2008 NHL ENTRY DRAFT

'The 2008 NHL Entry Draft' will be the 46th NHL Entry Draft. It is set to be hosted at Scotiabank Place in the city of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada in June, 2008.
Ottawa was originally awarded the 2005 NHL Entry Draft, but because of the lockout, the draft was scaled back from its usual format of being open to the public and having many draft eligible players in attendance.

Contents

ISS Top 15 for 2008 eligibles

Draft order

Round 1

Notes

Round 2

Notes

Round 3

Notes

Round 4

Notes

Round 5

Notes

Round 6

Notes

Round 7

Notes

Information on conditional draft picks

See also

References

ISS Top 15 for 2008 eligibles

★ 1 - Steven Stamkos (OHL)

★ 2 - Drew Doughty (OHL)

★ 3 - Alex Pietrangelo (OHL)

★ 4 - Kyle Beach (WHL)

★ 5 - Nikita Filatov (RUS)

★ 6 - Colin Wilson (USAU18)

★ 7 - Luke Schenn (WHL)

★ 8 - Cody Hodgson (OHL)

★ 9 - Colten Teubert (WHL)

★ 10 - Michael Del Zotto (OHL)

★ 11 - Zach Boychuk (WHL)

★ 12 - Johan Motin (SWE)

★ 13 - Kelsey Tessier (QMJHL)

★ 14 - Zach Bogosian (OHL)

★ 15 - Patrice Cormier (QMJHL)

Draft order

'Selections By Round'

Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Round 5 | Round 6 | Round 7

Round 1

#	Player	Nationality	NHL Team	College/Junior/Club Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30

Notes

1.
★ The Anaheim Ducks' first round pick will go to the Edmonton Oilers due to a trade on July 3, 2006 that sent Joffrey Lupul, Ladislav Smid and draft picks to Edmonton in exchange for Chris Pronger. The pick was awarded to Edmonton for Anaheim reaching the Stanley Cup final in 2007.
2.
★ The Dallas Stars' first round pick will go to the Los Angeles Kings due to a trade on February 27, 2007 that sent Jaroslav Modry, Johan Fransson, a 2nd round pick in 2007 entry draft, a 3rd round pick in 2007 entry draft and this pick to Los Angeles in exchange for Mattias Norstrom, Konstantin Pushkarev, a 3rd round pick in 2007 entry draft and a 4th round pick in 2007 entry draft.
3.
★ The Florida Panthers' first round pick will go to the Nashville Predators due to a trade prior to the 2007 entry draft that sent Tomas Vokoun to Florida for 2nd round picks in 2007 and 2008 and this pick.
4.
★ The Edmonton Oilers' first round pick will go, along with second and third round picks, to the Anaheim Ducks due to Anaheim's decision not to match an Oilers' offer sheet to restricted free agent Dustin Penner on August 2, 2007^[1].

Round 2

#	Player	Nationality	NHL Team	College/Junior/Club Team
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60

Notes

1.
★ The Anaheim Ducks' second round pick will go to the New York Islanders due to a trade on July 5, 2007 that sent Allan Rourke and a 3rd round pick in 2008 to the Edmonton Oilers in exchange for this pick.

Edmonton previously acquired this pick due to a trade on July 3, 2006 that sent Chris Pronger to Anaheim in exchange for Joffrey Lupul, Ladislav Smid and draft picks.
2.
★ The Chicago Blackhawks' second round pick will go to the Ottawa Senators due to a trade on July 9, 2006 that sent Tom Preissing, Josh Hennessy, Michal Barinka and this pick to Ottawa in exchange for Martin Havlat and Bryan Smolinski.
3.
★ The Calgary Flames' second round pick will go to the Los Angeles Kings due to a trade on January 29, 2007 that sent Jamie Lundmark, a 4th round pick in 2007 and this pick to Los Angeles in exchange for Craig Conroy.
4.
★ The Atlanta Thrashers' second round pick will go to the St. Louis Blues due to a trade on February 25, 2007 that sent Glen Metropolit, 1st and 3rd round picks in 2007 and this pick to St. Louis in exchange for Keith Tkachuk.
5.
★ The Ottawa Senators' second round pick will go to the Phoenix Coyotes due to a trade on February 27, 2007 that sent Oleg Saprykin and a 7th round pick in 2007 entry draft to Ottawa in exchange for this pick.
6.
★ The Toronto Maple Leafs' second round pick will go to the Phoenix Coyotes due to a trade on February 27, 2007 that sent Brendan Bell and this pick to Toronto in exchange for Yanic Perreault and a 5th round draft pick in 2008.
7.
★ The Tampa Bay Lightning's second round pick will go to the Nashville Predators due to a trade during the 2007 entry draft that sent Tomas Vokoun to the Florida Panthers in exchange for a 2nd round pick in 2007, a 1st round pick in 2008 and this pick.

