7 Round 2006 NHL Entry Mock Draft - Drafting Thread.

[Hunter Gathers]

52 pick, Brian Strait

Joysey's up

Nice pick. I was either going to take Strait or Summers with my pick and had to make a tough choice there. Strait will be great on the backline, IMO, for the Flyers. He'll never be a top pairing guy or put up a ton of points, but his defensive awareness is undeniable.

 

[C-Saku Koivu MTL]

New-Jersey select:

Mike Weber of the Windsor Spitfires of the OHL.

Calgary is on the clock

 

[Hunter Gathers]

3 American D in a row!

 

[Haute Couture]

Calgary select D Carl Sneep out of a high school (forgot which one, probably Brainerd) in USHSW.

So make it 4 American defensemen.

 

[Haute Couture]

ACtually, Lapoint, Summers, Strait, Weber, and Sneep make it FIVE American Ds in a row.

I prefer Sneep to all these kids, but that's just me.

 

[Hunter Gathers]

Calgary select D Carl Sneep out of a high school (forgot which one, probably Brainerd) in USHSW.

So make it 4 American defensemen.

Great pick for Calgary, too. If he can improve his foot speed than he can be some incredible force.

 

[Hunter Gathers]

ACtually, Lapoint, Summers, Strait, Weber, and Sneep make it FIVE American Ds in a row.

I prefer Sneep to all these kids, but that's just me.

Yeah, see, I prefer Summers to nearly every American defenseman in the draft outside of Johnson. We all have our lists

 

[Haute Couture]

Nashville on the clock!!!

(if they pick Gryba or Medvec, that would make it 6 American dmen in a row. Wink wink.)

 

[Hunter Gathers]

Nashville on the clock!!!

(if they pick Gryba or Medvec, that would make it 6 American dmen in a row. Wink wink.)

They should pick Turek.

 

[poxgazila]

Leland Irving...

 

[Meat Wave]

The Buffalo Sabres organization proudly selects, from the United States NTDP-18, forward Blake Geoffrion.

The Hurricanes are on the clock.

 

[Jeffrey]

selects David Kveton, RW, Vsetin (Czech Rep.).

 

[Jeffrey]

New York Islander and golleafsgo_17
are on the clock !

 

[HFNHL Canadiens]

New York Islanders select the next post Salt Lake Olympics Salo (G) Jhonas Enroth

 

[gamblor]

(if they pick Gryba or Medvec, that would make it 6 American dmen in a row. Wink wink.)

I believe Eric Gryba is Canadian.

http://insidecollegehockey.com/7Archives/Notebooks/0506/recruiting_0401.htm

 

[katodelder]

Interesting mock.

Just wondering how did...

...Washington get Boston's 2nd round pick (35th overall)?
...Anaheim get NY Islanders 2nd round pick (37th overall)?
...Philadelphia get Phoenix's 2nd round pick (38th overall)?
...Vancouver get Anaheim's 3rd round pick (79th overall)?
...Los Angeles get Nashville's 3rd round pick (85th overall)?
...Chicago get Columbus' 4th round pick (96th overall)?
...Nashville get Atlanta's 4th round pick (102nd overall)?
...San Jose get Tampa Bay's 4th round pick (105th overall)?

Thanks, and happy drafting!

 

[MattyW]

With the 59th pick, the Chicago Blackhawks select...

Riley Holzapfel, C, Moose Jaw

Hawks go with 3 centers in the first 2 rounds but we were going BPA the whole time, the centers just happened to be there.

Staal we hope can be a franchise center; Maxwell we hope can develop into a solid 2nd/3rd line center; and I love Holzapfel's potential and can't wait to see what he does next season.

Detroit is now on the clock

 

[DanStewart]

Good job keeping this mock going everyone.

With the 60th overall pick and too add much needed grit to our system; select LW Matt Belesky.


Pittsburgh is on the clock.

 

[DJA]

St. Louis is actually on the clock.

 

[DanStewart]

St. Louis is actually on the clock.

You are correct. Fixing PM mistake as well.

 

[Nich]

With the 51st pick in the 2006 NHL Entry Draft, the New York Rangers proudly select, of the US NTDP-18, Ypsilanti, MI defenseman Chris Summers.

You can never have too many defensive prospects, and with this past years playoffs, it is certain that the Rangers will need serious help on the backline. Summers is one of THE sturdiest defensemen in the draft and we were VERY happy to see him drop to us at the 51st pick, as we had him slated for the first round!

Summers is an extremely mobile d-man who is always looking for the crushing big hit. He's a very fast defenseman with solid size and room to grow still. Summers sees the ice better than most of the players in the draft with his excellent vision and is an extremely accurate passer. He is the complete package and has been overlooked so far due to the superior Erik Johnson overshadowing him.

[IMAGE]http://vmedia.rivals.com/IMAGES/PROSPECT/PHOTO/PROFILE%20CHRIS%20SUMMERS.JPG[/IMAGE]

The Philadelphia Flyers are now on the clock.

GREAT pick

 

[Hunter Gathers]

GREAT pick

Thank you!

I'm VERY much hoping we can move up in the 2nd round in real life and grab him. Even if we need to move up into the 30s. He possibly could go first round, though.

 

[Nich]

oh i completely agree with you...especially about being the 2nd best american d prospect this year.

i would love to see the rangers grab a 4th or 5th round goalie too for depth. Do you think they will target a specific goalie this draft for the later rounds? and guess who?

 

[Hunter Gathers]

oh i completely agree with you...especially about being the 2nd best american d prospect this year.

i would love to see the rangers grab a 4th or 5th round goalie too for depth. Do you think they will target a specific goalie this draft for the later rounds? and guess who?

With later round goalies, who knows. There are a bunch of them goign to be available with decent upsides. It's a deep draft for goaltenders in the fact that there seem to be a bunch with at least back-up potential.

 

[Haute Couture]

CAn someone doublecheck? I think SJ has Philadelphia's 3rd rounder this year, conditionally the highest one they've got (they have two, one from Chicago, I believe).

I read it on the main draft-day order page with all the trades..