NHL draft

[eny]

Marc- Andre Fleury goes the Pittsburg Penguins first overall !

[eny]

1 PIT(from FLA) MARC-ANDRE FLEURY , SOREL, PQ Goal LH
2 CAR ERIC STAAL,THUNDER BAY, ON C LH
3 FLA(from PIT) NATHAN HORTON ,WELLAND, ON,C RH
4 CBJ NIKOLAI ZHERDEV, KIEV UA F/W RH
5 BUF THOMAS VANEK , VIENNA AT LW RH
6 S.J MILAN MICHALEK, JINDRICHUV HRADEC CZ RW LH
7 NSH RYAN SUTER, MADISON, WI D LH
8 ATL BRAYDON COBURN CALGARY, AB D L
9 CGY DION PHANEUF EDMONTON, AB D L
10 MTL ANDREI KASTSITSYN ,NOVOPOLOSK BY F L
11 PHI(from PHX) JEFF CARTER, LONDON, ON C R
12 NYR HUGH JESSIMAN ,NEW YORK, NY RW R
13 L.A DUSTIN BROWN ITHACA, RW R
14 CHI BRENT SEABROOK RICHMOND, BC D R
15 NYI ROBERT NILSSON CALGARY CA C L
16 S.J(from BOS) STEVE BERNIER ,QUEBEC CITY, PQ RW R
17 N.J(from EDM) ZACH PARISE, MINNEAPOLIS, MN C L
18 WSH ERIC FEHR WINKLER, MB RW R
19 ANA RYAN GETZLAF ,REGINA, SK C R
20 MIN BRENT BURNS AJAX, ON RW R
21 BOS(from TOR) MARK STUART ROCHESTER, MN D L
22 EDM(from STL) MARC-ANTOINE POULIOT ,QUEBEC, PQ C R
23 VAN RYAN KESLER ,DETROIT, MI C R
24 PHI MIKE RICHARDS, KENORA, ON C L
25 FLA(from T.B) ANTHONY STEWART, LA SALLE, PQ C/RW
he plays for my Jr team
26 L.A(from COL) BRIAN BOYLE DORCHESTER, MA C L
27 L.A(from DET) JEFF TAMBELLINI CALGARY, AB LW L
28 ANA(from DAL) COREY PERRY, PETERBOROUGH, ON RW R
29 OTT PATRICK EAVES, CALGARY, AB RW R
30 STL(from N.J) SHAWN BELLE, EDMONTON, AB D L

From Canada- 6- Ontario, 4 -Quebec,1-Manitoba,1-BC,1- Saskatchewan,6-Alberta.

From US - Minnesoooota -2,NY-2, Wisconsin-1,Massachusetts-1

Ukraine 1, Austria-1, CZ-1, Belarus-1

Well done guys!

On a sad note, Roger Neilson passed away about halfway though the first round. Typical Roger to upstage the Draft.
RIP buddy ...

[duckgirl]

I was happy for Marc Andre. He's so cute.

I couldnt really care about the rest of them but I was happy to see Anthony Stewart get drafted too. That Zherdev kid looks like Russian Mafia.

[eny]

Suter, Parise,Nilsson and Tambellini all second gen NHL names going in first round .

Daryl Suter cracked a smile and hugged the kid they drafted.

[duckgirl]

There's someone else - five rels, four sons. The 29th pick I think is a son or something like that. I'll look it up later.

Sutter smiling... that kid must really be good.

[duckgirl]

Montreal doesnt mind drafting risky, do they? First Epilepsy Boy, and then today Corey Locke. Minnesota drafted Patrick O'Sullivan (I think he's French. No, wait! Irish). I guess he needs to extend his restraining order to the States now.

[eny]

It's far enough away from that kids creepy father. I hope someday his teamates beat the crap out of the father like he used to beat him.

As for the epilepsy , the NHL had a bunch of neurologists look him over and it came up negative. They think the seizures must have been for some other reason.

[duckgirl]

I dont know if that would stop him though. Did you see the feature on him on Sportsnet?

Yeah, I know. It was probably... drugs, or something, that caused him to have a seizure.

[Wayner]

I see that the Sharks had 6 picks in the first 3 rounds, and burned two of those to move up (getting Boston's pick in the first and I think Calgary's pick in the second.)

Oh, and Ducky, the Sharks also traded a 5th round pick for Scott Parker. And they got Alex Korylyuk back from Russia in a two year deal. Busy busy busy.

Roger Nielsen died?!!!

[duckgirl]

Yes, he died on Saturday, Mr I Live Under A Rock.

I saw the Scott Parker trade, and remakred about at my fine website. I guess that means Skoula is the new tough guy. :rolleyes:

Actually Adam Foote is a pretty good fighter. Not great, because he still has a shred of attractiveness to him, but decent, because he's fairly ugly.