2008 NHL Entry Draft

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Draft rankings
Published 4/24/2008 by Rich Hammond at Inside the Kings
The NHL Central Scouting Bureau has released its final rankings for the 2008 draft... 1. Guess who? Steven Stamkos, center, Sarnia (OHL) 2. Zach Bogosian, defenseman, Peterborough (OHL) 3. Drew Doughty, defenseman, Guelph (OHL) 4. Tyler Myers, defenseman, Kelowna (WHL) 5. Luke Schenn, defenseman, Kelowna (WHL) 6. Alex Pietrangelo, defenseman, Niagara (OHL) The list of top North American players can be found here

Draft poll, part II
Published 4/27/2008 by Rich Hammond at Inside the Kings
... We did this a few weeks back, but I'm interested to see if opinions are changing at all about which player the Kings should take with the No. 2 pick. You've had a chance to see the highlight videos and see the Central Scouting rankings, so has your mind changed at all? For the sake of argument, we'll assume that Steven Stamkos is going first. A wild guess... ...

Leafs targeting a defenceman?
Published 5/6/2008 by Daniel Santos at The Six Pack
... to begin a week of meetings. With the Leafs slotted to draft 7th, interim General Manager Cliff Fletcher hinted that the Leafs could be leaning towards 1 of the 5 defencemen ranked in the top 6 of the final North American central scouting rankings behind ...

Max Giese: Sharks Top 20 Prospect Report, spring 2008
Published 5/14/2008 by MaxGiese (noreply@blogger.com) at Sharkspage
The 46th NHL Entry Draft will be held this year in Ottawa on June 20–21th, 2008. Ottawa was originally scheduled to host the 2005 draft, but instead they held a smaller version at a local hotel with plans to return for a full event as soon as possible. The league recently set up an online 2008 NHL Entry Draft website, and published the final Central Scouting Bureau draft rankings for top North American skaters, top European skaters, top North American goalies, and top European goalies to give fans and media backround information. ...

Small Town - No Banners in Pittsburgh
Published 5/22/2008 by Bubba at Canes Country
Remember back in 2006 when the Hurricanes tried to put jerseys on a few statues downtown and some people got upset? One lame-brain went so far as to slash a couple of jerseys apart with a utility knife, before he was told to stop by the police. The remaining jerseys were taken down as well, never to return to their previous “sacred” locations in history. This nonsense could only happen in Raleigh, right? Apparently not. According to this article in the Pittsburgh Tribune Review, the Penguins, (along with Reebok), wanted to hang a couple of huge Stanley Cup related banners on buildings in downtown Pittsburgh. ...

Boychuk Sings Sandler Song For Caps Scouts
Published 6/16/2008 by JP (noreply@blogger.com) at Japers' Rink
[image] The Caps have had some pretty good drafts of late. Sure, Alex Ovechkin was an easy pick, but they bucked some conventional wisdom and took Nicklas Backstrom over Phil Kessel in 2006 , and snagged a pair of already full-time NHL defensemen - Jeff Schultz and Mike Green - with two of the last four picks in the 2004 draft (wonder if Dallas is kicking themselves for taking Mark Fistric one spot ahead of Green), a draft from which five Caps picks have already played in the League. Slowly but surely, though, one of the secrets to the Caps' draft success may be coming to light. Last year at around this time, it was ...