2007 NHL Entry Draft

2007 NHL Entry Draft Image:NHL-draft-logo-columbus-2007.jpg Columbus, Ohio June 22–23, 2007

The 2007 NHL Entry Draft was the 45th NHL Entry Draft. It was hosted at Nationwide Arena in the city of Columbus, Ohio, United States on June 22, 2007. The draft consisted of seven rounds with rounds 2 through 7 taking place on June 23, 2007.^[1] The draft was televised on TSN and RDS, with the first round simulcasted in the United States on Versus and in Europe on NASN.

Columbus Blue Jackets then President and General Manager Doug MacLean and the NHL announced the event on March 21, 2006. On March 13, 2007, it was reported that NHL owners had voted in favor of changes to the team ranking system which would begin at the 2007 draft.

Contents 1 Lottery system 2 Draft day trades 2.1 June 22 2.2 June 23 3 Central Scouting final rankings 3.1 Skaters 3.2 Goaltenders 4 Draft order 4.1 Round 1 4.2 Round 2 4.3 Round 3 4.4 Round 4 4.5 Round 5 4.6 Round 6 4.7 Round 7 4.8 Draftees based on nationality 5 External links 6 Footnotes

Lottery system

Starting with the 2007 NHL Entry Draft, the Stanley Cup champion and runner-up will receive the 30th and 29th picks respectively. The conference finalists will get the 28th and 27th picks, and all other playoff teams will get picks based on their regular season point totals, but with the division winners getting the latest picks even if they had fewer points during the regular season than a non-division winner.

The draft order of the first 14 picks was determined by a lottery involving the non-playoff teams on April 10 ^[2].

Under the weighted lottery system, the club with the fewest regular-season points had the greatest chance (25%) of winning the Draft Drawing and could pick no lower than second at the 2007 Entry Draft. The winner of the drawing would move up a maximum of four places, with all other clubs' draft order being adjusted accordingly (no team moving down more than one spot).

The Chicago Blackhawks, originally slated to draft in 5th place, won the lottery and as a result had the first overall pick in the draft.^[3]

Draft day trades

June 22 To Toronto Maple Leafs Vesa Toskala Mark Bell To San Jose Sharks 1st round pick in 2007 2nd round pick in 2007 4th round pick in 2009[4] To Calgary Flames Adrian Aucoin 7th round pick in 2007 To Chicago Blackhawks Andrei Zyuzin Steve Marr[5] To Florida Panthers Tomas Vokoun To Nashville Predators 1st round pick in 2008 2nd round pick in 2007 2nd round pick in 2008[6] To Pittsburgh Penguins 3rd round pick in 2007 To Atlanta Thrashers Chris Thorburn To San Jose Sharks 1st round pick in 2007 To St. Louis Blues 1st round pick in 2007 2nd round pick in 2007 3rd round pick in 2008 To Minnesota Wild 1st round pick in 2007 To Anaheim Ducks 1st round pick in 2007 2nd round pick in 2007 To St. Louis Blues 1st round pick in 2007 To Calgary Flames 1st round pick in 2007 3rd round pick in 2007 To Edmonton Oilers 1st round pick in 2007 To Phoenix Coyotes 1st round pick in 2007 2nd round pick in 2007 To San Jose Sharks 1st round pick in 2007 To Washington Capitals 2nd round pick in 2007 2nd round pick in 2008

June 23 To Boston Bruins 2nd round pick in 2007 To Chicago Blackhawks 2nd round pick in 2007 3rd round pick in 2007 To Philadelphia Flyers 2nd round pick in 2007 To Washington Capitals 3rd round pick in 2007 2nd round pick in 2008 To San Jose Sharks 3rd round pick in 2007 To Colorado Avalanche 4th round pick in 2007 5th round pick in 2007 6th round pick in 2008 To Columbus Blue Jackets 4th round pick in 2007 To Dallas Stars 5th round pick in 2007 5th round pick in 2007 5th round pick in 2007 To Los Angeles Kings 4th round pick in 2007 To Washington Capitals 6th round pick in 2007 4th round pick in 2008 To Calgary Flames 4th round pick in 2007 To Buffalo Sabres 5th round pick in 2007 5th round pick in 2007 To Calgary Flames 5th round pick in 2007 To Colorado Avalanche 6th round pick in 2007 6th round pick in 2007 To Tampa Bay Lightning 5th round pick in 2007 7th round pick in 2007 7th round pick in 2007 To Ottawa Senators 4th round pick in 2008 To Boston Bruins 6th round pick in 2007 To Colorado Avalanche 6th round pick in 2008 To Carolina Hurricanes Michael Leighton To Montreal Canadiens 7th round pick in 2007

