Nhl Entry Draft

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Today is the entry draft.

 

First thing done Florida trades #1 overal pick to Columbus #3 pick overal

 

With the #1 pick Columbus Blue Jackets select :

Rick Nash, Left Winger, London Knights, 6' 3", Brampton, Ontario

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With the 2nd Overal pick Atlanta Thrashers select Kari Lehtonen , Goalie, Finnish Elite Leauge, 6'3", Helsinki, Finland

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With the 3rd Overall pick the Florida Panthers select Jay Bouwmeester, Defenseman, Medicine Hat Tigers

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4th overal Philidelphia Flyers select JONI PITKANEN, Defenseman, Karpat, Finland

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Philly traded the 34th and 52nd picks as well as forward Ruslan Fedotenko to Tampa Bay for the #4 pick.

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with the 5th overal selection the Pittsburgh Penguins select Ryan Whitney, Defenseman, Boston University.

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with the 6th overal draft pick the Nashville Predators select Scottie Upshaw, Right Winger, Kamloops Blazers, 5'11", Fort McMurray, Alberta

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with the 7th overal draft pick the Anaheim Mighty Duck select JOFFREY LUPUL, Right Wing, Medicine Hat Tigers, 6'1", Edmonton, Alberta

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with the 8th overal pick the Minnesota Wild select Pierre-Marc Bouchard, Chicoutimi Quebec

Center, 5'10

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with the 9th overal selection the Calgary Flames trades to Florida Panthers for 10th pick. Florida selects Petr Taticek, Center, Sault Ste. Marie, OHL

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10th overal pick Calgary Flames select Eric Nystrom, Left Wing, University of Michagan, 6'2"