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2008 NHL Draft

2008 NHL Draft - June 20th, 2008 through June 21st, 2008, in Ottawa, Canada

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Pick	Team	Player	Position	School	Height	Weight
1	Tampa Bay	Steven Stamkos	C	Sarnia (OHL)	6' 1"	196
2	Los Angeles	Drew Doughty	C	Guelph (OHL)	6' 0"	211
3	Atlanta	Zach Bogosian	D	Peterborough (OHL)	6' 3"	205
4	St. Louis	Alex Pietrangelo	D	Niagara (OHL)	6' 3"	206
5	Toronto	Luke Schenn	D	Kelowna (WHL)	6' 2"	215
6	Columbus	Nikita Filatov	LW	CSKA Moscow (KHL)	6' 0"	185
7	Nashville	Colin Wilson	C	Boston University
8	Phoenix	Mikkel Boedker	LW	Kitchener (OHL)	5' 11"	202
9	NY Islanders	Josh Bailey	C	Windsor (OHL)	6' 1"	188
10	Vancouver	Cody Hodgson	C	Brampton (OHL)
11	Chicago	Kyle Beach	C	Everett (WHL)	6' 3"	202
12	Buffalo	Tyler Myers	D	Kelowna (WHL)	6' 8"	222
13	Los Angeles	Colten Teubert	D	Regina (WHL)	6' 4"	194
14	Carolina	Zach Boychuk	C	Lethbridge (WHL)
15	Ottawa	Erik Karlsson	D	Frolunda HC (SEL)	5' 11"	175
16	Boston	Joe Colborne	C	Camrose (AJHL)	6' 5"	190
17	Anaheim	Jake Gardiner	D	Minnetonka High School	6' 1"	173
18	Nashville	Chet Pickard	G	Tri-City (WHL)	6' 2"	213
19	Philadelphia	Luca Sbisa	D	Lethbridge (WHL)	6' 2"	204
20	NY Rangers	Michael Del Zotto	D	Oshawa (OHL)	6' 1"	195
21	Washington	Anton Gustafsson	C	Frolunda HC (SEL)	6' 2"	193
22	Edmonton	Jordan Eberle	C	Regina (WHL)	5' 10"	174
23	Minnesota	Tyler Cuma	D	Ottawa 67's (OHL)	6' 2"	180
24	New Jersey	Mattias Tedenby	LW	HV71 (SEL)	5' 10"	176
25	Calgary	Greg Nemisz	C	Windsor (OHL)	6' 3"	197
26	Buffalo	Tyler Ennis	C	Medicine Hat (WHL)	5' 9"	163
27	Washington	John Carlson	D	Indiana (USHL)	6' 3"	208
28	Phoenix	Viktor Tikhonov	LW	Cherepovets (KHL)	6' 2"	190
29	Atlanta	Daultan Leveille	C	St. Catharines (GOJHL)	5' 11"	163
30	Detroit	Thomas McCollum	G	Guelph (OHL)	6' 2"	205
31	Florida	Jacob Markstrom	G	Brynas IF (SEL)	6' 3"	178
32	Los Angeles	Vjateslav Voinov	D	Chelyabinsk Mechel (Vysshaya)	5' 11"	202
33	St. Louis	Philip McRae	C	London (OHL)	6' 2"	189
34	St. Louis	Jake Allen	G	Saint John (QMJHL)	6' 2"	175
35	Anaheim	Nicolas Deschamps	C	Chicoutimi (QMJHL)	6' 0"	173
36	NY Islanders	Corey Trivino	C	Stouffville (CCHL)	6' 1"	170
37	Columbus	Cody Goloubef	D	Wisconsin	6' 0"	195
38	Nashville	Roman Josi	D	Bern (NLA)	6' 1"	198
39	Anaheim	Eric O'Dell	C	Sudbury (OHL)	6' 0"	174
40	NY Islanders	Aaron Ness	D	Roseau Jr. Sr. High School	5' 10"	157