Central Scouting final rankings

Skaters

	North American	European
1	Kyle Turris (C)	Alexei Cherepanov (RW)
2	Patrick Kane (RW)	Mikael Backlund (C)
3	James vanRiemsdyk (LW)	Lars Eller (C/W)
4	Thomas Hickey (D)	Maxim Mayorov (RW)
5	Karl Alzner (D)	Joakim Andersson (C)
6	Sam Gagner (C)	Simon Hjalmarsson (RW)
7	Jakub Voráček (RW)	Nichlas Torp (D)
8	Angelo Esposito (C)	Sergei Korostin (RW)
9	Zach Hamill (C)	Maxim Goncharov (D)
10	David Perron (LW)	Evgeni Dadonov (RW)

Goaltenders

	North American	European
1	Jeremy Smith	Joel Gistedt
2	Trevor Cann	Mark Owuya
3	Antoine Lafleur	Marek Benda

Draft order

Selections By Round

Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Round 5 | Round 6 | Round 7

Round 1

#	Player	Nationality	NHL Team	College/Junior Club/European Team
1	Patrick Kane (RW)	United States	Chicago Blackhawks	London Knights (OHL)
2	James vanRiemsdyk (LW)	United States	Philadelphia Flyers	US National Team Development Program (NAHL)
3	Kyle Turris (C)	Canada	Phoenix Coyotes	Burnaby Express (BCHL)
4	Thomas Hickey (D)	Canada	Los Angeles Kings	Seattle Thunderbirds (WHL)
5	Karl Alzner (D)	Canada	Washington Capitals	Calgary Hitmen (WHL)
6	Sam Gagner (C/W)	Canada	Edmonton Oilers	London Knights (OHL)
7	Jakub Voracek (RW)	Czech Republic	Columbus Blue Jackets	Halifax Mooseheads (QMJHL)
8	Zach Hamill (C)	Canada	Boston Bruins	Everett Silvertips (WHL)
9	Logan Couture (C)	Canada	San Jose Sharks (from St. Louis)[7]	Ottawa 67's (OHL)
10	Keaton Ellerby (D)	Canada	Florida Panthers	Kamloops Blazers (WHL)
11	Brandon Sutter (C/RW)	Canada	Carolina Hurricanes	Red Deer Rebels (WHL)
12	Ryan McDonagh (D)	United States	Montreal Canadiens	Cretin-Derham Hall (USHS-Minnesota)
13	Lars Eller (C/W)	Denmark	St. Louis Blues (from Toronto via San Jose)[8]	Frölunda HC (Swe Jr.)
14	Kevin Shattenkirk (D)	United States	Colorado Avalanche	US National Team Development Program (NAHL)
15	Alex Plante (D)	Canada	Edmonton Oilers (from New York Islanders)[9]	Calgary Hitmen (WHL)
16	Colton Gillies (C)	Canada	Minnesota Wild (from Tampa Bay via Anaheim)[10]	Saskatoon Blades (WHL)
17	Alexei Cherepanov (RW)	Russia	New York Rangers	Avangard Omsk (RSL)
18	Ian Cole (D)	United States	St. Louis Blues (from Calgary)[11]	US National Team Development Program (NAHL)
19	Logan MacMillan (C)	Canada	Anaheim Ducks (from Minnesota)[12]	Halifax Mooseheads (QMJHL)
20	Angelo Esposito (C)	Canada	Pittsburgh Penguins	Québec Remparts (QMJHL)
21	Riley Nash (C)	Canada	Edmonton Oilers (from Dallas via Phoenix)[13]	Salmon Arm Silverbacks (BCHL)
22	Max Pacioretty (LW)	United States	Montreal Canadiens (from San Jose)[14]	Sioux City Musketeers (USHL)
23	Jonathon Blum (D)	United States	Nashville Predators (from Nashville via Philadelphia)[15]	Vancouver Giants (WHL)
24	Mikael Backlund (C)	Sweden	Calgary Flames (from Atlanta via St. Louis)[16]	Västerås IK (Allsvenskan)
25	Patrick White (C)	United States	Vancouver Canucks	University of Minnesota Golden Gophers (NCAA)
26	David Perron (LW)	Canada	St. Louis Blues (from New Jersey via San Jose)[17]	Lewiston MAINEiacs (QMJHL)
27	Brendan Smith (D)	Canada	Detroit Red Wings	St. Michael's Buzzers (OPJHL)
28	Nick Petrecki (D)	United States	San Jose Sharks (from Buffalo via Washington)[18]	Omaha Lancers (USHL)
29	Jim O'Brien (C)	United States	Ottawa Senators	University of Minnesota (WCHA)
30	Nick Ross (D)	Canada	Phoenix Coyotes (from Anaheim via Edmonton)[19]	Regina Pats (WHL)

