So, the extended draft is finally over. Before evaluating, here is a bit of history. I went onto the end of last year with no picks in the first 4 rounds. I was really going for it, so I traded them. Then at the deadline I traded Niemi for Campbell and a 1st. I already had Thomas and Crawford, so I felt OK. It's a contract pool (which is why some teams stopped drafting much earlier) We sign a player for 1-4 years. (signed players can still be dropped). After going for it I was left with a lot of one year players. But, we can re-sign one player each. So, I targeted the teams without great options to resign and pulled the following off-season deals.

Byfuglian-Halak (who I would soon deal away)
Then Quick became available, so I traded Chara for him, making him a lock to be my re-sign
Datsyuk (who I was planning on keeping)-2nd
Hartnell-3rd
Campbell-3rd
St. Louis 4th+ Grabovski
Then I flipped Halak and a first (11th overall) for the first overall
Just as the draft was starting I also dealt Cammileri for Briere as there was a shortage of good C to be drafted

And the draft went like so….(I am Wabamun)

Round 1
Pick
1 Wabamun Oil Ducks Lucic, Milan LW BOS******************
2 Lucan Ghost Fleischmann, Tomas LW FLA
3 Picture Butte Sugar Kings Kronwall, Niklas D DET
4 Winnipeg Jets McDonagh, Ryan D NYR 2 hrs
5 Bowden Ball Busters Oshie, T.J. RW STL
6 Kitchener Park Bunnies Ribeiro, Mike C WAS
7 Hanna Haymakers Enstrom, Tobias D WPG
8 Bowden Ball Busters Lehtonen, Kari G DAL
9 Red Deer Rustlers Burns, Brent D SJ 6 hrs
10 Leduc Oil Kings Bergeron, Patrice C BOS
11 High River Bucks Perron, David LW STL
12 Ontario Beavers Moulson, Matt LW NYI
13 High River Bucks Ehrhoff, Christian D BUF
14 Lethbridge Leprechauns Stafford, Drew RW BUF
15 Dawson City DonkeyPunch Michalek, Milan LW OTT
16 High River Bucks van Riemsdyk, James LW TOR
Round 2
Pick
1 High River Bucks Markov, Andrei D MON
2 Wabamun Oil Ducks Filppula, Valtteri C DET ************************
3 Picture Butte Sugar Kings Schenn, Luke D PHI
4 Winnipeg Jets Bouwmeester, Jay D CGY
5 Bowden Ball Busters Okposo, Kyle RW NYI
6 Kitchener Park Bunnies Elias, Patrik LW NJ
7 Hanna Haymakers Hemsky, Ales RW EDM
8 Lucan Ghost Purcell, Teddy RW TB
9 Sherwood Park Flames Stalberg, Viktor RW CHI
10 Leduc Oil Kings Robidas, Stephane D DAL
11 Leduc Oil Kings Schultz, Justin D EDM
12 Leduc Oil Kings Crawford, Corey G CHI
13 Red Deer Rustlers Hiller, Jonas G ANA
14 Picture Butte Sugar Kings Quincey, Kyle D DET
15 Dawson City DonkeyPunch Williams, Justin RW LA
16 Winnipeg Jets Morrow, Brenden LW DAL
Round 3
Pick
1 High River Bucks Lindback, Anders G TB
2 Lucan Ghost Pavelec, Ondrej G WPG
3 Picture Butte Sugar Kings Whitney, Ray LW DAL
4 Wabamun Oil Ducks Despres, Simon D PIT *******************
5 Wabamun Oil Ducks White, Ian D DET *********************
6 Kitchener Park Bunnies Gilbert, Tom D MIN
7 Hanna Haymakers Tanguay, Alex LW CGY
8 Saskatoon Sex Pistols Vrbata, Radim RW PHO
