Nickel City

Round Pick Player Position
1. (2) Henrik Lundqvist G
2. (29) Kris Letang D
3. (32) Kari Lehtonen G
4. (59) Taylor Hall LW
5. (62) Ryan Getzlaf C
6. (89) Brian Campbell D
7. (92) Ryan Nugent-Hopkins C
8. (119) Chris Kunitz LW
9. (122) Jason Pominville RW
10. (149) Drew Stafford RW
11. (152) Alex Goligoski D
12. (179) Valtteri Filppula C,LW
13. (182) Martin Havlat RW
14. (209) Derek Roy C
15. (212) Tuomo Ruutu C,LW
16. (239) Antoine Vermette C,LW
17. (242) Ales Hemsky RW
18. (269) David Booth LW
19. (272) John-Michael Liles D
20. (299) Tyler Kennedy LW,RW
21. (302) Brad Stuart D
22. (329) Willie Mitchell D
23. (332) Tim Thomas G
24. (359) Eric Brewer D
25. (362) Tyler Bozak C

The Good:
I had decided to pick Lundy at #2 before the draft. But when OV didn't go 1st, I almost waffled because of his great G, SOG & HITS totals at LW. I think my G is pretty solid, and if they can both stay healthy I should have a shot at taking all 3 goalie categories.

I also like the fact that I drafted Goligoski (Rnd 11), Havlat (Rnd 13) and D Roy (Rnd 14) rather late. I was thinking that they won't miss much time because of injury if there is a shortened season.

Brian Campbell in Round 6 could be nice value if he can repeat last year's performance.

The Bad:
Drafting Letang with my 2nd pick. I was hoping that Backes would fall to me in Round 2, but he went 18th overall. And when Byfuglien and Chara went in the round, I decided to draft a D and then a G with my next picks since the 4th round was a looong way down the road.

I also don't like the fact that I ended up with 3 Oilers and 2 Sabres at RW (Pomminville & Stafford).

The Ugly:
Drafting Willie Mitchell in Round 22. Just not a big fan but I wanted some +/-.

Also drafting Liles in Round 19 when I really wanted Tarasenko, who was then drafted 4 picks later.