• The 2007 NHL Entry Draft marked the first time in NHL history in which American players were selected with the top two picks, with Patrick Kane and James vanRiemsdyk being selected by the Chicago Blackhawks and Philadelphia Flyers, respectively.
• The 2007 NHL draft also tied the record of the most Americans being selected in the first round with 10 players.^[20]

Round 2

#	Player	Nationality	NHL Team	College/Junior Club Team
31	T.J. Brennan (D)	United States	Buffalo Sabres (from Philadelphia)[21]	St. John's Fog Devils (QMJHL)
32	Brett MacLean (LW)	Canada	Phoenix Coyotes	Oshawa Generals (OHL)
33	Taylor Ellington (D)	Canada	Vancouver Canucks (from Los Angeles)[22]	Everett Silvertips (WHL)
34	Josh Godfrey (D)	Canada	Washington Capitals	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHL)
35	Tommy Cross (D)	United States	Boston Bruins (from Chicago Blackhawks)[23]	Westminster (USHS-Connecticut)
36	Joel Gistedt (G)	Sweden	Phoenix Coyotes (from Edmonton Oilers)[24]	Frölunda HC (SEL)
37	Stefan Legein (RW)	Canada	Columbus Blue Jackets	Mississauga IceDogs (OHL)
38	Bill Sweatt (LW)	United States	Chicago Blackhawks (from Boston Bruins)[25]	Colorado College (WCHA)
39	Simon Hjalmarsson (RW)	Sweden	St. Louis Blues	Frölunda HC (Swe Jr.)
40	Michal Repik (RW)	Czech Republic	Florida Panthers	Vancouver Giants (WHL)
41	Kevin Marshall (D)	Canada	Philadelphia Flyers (from Carolina via Pittsburgh, San Jose and Washington)[26]	Lewiston MAINEiacs (QMJHL)
42	Eric Tangradi (C)	United States	Anaheim Ducks (from Minnesota)[27]	Belleville Bulls (OHL)
43	P. K. Subban (D)	Canada	Montreal Canadiens	Belleville Bulls (OHL)
44	Aaron Palushaj (RW)	United States	St. Louis Blues (from Toronto via San Jose)[28]	Des Moines Buccaneers (USHL)
45	Colby Cohen (D)	United States	Colorado Avalanche	Lincoln Stars (USHL)
46	Ted Ruth (D)	United States	Washington Capitals (from NY Islanders)[29]	US National Team Development Program (NAHL)
47	Dana Tyrell (C/RW)	Canada	Tampa Bay Lightning	Prince George Cougars (WHL)
48	Antoine Lafleur (G)	Canada	New York Rangers	PEI Rocket (QMJHL)
49	Trevor Cann (G)	Canada	Colorado Avalanche (from Calgary)[30]	Peterborough Petes (OHL)
50	Nico Sacchetti (C)	United States	Dallas Stars (from Minnesota)[31]	Virginia (USHS-Minnesota)
51	Keven Veilleux (C)	Canada	Pittsburgh Penguins	Victoriaville Tigres (QMJHL)
52	Oscar Moller (C)	Sweden	Los Angeles Kings (from Dallas)[32]	Chilliwack Bruins (WHL)
53	Will Weber (D)	United States	Columbus Blue Jackets (from San Jose)[33]	Gaylord (USHS-Michigan)
54	Jeremy Smith (G)	United States	Nashville Predators	Plymouth Whalers (OHL)
55	T.J. Galiardi (W)	Canada	Colorado Avalanche (from Atlanta via Anaheim)[34]	Dartmouth (ECAC)
56	Akim Aliu (C/RW)	Nigeria	Chicago Blackhawks (from Vancouver)[35]	Sudbury Wolves (OHL)
57	Mike Hoeffel (W)	United States	New Jersey Devils	US National Team Development Program (NAHL)
58	Nick Spaling (C)	Canada	Nashville Predators (from Detroit via Florida)[36]	Kitchener Rangers (OHL)
59	Drew Schiestel (D)	Canada	Buffalo Sabres	Mississauga IceDogs (OHL)
60	Ruslan Bashkirov (LW)	Russia	Ottawa Senators	Quebec Remparts (QMJHL)
61	Wayne Simmonds (RW)	Canada	Los Angeles Kings (from Anaheim via Vancouver)[37]	Owen Sound Attack (OHL)

