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NHL Entry Draft 2007

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2007-07-29 - Hurricanes 2007 draft review

A familiar hockey family name topped the Carolina Hurricanes' 2007 draft 

2007-07-25 - Predators 2007 draft review

The Predators were leaders of the charge on Americans in 2007, selecting four, including their top two picks. 

2007-07-21 - Flyers 2007 draft review

On the heels of the worst season in franchise history, the Flyers found themselves in the unfamiliar position of picking near the very top of the NHL draft. The team added to its already-impressive stable of prospects by selecting forward James vanRiemsdyk second overall, highlighting general manager Paul Holmgren's first draft at the helm.

2007-07-18 - Panthers 2007 draft review


The Florida Panthers had eight selections in the 2007 NHL Entry Draft and used those picks to draft one goaltender, three defensemen, and four forwards.

2007-07-18 - Avalanche 2007 draft review

The Avalanche selected nine players in the 2007 NHL Entry Draft: five forwards, two defensemen, and two goaltenders.

2007-07-17 - WHL 2007 Entry Draft review

Thirty-seven WHLers were drafted in 2007, after a down year in 2006.

2007-07-16 - Ducks 2007 draft review

The Anaheim Ducks made eight selections at the 2007 NHL Entry Draft.

2007-07-15 - Rangers 2007 draft review

The Rangers selected six players in the 2007 NHL Entry Draft.

2007-07-14 - Maple Leafs 2007 draft review

When the Leafs finally did get back to making selections instead of trading them away, they were left with their own picks in Rounds 3-7 and an extra pick in the fourth round – thanks to the Mikael Tellqvist trade with Phoenix – for a total of six selections.

2007-07-14 - Penguins 2007 draft review

The Pittsburgh Penguins had Angelo Esposito fall to them at No. 20 in the 2007 NHL Entry Draft.

2007-07-10 - Lightning 2007 draft review

Tampa picked up three extra picks from the Ottawa Senators late in the draft, to make a total of nine picks.

2007-07-10 - Flames 2007 draft review

Heading into the 2007 entry draft, the Calgary Flames owned five selections, including the 18th overall pick.  After numerous pick swaps, the end was result was still five new prospects added to the fold, including center Mikael Backlund, selected 24th overall.

2007-07-10 - Sharks 2007 draft review

The Sharks 2007 Entry Draft went off as a typical one for them compared to the last few years.  The organization traded to get two first-round picks and chose players which they coveted, while moving players who had become disposable to them.

2007-07-09 - Sabres 2007 draft review

The theme of Buffalo's 2007 NHL draft was buying North American.

2007-07-08 - Capitals 2007 draft review

In the 2007 NHL Entry Draft, the Washington Capitals continued to look towards North American defenders, with some gifted forwards later on.

2007-07-08 - Islanders 2007 draft review

The New York Islanders did not begin picking until 62nd overall in 2007.

2007-07-07 - Slovak 2007 draft review

Only three Slovak prospects were selected in the 2007 entry draft.

2007-07-07 - Canucks 2007 draft review

Patrick White led a crop of surprising draft picks by the Canucks this year.

2007-07-07 - Blues 2007 draft review

St. Louis made some minor trades to ensure that they would get targeted players in the 2007 draft.

2007-07-07 - Kings 2007 draft review

2007-07-06 - Finland 2007 draft review

A total of four picks constituted an extremely poor draft for Finland.

2007-07-05 - Devils 2007 draft review

The Devils had six selections at the NHL draft that saw them draft two right wingers, two left wingers and two defensemen.

2007-07-05 - Blue Jackets 2007 draft review

For the third straight season, the Jackets found themselves just outside of the top five selections, yet still had a player widely viewed as their primary target fall through to them.

2007-07-05 - Red Wings 2007 draft review

Quite out of character, the Detroit Red Wings selected only one European in the 2007 NHL Entry Draft.

2007-07-03 - Wild 2007 draft review

The Minnesota Wild made just five selections in this year's NHL Draft, the fewest ever.

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ISS Top 15

  1. Steven Stamkos, C
  2. Nikita Filatov, LW
  3. Drew Doughty, D
  4. Cody Hodgson, C
  5. Alex Pietrangelo, D
  6. Kyle Beach, C
  7. Zach Bogosian, D
  8. Luke Schenn, D
  9. Colin Wilson, C
  10. Mikkel Boedker, LW

Top OHL Prospects 1 - 0

  1. Dan Kelly, D
  2. Luca Caputi, LW
  3. Matt Lahey, RW
  4. Arron Alphonso, RW
  5. Patrik Lusnak, LW

Other OHL Prospects

  1. 1. Chris Carrozzi, G
  2.     Jason Missiaen, G
  3.     Tyler Beskorowany, G
  4.     Justin Levac, LW
  5.     Branislav Rehus, RW
  6.     John Murray, G
  7.     Andrew Loverock, G
  8.     Andrew Engelage, G
  9.     Zach Bogosian, D
  10.     Joshua Bailey, C
  11.     Tyler Cuma, D
  12.     Jamie Arniel, C
  13.     Greg Nemisz, RW
  14.     Shawn Lalonde, D
  15.     Jared Staal, RW
  16.     Adam Comrie, D
  17.     A.J. Jenks, LW
  18.     Eric O'Dell, C
  19.     James Livingston, RW
  20.     Philip McRae, C
  21.     Adam Henrique, C
  22.     Josh Brittain, LW
  23.     Anthony Nigro, C
  24.     Nathan Moon, C
  25.     Julien Demers, D
  26.     Brett Theberge, C
  27.     Luke Pither, C
  28.     Zach Harnden, RW
  29.     Mike Lomas, LW
  30.     Thomas McCollum, G
  31.     Michael Hutchinson, G
  32.     Steven Stamkos, C
  33.     Drew Doughty, D
  34.     Alex Pietrangelo, D
  35.     Cody Hodgson, C
  36.     Michael Del Zotto, D
  37.     Mikkel Boedker, LW

