Wow, so much happened yesterday. Quite the storm of news for a day in the off-season. However, there is really only one place to start...
Roger Neilson finally lost his battle with cancer. He had just turned 69 last Monday, and was just inducted to the Hall of Fame last month. The NHL entry draft was in progress when commissioner Gary Bettman interrupted the selection of players to convey the sad news. A moment of silence was observed. Neilson will be missed by the entire league.
Yesterday was also the first three rounds of the 2003 NHL Draft. Some big trades were made for position prior to the start of the event. Florida yet again gave up their number one pick for the second year in a row. The Pittsburgh Penguins were given the number one pick for Mikael Samuelsson, the third overall pick and second-round compensatory selection (55th overall) in the 2003 NHL draft.
Colorado traded Scott Parker to the San Jose Sharks for a fifth-round (163rd overall) pick. What? They gave up "the sheriff" for a pick? I guess it shouldn't be too surprising. Parker was a healthy scratch for most of last season, partly because of the crackdown on interference. Something Scott Parker was a master at.
Colorado Avalanche traded Sergei Soin to the Nashville Predators for Tomas Slovak. Simply a prospect for a prospect. Nothing major here.
Colorado did make a deal I was happy with. They got Andrei Nikolishin from the Chicago Blackhawks for only future considerations. Not a bad deal there.
Toronto picked up another pick by trading their third-round selection (previously acquired from the Calgary Flames, 78th overall) to the Minnesota Wild for their third-round pick (91st overall) and fourth-round pick (125th overall). Toronto was light on draft picks after some deals right before the trading deadline last March.
There were no deals made by Montreal this year.
The number one draft pick this year was supposed to be set. Almost eveyone beleived it was going to be Eric Staal regardless of who actually got the number one pick. The Pittsburgh Penguins decided on something else though when they traded up for that number one pick. They chose goalie Marc-Andre Fleury. Carolina had the second pick and DID get Eric Staal.
Colorado's picks:
- No first round pick due to trade with LA for Rob Blake
- D - David Liffiton (Former team: Plymouth-OHL) 63 overall
Toronto's picks:
- No first round picks due to trades
- D - John Doherty (Former team: Andover-USHS) 57 overall
Montreal's Picks:
- RW - Andrei Kastsitsyn (Former team: CSKA-Russia) 10 overall
- C - Cory Urguhart (Former team: Montreal-QMJHL) 40 overall
- C - Maxim Lapierre (Former team: Montreal-QMJHL) 61 overall
- D - Ryan O'Byrne (Former team: Nanaimo-BCHL) 79 overall
The rest of the draft will take place today.
Roger Neilson finally lost his battle with cancer. He had just turned 69 last Monday, and was just inducted to the Hall of Fame last month. The NHL entry draft was in progress when commissioner Gary Bettman interrupted the selection of players to convey the sad news. A moment of silence was observed. Neilson will be missed by the entire league.
Yesterday was also the first three rounds of the 2003 NHL Draft. Some big trades were made for position prior to the start of the event. Florida yet again gave up their number one pick for the second year in a row. The Pittsburgh Penguins were given the number one pick for Mikael Samuelsson, the third overall pick and second-round compensatory selection (55th overall) in the 2003 NHL draft.
Colorado traded Scott Parker to the San Jose Sharks for a fifth-round (163rd overall) pick. What? They gave up "the sheriff" for a pick? I guess it shouldn't be too surprising. Parker was a healthy scratch for most of last season, partly because of the crackdown on interference. Something Scott Parker was a master at.
Colorado Avalanche traded Sergei Soin to the Nashville Predators for Tomas Slovak. Simply a prospect for a prospect. Nothing major here.
Colorado did make a deal I was happy with. They got Andrei Nikolishin from the Chicago Blackhawks for only future considerations. Not a bad deal there.
Toronto picked up another pick by trading their third-round selection (previously acquired from the Calgary Flames, 78th overall) to the Minnesota Wild for their third-round pick (91st overall) and fourth-round pick (125th overall). Toronto was light on draft picks after some deals right before the trading deadline last March.
There were no deals made by Montreal this year.
The number one draft pick this year was supposed to be set. Almost eveyone beleived it was going to be Eric Staal regardless of who actually got the number one pick. The Pittsburgh Penguins decided on something else though when they traded up for that number one pick. They chose goalie Marc-Andre Fleury. Carolina had the second pick and DID get Eric Staal.
Colorado's picks:
- No first round pick due to trade with LA for Rob Blake
- D - David Liffiton (Former team: Plymouth-OHL) 63 overall
Toronto's picks:
- No first round picks due to trades
- D - John Doherty (Former team: Andover-USHS) 57 overall
Montreal's Picks:
- RW - Andrei Kastsitsyn (Former team: CSKA-Russia) 10 overall
- C - Cory Urguhart (Former team: Montreal-QMJHL) 40 overall
- C - Maxim Lapierre (Former team: Montreal-QMJHL) 61 overall
- D - Ryan O'Byrne (Former team: Nanaimo-BCHL) 79 overall
The rest of the draft will take place today.
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