At #1 overall, Prince George picks Slovakian defenceman Martin Marincin, a '92 who was a 2nd round pick of the Edmonton Oilers on Saturday. His stats.
At #4 overall, the Oil Kings scoop up 17 year old Czech defenceman Marek Hrbas, who spent last season in the USHL. His stats.
At #7, Portland hopes to hit the Swiss jackpot again as they pick Sven Bartschi, a late-birthdate '92 forward who is eligible for the 2011 NHL draft. Going Swiss worked out well for them last year with Niederreiter. Here's Bartschi's stats.
With the #10 pick, Seattle picks up 6'2", 205lb German forward Marcel Noebels, a '92. His stats.
Vancouver has the #13 pick thanks to a trade last year with Regina. With the pick, they take 17 year old Slovakian forward Marek Tvrdon, a 6'3", 195 pounder. His stats.
At #16, we have a trade; the pick originally belonged to Prince Albert but now belongs to Tri-City so there must have been something that just trasnspired there. The Americans use the pick on 17 year old Russian defenceman Nikita Nesterov. Stats here.
With #19, Edmonton picks their 2nd import of the day and it is Latvian forward Kristian Pelss, who was a 7th round pick of the parent Oilers on Saturday. Stats on Pelss here.
Kamloops picks at #22 and they take a German forward (Germans seem popular today), Bernhard Keil. His stats are here. He's a '92, who is 6'2" and 205 lb....or so the Germans would have us believe.
With #25, Kelowna picks a 19 year old Norwegian, Andreas Stene. His stats are here.
At #28, Moose Jaw has picked 17 year old Slovak forward Michal Hlinka. Stats here.
At the #31 spot, Swift Current takes 17 year old Czech defenceman Richard Nedomlel. His stats are here.
With the #34 pick, acquired from Red Deer, Seattle drafts 6'4" Swiss defenceman Dave Sutter. He is from the tiny Swiss village of Vikingen and is one of seven hockey-playing brothers. Stats here.
At #37, Vancouver picks their 2nd import of the day, going to Sweden for 19 year old forward Casper Carning. He is 6'3" and 215lb but said to be "very friendly". Stats here.
With the #40 pick, Medicine Hat has picked up Sebastien Owuya, a big Swedish defenceman who was a 6th round pick of the Atlanta Thrashers on Saturday. His stats here.
Kootenay has announced that they will pass on their picks, 43rd overall and 103rd overall. The Ice have no imports on their roster (since Dominik Pacovsky will not be back) so that means they'll use no imports next season.
Update: Kootenay has traded the 43rd pick to Brandon, so they won't be passing on it after all.
With the #43 pick, Brandon picks up 19 year old Danish forward Mark Mieritz. Stats here.
At #46, Lethbridge appears to have traded their pick (which they acquired from Portland in the Sbisa deal) to Regina. The Pats have picked 18 year old Swedish defenceman Ricard Blidstrand. Stats here.
We'll see what this means for Lethbridge. They previously announced that they would not bring Ville Kolppanen back, so they do have an opening still.
With #49 overall, Spokane has picked 17 year old Czech forward Marek Kalus. Stats here.
At #52, Everett picks up Finnish forward Jesse Huhtala, a 17 year old. Stats here.
#55 now and Tri-City has added their 2nd new import of the day, late-birthdate '92 defenceman Nikita Kardashev from Belarus. Stats here.
#57, Saskatoon makes their first pick of the day and it is 19 year old Slovakian center Andrej Stastny. Stats here
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With the #59 overall pick, Medicine Hat picks up Finland's Patrik Parkonen, a smallish 17 year old defenceman. Stats here.
Last pick of the first round now; at #60, Calgary takes 17 year old Czech forward Dmitrij Jaskin. Stats here.
To the 2nd round:
At #61, Saskatoon uses Prince George's pick to take their 2nd import of the day, Czech winger Matej Stransky. Stats here.
With #64, Kelowna uses Edmonton's pick to take 18 year old Slovenian forward Gal Koren. Stats here.
#67 has Lethbridge making their first pick of the day and it's 17 year old Russian forward Alex Kuvaev. Numbers for him here.
At #91, Swift Current makes their 2nd pick of the day and it's Slovakian winger Juraj Roznik. Stats here.
