Mock Draft Round-Up

The Mock Draft Round-Up
is the consensus of 10 mock drafts.

2008 NHL Draft Picks:

Pick Team Player Pos %
1.

Steven Stamkos

C 90%
2.

Drew Doughty

D 90%
3.

Zach Bogosian

D 80%
4.

Alex Pietrangelo

D 50%
5.

Nikita Filatov

LW 40%
6.

Luke Schenn

D 30%
7.

Cody Hodgson

C 20%
8.

Mikkel Boedker

RW 30%
9.

Colin Wilson

C 20%
10.

Zach Boychuk

C 40%
11.

Tyler Myers

D 30%
12.

Kyle Beach

LW 20%
13.

Luca Sbisa

D 30%
14.

Josh Bailey

C 30%
15.

John Carlson

D 20%
16.

Michael Del Zotto

D 30%
17.

Greg Nemisz

RW 20%
18.

Tom McCollum

G 20%
19.

Colten Teubert

D 20%
20.

Mattias Tedenby

C 20%
21.

Zac Dalpe

C 20%
22.

Anton Gustavsson

C 10%
23.

Colby Robak

D 30%
24.

Jake Gardiner

D 30%
25.

Nicolas Deschamps

LW 30%
26.

Jacob Markstrom

G 20%
27.

Chet Pickard

G 20%
28.

Mitch Wahl

C 30%
29.

Yann Sauve

D 10%
30.

Erik Karlsson

D 30%
 

 2008 NHL Draft News

Tuesday Morning NHL Headlines

The Lightning have signed top pick Steven Stamkos to a three-year contract.

Adam Proteau dishes about the five worst signings of the NHL offseason.

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Free Agents to Watch For

Wes Goldstein of CBS Sportsline looks at a dozen NHL free agents looking to make a big splash this offseason.

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An Assessment of Recent Top Picks

ESPN.com has provided a great list of the recent number one picks in the NHL draft.  It is a list that includes the games best players in Sidney Crosby and Alexander Ovechkin.  It also includes two goalies who are two of the best young goalies in the game in Marc-Andre Fleury and Rick DiPietro.  Overall this list proves that the draft has been very important for teams in building their franchises, especially now more than ever with the salary cap.  Check out the list for a detailed analysis of the recent picks.


Josh Metz

0 comments »06/20/08

NHL Awards

The NHL gave out their annual awards on Thursday.  Those coming home with hardware included Washington Capitals Alexander Ovechkin, who took home the Hart Trophy for Most Valuable Player.  Niklas Lidstrom of the Detroit Red Wings won Best Defenseman, Martin Brodeur of the New Jersey Devils won Best Goaltender and Patrick Kane of the Chicago Blackhawks won Rookie of the Year.


BJ Pickard

0 comments »06/13/08

Meet some of the top picks

Shane Christenson of Helium.com gives a breif breakdown of some of the NHL draft's top prospects. He informs about several European players who will more than likely be taken in the early first round and could even make a splash in the 2009  NHL season.


Zach Bowers

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