It already seems as if today's draft has triggered many trade talks among NHL general managers. There have been a few minor moves and many more major rumors being spun around the rumor websites. I will post any trade/draft results here that involve the Bruins and/or any other major happenings around the league that may or may not involve the spoked 'B'. I will most likely leave out minor deals because frankly, I don't have the time nor do I care that Phoenix traded their 47th round pick to Columbus for a 45th round pick in the 2035 draft.
-1:15- Ottawa has waived hot head/under achiever G Ray Emery.
- G Dan Ellis was signed by Nashville and they traded G Chris Mason to St. Louis.
-3:30- 2008 Calder Cup winning coach John Anderson, who lead the Chicago Wolves to the aforementioned achievement, will be the new head coach in Atlanta.
-7:17- Olli Jokinen was traded to Phoenix?....Old friend Nick Boynton, Keith Ballard, and the 49th pick
-7:20- The 1st selection of the 2008 NHL Entry draft is, as expected, Steven Stamkos.
-7:24- I'm a bit late but, the Kings shipped off Mike Cammalleri to Calgary while Calgary sent Alex Tanguay and a pair of picks to Montreal. The Kings received Calgary's 17th pick and sent the 28th pick to the Ducks for the 12th overall pick. Wow, the Kings have a lot of picks.
-7:27- With the 2nd selection, the Kings selected Defenseman Drew Doughty. Side note: Dean Lombardi played youth hockey in a town that neighbors mine, Ludlow, Massachusetts. Lombardi has also bought and drank beers with me, my boss, and one other intern while I was interning with the Manchester Monarchs, the Kings primary AHL affiliate. Ron Hextall was with him, and we talked goalies and hockey for nearly two hours. An amazing night for sure. I will not be posting any more picks unless they are for the Bruins and aside from that, only trades will be posted.
7:50- As St. Louis president John Davidson speaks prior to the 3rd overall pick I realized how much I truly miss his voice announcing hockey. Great pipes on that guy.
7:59- The Islanders have sent the 5th pick to Toronto for the 7th pick along with a bunch of other shenanigans (picks) in later rounds. Yikes, that was confusing.
-8:08- RJ Umberger, an Ohio native, was sent to Columbus for picks while still maintaining their 6th overall pick...that's a steal for the Blue Jackets.
-8:19- The Islanders trade the 7th to Nashville for more picks...man there's a ton of trades already.
-8:22- WHO is the babe that is in Colin Wilson's party?! Holy smokes, she looks like a supermodel!
-9:18- BOSTON UP NEXT WITH THE 16th PICK
-9:21- THE BRUINS SELECT C JOE COLBORNE. He heads to the University of Denver and will be a few years away from pro hockey. I'm a bit surprised they didn't go with a blue liner but, hey, maybe they don't need a guy for right now because they want to attack the FA market and make some trades.
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Toronto traded Tucker - Sundin and Mcabe to LA for a bag of hammer handles , a wheelbarrow and a monkey.
Anyone think there is a chance the Bs trade their first round pick?
I think they may to get a higher pick - Kyle Beach looks like he may go high in the draft - He is high risk but could turn out to be the next Neely. It looks like he has the same scoring talent and also the mean streak we have not seen from a Bruins since Cam left.
Could you imagine being the oposition facing Lucic - Wheeler - Beach and Chara out on the ice at the same time - There would not be alot of yapping going on.
Not happy with this pick at all. The B's main objective with this pick should have been a D man. All we heard about this draft was that it was deep with quality D men... Not good at all!!!
I think the path taken was that they looked at their first pick as stealing Wheeler. This was like a second round pick. Signing Wheeler was huge, but getting a solid D man should have been the route. Not looking for a Bourque type but there were plenty of NHL solid D men out there to be had.
Just another C/RW (which we already have plenty of) in college and then down on the farm.
I think the pick could work out. Who knows how the team will look when Colborne is ready for the B's. We might need a player with his skills in a couple of years. We won't have Savard and others forever.
vince m
At first I was saying "wtf is Joe Colborne"? After a bit of thought, however, I am thinking that based on the Bs draft position they were not going to get somone who would step in next year anyways and decided to go with the best "prospect" available. This kid had great numbers in Juniors and I think a year or two of college hockey and adding bulk may put him over the top. Bs are stacked with good young talent to replacing aging high priced talent down the road.
In Bs scouting I trust.
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