2004 Draft re-entries:

[degroat*]

Then wouldn't the Rangers then get #36 and not #46, since they are drafting at #6 in the first round?

30 picks from where the player was originally drafted.

 

[Draftman]

Technically, the rule is the team is awarded a compensatory pick that's the same number in round two that player was taken in round one. Umberger was drafted with the 16th pick in round one, so the Rangers get the sixteenth pick in round two(46th overall).

Got it. Thanks.

 

[Word]

He just never signed with New York, I haven't heard a word why. It could be New York's doing, wanting the 46th pick and then try to sign him after they were guaranteed the pick(he could still sign with the Rangers and they'd still get the 46th pick) or it could be Umberger not being happy with an offer...who knows. He's still a very nice prospect, but that year layoff isn't going to help.

From an article I saw about a month or so after he was traded said that the GM wasnt sold on his skills for the money he or his agent was asking. Take it for what its worth since it came from the Post.

 

[Word]

The following players didnt sign with the Kings prior to Jun 1:

04 D Aaron Rome UFA/Wanted first round money plus bonuses.
04 L Mark Rooneem UFA/Signed with Minnesota the other day.
05 D Joel Anderson Unk/Unk. Should have stay in college according
to some posters.