41	Vancouver	Yann Sauve	D	Saint John (QMJHL)	6' 3"	209
42	Ottawa	Patrick Wiercioch	D	Omaha (USHL)	6' 3"	178
43	Anaheim	Justin Schultz	D	Westside (BCHL)	6' 1"	163
44	Buffalo	Luke Adam	C	Saint John (QMJHL)	6' 2"	203
45	Carolina	Zac Dalpe	LW	Penticton (BCHL)	6' 1"	195
46	Florida	Colby Robak	D	Brandon (WHL)	6' 3"	194
47	Boston	Maxime Sauve	C	Val-d'Or (QMJHL)	6' 0"	170
48	Calgary	Mitch Wahl	C	Spokane (WHL)	6' 0"	175
49	Phoenix	Jared Staal	RW	Sudbury (OHL)	6' 3"	198
50	Colorado	Cameron Gaunce	D	Mississauga (OHL)	6' 1"	203
51	NY Rangers	Derek Stepan	C	Shattuck-St. Marys School	6' 0"	172
52	New Jersey	Brandon Burlon	D	St. Michael's (CCHL)	6' 0"	190
53	NY Islanders	Travis Hamonic	D	Moose Jaw (WHL)	6' 0"	192
54	New Jersey	Patrice Cormier	C	Rimouski (QMJHL)	6' 2"	205
55	Minnesota	Marco Scandella	D	Val-d'Or (QMJHL)	6' 2"	190
56	Montreal	Danny Kristo	RW	USNTDP (USHL)	5' 11"	172
57	Washington	Eric Mestery	D	Tri-City (WHL)	6' 5"	195
58	Washington	Dmitri Kugryshev	RW	CSKA Moscow (KHL)	5' 11"	183
59	Dallas	Tyler Beskorowany	G	Owen Sound (OHL)	6' 4"	208
60	Toronto	Jimmy Hayes	RW	Lincoln (USHL)	6' 5"	210
61	Colorado	Peter Delmas	G	Lewiston (QMJHL)	6' 2"	169
62	San Jose	Justin Daniels	C	Kent School	6' 1"	156
63	Los Angeles	Robert Czarnik	C	USNTDP (USHL)	6' 0"	178
64	Atlanta	Danick Paquette	RW	Lewiston (QMJHL)	6' 0"	210
65	St. Louis	Jori Lehtera	C	Tappara Tampere (SM-liiga)	6' 2"	191
66	NY Islanders	David Toews	C	Shattuck-St. Marys School	5' 10"	175
67	Philadelphia	Marc-Andre Bourdon	D	Rouyn-Noranda (QMJHL)	6' 0"	206
68	Chicago	Shawn Lalonde	D	Belleville (OHL)	6' 1"	192
69	Phoenix	Michael Stone	D	Calgary Hitmen (WHL)	6' 3"	200
70	St. Louis	James Livingston	RW	Sault Ste. Marie (OHL)	6' 1"	200
71	Anaheim	Josh Brittain	LW	Kingston (OHL)	6' 4"	210
72	NY Islanders	Jyri Niemi	D	Saskatoon (WHL)	6' 2"	192
73	NY Islanders	Kirill Petrov	RW	Kazan (KHL)	6' 3"	198
74	Los Angeles	Andrew Campbell	D	Sault Ste. Marie (OHL)	6' 4"	206
75	NY Rangers	Evgeny Grachev	C	Yaroslavl (KHL)	6' 4"	220
76	Phoenix	Mathieu Brodeur	D	Cape Breton (QMJHL)	6' 5"	190
77	Boston	Michael Hutchinson	G	Barrie (OHL)	6' 3"	185
78	Calgary	Lance Bouma	C	Vancouver (WHL)	6' 1"	210
79	Ottawa	Zack Smith	C	Swift Current (WHL)	6' 2"	210
80	Florida	Adam Comrie	D	Saginaw (OHL)	6' 4"	205
81	Buffalo	Corey Fienhage	D	Eastview High School	6' 2"	190
82	New Jersey	Adam Henrique	C	Windsor (OHL)	6' 0"	195
83	Anaheim	Marco Cousineau	G	Baie-Comeau (QMJHL)	6' 0"	195
