The NHL Has A Draft?

JackWESQ · June 20, 2008 12:59PM

Apparently, the NHL has a draft. I thought everyone just walked-on, uh I mean skated onto the ice.

I don't know what's worse, the lack of love the NHL gets, or everyone (especially Mel Kiper) over-hyping (is that word?) the NFL and NBA draft.

/s/ JackWESQ

JackWESQ · June 20, 2008 1:02PM

P.S. Can anybody honestly say that they have heard of any of these guys?

/s/ JackWESQ

1. Tampa Bay Steven Stamkos
2. Los Angeles Drew Doughty
3. Atlanta Zach Bogosian
4. St. Louis Alex Pietrangelo
5. Toronto (from NYI) Luke Schenn
6. Columbus Nikita Filatov
7. NAS (from TOR via NYI) Colin Wilson
8. Phoenix Mikkel Boedker
9. NYI (from FLA via NAS) Josh Bailey
10. Vancouver Cody Hodgson
11. Chicago Kyle Beach
12. BUF (from EDM via ANA via LA) Tyler Myers
13. Los Angeles (from Buffalo) Colten Tuebert
14. Carolina Zack Boychuk
15. Ottawa (from NAS) Erik Karlsson
16. Boston Joe Colborne
17. Anaheim (from CAL via LA) Jake Gardiner
18. Nashville (from OTT) Chet Pickard
19. PHI (from COL via CLM) Luca Sbisa
20. N.Y. Rangers Michael Del Zotto
21. Washington (from NJ) Anton Gustafsson
22. Edmonton (from ANA) Jordan Eberle
23. Minnesota (from WAS via NJ) Tyler Cuma
24. New Jersey (from MIN) Mattias Tedenby
25. Calgary (from MON) Greg Nemisz
26. Buffalo (from SJ) Tyler Ennis
27. Washington (from PHI) John Carlson
28. PHO (from DAL-LA-ANA) Viktor Tikhonov
29. Atlanta (from PIT) Daultan Leveille

Barndog · June 20, 2008 1:06PM

<< <i>P.S. Can anybody honestly say that they have heard of any of these guys?

/s/ JackWESQ

1. Tampa Bay Steven Stamkos
2. Los Angeles Drew Doughty
3. Atlanta Zach Bogosian
4. St. Louis Alex Pietrangelo
5. Toronto (from NYI) Luke Schenn
6. Columbus Nikita Filatov
7. NAS (from TOR via NYI) Colin Wilson
8. Phoenix Mikkel Boedker
9. NYI (from FLA via NAS) Josh Bailey
10. Vancouver Cody Hodgson
11. Chicago Kyle Beach
12. BUF (from EDM via ANA via LA) Tyler Myers
13. Los Angeles (from Buffalo) Colten Tuebert
14. Carolina Zack Boychuk
15. Ottawa (from NAS) Erik Karlsson
16. Boston Joe Colborne
17. Anaheim (from CAL via LA) Jake Gardiner
18. Nashville (from OTT) Chet Pickard
19. PHI (from COL via CLM) Luca Sbisa
20. N.Y. Rangers Michael Del Zotto
21. Washington (from NJ) Anton Gustafsson
22. Edmonton (from ANA) Jordan Eberle
23. Minnesota (from WAS via NJ) Tyler Cuma
24. New Jersey (from MIN) Mattias Tedenby
25. Calgary (from MON) Greg Nemisz
26. Buffalo (from SJ) Tyler Ennis
27. Washington (from PHI) John Carlson
28. PHO (from DAL-LA-ANA) Viktor Tikhonov
29. Atlanta (from PIT) Daultan Leveille >>

why yes, Joe Colborne is the guy who is going to lead the Bruins to Stanley Cup victory, yeah, that's the ticket

dirtmonkey · June 21, 2008 2:41AM

Same thing with baseball... I never know anybody. The NBA draft used to be full of star caliber four year players, but now it's either freshman who left early or foreign players. The NFL still has plenty of unknowns, but the pre-draft hype is so huge and long that you'll know every player that you never heard of before your team ever picks them in the 5th round.

goye · June 21, 2008 2:55AM

http://www.seenstamkos.com/

http://stamkos.com/

somebodies heard of him.....

