2012 NHL Entry Draft
The NHL Entry Draft 2012 was held on 22 and 23 June 2012. It was the 50th staging of this event. The event took place for the second time after 1997, the city of Pittsburgh in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. The first round of Entry Draft was held on June 22 and will be broadcast in Canada and the United States nationally on TSN, NBC Sports and the NHL Network. The rounds 2-7 were held on June 23 and were to be seen on the NHL Network and the internet stream.
With the first overall draft pick, the Edmonton Oilers selected from the Russian winger Nail Jakupow. On the second and third place Ryan Murray ( Columbus Blue Jackets ) and Alex Galchenyuk ( Montreal Canadiens ) were selected. A total of 211 players from 12 nations were drafted by the NHL franchises in seven rounds. The Washington Capitals selected here with ten players from the Top; The New York Rangers had four options are available, few people. As the only German player Daniel O'Regan of the San Jose Sharks was selected at position 138; the only one they drafted Swiss actor Christoph Bertschy was selected to 158th position from the Minnesota Wild.
- 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
Available Players
All players who were born between 1 January 1992 and 14 September 1994, available for the Entry Draft. In addition, all are ungedrafteten, non-North American players over 20 for the Draft approved. Likewise, those players are available, who were elected at the NHL Entry Draft in 2010 and signed in 2012 not be an initial contract with their original draft club until the time of the entry draft.
Draft order
The draft order was determined on 10 April 2012 after completion of the regular season of the NHL season 2011/ 12 by the draft lottery. The 14 teams took part, which did not qualify for the play- offs this season; or their right to vote holders. The winner of the lottery was able to ascend a maximum of four positions in the order. The worst team in the regular season had a chance of 48.2 percent to win the lottery; the best of 14 not qualified for the playoffs teams in 14th place had a chance of 0.5 percent.
The Edmonton Oilers won the lottery and moved thus to a place from second to first position in the draft order. Thus they secured for the third time in a row the first overall draft pick. The Columbus Blue Jackets, the worst team in the regular season, slipped by from first to second place in the draft order. The Oilers are the second team in the NHL history, which has the first right to vote for three consecutive years. This privilege had previously only the Quebec Nordiques, who possessed in 1989, 1990 and 1991 on the first- overall pick.
The draft sequence of the 16 play-off participants is established after the Stanley Cup final. The Stanley Cup winner is set to position 30, the final opponent at position 29. At positions 27 and 28 excreted in the Conference Finals teams will be sorted. The remaining play-off 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 table. The draft order is valid for all rounds of the Entry Draft; the teams can thereby acquire voting rights on transfers of other teams as well as own dispose to other teams.
Transfer of first-round voting rights
Rankings
The final rankings of NHL Central Scouting Services (CSS ) and the International Scouting ranking of Services ( ISS) in May 2012 with the most promising talents for the NHL Entry Draft in 2012.