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HFNHL DRAFT FLASHBACK - 2007 HFNHL COYOTES
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3/8 played atleast 1 NHL Game - 4/8 played over 100 NHL Games
Over the course of the summer, we'll look back at previous drafts for the HFNHL's Phoenix/Arizona Coyotes under their current 12 year regime. First up is the 2007 HFNHL Draft.
We selected Mark Katic with our first pick. I was very surprised he didn't pan out, and I'm actually surprised he hasn't come back to North America to give it a shot. With so much of today's game about speed, Mark has elite level skating ability. Think Victor Mete, except a little bigger. His main issue was a pile of shoulder injuries. Had this not occur I really believe he would have had a lengthy NHL career. Jonathon Blum was also a strong skating offensive defenseman. One who represented USA at the WJC as their Captain. He has good leadership qualities and played for a little while in the NHL but just couldn't stick. Steve Mason I think still goes down as one of my best picks. I was surprised he was still there. He was a player I saw quite a bit and I had a lot of confidence in his upside. He's still a key player for the HFNHL Coyotes 11 years later and has almost 500 NHL Games played. Jay Barriball I never saw but I heard so many good things and his ability to produce in the NCAA I felt he had a good chance. I was wrong on that one. Matt Halischuk was the definition of a heart and soul player for Kitchener. He had some skill to go along with that work ethic and produced well for a 17 year old. He would go on to win a Memorial Cup with Kitchener and score the golden goal for Canada in the WJC. He had a respectable NHL career and a player I thought could have stuck around longer in a bottom six role. Josh Godfrey had a devistating slap shot from the point. He scored 24 goals this season as a defenseman. He was also very phyiscal. He would go on to play for Canada's WJC team, but ultimately his skating prevented him from having an NHL career. John Murray was a solid goaltender for Kitchener but never really took his game to the next level after this season. Admittedly I was running out of players by the 7th Round and took a Hard working two-way centre I saw a lot in Jared Gomes. His potential to play NHL was low but I figured he might slot into a bottom six role and has had some pro success despite not really getting much NHL attention.
| RD | PK | Name | POS | HT | WT | GP/ GAA | PTS/ SV% | LEG | TEAM | NHLGP | NHL |
| 1 | 16 | Mark Katic | LD | 5'10" | 192 | 68 | 40 | OHL | Sarnia | 11+ | 3/62 '07 NYI |
| 1 | 24 | Jonathon Blum | RD | 6'01" | 194 | 72 | 51 | WHL | VANCOUVER | 110 | 1/23 '07 NSH |
| 2 | 46 | Steve Mason | G | 6'04" | 216 | 3.20 | .914 | OHL | London | 476*+ | 3/69 '06 CMB |
| 2 | 59 | Jay Barriball | W | 5'09" | 170 | 44 | 43 | NCAA | U. of Minnesota | 0 | 7/203 '06 SJS |
| 3 | 87 | Matt Halischuk | RW | 6'00" | 181 | 67 | 66 | OHL | Kitchener | 280 | 4/117 '07 NJD |
| 4 | 116 | Josh Godfrey | RD | 6'02" | 205 | 68 | 57 | OHL | S.S. Marie | 0 | 2/34 '07 WSH |
| 5 | 147 | John Murray | G | 6'01" | 196 | 2.58 | .909 | OHL | Kitchener | 0 | Never Drafted |
| 7 | 202 | Jared Gomes | LC | 6'01" | 190 | 54 | 29 | OHL | Sarnia | 0 | Never Drafted |
3/8 played atleast 1 NHL Game - 4/8 played over 100 NHL Games
Over the course of the summer, we'll look back at previous drafts for the HFNHL's Phoenix/Arizona Coyotes under their current 12 year regime. First up is the 2007 HFNHL Draft.
We selected Mark Katic with our first pick. I was very surprised he didn't pan out, and I'm actually surprised he hasn't come back to North America to give it a shot. With so much of today's game about speed, Mark has elite level skating ability. Think Victor Mete, except a little bigger. His main issue was a pile of shoulder injuries. Had this not occur I really believe he would have had a lengthy NHL career. Jonathon Blum was also a strong skating offensive defenseman. One who represented USA at the WJC as their Captain. He has good leadership qualities and played for a little while in the NHL but just couldn't stick. Steve Mason I think still goes down as one of my best picks. I was surprised he was still there. He was a player I saw quite a bit and I had a lot of confidence in his upside. He's still a key player for the HFNHL Coyotes 11 years later and has almost 500 NHL Games played. Jay Barriball I never saw but I heard so many good things and his ability to produce in the NCAA I felt he had a good chance. I was wrong on that one. Matt Halischuk was the definition of a heart and soul player for Kitchener. He had some skill to go along with that work ethic and produced well for a 17 year old. He would go on to win a Memorial Cup with Kitchener and score the golden goal for Canada in the WJC. He had a respectable NHL career and a player I thought could have stuck around longer in a bottom six role. Josh Godfrey had a devistating slap shot from the point. He scored 24 goals this season as a defenseman. He was also very phyiscal. He would go on to play for Canada's WJC team, but ultimately his skating prevented him from having an NHL career. John Murray was a solid goaltender for Kitchener but never really took his game to the next level after this season. Admittedly I was running out of players by the 7th Round and took a Hard working two-way centre I saw a lot in Jared Gomes. His potential to play NHL was low but I figured he might slot into a bottom six role and has had some pro success despite not really getting much NHL attention.
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