Saturday, June 27, 2009

2009 NHL Entry Draft first round selections

To no surprise whatsoever, the New York Islanders selected forward John Tavares as the first overall draft pick hours ago at the 2009 NHL Entry Draft in Montréal.

Here are all thirty first round draft picks:

1. New York Islanders - John Tavares, C; London (OHL)
2. Tampa Bay - Victor Hedman, D; MoDo (Sweden)
3. Colorado - Matt Duchene, C; Brampton (OHL)
4. Atlanta - Evander Kane, C; Vancouver (WHL)
5. Los Angeles - Brayden Schenn, C; Brandon (WHL)
6. Phoenix - Oliver Ekman-Larsson, D; Leksand (Sweden)
7. Toronto - Nazem Kadri, C; London (OHL)
8. Dallas - Scott Glennie, RW; Brandon (WHL)
9. Ottawa - Jared Cowen, D; Spokane (WHL)
10. Edmonton - Magnus Paajarvi-Svensson, LW; Timra (Sweden)
11. Nashville - Ryan Ellis, D; Windsor (OHL)
12. New York Islanders (from Minnesota) - Calvin de Haan, D; Oshawa (OHL)
13. Buffalo - Zack Kassian, RW; Peterborough (OHL)
14. Florida - Dmitry Kulikov, D; Drummondville (QMJHL)
15. Anaheim - Peter Holland, C; Guelph (OHL)
16. Minnesota (from New York Islanders via Columbus) - Nick Leddy, D; Eden Prairie, MN H.S.
17. St. Louis - David Rundblad, D; Skelleftea (Sweden)
18. Montréal - Louis Leblanc, C; Omaha (USHL)
19. New York Rangers - Chris Kreider, C; Andover, MA H.S.
20. New Jersey - Jacob Josefson, C; Djurgarden (Sweden)
21. Columbus (from Anaheim via Philadelphia) - John Moore, D; Chicago (USHL)
22. Vancouver - Jordan Schroeder, C; Minnesota (WCHA)
23. Calgary (from New Jersey) - Tim Erixon, D; Skelleftea (Sweden)
24. Washington - Marcus Johansson, C; Farjestad (Sweden)
25. Boston - Jordan Caron, RW; Rimouski (QMJHL)
26. Anaheim (from Columbus via New York Islanders) - Kyle Palmieri, F; USA-18 (USDP)
27. Carolina - Philippe Paradis, C; Shawinigan (QMJHL)
28. Chicago - Dylan Olsen, D; Camrose (AJHL)
29. Tampa Bay (from Detroit) - Carter Ashton, RW; Lethbridge (WHL
30. Pittsburgh - Simon Despres, D; Saint John (QMJHL)

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