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- First draft held in 1963
- Draft order determined by lottery drawing and post-season finish
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The NHL Draft an annual event in which the National Hockey League's thirty teams can select players who wish to join the league.
The 2009 NHL Draft will be held on June 26 and June 27 at the Bell Center in Montreal, Canada. It will be broadcast on Versus in the United States and on TSN in Canada.
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2009 Draft Picks
- New York Islanders: John Tavares
- Tampa Bay Lightning: Victor Hedman
- Colorado Avalanche: Matt Duchene
- Atlanta Thrashers: Evander Kane
- Los Angeles Kings: Brayden Schenn
- Phoenix Coyotes: Oliver Ekman-Larsson
- Toronto Maple Leafs: Nazem Kadri
- Dallas Stars: Scott Glennie
- Ottawa Senators: Jared Cowen
- Edmonton Oilers: Magnus Paajarvi-Svensson
- Nashville Predators: Ryan Ellis
- New York Islanders: Calvin De Haan
- Buffalo Sabres: Zack Kassian
- Florida Panthers: Dmitry Kulikov
- Anaheim Ducks: Peter Holland
- Minnesota Wild: Nick Leddy
- St. Louis Blues: David Rundblad
- Montreal Canadiens: Louis Leblanc
- New York Rangers: Chris Kreider
- New Jersey Devils: Jacob Josefson
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Draft Process
The draft order is determined first by how teams finish in the Stanley Cup Playoffs. The Stanley Cup champion is given the last or 30th pick, with the runner up following with the 29th pick and so on. The 14 NHL teams that did not qualify for the playoffs are then involved in a draft lottery, where the draft order is finalized.Former #1 Picks
- Bobby Orr, 1966
- Denis Potvin, 1973
- Mario Lemieux, 1984
- Mike Modano, 1988
- Eric Lindros, 1991
- Joe Thornton, 1997
- Alexander Ovechkin, 2004
- Sidney Crosby, 2005
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NHL Draft Questions
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Which players are Russian and playing for the NHL? 1 Answer32 active players from Russia. Go to NHL.com and click on Player Search. Do advanced search, and change the origin country to Russia and the season to 2008-09 a... read more -
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Where can I get a free API for NHL scores? 1 AnswerI don't know of any free API's that allow you access to sports scores. The most popular paid one seems to be XMLTeam: http://www.xmlteam.com/ Instead of lookin... read more
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Proposal: La-chic: I don't want to give up any draft picks. But I do like this deal, for the record. http://bit.ly/53Np7Z #nhl #hockey #hf
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Toronto Sun: Leafs trying to recover the 1st and 2nd round draft picks (Kessel trade): ---Quot.. http://tinyurl.com/y949awr #nhl #hockey #hf
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Great article from Mike G. Morreale of NHL.com on former Hound Jaden Schwartz and the 2010 entry draft. http://darrendupont.blogspot.com.
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Canes Country >> Latest Trade Adds Further Flux To 2005 NHL Entry Draft http://bit.ly/8G5FYw
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