And the last pick of the entire draft, #120, goes to Calgary, who pick 19 year old Slovakian goaltender Juraj Holly. His stats are here.
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I'm not sure what to make of the Ice decision to go with no imports next year. Their official explanation is that they have 19 players returning and there was no guarantee that they'd be able to get an import who could crack their lineup. That makes sense; it actually is fairly unlikely that at #43 they would be able to get an impact player. And drafting an import means you must have an opening on your 50 player PPL for the new import, which means you have to drop one of your North American prospects if you're already at 50 players. Maybe the Ice did not want to drop any of their local prospects just to take a chance on a longshot Euro. If you believe your list is deep in quality prospects, this all makes a lot of sense.
That said though, the import draft is a free player, and some (although not many) players from it become impact players....I'd be tempted to make a pick just on that off-chance that you hit the home run.
That said though, the import draft is a free player, and some (although not many) players from it become impact players....I'd be tempted to make a pick just on that off-chance that you hit the home run.
16 comments:
Seattle dropped Senturin awhile ago.
Its beacause the Ice' front office is a joke when it comes to finding raw talent and have loser for scouts these days. Ice fans should be pissed! they return 19 players this year and all of them are great guys to build around but not one sniper or pure scorer in the whole bunch. they better shore up if they want to go somewhere this time around
It's possible there's a deal in place but only if the player the other team wants is still there.
If no trade is announced then that's just bizarre.
I think this is the Michal Hlinka kid that got drafted
http://www.eliteprospects.com/player.php?player=79072
Are you having a couple of libations during the draft to speed things up Alan. You're getting goofier as the day wears on - Vikingen - hilarious!
how did Medicine Hat get Brandon's 59th pick? anyone know...
If Brandon did use the 59th pick, did that mean that they released Toni Rajala?
They had taken a pick earlier in the first round, so if they took two...they had to do something with Rajala.
Medicine Hat keeps the pick...
Apparently there was a deal between the two clubs during the season or last year where Medicine Hat had the option of taking the Tigers pick in the 1st round or taking a bantam pick, they've obviously elected to take the import pick.
Might be off but thats the impression I got.
My original understanding of the Tigers/Wheaties deal was that Medicine Hat could swap first round import picks or take a 2010 6th round bantam pick. Since their import pick was better than Brandon's, there's no way they would swap the picks, so I assumed they took the bantam pick and that Brandon still owned their import pick.
Turns out - as Trav speculated - that they actually had the option to TAKE (not swap) Brandon's import pick, and that's what they did.
What is Kelowna going to do with that Finnish guy that they drafted last year? They picked two new imports today.
Imports that don't report don't have to be kept on your 50 player list, there is a separate list for them. So, Kelowna still owns the rights to Pulkkinen as well as the guys they drafted today.
If Pulkkinen reports, then they'll have to get down to two.
Same goes for Calgary, who drafted Erik Haula last year and he didn't report. They were still able to draft two new guys today. And Swift Current with Joni Ortio. Etc, etc.
Ice fans complaining, what a joke the whole town of Cranbrook is to begin with. You get a franchise that wins 40 wins plus every year and is a contender every year since they moved to Cranbrook and here you are bitching and complaining acting like you have a 2nd rate team in your town.
One thing is very clear, the town of Cranbrook does NOT deserve to the pleasure of sucha great organization like the Ice playing in their town. Just look at the attendance and ungrateful whining from some of their fans on the internet, pathetic.
I dont know man, in 8 years of playoffs having "good" teams they've(ice) done nothing. Is it because they dont/wont make the big trades and now not drafting? WTF Just take a crap shoot on a player with a big name and him showing up is a bonus. Other wise he's a player that does not affect your 50 player list if hes a no show?
I can understand their frustration as fans, thay have mediocre teams of constant over acheivers that fizzle out when it really maters most at the seasons ends. They never go out and hunt the big tallent the need to push them over the top. And so the fans wait.
Mike from Canmore
Craig from PA says he would gladly switch the last 8 years of Ice hockey for the last 8 years of Raider hockey. Just shows that as teams have success some fans expectations rise to almost unatainable levels.
getting past the second round once in 8 years is not a big expectation for the Ice fans.
Constant First and second round exits would get a bit tiring when everyone says they have such a great team.
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