2008 NHL Entry Draft

The NHL Entry Draft 2008 was held on 20 and 21 June 2008 at the Scotiabank Place in Ottawa, Ontario instead. The first round of drafts was held on Friday evening of June 20, the rounds two to seven then followed on Saturday.

The teams of the National Hockey League could thereby secure the rights of all North American players born between 1 January 1988 and 15 September 1990 as well as all European players born between 1 January 1987 and 15 September 1990. Available only were players whose rights were not already held from a draft of the previous years of an NHL team.

In 2005 the draft should take place before a large audience at Scotiabank Place, but due to the lockout was the original deadline will not be met and the Draft was not until late July 2005 carried out on a small scale in the hotel The Westin Ottawa.

2.1 Round 1
2.2 Round 2
2.3 Round 3
2.4 Round 4
2.5 Round 5
2.6 Round 6
2.7 Round 7

NHL Central Scouting Service 3.1 3.1.1 fielder 3.1.1.1 North America
3.1.1.2 Europe

3.1.2.1 North America
3.1.2.2 Europe

Draft order

The draft sequence of positions 1 to 14 are determined in April 2008 by the Draft Lottery. The 14 teams who can not qualify for the playoffs, take part in this weighted lottery and be set in reverse order of the table of the regular season. Here, the worst team of the last regular season is on the first place and has a 25% chance of winning the lottery and the best of 14 not qualified for the playoffs teams is on the 14th and has a chance of 0.5 %. The winner of the lottery proceeds to four places in the draft order.

The draft sequence of the 16 playoff participants is established only after the Stanley Cup final. The Stanley Cup winner is set to position 30, the final opponent at position 29. At position 27 and 28 failed in the Conference Finals teams will be sorted. The remaining teams will be placed in the regular season based on their table stand. The rule is that the team is in position 15 with the fewest points obtained. The draft order is valid for all seven rounds of the Entry Draft. Teams can be purchased via transfers draft picks from other teams, but have also issued their own to other teams.