84	Philadelphia	Jacob Deserres	G	Seattle (WHL)	6' 2"	195
85	Anaheim	Brandon McMillan	C	Kelowna (WHL)	5' 11"	188
86	Montreal	Steve Quailer	RW	Sioux City (USHL)	6' 3"	184
87	St. Louis	Ian Schultz	RW	Calgary Hitmen (WHL)	6' 1"	179
88	Los Angeles	Geordie Wudrick	LW	Swift Current (WHL)	6' 3"	213
89	Dallas	Scott Winkler	C	Norway	6' 2"	195
90	NY Rangers	Tomas Kundratek	D	Trinec (Czech)	6' 2"	190
91	Detroit	Max Nicastro	D	Chicago (USHL)	6' 2"	189
92	San Jose	Samuel Grouix	D	Quebec (QMJHL)	6' 2"	165
93	Washington	Braden Holtby	G	Saskatoon (WHL)	6' 1"	209
94	Atlanta	Vinny Saponari	RW	USNTDP (USHL)	6' 0"	179
95	St. Louis	David Warsofsky	D	USNTDP (USHL)	5' 8"	160
96	NY Islanders	Matt Donovan	D	Cedar Rapids (USHL)	6' 0"	185
97	Boston	Jamie Arniel	C	Sarnia (OHL)	5' 11"	183
98	Toronto	Mikhail Stafanovich	C	Quebec (QMJHL)	6' 2"	202
99	Phoenix	Colin Long	C	Kelowna (WHL)	5' 11"	187
100	Florida	AJ Jenks	LW	Plymouth (OHL)	6' 2"	206
101	Buffalo	Justin Jokinen	RW	Cloquet High School	6' 2"	165
102	NY Islanders	David Ullstrom	LW	HV71 (SEL)	6' 3"	198
103	Edmonton	Johan Motin	D	Bofors (Allsvenskan)	6' 1"	202
104	Buffalo	Jordon Southorn	D	P.E.I. (QMJHL)	6' 2"	185
105	Carolina	Michal Jordan	D	Plymouth (OHL)	6' 1"	184
106	San Jose	Harri Sateri	G	Tappara Tampere (SM-liiga)	6' 1"	190
107	Columbus	Steven Delisle	D	Gatineau (QMJHL)	6' 6"	209
108	Calgary	Nicholas Larson	LW	Waterloo (USHL)	6' 1"	182
109	Ottawa	Andre Petersson	LW	HV71 (SEL)	5' 9"	169
110	Colorado	Kelsey Tessier	C	Quebec (QMJHL)	5' 9"	168
111	NY Rangers	Dale Weise	RW	Swift Current (WHL)	6' 2"	202
112	New Jersey	Matt Delahey	D	Regina (WHL)	6' 1"	210
113	Anaheim	Ryan Hegarty	D	USNTDP (USHL)	6' 0"	196
114	Calgary	TJ Brodie	D	Saginaw (OHL)	6' 1"	170
115	Minnesota	Sean Lorenz	D	USNTDP (USHL)	6' 1"	191
116	Montreal	Jason Missiaen	G	Peterborough (OHL)	6' 8"	193
117	Tampa Bay	James Wright	C	Vancouver (WHL)	6' 3"	196
118	Columbus	Drew Olson	D	Brainerd High School	5' 11"	215
119	Ottawa	Derek Grant	C	Langley (BCHL)	6' 3"	190
120	Pittsburgh	Nathan Moon	C	Kingston (OHL)	5' 11"	179
121	Detroit	Gustav Nyquist	C	Malmo (Allsvenskan)	5' 10"	169
122	Tampa Bay	Dustin Tokarski	G	Spokane (WHL)	5' 11"	190
123	Los Angeles	Andrei Loktionov	C	Yaroslavl (KHL)	5' 10"	179
124	Atlanta	Nicklas Lasu	LW	Frolunda HC (SEL)	5' 11"	176
125	St. Louis	Kristoffer Berglund	D	Bjorkloven (Allsvenskan)	5' 10"	180
126	NY Islanders	Kevin Poulin	G	Victoriaville (QMJHL)	6' 2"	210
127	Columbus	Matthew Calvert	LW	Brandon (WHL)	5' 9"	164