Florida previously acquired this pick due to a trade on June 13, 2007 that sent Chris Gratton to Tampa Bay in exchange for a 2nd round draft pick in 2008.
8.
★ The San Jose Sharks' second round pick will go to the Washington Capitals due to a trade during the 2007 entry draft that sent that sent a 1st round pick to San Jose for a 2nd round pick in 2007 and this pick.
9.
★ The Philadelphia Flyers' second round pick will go to the Washington Capitals due to a trade during the 2007 entry draft that sent a 2nd round pick to Philadelphia in exchange for a 3rd round pick in 2007 and this pick.
10.
★ The Edmonton Oilers' second round pick will go, along with first and third round picks, to the Anaheim Ducks due to Anaheim's decision not to match an Oilers' offer sheet to restricted free agent Dustin Penner on August 2, 2007^[2].

Round 3

#	Player	Nationality	NHL Team	College/Junior/Club Team
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
72
73
74
75
76
77
78
79
80
81
82
83
84
85
86
87
88
89
90

Notes

1.
★ The Pittsburgh Penguins' third round pick will go to the Phoenix Coyotes due to a trade on February 27, 2007 that sent Daniel Carcillo and this pick to Phoenix in exchange for Georges Laraque.
2.
★ The San Jose Sharks' third round pick will go to the St. Louis Blues due to a trade during the 2007 entry draft that sent a 1st round pick in 2007 and this pick to St. Louis in exchange for a 1st round draft pick.
3.
★ The Carolina Hurricanes' third round pick will go to the New York Rangers due to a trade on July 17, 2007 that sent Matt Cullen to the Rangers in exchange for Andrew Hutchinson, Joe Barnes and this pick.

4.
★ The Edmonton Oilers' third round pick will go, along with first and second round picks, to the Anaheim Ducks due to Anaheim's decision not to match an Oilers' offer sheet to restricted free agent Dustin Penner on August 2, 2007^[3].


Earlier, this pick temporarily went to the New York Islanders due to a trade on February 18, 2007 that sent Marc-Andre Bergeron and this pick to the Islanders in exchange for Denis Grebeshkov.

Edmonton reacquired this pick due to a trade on July 5, 2007 that sent Anaheim's 2nd round pick in 2008 to the Islanders in exchange for Allan Rourke and this pick.

Round 4

#	Player	Nationality	NHL Team	College/Junior/Club Team
91
92
93
94
95
96
97
98
99
100
101
102
103
104
105
106
107
108
109
110
111
112
113
114
115
116
117
118
119
120

Notes

1.
★ The Dallas Stars' fourth round pick will go to the Los Angeles Kings due to a trade on January 20, 2007 that sent Ryan Munce to Tampa Bay Lightning and this pick to Los Angeles. Tampa Bay acquired this pick previously due to a trade on July 2, 2006 that sent Darryl Sydor to Dallas in exchange for that pick.
2.
★ The Anaheim Ducks have the option to swap 4th round picks with the Boston Bruins due to a trade on November 13, 2006 that sent Stanislav Chistov to Boston in exchange for a 3rd round pick in 2007 entry draft.
3.
★ The Vancouver Canucks' fourth round pick will go to the Los Angeles Kings due to a trade on February 25, 2007 that sent a 2nd round pick in 2007 and this pick to Los Angeles in exchange for Brent Sopel.
4.
★ The Los Angeles Kings' fourth round pick will go to the Washington Capitals due to a trade during the 2007 entry draft that sent the Capitals 4th round pick to Los Angeles for a 7th round pick in 2007 and 4th round pick in 2008.
5.
★ The Tampa Bay Lightning' fourth round pick will go to the Ottawa Senators due to a trade during the 2007 entry draft that sent the Senators 5th and two 7th round picks to Tampa Bay for the 4th round pick in 2008.
6.
★ The Washington Capitals' fourth round pick will go to the Calgary Flames due to a trade on February 10, 2007 that sent Brad Stuart, Wayne Primeau and this (then conditional) pick to Calgary for Chuck Kobasew and Andrew Ference. The condition came into effect on July 3, 2007 when Calgary could not re-sign Brad Stuart (he signed with the Los Angeles Kings).