Transfers of first-round voting rights

The Edmonton Oilers were the first-round pick of the Anaheim Ducks along with Ladislav Šmíd Joffrey Lupul and as well as other draft picks for Chris Pronger on 3 July 2006
The Los Angeles Kings were awarded the first-round pick of the Dallas Stars along with Jaroslav Modrý, Johan Fransson, a second-and third -round pick in the NHL Entry Draft in 2007 for Mattias Norstrom, Konstantin Puschkarjow as well as a third - and fourth- round pick in the NHL Entry Draft 2007 on 27 February 2007
The Nashville Predators were awarded the first-round pick of the Florida Panthers along with second-round picks in the NHL Entry Draft in 2007 and 2008 for Tomáš Vokoun on 22 June 2007
The Anaheim Ducks were awarded the first-round pick of the Edmonton Oilers along with the second-and third -round pick in the NHL Entry Draft in 2008 as compensation for the obligation of the restricted free agent Dustin Penner by the Oilers on 2 August 2007
The Columbus Blue Jackets were awarded the first-round pick of the Colorado Avalanche for Adam Foote on 26 February 2008
The Buffalo Sabres were awarded the first-round pick of the San Jose Sharks along with Jonathan Bernier for Brian Campbell and a seventh -round pick in the NHL Entry Draft in 2008 on 26 February 2008.
The Atlanta Thrashers were awarded the first-round pick of the Pittsburgh Penguins along with Colby Armstrong, Erik Christensen, Angelo Esposito and Marián Hossa and Pascal Dupuis on February 26, 2008.
The Calgary Flames were the first-round pick of the Montreal Canadiens along with a second-round pick in the NHL Entry Draft in 2009 for Alex Tanguay and a fifth- round pick in the NHL Entry Draft in 2008 on June 20, 2008.
The Toronto Maple Leafs were the first-round pick of the New York Islanders for their first-round pick in the NHL Entry Draft in 2008, and two other draft picks on June 20, 2008.
The Nashville Predators were awarded the first-round pick of the Toronto Maple Leafs, the got in a transfer on 20 June 2008, the New York Islanders, for the first-round pick of the Florida Panthers, they got in a transfer on 22 June 2007, along with a second-round pick in the NHL Entry Draft in 2008 on 20 June 2008.
The Philadelphia Flyers were the first-round pick of the Colorado Avalanche, the got in a transfer on 26 February 2008, the Columbus Blue Jackets, along with a third-round pick in the NHL Entry Draft 2008 for RJ Umberger and a fourth- round draft pick in the NHL Entry 2008 Draft on June 20, 2008.
The Los Angeles Kings were awarded the first-round pick of the Calgary Flames along with a second-round pick in the NHL Entry Draft in 2009 for Michael Cammalleri and a second-round pick in the NHL Entry Draft in 2008 on June 20, 2008.
The Anaheim Ducks were awarded the first-round pick of the Dallas Stars and the first-round pick of the Calgary Flames, who have received the Los Angeles Kings in a transfer on 27 February 2007 and on 20 June 2008, for the first-round pick of the Edmonton Oilers that the Anaheim Ducks have received in a transfer on August 2, on 20 June 2008.
The Buffalo Sabres were awarded the first-round pick of the Edmonton Oilers, the got in a transfer on 20 June 2008, the Los Angeles Kings, for their first-round pick and a third round pick in the NHL Entry Draft in 2009 on 20 June 2008.
The Ottawa Senators were awarded the first-round pick of the Nashville Predators for their first-round pick and a third-round pick in the NHL Entry Draft in 2009 on 20 June 2008.
The Washington Capitals were awarded the first-round pick of the New Jersey Devils for their first-round pick and a second-round pick in the NHL Entry Draft in 2008 on 20 June 2008.
The Minnesota Wild were the first-round pick of the Washington Capitals, the got in a transfer on 20 June 2008, the New Jersey Devils for their first-round pick and a third round pick in the NHL Entry Draft in 2008 on 20 June 2008.
The Washington Capitals were awarded the first-round pick of the Philadelphia Flyers for Steve Eminger and a third -round pick in the NHL Entry Draft in 2008 on 20 July 2008.
The Phoenix Coyotes were awarded the first-round pick of the Dallas Stars, the got in a transfer on 20 June 2008, the Anaheim Ducks for two second-round picks in the NHL Entry Draft in 2008 on 20 June 2008.

Draft lottery

On 8 April 2008, the draft lottery took place, which had influence on the order of the Entry Draft. These were a weighted lottery, with the Tampa Bay Lightning, who had occupied the last place in the league in the regular season, were held first place in the draft order, and 25 percent had the greatest chance of winning the lottery, while the Carolina Hurricanes at No. 14 had little chance. A total of 1000 combinations of numbers were given to the 14 teams based on the weighted distribution, then taken by a member of the League a combination of a drum and thus the winner of the lottery was determined. The winner could be upgraded in the order of up to four places. Thus, the fifth-placed had the opportunity to get to first place. The Tampa Bay Lightning won the lottery and thus kept the first train right of the draft.

Draft result

In the first position chose the Tampa Bay Lightning, as expected from the Canadian striker Steve Stamkos. Even before the franchise had "? Lakes Stamkos " launched an image campaign with the name in Tampa from life. In the squares of two to five, followed by four defenders, including in second place Drew Doughty, who was selected by the Los Angeles Kings and was in third position Zach Bogosian, who will play in the future for the Atlanta Thrashers and first American in this year's draft. As the first European to Russian Nikita Filitov was drafted in sixth place of the Columbus Blue Jackets. The Dane Mikkel Bødker, selected at position eight of the Phoenix Coyotes is, according to Lars Eller in the previous year to 13th place only the second Dane, who was drafted in the first round. First goalkeeper in Draft was Canadian Chet Pickard, to the Nashville Predators chose to 18th position. Luca Sbisa, Swiss defender services in the Lethbridge Hurricanes boys team, the first German -speaking players in the draft, when the Philadelphia Flyers their rights secured at position 19 was.

