/05 12:42 pm<br></i>