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 Trades dominate round one of NHL draft

Friday, June 20, 2008

The Dallas Stars were quiet on the first day of the NHL Entry Draft in Ottawa, but several teams were busy not only with the draft but on the trade front as well. There were 13 total trades made Friday night, including some big deals involving players like Olli Jokinen, Alex Tanguay and Mike Cammalleri.

As expected, forward Steve Stamkos went first overall to the Tampa Bay Lightning. But before the first pick was made the trade news was already breaking.

Florida dealt Jokinen to the Phoenix Coyotes for defensemen Keith Ballard and Nick Boynton and the 49th overall pick in the draft.

Calgary, Los Angeles and Anaheim pulled off a three-way deal. The Flames traded the 17th pick and a 2nd round pick in 2009 to Los Angeles for Cammalleri and the Kings’ 2nd round pick (48th overall). The Kings then packaged the 17th and 28th pick (acquired from Dallas last season) and sent it to Anaheim for the 12th pick in the draft.

The Flames traded Tanguay and a fifth round pick (138th overall) to Montreal for the 25th pick and a 2nd round pick in 2009.

There were also eight trades involving just picks as teams moved around in the first round of the draft, which lasted almost four hours.

Although Stamkos went first overall, the first round of the draft was heavy on defensemen. A  total of 12 blue liners were taken in the first round, including ten of the first 20 selections.

Stars' pick gets moved around

The Dallas Stars would have picked 28th in the first round, but they sent that pick to the Los Angeles Kings at the 2007 trade deadline as part of the deal that brought Mattias Norstrom to Dallas.

That 28th pick eventually ended up in the hands of the Phoenix Coyotes, who used it to select Russian forward Viktor Tikhonov.

But that 28th pick changed hands a few times during the night. It started with the Kings, who move it to Anaheim as part of a three-way trade with Calgary. The Ducks then traded the 28th pick to the Coyotes for two second round picks (35th and 39th overall).

Stars with five picks on day two

Rounds 2-7 of the draft will be held Saturday. The Stars' first scheduled pick is in the second round (59th overall).

Co-GM Brett Hull said although the Stars didn't get a first round pick on Friday, he still thinks there is enough quality in the draft to get some good prospects on Saturday.

"Players are so good now and drafts are so deep that in the middle or late second round you can get some good players," Hull told the NHL Network Friday night. "I look at our team that came within two wins of the Stanley Cup and we had four or five players from the second round or later. There's a lot of good players out there and you trust your scouts to pick them up."

Besides the second round pick, the Stars have a third round pick (89th overall), a fifth round pick (149th overall), a sixth round pick (176th overall) and a 7th round pick (209th overall).

Friday's draft picks

Here's a look at the picks in Friday's first round of the NHL Entry Draft.

Trade Log

Here's the list of trades made on the first day of the NHL Entry Draft:

*Florida traded C Olli Jokinen to Phoenix for D Keith Ballard, D Nick Boynton and Ottawa’s 2nd-round pick in the 2008 Entry Draft (49th overall, previously acquired).

*Calgary traded its 1st-round pick in the 2008 Entry Draft (17th overall) and 2nd-round pick in 2009 to Los Angeles for C Mike Cammalleri and the Kings’ 2nd-round pick in 2008 (48th overall, previously acquired).

*Anaheim traded Edmonton’s 1st-round pick in the 2008 Entry Draft (12th overall, previously acquired) to Los Angeles for Calgary’s 1st-round pick (17th overall, previously acquired) and Dallas’ 1st-round pick in 2008 (28th overall, previously acquired).

*Columbus traded Colorado’s 1st-round pick in the 2008 Entry Draft (19th overall, previously acquired) and the Blue Jackets’ 3rd-round pick in 2008 (67th overall) to Philadelphia for C R.J. Umberger and the Flyers’ 4th-round pick in 2008 (118th overall).

*Calgary traded LW Alex Tanguay and its 5th-round pick in the 2008 Entry Draft (138th overall) to Montreal for the Canadiens’ 1st-round pick in 2008 (25th overall) and 2nd-round pick in 2009.

*NY Islanders traded their 1st-round pick in the 2008 Entry Draft (fifth overall) to Toronto for the Maple Leafs’ 1st-round pick in 2008 (seventh overall) and, at the Islanders’ option: either Pittsburgh’s 2nd-round pick in 2008 (60th overall, previously acquired) and Toronto’s 3rd-round pick in 2009; or Toronto’s 3rd-round pick in 2008 (68th overall) and Toronto’s 2nd-round pick in 2009.

*NY Islanders traded Toronto’s 1st-round pick in the 2008 Entry Draft (seventh overall, previously acquired) to Nashville for Florida’s 1st-round pick in 2008 (ninth overall, previously acquired) and Florida’s 2nd-round pick in 2008 (40th overall, previously acquired).

*Buffalo traded its 1st-round pick in the 2008 Entry Draft (13th overall) and its 3rd-round pick in 2009 to Los Angeles for Edmonton’s 1st-round pick in 2008 (12th overall, previously acquired).

*Nashville traded its 1st-round pick in the 2008 Entry Draft (15th overall) to Ottawa for the Senators' 1st-round pick in 2008 (18th overall) and 3rd-round pick in 2009.

*New Jersey traded its 1st-round pick in the 2008 Entry Draft (21st overall) to Washington for the Capitals' 1st-round pick in 2008 (23rd overall) and 2nd-round pick in 2008 (54th overall).

*New Jersey traded Washington's 1st-round pick in the 2008 Entry Draft (23rd overall, previously acquired) to Minnesota for the Wild's 1st-round pick in 2008 (24th overall) and 3rd-round pick in 2009.

*Washington traded D Steve Eminger and the Capitals' 3rd-round pick in the 2008 Entry Draft (84th overall) to Philadelphia for the Flyers' 1st-round pick in 2008 (27th overall).

*Anaheim traded Dallas' 1st-round pick in the 2008 Entry Draft (28th overall, previously acquired) to Phoenix for the Coyotes' 2nd-round compensatory pick (35th overall) and 2nd-round pick (39th overall) in 2008.