2007 NHL Entry Draft
The 2007 NHL Entry Draft was the 45th NHL Entry Draft. It was hosted at Nationwide Arena in the city of Columbus, Ohio, United States on June 22, 2007. The draft consisted of seven rounds with rounds 2 through 7 taking place on June 23, 2007. The draft was televised on TSN and RDS, with the first round simulcasted in the United States on Versus and in Europe on NASN.
Columbus Blue Jackets then President and General Manager Doug MacLean and the NHL announced the event on March 21, 2006. On March 13, 2007, it was reported that NHL owners had voted in favor of changes to the team ranking system which would begin at the 2007 draft.
Lottery system
Starting with the 2007 NHL Entry Draft, the Stanley Cup champion and runner-up will receive the 30th and 29th picks respectively. The conference finalists will get the 28th and 27th picks, and all other playoff teams will get picks based on their regular season point totals, but with the division winners getting the latest picks even if they had fewer points during the regular season than a non-division winner.
The draft order of the first 14 picks was determined by a lottery involving the non-playoff teams on April 10 .
Under the weighted lottery system, the club with the fewest regular-season points had the greatest chance (25%) of winning the Draft Drawing and could pick no lower than second at the 2007 Entry Draft. The winner of the drawing would move up a maximum of four places, with all other clubs' draft order being adjusted accordingly (no team moving down more than one spot).
The Chicago Blackhawks, originally slated to draft in 5th place, won the lottery and as a result had the first overall pick in the draft.
Draft day trades
June 22
| To Toronto Maple Leafs Vesa Toskala Mark Bell | To San Jose Sharks 1st round pick in 2007 2nd round pick in 2007 4th round pick in 2009 |
| To Calgary Flames Adrian Aucoin 7th round pick in 2007 | To Chicago Blackhawks Andrei Zyuzin Steve Marr |
| To Florida Panthers Tomas Vokoun | To Nashville Predators 1st round pick in 2008 2nd round pick in 2007 2nd round pick in 2008 |
| To Pittsburgh Penguins 3rd round pick in 2007 | To Atlanta Thrashers Chris Thorburn |
| To San Jose Sharks 1st round pick in 2007 | To St. Louis Blues 1st round pick in 2007 2nd round pick in 2007 3rd round pick in 2008 |
| To Minnesota Wild 1st round pick in 2007 | To Anaheim Ducks 1st round pick in 2007 2nd round pick in 2007 |
| To St. Louis Blues 1st round pick in 2007 | To Calgary Flames 1st round pick in 2007 3rd round pick in 2007 |
| To Edmonton Oilers 1st round pick in 2007 | To Phoenix Coyotes 1st round pick in 2007 2nd round pick in 2007 |
| To San Jose Sharks 1st round pick in 2007 | To Washington Capitals 2nd round pick in 2007 2nd round pick in 2008 |
June 23
| To Boston Bruins 2nd round pick in 2007 | To Chicago Blackhawks 2nd round pick in 2007 3rd round pick in 2007 |
| To Philadelphia Flyers 2nd round pick in 2007 | To Washington Capitals 3rd round pick in 2007 2nd round pick in 2008 |
| To San Jose Sharks 3rd round pick in 2007 | To Colorado Avalanche 4th round pick in 2007 5th round pick in 2007 6th round pick in 2008 |
| To Columbus Blue Jackets 4th round pick in 2007 | To Dallas Stars 5th round pick in 2007 5th round pick in 2007 5th round pick in 2007 |
| To Los Angeles Kings 4th round pick in 2007 | To Washington Capitals 6th round pick in 2007 4th round pick in 2008 |
| To Calgary Flames 4th round pick in 2007 | To Buffalo Sabres 5th round pick in 2007 5th round pick in 2007 |
| To Calgary Flames 5th round pick in 2007 | To Colorado Avalanche 6th round pick in 2007 6th round pick in 2007 |
| To Tampa Bay Lightning 5th round pick in 2007 7th round pick in 2007 7th round pick in 2007 | To Ottawa Senators 4th round pick in 2008 |
| To Boston Bruins 6th round pick in 2007 | To Colorado Avalanche 6th round pick in 2008 |
| To Carolina Hurricanes Michael Leighton | To Montreal Canadiens 7th round pick in 2007 |
Central Scouting final rankings
Skaters
| North American | European | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kyle Turris (C) | Alexei Cherepanov (RW) |
| 2 | Patrick Kane (RW) | Mikael Backlund (C) |
| 3 | James vanRiemsdyk (LW) | Lars Eller (C/W) |
| 4 | Thomas Hickey (D) | Maxim Mayorov (RW) |
| 5 | Karl Alzner (D) | Joakim Andersson (C) |
| 6 | Sam Gagner (C) | Simon Hjalmarsson (RW) |
| 7 | Jakub Voráček (RW) | Nichlas Torp (D) |
| 8 | Angelo Esposito (C) | Sergei Korostin (RW) |
| 9 | Zach Hamill (C) | Maxim Goncharov (D) |
| 10 | David Perron (LW) | Evgeni Dadonov (RW) |
Goaltenders
| North American | European | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jeremy Smith | Joel Gistedt |
| 2 | Trevor Cann | Mark Owuya |
| 3 | Antoine Lafleur | Marek Benda |
Draft order
| Selections By Round |
Round 1
- The 2007 NHL Entry Draft marked the first time in NHL history in which American players were selected with the top two picks, with Patrick Kane and James vanRiemsdyk being selected by the Chicago Blackhawks and Philadelphia Flyers, respectively.
- The 2007 NHL draft also tied the record of the most Americans being selected in the first round with 10 players.
Round 2
Round 3
Round 4
Round 5
Round 6
Round 7
Draftees based on nationality
| Rank | Country | Amount | Percent |
|---|---|---|---|
| North America | 167 | 79.1% | |
| 1 | 102 | 48.3% | |
| 2 | 65 | 30.8% | |
| Europe | 43 | 20.3% | |
| 3 | 15 | 7.1% | |
| 4 | 9 | 4.3% | |
| 5 | 5 | 2.4% | |
| 6 | 4 | 1.9% | |
| 6 | 4 | 1.9% | |
| 8 | 3 | 1.4% | |
| 9 | 2 | 0.9% | |
| 10 | 1 | 0.5% | |
| Africa | 1 | 0.5% | |
| 10 | 1 | 0.5% | |
External links
- NHL.com Entry Draft
- NHL.com 2007 Entry Draft Complete Selection Order
- Hockeysfuture.com draft center
Footnotes
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Last updated on Monday September 15, 2008 at 10:07:54 PDT (GMT -0700)
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