9 Sherwood Park Flames Foligno, Marcus LW BUF
10 Red Deer Rustlers Clarkson, David RW NJ
11 Picture Butte Sugar Kings Boychuk, Johnny D BOS
12 Ontario Beavers O'Brien, Shane D COL
13 Leduc Oil Kings Stone, Mark RW OTT
14 Lethbridge Leprechauns Staal, Marc D NYR
15 Dawson City DonkeyPunch Elliott, Brian G STL
16 Red Deer Rustlers Cowen, Jared D OTT
Round 4
Pick
1 High River Bucks Downie, Steve RW COL
2 Lucan Ghost Kaberle, Tomas D MON
3 Wabamun Oil Ducks Havlat, Martin RW SJ***************
4 Winnipeg Jets Selanne, Teemu RW ANA
5 Bowden Ball Busters Liles, John-Michael D TOR
6 Kitchener Park Bunnies Lecavalier, Vincent C TB
7 Hanna Haymakers Johansson, Marcus C WAS
8 Red Deer Rustlers Gonchar, Sergei D OTT 3 hrs
9 Sherwood Park Flames Bobrovsky, Sergei G CLB
10 Leduc Oil Kings Kuba, Filip D FLA 9 hrs 19 min 21 sec
11 Kananaskis Kodiaks Vlasic, Marc-Edouard D SJ
12 Ontario Beavers* Atkinson, Cam RW CLB 0 sec
13 Leduc Oil Kings Plekanec, Tomas C MON
14 Lethbridge Leprechauns Fisher, Mike C NSH
15 Dawson City DonkeyPunch Steen, Alexander C STL
16 Sherwood Park Flames Peverley, Rich C BOS
Round 5
Pick
1 High River Bucks No Pick (Skipped)
2 Lucan Ghost Coburn, Braydon D PHI
3 Picture Butte Sugar Kings Foligno, Nick LW CLB
4 Winnipeg Jets Petry, Jeff D EDM 2 hrs 6 min
5 Bowden Ball Busters Kunitz, Chris LW PIT
6 Kitchener Park Bunnies Ryder, Michael RW DAL
7 Hanna Haymakers Erat, Martin RW NSH
8 Saskatoon Sex Pistols Franson, Cody D TOR
9 Sherwood Park Flames Josi, Roman D NSH
10 Leduc Oil Kings Schwartz, Jaden C STL
11 Kananaskis Kodiaks Setoguchi, Devin RW MIN
12 Ontario Beavers* Nyquist, Gustav C DET
13 Wabamun Oil Ducks Barberio, Mark D TB***************
14 Lucan Ghost Hornqvist, Patric RW NSH
15 Dawson City DonkeyPunch Penner, Dustin LW LA
16 Red Deer Rustlers McQuaid, Adam D BOS
Round 6
Pick
1 High River Bucks No Pick (Skipped)
2 Lucan Ghost Etem, Emerson RW ANA
3 Picture Butte Sugar Kings No Pick (Skipped)
4 Winnipeg Jets Neil, Chris RW OTT
5 Bowden Ball Busters Dupuis, Pascal LW PIT
6 Kitchener Park Bunnies Alzner, Karl D WAS
7 Hanna Haymakers Umberger, R.J. LW CLB
8 Saskatoon Sex Pistols Martin, Paul D PIT
9 Sherwood Park Flames Kreider, Chris LW NYR
10 Leduc Oil Kings Tinordi, Jarred D MON
11 Kananaskis Kodiaks Scandella, Marco D MIN
12 Ontario Beavers* Poulin, Kevin G NYI 0 sec
13 Wabamun Oil Ducks Brunner, Damien C DET ****************
14 Lethbridge Leprechauns Hansen, Jannik RW VAN
15 Dawson City DonkeyPunch Eller, Lars C MON
16 Red Deer Rustlers* Erixon, Tim D CLB
Round 7
Pick
1 High River Bucks No Pick (Skipped)
2 Lucan Ghost Malone, Ryan LW TB
3 Picture Butte Sugar Kings No Pick (Skipped)
4 Winnipeg Jets Trouba, Jacob D WPG
5 Bowden Ball Busters Gagner, Sam C EDM
6 Kitchener Park Bunnies No Pick (Skipped)
7 Hanna Haymakers Samuelsson, Mikael RW DET
8 Saskatoon Sex Pistols Raymond, Mason LW VAN
9 Sherwood Park Flames Silfverberg, Jakob RW OTT
10 Leduc Oil Kings Glennie, Scott RW DAL
