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Coyotes Grab Top Draft Spot
by Alanah McGinley on 06/22/07 at 06:33 PM ET
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From Eric Duhatschek at the Globe & Mail,
It looks as if the Phoenix Coyotes will move into the top spot in the 2007 NHL entry draft, by flipping picks with the Chicago Blackhawks in order to draft Kyle Turris of the BCHL’s Burnaby Express. Phoenix was positioned at No. 3 and in theory, Turris could have fallen to them anyway.
But by stepping up, they get the player that they wanted a 6-1, 170-pound play-making centre who finished the year as the top-ranked player in the Central Scouting rankings.
Or as one NHL coach said of the decision made by the Wayne Gretzky-led Coyotes: “He (Turris) probably reminds him (Gretzky) of someone.”
Update 7:20PM EDT:
So much for that story. Chicago retained it’s #1 pick.
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