With Round 1 taking place yesterday…this is what happened…..
1. CHI – RW Patrick Kane
2. PHI – LW James Van Riemsdyk
3. PHX – C Kyle Turris
4. LAK – D Thomas Hickey
5. WSH – D Karl Alzner
6. EDM – C Sam Gagner
7. CBJ – RW Jakub Voracek
8. BOS – C Zack Hamill
9. SJS (from STL) – C Logan Couture
10. FLA – D Keaton Ellerby
11. CAR – C Brandon Sutter
12. MON – D Ryan McDonagh
13. STL (from SJS/TOR) – C Lars Eller
14. COL – D Kevin Shattenkirk
15. EDM (from NYI) – D Alex Plante
16. MIN (from ANA/TBL) – C Colton Gillies
17. NYR – RW Alexei Cherepanov
18. STL (from CAL) – D Ian Cole
19. ANA (from MIN) – C Logan MacMillan
20. PIT – C Angelo Esposito
21. EDM (from PHX/DAL) – C Riley Nash
22. MON (from SJS) – LW Max Pacioretty
23. NAS – D Jonathan Blum
24. CAL (from STL/ATL) – C Mikael Backlund
25. VAN – C Patrick White
26. STL (from SJS/NJD) – RW David Perron
27. DET – D Brendan Smith
28. SJS (from WAS/BUF) – D Nick Petrecki
29. OTT – C Jim O’Brien
30. PHX (from EDM/ANA) – D Nick Ross
TRADES
1. SJS gets 1st round pick (conditional), 2nd round pick in 2008, 4th round pick in 2009TOR gets G Vesa Toskala and LW Mark Bell
2. FLA gets G Tomas VokounNAS gets 1st round pick in 2008, 2nd round pick in 2007, 2nd round pick (conditional)
3. SJS gets 1st round pick in 2007STL gets 1st round pick in 2007 (from TOR), 2nd round pick in 2007, 2nd round pick in 2008
4. ANA gets 1st round pick in 2007, 2nd round pick in 2007MIN gets 1st round pick in 2007
5. CAL gets 1st round pick in 2007 (from ATL), 3rd round pick in 2007STL gets 1st round pick in 2007
6. EDM gets 1st round pick in 2007 (from DAL)PHX gets 1st round pick in 2007 (from ANA), 2nd round pick in 2007
7. SJS gets 1st round pick in 2007 (from BUF)WSH gets 2nd round pick in 2007, 2nd round pick in 2008
Some Analysis…
Did anyone expect Angelo Esposito to slip all the way down to #20….the Pens might have drafted a steal at that pick. With Atlanta acquiring Chris Thorburn for the 78th pick from the Pens…Andy Sutton and Eric Boulton may not be back next season. Then again, Waddell is a little more focussed trying to sign Slava Kozlov right now. Manny Fernandez is still a member of the Wild as of now but that could change today along with Ilya Bryzgalov. There was some chatter that Bryzgalov may go somewhere in the Eastern Conference so stay tuned.