The first round was very much determined by the defenders, twelve of which were selected in the first round alone, and seven in the top 15. Two goalkeepers in the first round brought the total of the defensive players to a total of 14 were offset by 16 striker.

23 of the 30 selected in the first round players came from North America, of which 18 Canadians were the clear majority. Followed by five Americans, the Swedes with three players were the strongest European Group, while two players from Russia and one player from Denmark and Switzerland came.

Throughout the seven draft rounds, the 30 teams secured the rights to a total of 211 players. 121 Canadians made it more than half, followed by 44 Americans. With 17 players Sweden was the strongest country in Europe in the draft ahead of Russia with nine and Finland with seven players. From the Czech Republic and Norway players were drafted, while there were two players from Switzerland and Denmark three. In addition, depending on a player from Belarus, France and Germany has been selected.

Round 1

Round 2

1The Phoenix Coyotes received the 35th draft pick as compensation, since no contract with Blake Wheeler came about, they had selected in the NHL Entry Draft in 2004 in the first round at position five

Round 3

Round 4

Round 5

Round 6

Round 7

Rankings

The rankings of NHL Central Scouting Service and the International Scouting Service ( ISS ) with the most promising talents for the NHL Entry Draft 2008

NHL Central Scouting Service

The NHL Central Scouting Service, published on 15 November 2007 Preliminary ranking. It was the first of three rankings for the NHL Entry Draft in 2008. For each of the three major Canadian junior leagues of the Canadian Hockey League ( CHL) are subject to a separate rank list was published. There were also to any European country that has potential candidate for the draft, a ranking. Plays a European player already in one of the three Canadian junior leagues, he is listed in the respective ranking of his league and not in his country ranking.

The field players in the Canadian junior leagues, the Canadian Steven Stamkos and Kyle Beach topped the rankings of the Ontario Hockey League ( OHL ), and Western Hockey League ( WHL ), while the White Russian Mikhail Stefanovich in Ligue de hockey junior majeur du Québec ( LHJMQ ) was at number one.

In the German-speaking countries of the German Jerome Flaake and the Swiss Roman Josi was on the top positions. For Austria, there were at that time no other potential candidates for the Draft.

On January 9, the second assessment was released by the NHL Scouting service with the midseason ranking. The ranking here was limited to four rankings for field players and goalkeepers from North America and Europe. As with the first ranking are European players who play in a North American team, led in the North American rankings.

The Canadian Steven Stamkos took the first position of the field players in North America, after it was already out in the Preliminary ranking as the greatest talent of the Ontario Hockey League. He was followed by the defenders Drew Doughty and Zach Bogosian, who is highly eingeschätzter Americans simultaneously. Attacker Kyle Beach was, as in the first rankings of the top rated players in the Western Hockey League in fourth place, while the White Russian Mikhail Stefanovich was only 16 as the best of the QMJHL. The Dane Mikkel Bødker of the Kitchener Rangers of the OHL was with rank 13 best Europeans in North America ranking and the Swiss Luca Sbisa from the Lethbridge Hurricanes at No. 18 of the best German -speaking players.

The European ranking led the Russian Nikita Filatov at his countryman Evgeny Grachev. In fifth was the first German -speaking players with the Swiss Roman Josi from SC Bern. Best-placed German was Jerome Flaake of the Cologne Sharks 41st

In the North American goalkeepers in the Canadian Chet Pickard led the rankings and the Swiss Robert Mayer, who plays for the Saint John Sea Dogs of the QMJHL, was performed at position 15. The 16 goalkeeper comprehensive European ranking was headed by Finland's Harri Säteri. In 13th place was the Swiss Lukas Flüeler and the German Maximilian Engelbrecht followed by the Landshut Cannibals in 15th

