| As you can see here, a lot of picks traded hands over and over again. GMs were busy and ruthless to get into the spot they wanted to get in to make sure the player they wanted didn't get away. "By far one of the busiest entry drafts we have ever encountered. There was tons of paper work to get filed and processed. It was pure insanity for most of the day" said an NVW official. The only eye popping picks were the picks that GMs felt they rather secure their teams needs with youth potential then take the player that was best at that position. For instance, St. Louis took Mike Comrie over Brian Rafalski and Mike Commodore. But all in all, the draft went as predicted and planned. A few surprises that went in the second round which could of and possibly should of been first round selections were: Niclas havelid, Juraj Kolnik, John Graham, and Radek Martinek to name a couple. Then we had two steals in the 3rd round where the Philadelphia Flyers (via the Minnesota Saints) grabbed Ruslan Fedetenko, and the Winnepeg Jets got tough, gritty Brian McGrattan. And now, onto training camps to learn how to skate with the big boys. Who will make the biggest impact and who will be the best buy of this draft? We sure will find out within the year - at least we hope. Until then.... |