128	Toronto	Greg Pateryn	D	United States	6' 2"	212
129	Toronto	Joel Champagne	C	Chicoutimi (QMJHL)	6' 4"	210
130	Toronto	Jerome Flaake	LW	Germany	6' 2"	187
131	Vancouver	Prab Rai	C	Seattle (WHL)	5' 11"	191
132	Chicago	Teigan Zahn	D	Saskatoon (WHL)	6' 2"	222
133	Edmonton	Philippe Cornet	LW	Rimouski (QMJHL)	6' 0"	173
134	Buffalo	Jacob Lagace	LW	Chicoutimi (QMJHL)	5' 11"	190
135	Carolina	Tomas Kubalik	RW	Plze (Czech)	6' 2"	189
136	Nashville	Taylor Stefishen	LW	Langley (BCHL)	5' 11"	191
137	Columbus	Brent Regner	D	Vancouver (WHL)	5' 11"	175
138	Montreal	Maxim Trunev	LW	Cherepovets (KHL)	5' 11"	174
139	Columbus	Mark Borowlecki	D	Smiths Falls (CJHL)	6' 1"	185
140	Colorado	Mark Olver	C	Northern Michigan	5' 10"	155
141	NY Rangers	Chris Doyle	C	P.E.I. (QMJHL)	6' 0"	191
142	New Jersey	Kory Nagy	C	Oshawa (OHL)	5' 11"	196
143	Anaheim	Stefan Warg	D	Vasteras (Allsvenskan)	6' 2"	187
144	Washington	Joel Broda	C	Moose Jaw (WHL)	6' 0"	196
145	Minnesota	Eero Elo	LW	Lukko Rauma (SM-liiga)	6' 3"	189
146	San Jose	Julien Demers	D	Ottawa 67's (OHL)	6' 0"	215
147	Tampa Bay	Kyle De Coste	RW	Brampton (OHL)	6' 2"	195
148	NY Islanders	Matthew Martin	LW	Sarnia (OHL)	6' 2"	192
149	Dallas	Philip Larsen	D	Frolunda HC (SEL)	6' 1"	183
150	Pittsburgh	Alexander Pechurski	G	Magnitogorsk (KHL)	6' 0"	187
151	Detroit	Julien Cayer	C	Northwood School	6' 4"	186
152	Tampa Bay	Mark Barberio	D	Moncton (QMJHL)	6' 1"	188
153	Los Angeles	Justin Azevedo	C	Kitchener (OHL)	5' 7"	180
154	Atlanta	Christopher Carrozzi	G	Mississauga (OHL)	6' 3"	185
155	St. Louis	Anthony Nigro	C	Guelph (OHL)	6' 0"	189
156	NY Islanders	Jared Spurgeon	D	Spokane (WHL)	5' 8"	175
157	Columbus	Cameron Atkinson	RW	Avon High School	5' 9"	165
158	Toronto	Grant Rollheiser	G	Trail (BCHL)	6' 4"	195
159	Phoenix	Brett Hextall	C	Penticton (BCHL)	5' 10"	176
160	Tampa Bay	Luke Witkowski	D	Ohio Blue Jackets (MWEHL)	6' 2"	200
161	Vancouver	Mats Froshaug	C	Linkopings HC (SEL)	6' 1"	198
162	Chicago	Jonathan Carlsson	D	Brynas IF (SEL)	6' 2"	187
163	Edmonton	Teemu Hartikainen	C	KalPa Kuopio (SM-liiga)	6' 1"	198
164	Buffalo	Nick Crawford	D	Saginaw (OHL)	6' 1"	199
165	Carolina	Mike Murphy	G	Belleville (OHL)	5' 11"	165
166	Nashville	Jeffrey Foss	D	Rensselear Polytech	6' 2"	205
167	Colorado	Joel Chouinard	D	Victoriaville (QMJHL)	6' 1"	186
168	Calgary	Ryley Grantham	C	Moose Jaw (WHL)	6' 3"	207
169	Chicago	Ben Smith	RW	Boston College	5' 11"	205