Boston acquired previously due to a trade on February 1st, 2007 that sent Milan Jurcina to Washington in exchange for that pick.

See also the information on conditional draft picks below.

Round 5

#	Player	Nationality	NHL Team	College/Junior/Club Team
121
122
123
124
125
126
127
128
129
130
131
132
133
134
135
136
137
138
139
140
141
142
143
144
145
146
147
148
149
150

Notes

1.
★ The Philadelphia Flyers' fifth round pick will go to the New York Islanders due to a trade on December 20, 2006 that sent Randy Robitaille and this pick to the Islanders in exchange for Mike York.
2.
★ The Carolina Hurricanes' fifth round pick will go to the Columbus Blue Jackets due to a trade on February 21, 2007 that sent Anson Carter to Carolina in exchange for this pick.
3.
★ The Montreal Canadiens' fifth round pick will go to the San Jose Sharks due to a trade on February 25, 2007 that sent Craig Rivet and this pick to San Jose in exchange for Josh Gorges and a 1st round pick in 2007 entry draft.
4.
★ The Phoenix Coyotes' fifth round pick will go to the Toronto Maple Leafs due to a trade on February 27, 2007 that sent Brendan Bell and a 2nd round pick in 2008 to Toronto in exchange for Yanic Perreault and this pick.

Round 6

#	Player	Nationality	NHL Team	College/Junior/Club Team
151
152
153
154
155
156
157
158
159
160
161
162
163
164
165
166
167
168
169
170
171
172
173
174
175
176
177
178
179
180

Notes

1.
★ The Florida Panthers' sixth round pick will go to the Chicago Blackhawks due to a trade on June 24, 2006 that sent Craig Anderson to Florida in exchange for this pick.
2.
★ The Montreal Canadiens' sixth round pick will go to the Dallas Stars due to a trade on September 30, 2006 that sent Mike Ribeiro and this pick to Dallas in exchange for Janne Niinimaa and a 5th round draft pick in 2007.
3.
★ The Colorado Avalanche's sixth round pick temporarily went to the San Jose Sharks due to a trade on February 27th, 2007 that sent Scott Parker to Colorado in exchange for this pick.

Colorado reacquired this pick from San Jose due to a trade during the 2007 that sent a 3rd and a 4th round pick in 2007 and this pick to Colorado for a 3rd round draft pick in 2007.
4.
★ The Boston Bruins' sixth round pick will go to the Colorado Avalanche due to a trade during the 2007 entry draft that sent this pick to Boston in exchange for the 6th round draft pick in 2007.

Round 7

#	Player	Nationality	NHL Team	College/Junior/Club Team
181
182
183
184
185
186
187
188
189
190
191
192
193
194
195
196
197
198
199
200
201
202
203
204
205
206
207
208
209
210

Notes

1.
★ The Minnesota Wild's seventh round pick will go to the New Jersey Devils due to a trade on February 27, 2007 that sent Anton Voros to Minnesota in exchange for this pick.

Information on conditional draft picks

The following draft picks have been dealt with a condition attached that could not be resoluted yet. They are listed below with round, teams, condition itself and further notes, e.g. the players or picks involved in the respective trade.

Round	Team receiving pick	Team granting pick	Condition	Further notes
3	Los Angeles Kings	New York Rangers	Los Angeles receives the pick if New York fails to sign Jan Marek before the 2007-08 season.	Los Angeles acquired the pick in a trade on February 5, 2007 that sent Sean Avery and John Seymour to New York for Jason Ward, Marc-Andre Cliche, Marek and this pick.
4	Calgary Flames	Washington Capitals (via Boston Bruins)	This pick upgrades to a 3rd round pick if Milan Jurcina averages 20 minutes or more of average ice time in the 2007-08 season.	See also Round 4, Note 6
5	Chicago Blackhawks	Boston Bruins	This pick is awarded to Chicago if Brandon Bochenski plays more than 80 games between the day of trade and the end of the 2007-08 season. (Games played by Bochenski in this period, as of July 4, 2007: 31)	Chicago acquired the pick in a trade on February 3, 2007 that sent Bochenski to Boston for Kris Versteeg and this pick.
unknown	New York Rangers	Dallas Stars	unknown	New York acquired the pick in a trade on June 14, 2006 that sent Mike Green to Dallas for this pick.

See also

★ 2008-09 NHL season

★ List of NHL first overall draft choices

★ List of NHL players

★ List of every team's draft picks

References

1. [[1]] Ducks Do Not Match Offer Sheet; Penner an Oiler
2. See footnote 1
3. See footnote 1.