MAD · June 21, 2008 3:01AM

Be honest.

How many NHL players can you name?

Now now many players can you name from the OHL, WHL, etc.

How many foreign players and U.S. high school players can you name.

By the way hype exists in NHL draft too...

Eric Lindros -- the next Wayne Gretzky

bman90278 · June 21, 2008 3:04AM

<< <i> Apparently, the NHL has a draft. I thought everyone just walked-on, uh I mean skated onto the ice.

I don't know what's worse, the lack of love the NHL gets, or everyone (especially Mel Kiper) over-hyping (is that word?) the NFL and NBA draft. >>

I would go as far as saying, nah, I better not say it. lol

MAD · June 21, 2008 3:08AM

why yes, Joe Colborne is the guy who is going to lead the Bruins to Stanley Cup victory, yeah, that's the ticket

If he doesn't lead them to the Stanley Cup then maybe his dad will just buy the team and stock it with players. He had declared income of $90 million last year.

Marc

Michigan · June 21, 2008 3:56AM

Hockey is a "niche" sport so the people being drafted are usually not going to be known except to hard core hockey fans who follow the
college game.

Baseball is hardly a niche sport but the MLB draft picks are usually unknown to most people because college and amateur baseball has
a very small following.

80sToyguy · June 21, 2008 4:23AM

A "niche" sport? Tell that to the 20 million Canadians who follow the game religiously.
And Michigan nobody follows college hockey because the best players in the NHL DON'T PLAY college hockey, they play junior hockey up in Canada (YES, even the good American players). Every now and then a quality star comes out of U.S college, but if you grew up playing league hockey in Canada, U.S.A or Russia (or any other country for that matter), you WANT to play junior hockey in Canada. So nobody is going to know these players because even up here in Canada, if you have an NHL franchise nearby, you don't really follow junior, EXCEPT for guy like Lindros, Crosby and now Steven Stamkos.
Jay

edmundfitzgerald · June 21, 2008 8:41AM

I actually watched the entire first round of the draft on versus last night. A lot of trades took place in the first round.
Again the Islanders confused the heck out of everyone with their pick. They always draft lousy. The top 5 picks were solid ones, then
it got interesting. The Flyers trading R.J. Umberger was interesting. They said it was a salary cap move so they could sign Jeff Carter.
Corey Wilson's son got drafted. That was cool. A lot of Ontario kids got drafted in the first round for a change.

Watch out for next years draft. There is a kid in junior who scored more goals then Wayne Gretzky did in junior, even though he's
more of a Phil Esposito type. He's not even close to the skill level of Gretzky or Lemieux.

RipublicaninMass · June 21, 2008 9:52AM

What's the NHL?

RedHeart54 · June 22, 2008 12:11AM

<< <i>Watch out for next years draft. There is a kid in junior who scored more goals then Wayne Gretzky did in junior. >>

That would be John Tavares. He currently plays for the Oshawa Generals. The hype on him has lasted about two years now but he had a rather average year (for him anyway) so he may be cooling off. Still, many still consider him to go #1 next year.

Bottom9th · June 22, 2008 12:31AM

I didn't watch the draft, but believe it or not there are Hockey fans here in Florida! Supposedly he's the real deal. I am looking forward to seeing him play with Vinny Lecavalier

Michigan · June 22, 2008 4:23AM

"niche" sport? Tell that to the 20 million Canadians who follow the game religiously"

OK, well Canada is a "niche" country to most Americans and of little interest or notice so the same principle applies to
sports that are mainly popular there and not in the US.

80sToyguy · June 22, 2008 1:15PM

I don't remember reading on this website "Collector's Universe Message Board USA." I thought this was open to everyone?

Goot · June 23, 2008 1:21PM

Not related, but Barry Melrose to the Bolts!

Bottom9th · June 24, 2008 10:12AM

I'm not sure I agree with the Melrose deal. He hasn't coached in a long time. I hope I am wrong though. I was happy to see the Bolts resign Prospal though.

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