[Champions of Nothing]

1	1	New York Islanders 	Tavares, John
2	1	Tampa Bay Lightning 	Hedman, Victor
3	1	Colorado Avalanche 	Duchene, Matt
4	1	Atlanta Thrashers 	Svensson-Paajarvi, Magnus
5	1	Los Angeles Kings 	Kane, Evander
6	1	Phoenix Coyotes 	Cowen, Jared
7	1	Toronto Maple Leafs 	Schenn, Brayden
8	1	Dallas Stars 	        Kulikov, Dimitry
9	1	Ottawa Senators 	Schroeder, Jordan
10	1	Edmonton Oilers 	Ekman-Larsson, Oliver
11	1	Nashville Predators 	Glennie, Scott
12	1	Minnesota Wild 	        Kadri, Nazem
13	1	Buffalo Sabres 	        Josefson, Jacob
14	1	Florida Panthers 	Ellis, Ryan
15	1	Anahem Ducks	        Kassian, Zack
16	1	Columbus Blue Jackets	Moore, John
17	1	St. Louis Blues	        Ashton, Carter
18	1	Montreal Canadiens	Holland, Peter
19	1	New York Rangers	Pasquale, Edward
20	1	Calgary Flames	        Ferraro, Landon
21	1	Philadelphia Flyers	Rundblad, David
22	1	Vancouver Canucks	De Haan, Calvin
23	1	New Jersey Devils	Despres, Simon
24	1	Washington Capitals	Morin, Jeremy
25	1	Boston Bruins	        Budish, Zach
26	1	New York Islanders 	Shore, Drew
27	1	Carolina Hurricanes	Elliot, Stefan
28	1	Chicago Blackhawks	Kreider, Chris
29	1	Pittsburgh Penguins	Palmieri, Kyle
30	1	Detroit Red Wings	Erixon, Tim
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31	2	New York Islanders 	Marcus Johansson
32	2	Tampa Bay Lightning 	Panik, Richard
33	2	Colorado Avalanche 	O'Reilly, Ryan
34	2	Atlanta Thrashers 	Rajala, Toni
35	2	Los Angeles Kings 	Olsen, Dylan
36	2	Phoenix Coyotes 	Howse, Ryan
37	2	New York Islanders	Leddy, Nick
38	2	Dallas Stars 	        Caron, Jordan
39	2	Ottawa Senators 	Oliver-Roussel, Charles
40	2	Edmonton Oilers 	Werek, Ethan
41	2	Nashville Predators 	Gelinas, Eric
42	2	Nashville Predators	Lander, Anton
43	2	San Jose Sharks	        Stajcer, Scott
44	2	Florida Panthers 	Klingberg, Karl
45	2	Anahem Ducks	        Dillon, Brenden
46	2	Columbus Blue Jackets	Barrie, Tyson
47	2	New York Rangers	Doherty, Taylor
48	2	St. Louis Blues	        Kivisto, Tommi
49	2	Montreal Canadiens	Lemieux, Gabriel
50	2	New York Rangers	Brown, Chris
51	2	Calgary Flames	        Hutchings, Alex
52	2	Philadelphia Flyers	Lee, Michael
53	2	Vancouver Canucks	Haula, Erik
54	2	New Jersey Devils	Chiasson, Alex
55	2	Washington Capitals	Beck, taylor
56	2	Boston Bruins	        Eakin, Cody
57	2	San Jose Sharks 	Kuchin, Andrei
58	2	Carolina Hurricanes	McNabb, Brayden
59	2	Chicago Blackhawks	Tatar, Thomas
60	2	Pittsburgh Penguins	D'Amigo, Jeremy
61	2	Detroit Red Wings	Rodin, Anton

[ilikecanucks]

looks pretty good. didnt notice the 2nd round at first glance.

Pasquale is too high for a team with Henrik Lundqvist!

I dont really like your 2nd round after the 1st 3 picks.

good effort!

[Champions of Nothing]

ilikecanucks, on May 27 2009, 10:15 PM, said:

looks pretty good. didnt notice the 2nd round at first glance.

Pasquale is too high for a team with Henrik Lundqvist!

I dont really like your 2nd round after the 1st 3 picks.

good effort!

Thanks for the input. To be honest, I don't know a ton about most guys past the 1st round, but after I did round 1 I felt like doing another one. And with Pasquale, I think he will go in the first round, and will be the first goalie picked. I had a hard time getting him nin there, and with the Rangers you never know who they will treat their star players.

[Rey]

eh, Ottawa isn't going to draft a Forward. Pretty sure Ottawa already has their eyes on OEL. I like how Detroit ends up picking the best players.

