NHL 2009 Entry Draft

The NHL entry draft 2009 happened a day after the NBA version and it should not take a lengthy congress debate as to which is more popular. While the whole population knows who Blake Griffin is even before he started to learn how to flip birds, an ESPN poll revealed that 38% of its respondents thought John Tavares was a U.S soccer midfielder.

Only goes to show you why I only thought of posting it today but seriously, I personally think that the previous Stanly Cup Playoffs was better than that of the NBA including the finals.

Here are the first round draftess of batch 2009:

1. John Tavares, N.Y. Islanders, c, London (OHL)
2. Victor Hedman, Tampa Bay, d, Modo (Sweden)
3. Matt Duchene, Colorado, c, Brampton (OHL)
4. Evander Kane, Atlanta, c, Vancouver (WHL)
5. Brayden Schenn, Los Angeles, c, Brandon (WHL).

6. Oliver Ekman-Larsson, Phoenix, d, Leksand (Sweden)
7. Nazem Kadri, Toronto, c, London (OHL)
8. Scott Glennie, Dallas, rw, Brandon (WHL)
9. Jared Cowan, Ottawa, d, Spokane (WHL)
10. Magnus Paajarvi-Svensson, Edmonton, lw, Timra (Sweden).

11. Ryan Ellis, Nashville, D, Windsor (OHL)
12. Calvin de Haan, N.Y. Islanders (from Minnesota), D, Oshawa (OHL)
13. Zack Kassian, Buffalo, RW, Peterborough (OHL)
14. Dmitri Kulikov, Florida, D, Drummondville (QMJHL)
15. Peter Holland, Anaheim, C, Guelph (OHL).

16. Nick Leddy, Minnesota (from Columbus via N.Y. Islanders), D, Eden Prairie (USHS)
17. David Rundblad, St. Louis, D, Skelleftea (Sweden)
18. Louis Leblanc, Montreal, C, Omaha (USHL)
19. Chris Kreider, N.Y. Rangers, C, Andover (USHS)
20. Jacob Josefson, New Jersey (from Calgary), C, Djurgarden (Sweden).

21. John Moore, Columbus (from Philadelphia via Anaheim), D, Chicago (USHL)
22. Jordan Schroeder, Vancouver, C, U. of Minnesota (U.S. College)
23. Tim Erixon, Calgary (from New Jersey), D, Skelleftea (Sweden)
24. Marcus Johansson, Washington, C, Farjestad (Sweden)
25. Jordan Caron, Boston, RW, Rimouski (QMJHL)

26. Kyle Palmieri, Anaheim (from San Jose via Tampa Bay, Ottawa, N.Y. Islanders and Columbus), RW/C, U.S. U-18
27. Philippe Paradis, Carolina, C, Shawinigan (QMJHL)
28. Dylan Olsen, Chicago, D, Camrose (Alta. Jr. A)
29. Carter Ashton, Tampa Bay (from Detroit), RW, Lethbridge (WHL)
30. Simon Despres, Pittsburgh, D, Saint John (QMJHL).

The complete list of the NHL 2009 Entry Draft