NHL Draft

[rhovorka]

So I was more than surprised to flip my TV to espn2 just as they were talking about....Dartmouth hockey?  Jessiman just went #12 overall by a team that's talked about way too much on this board.  :-P

Ithaca native Dustin Brown followed him at #13 by the Kings.  The commentators talked about him being part of a "new trend" of US born players going to the Canadian Juniors, and then said "Native of Ithaca?  How did Cornell University not get him??"

Vanek went #5 to the Sabres.

[Jeff Hopkins \'82]

Now I have one more reason to hate Jessiman.

JH

[ugarte]

I checked my watch, and it appears that it is time for Jessiman to start sucking.

#1 overall was Marc-Andre Fleury, the guy who started ahead of Lenny on the Canadian WJC team.

[cbuckser]

NCAA 1st-round picks:
Thomas Vanek (Minnesota '06), 5th overall, Buffalo Sabres
Ryan Suter (Wisconsin '07), 7th overall, Nashville Predators
Hugh Jessiman (Dartmouth '06), 12th overall, New York Rangers
Zach Parise (North Dakota '06), 17th overall, New Jersey Devils
Mark Stuart (Colorado College '06), 21st overall, Boston Bruins
Ryan Kesler (Ohio State '06), 23rd overall, Vancouver Canucks
Brian Boyle (Boston College '07), 26th overall, Los Angeles Kings
Jeff Tambellini (Michigan '06), 27th overall, Los Angeles Kings
Patrick Eaves (Boston College '06), 29th overall, Ottawa Senators

NCAA 2nd-round picks:
Danny Richmond (Michigan '06), 31st overall, Carolina Hurricanes
Matt Smaby (North Dakota '07), 41st overall, Tampa Bay Lightning
Matthew Carle (Denver '07), 47th overall, San Jose Sharks
Colin McDonald (Providence '07), 51st overall, Edmonton Oilers
John Doherty (New Hampshire '07), 57th overall, Toronto Maple Leafs
David Backes (Minnesota State-Mankato '07), 62nd overall, Tampa Bay Lightning
James Howard (Maine '06), 64th overall, Detroit Red Wings



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[Jeff Hopkins \'82]

Shane Hynes to Anaheim with the 86th pick.

JH

[Josh '99]

Also O'Byrne to Montreal, 79th.

[Jeff Hopkins \'82]

Third Round:

75   New York Rangers,        Ken Roche, C (I)          Boston University (HEA)
78   Minnesota Wild,          Danny Irmen, C (I)        Minnesota (WCHA)
79   Montreal Canadiens,      Ryan O'Byrne, D (I)       Cornell (ECAC)
83   Washington Capitals,     Stephen Werner, RW        Massachusetts (HEA)
86   Anaheim Mighty Ducks,    Shane Hynes, RW           Cornell (ECAC)
87   Philadelphia Flyers,     Ryan Potulny, C (I)       Minnesota (WCHA)

[IHS \'00]

While it would've been awesome to have Dustin Brown play for Cornell, I think a lot of people forget that the moment he agreed to play Canadian Juniors -- i.e. three years ago, when he was 15 -- he lost the eligibility to play for any college team.  It's not like there was some huge recruiting coup and Cornell lost him to another NCAA team; instead, he made an active decision to do what would help him develop his skills to the fullest extent possible.  As much as I would have loved to see him in a Cornell jersey, I think it's hard to argue against his decision given the results of the draft.

[cbuckser]

Late 3rd-round NCAA picks:
Juha Allen (Northern Michigan '06), 90th overall, Anaheim Mighty Ducks
Matt Nickerson (Michigan '07), 99th overall, Dallas Stars

[JordanCS]

I'm just thinking....Murray (and Mark McRae, wasn't he?) was an 8th round pick, and O'Byrne is a 3rd round pick.  If O'Byrne ends up better than Murray and McRae by the end of college....we've got a damn good defensemen on our hands.

[ugarte]

What does (I) mean?

[CUlater \'89]

(I) means "incoming", as in "incoming NCAA player".

[Jeff Hopkins \'82]

Unless he pulls a Niewendyk and opts out early.

[cbuckser]

The Bruins picked Byron Bitz in the fourth round, and the Avalanche picked Mark McCutcheon in the fifth.