Round 3

#	Player	Nationality	NHL Team	College/Junior/Club Team
62	Mark Katic (D)	Canada	New York Islanders (from Philadelphia)[38]	Sarnia Sting (OHL)
63	Maxime Macenauer (C)	Canada	Anaheim Ducks (from Phoenix via Boston)[39]	Rouyn-Noranda Huskies (QMJHL)
64	Sergei Korostin (RW)	Russia	Dallas Stars (from Los Angeles)[40]	Dynamo Moscow (RSL)
65	Olivier Fortier (C)	Canada	Montreal Canadiens (from Washington)[41]	Rimouski Oceanic (QMJHL)
66	Garrett Klotz (LW)	Canada	Philadelphia Flyers (from Chicago)[42]	Saskatoon Blades (WHL)
67	Spencer Machacek (RW)	Canada	Atlanta Thrashers (from Edmonton via Minnesota)[43]	Vancouver Giants (WHL)
68	Jake Hansen (W)	United States	Columbus Blue Jackets	Sioux Falls Stampede (USHL)
69	Maxime Tanguay (C)	Canada	Chicago Blackhawks (from Boston)[44]	Rimouski Oceanic (QMJHL)
70	John Negrin (D)	Canada	Calgary Flames (from St. Louis)[45]	Kootenay Ice (WHL)
71	Evgeny Dadonov (RW)	Russia	Florida Panthers	Traktor Chelyabinsk (RSL)
72	Drayson Bowman (C/RW)	United States	Carolina Hurricanes	Spokane Chiefs (WHL)
73	Yannick Weber (D)	Switzerland	Montreal Canadiens	Kitchener Rangers (OHL)
74	Dale Mitchell (RW)	Canada	Toronto Maple Leafs	Oshawa Generals (OHL)
75	Luca Cunti (C/LW)	Switzerland	Tampa Bay Lightning (from Colorado via Anaheim)[46]	Dubendorf (Swiss 3)
76	Jason Gregoire (LW)	Canada	New York Islanders	Lincoln Stars (USHL)
77	Alexander Killorn (C)	Canada	Tampa Bay Lightning	Deerfield Academy (USHS-Massachusetts)
78	Robert Bortuzzo (D)	Canada	Pittsburgh Penguins (from New York Rangers via Atlanta)[47]	Kitchener Rangers (OHL)
79	Nick Palmieri (RW)	United States	New Jersey Devils (from Calgary)[48]	Erie Otters (OHL)
80	Casey Pierro-Zabotel (C)	Canada	Pittsburgh Penguins (from Minnesota)[49]	Merritt Centennials (BCHL)
81	Ryan Thang (LW)	United States	Nashville Predators (from Pittsburgh)[50]	Notre Dame (CCHA)
82	Bryan Cameron (C/RW)	Canada	Los Angeles Kings (from Dallas)[51]	Belleville Bulls (OHL)
83	Timo Pielmeier (G)	Germany	San Jose Sharks	Kölner Haie (DEL)
84	Phil DeSimone (C)	United States	Washington Capitals (from Nashville via Philadelphia)[52]	Sioux City Musketeers (USHL)
85	Brett Sonne (C/LW)	Canada	St. Louis Blues (from Atlanta)[53]	Calgary Hitmen (WHL)
86	Josh Unice (G)	United States	Chicago Blackhawks (from Vancouver)[54]	US National Development Program (NAHL)
87	Corbin McPherson (D)	United States	New Jersey Devils	Cowichan Valley Capitals (BCHL)
88	Joakim Andersson (C)	Sweden	Detroit Red Wings	Frölunda HC (Swe Jr.)
89	Corey Tropp (RW)	United States	Buffalo Sabres	Sioux Falls Stampede (USHL)
90	Louie Caporusso (C/LW)	Canada	Ottawa Senators	St. Michael's Buzzers (OPJHL)
91	Tyson Sexsmith (G)	Canada	San Jose Sharks (from Anaheim via Colorado)[55]	Vancouver Giants (WHL)

