In what turned out to be a pretty anticlimactic lottery ceremony, the Islanders retained their fifth spot in the 2008 Entry Draft. So say goodbye to those dreams of Steven Stamkos. Luckily, this is a pretty deep draft class. And it may or may not help that 4 of the top 7 rated prospects are defensemen. Not having done my homework yet on the needs of the teams that pick second through fourth -LA, Atlanta, and St. Louis - I can only hope that these teams are looking for some help on the blue line. If so, we can hopefully land the best forward whose name isn't Stamkos.
For those that watched the ceremony, how much were you hoping to see St. Louis' logo come out of the #1 envelope, ensuring Stamkos would help build a new powerhouse in the Western Conference rather than in our own backyard? A team with Lecavalier, St. Louis, and Stamkos won't be bad for long.
If anyone is curious about the picks we have in this year's draft, check out this site. You can see the picks we have in each round for this year's draft as well as the 2009 draft, including information on how we acquired each pick.
The 2008 Entry Draft begins on Friday, June 20.
Tuesday, April 8, 2008
We Were In It, But We Didn't Win It
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I'm still not sure how a team with St. Louis and Lecavalier got the #1 pick to begin with. How was that team so bad?
Well #5 is pretty good. Assuming Snow doesn't think he can get a #1 Center in Free Agency, I look for either Beach, Wilson or Hodgson to come our way. Filatov looks good but he's a winger.
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