NCAA picks in the 4th through 9th rounds (from USCHO):

Round Four
Pick  NHL Team               Name, Pos                  School (Conference)
103   Columbus Blue Jackets  Kevin Jarman, LW (I)       Massachusetts (HEA)
107   Boston Bruins          Byron Bitz, RW (I)         Cornell (ECAC)
122   New York Rangers       Corey Potter, D            Michigan State (CCHA)
124   Florida Panthers       James Pemberton, D         Providence (HEA)
128   Vancouver Canucks      Ty Morris, LW (I)          Denver (WCHA)
136   Atlanta Thrashers      Michael Vannelli, D (I)    Minnesota (WCHA)

Round Five
Pick  NHL Team               Name, Pos                  School (Conference)
137   Carolina Hurricanes    Tyson Strachan, D (I)      Ohio State (CCHA)
141   Florida Panthers       Dan Travis, RW (I)         New Hampshire (HEA)
142   Ottawa Senators        Tim Cook, D (I)            Michigan (CCHA)
143   Calgary Flames         Greg Moore, RW             Maine (HEA)
145   Atlanta Thrashers      Brett Sterling, LW         Colorado College (WCHA)
146   Colorado Avalanche     Mark McCutcheon, C (I)     Cornell (ECAC)
148   St. Louis Blues        Lee Stempniak, RW          Dartmouth (ECAC)
150   Buffalo Sabres         Thomas Morrow, D (I)       Boston University (HEA)
152   Los Angeles Kings      Brady Murray, C (I)        North Dakota (WCHA)
154   Edmonton Oilers        David Rohlfs, RW (I)       Michigan (CCHA)
155   Washington Capitals    Josh Robertson, C (I)      Northeastern-'04 (HEA)
165   Dallas Stars           Gino Guyer, C              Minnesota (WCHA)
167   New Jersey Devils      Zach Tarkir, D (I)         Northern Michigan (CCHA)

Round Six
Pick  NHL Team               Name, Pos                  School (Conference)
175   Atlanta Thrashers      Mike Hamilton, F (I)       Maine (HEA)
180   New York Rangers       Chris Holt, G (I)          Nebraska-Omaha (CCHA)
186   Anaheim Mighty Ducks   Andrew Miller, LW (I)      Michigan St. (CCHA)
189   St. Louis Blues        Jonathan Lehun, C (*)      St. Cloud State (WCHA)
190   Vancouver Canucks      Chad Brownlee, D (I)       Minnesota St. (WCHA)
195   Dallas Stars           Drew Bagnall, D (I)        St. Lawrence (ECAC)
197   New Jersey Devils      Jason Smith, G (I)         Sacred Heart (MAAC)

Round Seven
Pick  NHL Team               Name, Pos                  School (Conference)
205   San Jose Sharks        Joe Pavelski, C (I)        Wisconsin-'04 (WCHA)
209   New York Rangers       Dylan Reese, D (I)         Harvard (ECAC)
211   Chicago Blackhawks     Mike Brodeur, G (I)        Wisconsin (WCHA)
218   Anaheim Mighty Ducks   Dirk Southern, C           Northern Michigan (CCHA)
225   Colorado Avalanche     Brett Hemingway, W (I)     New Hampshire (HEA)
227   Tampa Bay Lightning    Jay Rosehill, D (I)        uncommitted

Round Eight
Pick  NHL Team               Name, Pos                  School (Conference)
230   Carolina Hurricanes    Jamie Hoffman, C (I)       Colorado College (WCHA)
231   Los Angeles Kings      Matt Zaba, G (I)           Colorado College (WCHA)
232   Pittsburgh Penguins    Joe Jensen, C              St. Cloud State (WCHA)
238   New York Islanders     Cody Blanshan, D           Nebraska-Omaha (CCHA)
244   Los Angeles Kings      Mike Sullivan, C (I)       Clarkson (ECAC)
249   Washington Capitals    Andrew Joudrey, C (I)      Wisconsin (WCHA)
256   Tampa Bay Lightning    Brady Greco, D (I)         Colorado College (WCHA)

Round Nine
Pick  NHL Team               Name, Pos                  School (Conference)
263   Pittsburgh Penguins    Matt Moulson, LW           Cornell (ECAC)
265   Florida Panthers       Tanner Glass, F (I)        Dartmouth (ECAC)
267   San Jose Sharks        Brian O'Hanley, D (I)      Boston College-'04 (HEA)
269   Atlanta Thrashers      Rylan Kaip, C (I)          uncommitted
270   Calgary Flames         Kevin Harvey, LW (I)       uncommitted
272   Phoenix Coyotes        Sean Sullivan, D (I)       Boston University (HEA)
274   Los Angeles Kings      Martin Guerin, RW (I)      Miami (CCHA)
275   Chicago Blackhawks     Michael Grenzy, D (I)      Clarkson (ECAC)
276   New York Islanders     Carter Lee, F (I)          uncommitted
277   Boston Bruins          Kevin Regan, G (I)         New Hampshire-'04 (HEA)
282   Toronto Maple Leafs    Chris Porter, C (I)        North Dakota (WCHA)
288   Colorado Avalanche     David Jones, RW (I)        Dartmouth (ECAC)
291   Ottawa Senators        Brian Elliott, G (I)       uncommitted

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[JordanCS]

Wow...we've got an amazing incoming class, it seems.  Have we ever had 3 incoming players drafted in round 5 or higher? (4 total)  Most of our incoming guys end up getting drafted in the later rounds. (at least, in recent memory)