This post has been edited by Rey: 27 May 2009 - 10:50 PM

[Champions of Nothing]

Rey, on May 27 2009, 10:49 PM, said:

eh, Ottawa isn't going to draft a Forward. Pretty sure Ottawa already has their eyes on OEL. I like how Detroit ends up picking the best players.

I was 50/50 between the Sens taking OEL or Schroeder. WHo knows how I came to the conclusion I did.

And as for Detroit, I wanted to make it realistic.

[MarinerIslanderSean]

Nice mock. FYI Isles have Boston's 2nd (56th overall).

[timw33]

Rey, on May 27 2009, 10:49 PM, said:

eh, Ottawa isn't going to draft a Forward. Pretty sure Ottawa already has their eyes on OEL. I like how Detroit ends up picking the best players.

Why wouldn't they take a forward?

If the BPA is a forward, you take him.

[Unhittable]

I think Tomas Tatar is going in the second round. maybe the canucks would have a shot at him?

[kelpulation]

good mock draft!

i agree with all of it. except that ryan ellis will go sooner.

to the above ^

tatar will hopefully move up but i dont think the nucks are in a position to draft him. there will be better players available.

i hope we get a russian.

[chickenman92]

good job

[luongo978]

i agree aswell. You were good in the first round and then a bit off in the second round. But for youre first try that pretty good. Keep it up man.

[Break-Away]

Nice job. Agree with most of the picks

[А. Овечкин]

I like those picks.

Good Job!

[Rey]

timw33, on May 28 2009, 01:24 AM, said:

Why wouldn't they take a forward?

If the BPA is a forward, you take him.

As much as i like Jordan Shroeder. He is not the BPA available.


Bryan Murray already has his sets on a defense man who he calls could have the potentially to be better than Hedman. He has said that he has 2 defense man on mind. Every bit of that, leads to speculation that it is OEL.

http://www.usatoday....urray-qna_N.htm

Quote

Does this run alter your thinking about offseason moves?

Murray: We had won about three in a row, and my head scout Pierre Dorion came back from a scouting trip and told me, "I'd better go see some different guys." So he flew over to Europe to see a guy who is later in the draft.

Did he like the player he saw?

Murray: We think there might be another defenseman who could better than Hedman. He's not as ready, but we think he could end up being better.

seems like a hint, doesn't it?

If he thinks that OEL could potentially be better than Hedman, why in the right mind would he let him slip and draft Schroeder. His beliefs allows to to believe that OEL WILL be the BPA. Rundblade and Erixon are the only other two defense man who are even remotely close to what Murray is saying. None of the other defense man in his range, 1st round, play in Europe.

This post has been edited by Rey: 28 May 2009 - 12:22 PM

[ManglerOfDoom]

Nice draft.

[ssingh]

What about Ryan O'Reilly??

[GrassyPonderous]

Wouldn't surprise me to see E Kane taken by Atlanta over MSP because of his grit and ability to fish pucks out for Kovalchuk.. depends on what Waddell's plan is for him I guess..

[ilikecanucks]

ssingh, on May 28 2009, 01:32 PM, said:

What about Ryan O'Reilly??

Its a 2 round Mock. I missed the 2nd round the 1st time as well.

O'Reilly is 33, about 7-10 spots too high IMO.

[guitarded27]

Nooooooo Rundblad taken JUST before the Canucks pick . Visions of Backlund and 2007 dancing in my head.

[ilikecanucks]

Rey, on May 28 2009, 12:04 PM, said:

As much as i like Jordan Shroeder. He is not the BPA available.


Bryan Murray already has his sets on a defense man who he calls could have the potentially to be better than Hedman. He has said that he has 2 defense man on mind. Every bit of that, leads to speculation that it is OEL.

http://www.usatoday....urray-qna_N.htm


seems like a hint, doesn't it?

If he thinks that OEL could potentially be better than Hedman, why in the right mind would he let him slip and draft Schroeder. His beliefs allows to to believe that OEL WILL be the BPA. Rundblade and Erixon are the only other two defense man who are even remotely close to what Murray is saying. None of the other defense man in his range, 1st round, play in Europe.

In your opinion!

Schroeder is #9 in THN draft preview, OEL is #13.

I think all that Murray talk is just posturing, trying to find someone to trade up for his pick so he can acquire depth to his diminishing prospect pool.

The are probably thinner at forward then defense anyways.

Its all hearsay anyways, when thinking they are talking about OEL. You never know, they may have found another Alex Edler in the weeds. Especially, when you see in the quote, that he will be talked about later.