Round 4

#	Player	Nationality	NHL Team	College/Junior/Club Team
92	Justin Vaive (LW)	United States	Anaheim Ducks (from PHI)	US National Team Development Program (NAHL)
93	Stephen Kampfer (D)	United States	Anaheim Ducks (from PHX)	University of Michigan (CCHA)
94	Maxim Mayorov (W)	Russia	Columbus Blue Jackets (from LA via DAL)	Leninogorsk (Russia-2)
95	Alec Martinez (D)	United States	Los Angeles Kings (from WSH)	Miami University (CCHA)
96	Cade Fairchild (D)	United States	St. Louis Blues (from CHI via CAR)	US National Team Development Program (NAHL)
97	Linus Omark (W)	Sweden	Edmonton Oilers	Luleå HF (SEL)
98	Sebastian Stefaniszin (G)	Germany	Anaheim Ducks (from CBJ)	Eisbären Berlin (DEL)
99	Matt Frattin (RW)	Canada	Toronto Maple Leafs (from BOS via PHX)	Fort Saskatchewan Traders (AJHL)
100	Travis Erstad (C/RW)	United States	St. Louis Blues	Lincoln Stars (USHL)
101	Matt Rust (C)	United States	Florida Panthers	US National Team Development Program (NAHL)
102	Justin McCrae (C)	Canada	Carolina Hurricanes	Saskatoon Blades (WHL)
103	Vladimir Ruzicka (C)	Czech Republic	Phoenix Coyotes (from MTL)	Slavia (Czech Republic)
104	Ben Winnett (LW)	Canada	Toronto Maple Leafs	Salmon Arm Silverbacks (BCHL)
105	Brad Malone (C/LW)	Canada	Colorado Avalanche	Sioux Falls Stampede (USHL)
106	Maxim Gratchev (LW)	Russia	New York Islanders	Rimouski Oceanic (QMJHL)
107	Mitch Fadden (C)	Canada	Tampa Bay Lightning	Lethbridge Hurricanes (WHL)
108	Brett Bruneteau (C)	United States	Washington Capitals (from NYR)	Omaha Lancers (USHL)
109	Dwight King (C/LW)	Canada	Los Angeles Kings (from CGY)	Lethbridge Hurricanes (WHL)
110	Justin Falk (D)	Canada	Minnesota Wild	Spokane Chiefs (WHL)
111	Luca Caputi (LW)	Canada	Pittsburgh Penguins	Mississauga IceDogs (OHL)
112	Colton Sceviour (C/RW)	Canada	Dallas Stars	Portland Winter Hawks (WHL)
113	Kent Patterson (G)	United States	Colorado Avalanche (from SJ)	Cedar Rapids RoughRiders (USHL)
114	Ben Ryan (C)	United States	Nashville Predators	University of Notre Dame (CCHA)
115	Niclas Lucenius (C)	Finland	Atlanta Thrashers	Tappara (SM-liiga)
116	Keith Aulie (D)	Canada	Calgary Flames (from VAN via BUF)	Brandon Wheat Kings (WHL)
117	Matthew Halischuk (RW)	Canada	New Jersey Devils	Kitchener Rangers (OHL)
118	Alex Grant (D)	Canada	Pittsburgh Penguins (from DET)	Saint John Sea Dogs (QMJHL)
119	Mark Santorelli (C)	Canada	Nashville Predators (from BUF)	Chilliwack Bruins (WHL)
120	Ben Blood (D)	United States	Ottawa Senators	Shattuck-Saint Mary's (USHS-Minnesota)
121	Mattias Modig (G)	Sweden	Anaheim Ducks	Luleå HF (SEL)

Round 5

#	Player	Nationality	NHL Team	College/Junior/Club Team
122	Mario Kempe (RW)	Sweden	Philadelphia Flyers	St. John's Fog Devils (QMJHL)
123	Maxim Goncharov (D)	Russia	Phoenix Coyotes	CSKA 2 (Russia-3)
124	Linden Rowat (G)	Canada	Los Angeles Kings	Regina Pats (WHL)
125	Brett Leffler (RW)	Canada	Washington Capitals	Regina Pats (WHL)
126	Joe Lavin (D)	United States	Chicago Blackhawks	US National Team Development Program (NAHL)
127	Milan Kytnar (C)	Slovakia	Edmonton Oilers	Topolcany (Slovakia-2)
128	Austin Smith (RW)	United States	Dallas Stars (from CBJ)	The Gunnery (USHS-Connecticut)
129	Jamie Benn (LW)	Canada	Dallas Stars (from BOS via CBJ)	Victoria Grizzlies (BCHL)
130	Denis Reul (D)	Germany	Boston Bruins (from STL)	Heilbronn (Germany-3)
131	John Lee (D)	United States	Florida Panthers	Moorhead (USHS-Minnesota)
132	Chris Terry (LW)