Top WHL Prospects 2 - 1

  1. Eric Doyle, D
  2. Andrew Clark, C
  3. Matt Robertson, C
  4. Kurtis Mucha, G
  5. Radek Meidl, LW

Other WHL Prospects

  1. 1. Travis Ehrhardt, D
  2.     Juraj Valach, D
  3.     Brent Regner, D
  4.     Mitch Czibere, C
  5.     Justin Leclerc, G
  6.     Kyle Beach, C
  7.     Luke Schenn, D
  8.     Colten Teubert, D

Other QMJHL Prospects

  1. 1. Marc-Antoine Desnoyers, D
  2.     David Stich, D
  3.     Maxime Mallette, D
  4.     Jeff Desjardins, C
  5.     Scott Brannon, RW
  6.     Roman Bashkirov, LW
  7.     Keven Dupont, D
  8.     Adam Bourque-Leblanc, D
  9.     Jonathan Carrier, D
  10.     Nicola Riopel, G
  11.     Raffael D'Orso, G
  12.     Robert Slaney, LW
  13.     Martin Bartos, LW

Other USHL Prospects

  1. 1. Drew Leblanc, C
  2.     Tristin Llewellyn, D
  3.     Daniel Lawson, D
  4.     Jordy Christian, C
  5.     Jack Downing, LW
  6.     Robin Bergman, C
  7.     Calle Ridderwall, RW
  8.     Barry Almeida, C

Other CJAHL Prospects

  1. 1. Russell Goodman, LW

Other USA Juniors Prospects

  1. 1. Ryan Hayes, RW
  2.     Mike Biega, C
  3.     Paul Thompson, C
  4.     Cameron Lanoue, RW
  5.     Brandon Martell, D
  6.     Mark Guggenberger, G
  7.     Reid Ellingson, G

Top NCAA Prospects 2 - 7

  1. Dion Knelsen, LW
  2. Ben Smith, C
  3. Brendon Nash, D

Other NCAA Prospects

  1. 1. Colin Wilson, C

Top Sweden Prospects 2 - 9

  1. Oscar Eklund, D
  2. Mark Owuya, G
  3. Patrik Lundh, C

Other Sweden Prospects

  1. 1. Kristofer Berglund, D
  2.     Alexander Eriksson, D
  3.     Sebastian Erixon, D
  4.     Robin Olsson, D
  5.     Oliver Lauridsen, D
  6.     Christian Engstrand, G

Top Finland Prospects 2 - 11

  1. Lassi Kokkala, C
  2. Juha Metsola, G
  3. Jori Lehtera, C
  4. Eetu Poysti, LW
  5. Olavi Vauhkonen, RW
  6. Joonas Jarvinen, D
  7. Tomi Sallinen, C
  8. Juha Jarvenpaa, G

Other Finland Prospects

  1. 1. Mikael Paunio, C
  2.     Juho-Pekka Purolinna, D
  3.     Jussi Makkonen, D
  4.     Eetu Heikkinen, D

Other Switzerland Prospects

  1. 1. Etienne Froidevaux, C
  2.     Roman Schlagenhauf, C
  3.     Patrick Schommer, C
  4.     Gregory Sciaroni, C
  5.     Pascal Berger, D
  6.     Dino Weiser, RW
  7.     Tobias Bucher, C
  8.     Damiano Ciaccio, G
  9.     Dario Buergler, RW
  10.     Marco Maurer, D

Top Russia Prospects 2 - 14

  1. Vitali Karamnov, C

Other Russia Prospects

  1. 1. Andrei Stas, C
  2.     Yakov Seleznev, D
  3.     Igor Averin, LW
  4.     Dmirtri Tsyganov, LW
  5.     Nikolai Lukyanchinkov, D
  6.     Vasily Tokranov, D
  7.     Anton Glovatsky, RW
  8.     Mihail Pashnin, D
  9.     Maxim Vorobyev, RW
  10.     Maxim Isaev, D
  11.     Vadim Zhelobnyuk, G
  12.     Sergei Bobrovsky, G
  13.     Nikita Filatov, LW

Other Czech Republic Prospects

  1. 1. Jan Piskacek, D
  2.     Lukas Lang, D
  3.     Jiri Jebavy, D
  4.     Marek Benda, G
  5.     Radek Vlasanek, RW

Top Slovakia Prospects 2 - 17

  1. Juraj Mikus, D
  2. Adam Bezak, RW
  3. Zdenko Kotvan, G
  4. Marek Daloga, D
  5. Martin Baca, D
  6. Tomas Hiadlovsky, G
  7. Ondrej Rusnak, C
  8. Branislav Horvath, D
  9. Martin Dulak, D

Other Slovakia Prospects

  1. 1. Jozef Molnar, C
  2.     Matej Misura, LW
  3.     Dalimir Jancovic, LW
  4.     Tomas Vyletelka, LW
  5.     Michal Kozak, D
  6.     Tomas Striz, RW

Top Germany Prospects 2 - 19

  1. Thorsten Ankert, D

Other Germany Prospects

  1. 1. Marcel Muller, RW
  2.     Elia Ostwald, C