170	Colorado	Jonas Holos	D	Sarpsborg (Norway)	5' 11"	196
171	NY Rangers	Mitch Gaulton	D	Erie (OHL)	6' 0"	207
172	New Jersey	David Wohlberg	C	USNTDP (USHL)	6' 1"	192
173	Boston	Nicholas Tremblay	C	Smiths Falls (CJHL)	5' 11"	190
174	Washington	Greg Burke	LW	New Hampshire Jr. (EJHL)	6' 1"	185
175	NY Islanders	Justin Dibenedetto	C	Sarnia (OHL)	5' 11"	194
176	Dallas	Matt Tassone	C	Swift Current (WHL)	6' 0"	200
177	San Jose	Tommy Wingels	C	Miami	6' 0"	184
178	Philadelphia	Zac Rinaldo	C	Mississauga (OHL)	5' 11"	169
179	Chicago	Braden Birch	D	Oakville (OJAHL)	6' 3"	192
180	Pittsburgh	Patrick Killeen	G	Brampton (OHL)	6' 4"	194
181	Detroit	Stephen Johnston	LW	Belleville (OHL)	6' 1"	175
182	Tampa Bay	Matias Sointu	RW	Ilves Tampere (SM-liiga)	5' 10"	154
183	Los Angeles	Garrett Roe	LW	St. Cloud State	5' 8"	162
184	Atlanta	Zach Redmond	D	Ferris State	6' 2"	197
185	St. Louis	Paul Karpowich	G	Wellington (CCHL)	6' 0"	160
186	San Jose	Jason Demers	D	Victoriaville (QMJHL)	6' 1"	195
187	Toronto	Sean Collins	C	Waywayseecappo (MJHL)	6' 3"	184
188	Columbus	Andrew MacWilliam	D	Camrose (AJHL)	6' 2"	214
189	Phoenix	Tim Billingsley	D	Mississauga (OHL)	6' 1"	177
190	Florida	Matthew Bartkowski	D	Lincoln (USHL)	6' 1"	196
191	Vancouver	Morgan Clark	G	Red Deer (WHL)	5' 11"	160
192	Chicago	Joe Gleason	D	Edina Senior High School	5' 9"	171
193	Edmonton	Jordan Bendfeld	D	Medicine Hat (WHL)	6' 2"	216
194	San Jose	Drew Daniels	RW	Kent School	6' 1"	158
195	Carolina	Samuel Morneau	LW	Baie-Comeau (QMJHL)	5' 11"	190
196	Philadelphia	Joacim Eriksson	G	Brynas IF (SEL)	6' 1"	189
197	Boston	Mark Goggin	C	Choate Rosemary Hall	5' 11"	177
198	Calgary	Alexander Deilert	D	Djurgardens IF (SEL)	5' 11"	180
199	Ottawa	Emil Sandin	LW	Brynas IF (SEL)	5' 10"	178
200	Colorado	Nathan Condon	C	Wausau East High School	6' 0"	180
201	Nashville	Jani Lajunen	C	Blues Espoo (SM-liiga)	6' 1"	184
202	New Jersey	Harry Young	D	Windsor (OHL)	6' 4"	210
203	Tampa Bay	David Carle	D	Shattuck-St. Marys School	5' 11"	180
204	Washington	Stefan Della Rovere	LW	Barrie (OHL)	5' 10"	196
205	New Jersey	Jean-Sebastien Berube	LW	Rouyn-Noranda (QMJHL)	6' 3"	200
206	Montreal	Patrick Johnson	C	Wisconsin	5' 9"	155
207	Nashville	Anders Lindback	G	Brynas IF (SEL)	6' 6"	205
208	Anaheim	Nick Pryor	D	USNTDP (USHL)	5' 11"	184
209	Dallas	Mike Bergin	D	Smiths Falls (CJHL)	6' 3"	197
210	Pittsburgh	Nicholas D'Agostino	D	St. Michael's (CCHL)	6' 1"	177
211	Detroit	Jesper Samuelsson	C	Timra IK (SEL)	5' 11"	178