Early draft houde's 2007 COMPLETED - analysis soon

[mercury]

Buffalo selects D Will Webber

Wasn't he selected by Minnesota already?

 

[Louis Houde]

Buffalo selects D Will Webber

care to search ? 143. MIN-Will Weber

 

[X-SHARKIE]

Sorry fellas. Lot's of stuff going on in my head right now... didn't catch Weber by Minnesota.

Buffalo selects Jonathan Carrier

 

[ollien]

With the 159th selection of the 2007 draft the Boston Bruins are pleased to select from Trencin of the Slovakian JR League, goaltender Tomas Hiadlovsky.

5'11
165lbs

Assets:

-Good lateral movement
-Decent positioning

Flaws:

-small, so relies on position as cant cover whole net effectively
-could improve speed of glove hand

Boston

9th: Angelo Esposito, C
39th: Sergei Korostin, RW
69th: Brendan Smith, D
128th: Steven Kampfer, D
129th: Artem Dubinin, D/C
159th: Tomas Hiadlovsky, G

 

[mercury]

With the 160th pick in the draft, the Flyers are proud to select D Simon Lacroix of the Shawinigan Cataractes.

Assets:
Good size (6'2", 180 lbs.) and will fill out
Puts up points from the blueline (38 pts. in 60 games in the Q this year)
Named to the Q's All-Rookie team

Flaws:
Needs seasoning in the defensive zone
Years away from contribution (still 17, DOB is May 29th, 1989)

That is just conjecture, as I have never seen him play.

 

[Louis Houde]

Toronto sent their selection ,

With the 161st selection in the 2007 NHL Entry Draft, the Toronto Maple Leafs are pleased to select from the Berlin Polar Bears, of the Deutsche Eishockey-Liga, Forward Christoph Gawlik.

Assets:
- has excellent speed and mobility
- possesses loads of offensive potential

Flaws:
- has a history of nasty shoulder problems
- is a little on the small side

http://www.eurohockey.net/players/sh...i?serial=62120

nyi is on the clock

 

[mercury]

Toronto sent their selection ,

With the 161st selection in the 2007 NHL Entry Draft, the Toronto Maple Leafs are pleased to select from the Berlin Polar Bears, of the Deutsche Eishockey-Liga, Forward Christoph Gawlik.

Assets:
- has excellent speed and mobility
- possesses loads of offensive potential

Flaws:
- has a history of nasty shoulder problems
- is a little on the small side


http://www.eurohockey.net/players/sh...i?serial=62120

nyi is on the clock

I was thinking about taking Gawlik, but decided it was too much of a gamble (size and injury history). Maybe with my last pick. Good pick for you.

 

[islandersbob]

With the 162nd pick of the 2007 NHL entery draft, the New York Islanders are pleased to selected, from the Moncton Wildcats of the QMJHL, Nicola Riopel.


Assets:
Played a few games for Islanders coach Ted Nolan during 2005-06 season with Moncton.
Good glove and athletic.

Weaknesses:
Size. A little undersized at 5'11" and 160 lbs. Leaves lots of open holes to shoot at when he goes down.
Consistancy.
Playoff performance was subpar, to say the least.

http://moncton-wildcats.com/en-ca/history/goalie.php?PLAYER_ID=229

 

[Louis Houde]

With the 163rd pick of the 2007 NHL entery draft, the Montréal Canadiens are pleased to selected, from the Hermantown High school, Drew Leblanc

Assets:
Hermantown's Drew Leblanc was the star of the first day. He's got pretty good size, and was an all-conference football player, so he's strong and tough. He uses his size to his advantage as well. He's got very soft hands in front of the net. He should be a very good college player, wherever he ends up.

Weaknesses:
A little undersized,needs to play with a better competition

http://www.hermantownhockey.com/page.php?page_id=3416

 

[Holden Caulfield]

Carolina selects Milan Kytnar from Topolcany of the SVK Div1.


Strengths:
At only 17 years old he has made a mens tier II team in Slovakia and succeeded in getting .5ppg. Also plays aggressively and wound up raking up 53PIM in only 22 games. Had a coming out party with 7pts in 6 games in the U-18 WJC.

Weaknesses:
A relative unknown, Kytnar may have just played above his head at the U-18's. Sometimes takes to many stupid penalties.

NYR are on the clock and have been pm'd.

 

[Louis Houde]

NYR time is almost out, I nominate Mario Kempe

 

[Capillarian Crest]

second

 

[Louis Houde]

ok guys, im very tired to wait for guys that wont show up, dont send their picks..so
here's to 2 new rules

A.6 hours to make a pick
B.No more 3 votes, i got the veto

 

[Louis Houde]

nyr got Mario Kempe, the next guy has been pmed and got 6 hours to make his mind

 

[Ferjo]

San Jose selects forward Evgeni Dadonov, from russia

i'll edit the post in a bit

 

[OHALiney]

With the 167th Pick in the 2007 NHL Entry Draft, the Florida Panthers are pleased to select from the Belleville Bulls of the OHL, LW Eric Tangradi.

- Stepped up huge in the playoffs this year, scoring at more the 1 PPG
- Has good size already at 6' 3'' 205lbs

 

[Fan.At]

The Atlanta Thrashers are proud to select from the Lethbridge Hurricanes of the WHL forward Mitch Fadden

Assets: Very speedy, great offensive skills. Has grown since last season where he was passed over in the draft. Already has an NHL camp under his belt (New York Rangers)
Flaws: Has to learn how to play defense and still has to fill out.

Picks so far:
F Nick Larson
D Juraj Valach
D Drew McKenzie
F Mitch Fadden

 

[Louis Houde]

Calgary's time is now out, I use my veto vote and pick for them: Vitali Karamnov


San Jose is on the clock and has been pm 'ed

 

[Ferjo]

San Jose selects Chris Terry from Plymouth of the OHL

 

[Louis Houde]

NJ take Michael Connolly

 

[mikethompson]

sorry soldat that i missed my pick, i was at school, and had no chance to get to a laptop there. Shouldnt happen again.

 

[________]

With the 172nd selection in the 2007 NHL Entry Draft, the Dallas Stars are pleased to select out of the Camrose Kodiaks(AJHL) Forward Michael Connolly.



His Stats

Stars picks
53rd F Patrick White
65th F Nico Sacchetti
95th D Yannick Weber
112th G Reid Ellingson
132nd F Ryan Thang
172nd F Michael Connolly

 

[Louis Houde]

sorry soldat that i missed my pick, i was at school, and had no chance to get to a laptop there. Shouldnt happen again.

thanks buddy, i forgive you

 

[Louis Houde]

too late minessota...i gave you John lee; calgary are on the clock

 

[mikethompson]

calgary selects from the WHL Swift Current Broncos 6 foot Defenceman Derek Claffey.