In April 2008, finally, the final ranking of NHL scouting service was issued. As in the two previous rankings, led attacker Steve Stamkos the North American field players before the defenders Zach Bogosian and Drew Doughty on, the two defensive players swapped positions. Behind the three players from the Ontario Hockey League occupied with Tyler Myers and Luke Schenn of the Kelowna Rockets defenders from the Western Hockey League the following places. Kyle Beach, in the first two rankings still the best player in the WHL, fell back to seventh place. Colin Wilson in tenth place was highly eingeschätzter college players, followed by Mikkel Bødker as the best European of the North American list and the Swiss Luca Sbisa. Nicolas Deschamps number 21 was considered as the greatest talent of the QMJHL after Mikhail Stefanovich, which is still in the final ranking, the QMJHL player led, had fallen from position 16 on the 57th Place.

A change at the top position, there were at the North American goalkeeper, as the Americans Thomas McCollum from the Guelph Storm OHL team the pre-placed before him Canadians Chet Pickard and Peter Delmas outdated. Among the top five were Kevin Poulin and Christopher Carrozzi, which only occupied the seventh and tenth. The Swiss Robert Mayer could as best German goalkeeper of North America ranking improve to a place on position 14.

The Russian Nikita Filatov claimed the top position in the European field players, followed by his compatriot Kirill Petrov, who was able to rise within three months to 31 positions. The few months earlier led to second place Evgeny Grachev dropped back to tenth place, while the Swede Mattias Tedenby was able to hold the third position in front of his countrymen Erik Karlsson and Anton Gustafsson, which thus could make in the rankings a leap forward. On the sixth place followed by the Swiss Roman Josi, the first German -speaking players who lost a position. Best German talent was still Jerome Flaake at the 22nd position.

In the ranking of Europe's goalkeeper Jacob Markström and Harri Säteri changed their positions, so that now the Swede Markström was at the top front of the fin. Third place went further Anders Lindbäck. The Finn Rasmus gutter, in the still fourth best goalkeeper midseason ranking, crashed on the 15th and last place thus the Europe ranking, while before that fifth-placed Czech Dominik Furch only ranked tenth. With Luke Flüeler and Leonardo Genoni, two Swiss placed in positions twelve and 13, during the German Maximilian Engelbrecht was no longer performed in the rankings.

Fielder

North America

Europe

Goalkeeper

North America

Europe

International Scouting Service

As of May 21, 2008

TSN

On September 7, 2007, the Canadian television station TSN issued his own rankings. The ranking is based on the assessment of ten Scouts of the NHL. According to the scouts the most promising talents will come from the ranks of the defenders in this draft, which is also reflected in the ranking, where the defensive players make up half. However, all the scouts saw striker Steven Stamkos from the Ontario Hockey League from the Sarnia Sting of the most talented players of this vintage. The Canadian Center completed in the 2006/07 season 63 matches and scored 42 goals and 50 assists and was the best scorer of his team.

Should the Canadian forward John Tavares, who was born shortly after the date of the NHL Entry Draft in 2008, and thus would only be available in 2009, will be allowed an exemption for the draft, the ranking would be easy to move. Tavares would then take second place behind Stamkos.

Efforts to exemption for John Tavares

John Tavares of the Oshawa Generals and his agent targeted for the NHL Entry Draft in 2008 at an exemption so that Tavares has already drafted one year earlier than allowed. The NHL stipulated that only players in NHL Entry Draft 2008 may be selected which are up to 15 September 2008 18 years old, Tavares 18th birthday but until five days later, by which he earliest available for the NHL Entry Draft 2009 would be. As he got to play the first player already with 15 years in the Ontario Hockey League ( OHL ) and also the same as the best rookie of the League and the Canadian Hockey League ( CHL), the governing body of the three major Canadian junior leagues, was excellent and already 2007, the awards had received as MVP of the OHL and the best player of the CHL, his agent addressed with a request for an exemption to the NHL. Finally, given the league aspirations but a rejection.

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