NHL Draft Day Thread

[Ravin]

Draft Order for first round

1 Colorado Avalanche
2 Florida Panthers
3 Tampa Bay Lightning
4 Nashville Predators
5 Carolina Hurricanes
6 Calgary Flames
7 Edmonton Oilers
8 Buffalo Sabres
9 New Jersey Devils
10 Dallas Stars
11 Philadelphia Flyers
12 Phoenix Coyotes
13 Winnipeg Jets
14 Columbus Blue Jackets
15 New York Islanders
16 Buffalo Sabres (from Minnesota)
17 Ottawa Senators
18 Detroit Red Wings
19 Columbus Blue Jackets (from NY Rangers)
20 San Jose Sharks
21 Toronto Maple Leafs
22 Calgary Flames (from St. Louis)
23 Washington Capitals
24 Vancouver Canucks
25 Montreal Canadiens
26 Anaheim Ducks
27 Columbus Blue Jackets (from Los Angeles)
28 Calgary Flames (from Pittsburgh)
29 Dallas Stars (from Boston)
30 Chicago Blackhawks

 

[Ravin]

Avs are expected to take Nathan MacKinnon with the first pick, skipping over Seth Jones. There need in my mind is on defence, and skipping Jones is a huge shock, but a number one centre like MacKinnon is huge.

 

[Ravin]

Penguins get the second round pick from the San Jose Sharks (50th overall) for Tyler Kennedy.

Victim of the cap issues in Pittsburgh. Good scappy played, and one of the last of that big Staal third line.

 

[killgod]

I would have much rather read, Sharks trade Marleau + 1st to Penguins for Letang.

 

[Ravin]

It's Ray Shero....give it time, he'll have the most trades by the end today.

 

[Ravin]

Everyone from this picture is no longer with the Penguins. Damn Swift knocking out my team.

 

[LiquidLarry2GhostWF]

In.

 

[Ravin]

The Colorado Avalanche select Nathan MacKinnon from the Halifax Mooseheads.

 

[LiquidLarry2GhostWF]

Junior Hockey has the very best team names.

 

[Ravin]

Since 2009, the Avs have picked

2009 Matt Duchene (2nd)
2011 Gabriel Landeskog (3rd)
2013 Nathan MacKinnon (1st)

Monster power play on the way for this team, and now the Avs have a legit 1-2 centre, with Duchene and MacKinnon.

 

[Ravin]

Florida Panthers select with number 2, Alexsander Barkov from Findland.

Can't believe the Panthers just passed up on Seth Jones. Lots of head scratching here. Tampa getting a free pick with Jones, unless they go Drouin, and then Cannes get their dman.

 

[LiquidLarry2GhostWF]

Florida Panthers select with number 2, Alexsander Barkov from Findland.

Can't believe the Panthers just passed up on Seth Jones. Lots of head scratching here. Tampa getting a free pick with Jones, unless they go Drouin, and then Cannes get their dman.

Forced the forward pick...they can't score.

Jones is supposedly really good though...but, the teams at the top seemingly don't have Jones at the top...I mean, the Avs supposedly had Jones much further down the list than #2...Florida, I guess, had Barkov ahead of him, too.

Tampa probably takes Drouin, too.

 

[LiquidLarry2GhostWF]

See, there you go, Tampa takes Drouin. I guess the scouts and the GMs just thought players were better than Jones. A universal high pick but they just had guys they like a little higher.

 

[Ravin]

Tampa Bay selects third overall Jonathan Drouin from the Halifax Moosehead.


Jones goes from first to fourth. He is this years Adam Larrson. Drouin with Stamkos is just going to be fun to watch.

 

[Ravin]

Nashville Predators select Seth Jones from Portland Winterhawks.


Yeah, I'm doing this in advance, because there isn't a chance they pass him up. With the history the Preds have with drafting defence, he will be a big player. Great they also have Weber signed long term to mentor this guy.

 

[Ravin]

And now the fun begins where no one really knows who will get picked.

 

[Ravin]

Carolina selects Elias Lindholm from Brynas in Sweden.

They wanted to trade the pick for a defencemen, but had to pick a forward since the next three best players are forwards, and couldn't take a shot at a defencemen. Oddly there was talk of them going with Bo Hovort (10th rankings) yet Nurse a dman was at 7th.

 

[Ravin]

Calgary Flames select at 6th, Sean Monahan from the Ottawa 67's.


They needed a big centre and they got it. Perfect start to a rebuild.

 

[Ravin]

Edmonton selects with the 7th pick Darnell Nurse from the Soo Greyhounds.


Pierre McGuire said it best "hallelujah, they finally got it right." by drafting a defence which is what they need. Pierre is just ripping the Oilers a new one for not selecting team builders.

 

[Ravin]

I remember being at the OHL draft a few years ago and Nurse got selected in front of the Stings pick. Team really wanted this guy on their team.