Draft Chat Thread

[friction]

I see that Mikkelson goes to Anaheim 31st overall.

 

[john g]

Mikkelson went to ANH, Neal to DAL

not sure whom FLA got

 

[The Kingslayer]

avs take stoa and thankfully TSN is showing it using the NHL netwrok guys

 

[Der Schweinehund]

32 - T Plante
33 - J Neal
34 - R Stoa
35 - M Vlasic

 

[jcorb58]

Nhl network is showing the 2nd rnd...unfortunately i dont have it
Mikkelsson went 31 to Ana

 

[Fender]

The draft will be continuing on the NHL network in Canada...watching it right now....

 

[Victory Ali*]

Cool.

FitzGerald and Jackson are staying together in St. Louis. As a Thunderbird fan, that's pretty bad ass.

 

[WhitePony]

2nd round fowards:

33 DAL JAMES NEAL LW L
34 COL RYAN STOA C L
39 BOS PETR KALUS 6C L
42 DET JUSTIN ABDELKADER LW L
43 CHI
(from NSH) MICHAEL BLUNDEN RW R
44 COL
(from PHX) PAUL STASTNY C L

 

[markov`]

RDS just said that Stasny goes to Colorado and Latendresse to Montreal.

 

[Le Golie]

31 ANA (from T.B) BRENDAN MIKKELSON
32 FLA TYLER PLANTE 4
33 DAL JAMES NEAL
34 COL RYAN STOA
35 S.J (from CGY) MARC-EDOUARD VLASIC
36 EDM TAYLOR CHORNEY
37 STL SCOTT JACKSON
38 N.J JEFF FRAZEE
39 BOS PETR KALUS
40 NYR (from TOR) MICHAEL SAUER
41 ATL (from PHI) ONDREJ PAVELEC
42 DET JUSTIN ABDELKADER
43 CHI (from NSH) MICHAEL BLUNDEN
44 COL (from PHX) PAUL STASTNY

 

[Der Schweinehund]

36 – T Chorney
37 – S Jackson
38 – J Frazee
39 – P Kalus
40 – M Sauer
41 – O Pavelec
42 J Abdelkader
43 – M Blunder
44 – P Statsny

 

[DJ Spinoza]

I like Colorado's second round a lot so far: Stoa, Stastny, and Fritsche. 3 of my favorites, I was really hoping the Pens would move up and get Stastny, but I'm glad that he went to a team I like anyways.

NHL.com is sort of updating the second round. Sometimes they disappear though.

 

[Vic Rattlehead*]

Can anyone inform me on what type of game Petr Kalus plays?

 

[Hasbro]

Stastny at 44 is huge for us. Makes the Morris trade alot more palletable.

 

[markov`]

What a 2nd round for Colorado. Ryan Stoa, Paul Stasny, Tom Fritsche, Chris Durand.

http://www.nhl.com/draft/2005/round2.html

 

[markov`]

Is the whole draft held today?

 

[Hedberg]

Kris Westblom went high to Minnesota at 65.

 

[Yayo]

I was a little puzzled at the move by Lacroix to deal the 27th pick - looking back at it now, it seems like a smart move. The guys he wanted were still available at #34 (Stoa) and #44 (Stastny), and he got two pretty safe picks in Durand and Fritsche.

I'm pretty happy what's gone down today.

 

[Captain Conservative]

Holy sheeet! What an awesome draft so far for the Avs. TJ Hensick is our 3rd round pick. I love this kid.

 

[Hedberg]

It appears the draft has entered the fourth round. Why has Risto Korhonen fallen so far?

 

[DJ Spinoza]

I don't know. I am hoping the Pens can get Risto Korhonen. I was hoping he'd fall to us at #61, although I do like the Pens other two picks in this draft.

 

[FiveWhole]

Anyone think it's a little weird that 4 of the Avs 5 picks are collegiate athletes? Makes me think that they want to keep these picks at bay and spend more $$ on the pros in the short term.

 

[Hasbro]

Anyone think it's a little weird that 4 of the Avs 5 picks are collegiate athletes? Makes me think that they want to keep these picks at bay and spend more $$ on the pros in the short term.

True, but they also hold their rights longer, so it isn't sign or lose after two years.

 

[A Good Flying Bird*]

Chicago hjaving good 4th round

Hjalmarsson
Istomin
Nathan Davis

 

[FiveWhole]

And that's my point... with junior players, you risk losing their rights much faster than that with college ones. Maybe this is a jump, but perhaps this is part of a allocation strategy in order to spend money to sign folks? We'll see how the next couple of picks pan out... hopefully, no more forwards...