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Entry Draft Notes
by Paul on 06/27/09 at 02:55 PM ET
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MONTREAL (June 27, 2009)—The 2009 NHL Entry Draft concluded this afternoon with a total of 210 players selected from 11 countries. Following is a breakdown of 2009 Entry Draft selections by birthplace:
Canada 102
United States 55
Sweden 24
Finland 10
Russia 7
Slovakia 5
Czech Republic 3
Belarus 1
Denmark 1
Germany 1
United Kingdom 1
Total 210
TRANSACTIONS SUMMARY FOR SATURDAY, JUNE 27
NY Islanders traded pick #56 in the 2009 Entry Draft to Columbus for picks #62 and #92 in 2009.
Florida traded D Jay Bouwmeester to Calgary for D Jordan Leopold and pick #67 in the 2009 Entry Draft.
Calgary traded picks #84 and #107 in the 2009 Entry Draft to Los Angeles for pick #74 in 2009.
NY Islanders traded pick #91 in the 2009 Entry Draft to Phoenix for a 3rd-round pick in 2010.
Atlanta traded pick #95 in the 2009 Entry Draft to Los Angeles for picks #117, #120 and #203 in 2009.
Minnesota traded picks #99 and #133 in the 2009 Entry Draft to Edmonton for C Kyle Brodziak and pick #161 in 2009.
Los Angeles traded picks #107 and #138 in the 2009 Entry Draft to Florida for Florida’s 3rd-round pick in 2010.
Washington traded D Sami Lepisto to Phoenix for Phoenix’s 5th-round pick in 2010.
Pittsburgh traded unsigned draft choice G Chad Johnson to NY Rangers for pick #151 in the 2009 Entry Draft.
Nashville traded pick #148 in the 2009 Entry Draft to Tampa Bay for a 5th-round pick in 2010.
Los Angeles traded C Brian Boyle to NY Rangers for a 3rd-round pick in the 2010 Entry Draft.
Calgary traded D Jim Vandermeer to Phoenix for C Brandon Prust.
Atlanta traded pick #177 in the 2009 Entry Draft to Chicago for a 5th-round pick in 2010.
Dallas traded pick #189 in the 2009 Entry Draft to San Jose for San Jose’s 6th-round pick in 2010.
Phoenix traded pick #187 in the 2009 Entry Draft to Vancouver for the rights to D Shaun Heshka.
Edmonton traded pick #191 in the 2009 Entry Draft to Ottawa for a 6th-round pick in 2010.
Nashville traded pick #202 in the 2009 Entry Draft to St. Louis for St. Louis’ 7th-round pick in 2010.
Pittsburgh traded pick #211 in the 2009 Entry Draft to Montreal for a 6th-round pick in 2010.
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Well, Denmark had one player picked. Something of a surprise given the quality of prospects this year without talent like Eller or Boedker of previous drafts. We’re a small country where hockey is a secondary sport, so that’s to be expected more often than not.
The guy picked was something of a surprise, but playing for St. Cloud State must have improved his visability to the scouts. A really big defenceman that need to work on skating and mobility. I’m a little annoyed that he got picked by Philadelphia, but what can you do.
Posted by Moq from Denmark on 06/27/09 at 05:28 PM ET
While Canada dominated the top 10 this year, an overall good trend is developing. Canada represented only 48% of the drafted players, which is below the current league average of 55%. The US at 26% is on par, in what was a weaker American pool but a number of players from non traditional markets such as Texas, California and Utah got drafted. This proves that the national footprint strategy of the NHL is starting to show dividends. If this continues we can expect to see the US push past the 30% total and see Canada in the low 40’s. All in all we are probably 20 years out from gaining parity with Canada. Russia is way down, which is understanble with the KHL and Sweden had a great round 1 draft.
Posted by Tero from Tacoma on 06/27/09 at 07:52 PM ET
K24, The Leafs lost a late round pick because of the way they handled the Frogren signing.
Posted by Paul from Motown Area on 06/27/09 at 08:37 PM ET
Oh, ok. I just looked at the Hockey News tracker and saw the last pick was #211 but I didn’t see that #118 was blank.
Posted by K24 from NYC on 06/27/09 at 10:21 PM ET
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That seriously got my hopes up!
Turns out the ‘British’ guy (Thomas Larkin - CBJ) has an American father, an Italian mother, grew up in Italy, and represents Italy at international level. So he’s about as British as spaghetti bolognese.
My prayers for a second Tony Hand remain stubbornly unanswered then… just have to keep cheering for the Danes.
Posted by fredster from london on 06/27/09 at 05:02 PM ET