Saturday, June 21, 2008

2008 NHL Entry Draft first round selections

To no surprise whatsoever, the Tampa Bay Lightning selected forward Steve Stamkos as the first overall draft pick at the 2008 NHL Entry Draft last night in Ottawa.

Here are all thirty first round draft picks:

1. Tampa Bay - Steve Stamkos, C; Sarnia (OHL)
2. Los Angeles - Drew Doughty, D; Guelph (OHL)
3. Atlanta - Zach Bogosian, D; Peterborough (OHL)
4. St. Louis - Alex Pietrangelo, D; Niagara (OHL)
5. Toronto (from New York Islanders) - Luke Schenn, D; Kelowna (WHL)
6. Columbus - Nikta Filatov, LW; CSKA 2 (Russia)
7. Nashville (from Toronto) - Colin Wilson, C; Boston University
8. Phoenix - Mikkael Boedker, LW; Kitchener (OHL)
9. New York Islanders (from Florida) - Joshua Bailey, C; Windsor (OHL)
10. Vancouver - Cody Hodson, C; Brampton (OHL)
11. Chicago - Kyle Beach, C; Everett (WHL)
12. Buffalo (from Edmonton) - Tyler Myers, D; Kelowna (WHL)
13. Los Angeles (from Buffalo) - Colten Teubert, D; Regina (WHL)
14. Carolina - Zach Boychuk, C; Lethbridge (WHL)
15. Ottawa (from Nashville) - Erik Karlsson, D; Frolunda, Jr. (Sweden)
16. Boston - Joe Colborne, C; Camrose (AJHL)
17. Anaheim (from Calgary) - Jake Gardiner, D; Minnetonka, MN H.S.
18. Nashville (from Ottawa) - Chet Pickard, G; Tri-City (WHL)
19. Philadelphia (from Colorado) - Luca Sbisa, D; Lethbridge (WHL)
20. New York Rangers - Michael Del Zotto, D; Oshawa (OHL)
21. Washington (from New Jersey) - Anton Gustafsson, C; Frolunda, Jr.
22. Edmonton (from Anaheim) - Jordan Eberle, C; Regina (WHL)
23. Minnesota (from Washington) - Tyler Cuma, D; Ottawa (OHL)
24. New Jersey (from Minnesota) - Mattias Tedenby, LW; Sweden HV 71
25. Calgary (from Montreal) - Greg Nemisz, C; Windsor (OHL)
26. Buffalo (from San Jose) - Tyler Ennis, C; Medicine Hat (WHL)
27. Washington (from Philadelphia) - John Carlson, D; Indiana (USHL)
28. Phoenix (from Dallas) - Viktor Tikhonov, F; Cherepovets (Russia)
29. Atlanta (from Pittsburgh) - Daultan Leveille, C; St. Catherines (GHL)
30. Detroit - Thomas McCollum, G; Guelph (OHL)

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