11 Kananaskis Kodiaks Sullivan, Steve LW PHO
12 Ontario Beavers O'Reilly, Ryan C COL
13 Wabamun Oil Ducks Conacher, Cory LW TB ****************
14 Lethbridge Leprechauns Wilson, Ryan D COL
15 Dawson City DonkeyPunch No Pick (Skipped)
16 Red Deer Rustlers* Rattie, Ty RW STL
Round 8
Pick
1 High River Bucks No Pick (Skipped)
2 Lucan Ghost No Pick (Skipped)
3 Picture Butte Sugar Kings No Pick (Skipped)
4 Winnipeg Jets Theodore, Jose G FLA
5 Bowden Ball Busters No Pick (Skipped)
6 Kitchener Park Bunnies No Pick (Skipped)
7 Hanna Haymakers Konopka, Zenon C MIN
8 Saskatoon Sex Pistols Booth, David LW VAN
9 Sherwood Park Flames Khudobin, Anton G BOS
10 Leduc Oil Kings No Pick (Skipped)
11 Kananaskis Kodiaks Larsen, Philip D DAL
12 Ontario Beavers* Daley, Trevor D DAL
13 Wabamun Oil Ducks Vatanen, Sami D ANA ***************
14 Lethbridge Leprechauns Hudler, Jiri LW CGY
15 Dawson City DonkeyPunch No Pick (Skipped)
16 Red Deer Rustlers No Pick (Skipped)
Round 9
Pick
1 High River Bucks No Pick (Skipped)
2 Lucan Ghost No Pick (Skipped)
3 Picture Butte Sugar Kings No Pick (Skipped)
4 Winnipeg Jets No Pick (Skipped)
5 Bowden Ball Busters No Pick (Skipped)
6 Kitchener Park Bunnies No Pick (Skipped)
7 Hanna Haymakers No Pick (Skipped)
8 Saskatoon Sex Pistols Wolski, Wojtek LW WAS
9 Sherwood Park Flames No Pick (Skipped)
10 Leduc Oil Kings No Pick (Skipped)
11 Kananaskis Kodiaks No Pick (Skipped)
12 Ontario Beavers* Shaw, Andrew RW CHI 0 sec
13 Wabamun Oil Ducks Palmieri, Kyle C ANA ******************
14 Lethbridge Leprechauns No Pick (Skipped)
15 Dawson City DonkeyPunch No Pick (Skipped)
16 Red Deer Rustlers No Pick (Skipped)


I think I missed out big on Shultz and Kreider. CBS is horrible for finding players, and worse for ranking them, so you just don't see them until you search deep. Shultz still shouldn't have got to me as I would have had him as the first D taken. Kreider I thought was already on a team, I was just as lee at the wheel. I traded up because I felt it was the multi-cat Lucic and everyone else as far as skaters go. I din't improve my back up goalie, but quick will play most of the time anyway, and someone will appear on waivers eventually for me to drop Emery. I also got scooped on Nyquist. I was sure I was going to land him in round 5, but he got taken one pick before me. If I could go back, I would have taken him in round 4. But around the middle of round 4 is when the AHL stats came purring in, so players who were doing really well started to get grabbed by those that normally don't pay too much attention to inexperienced players.

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C-, Grabovski(1), Thorton (3),Colin Wilson (1) (dual), Lokitonov(3) (dual)
W- Lucic(3), Brunner(3), Semin(1), Conacher (4)
D-Kieth, Voyanov(3), Zidlicky(1),) Faulk(3), Diaz (3), Tyutin (1)
G-Quick(4), Fasth (2)
MINORS- Redmond), Krieder(m), Morrow (m)
IR Malkin(3), Filppula (dual)(2)

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