2008 NHL Entry Draft

Ottawa, Ontario - June 20 and 21, 2008

Summary statistics

			POSITION SPLIT			NATIONALITY SPLIT
ROUND	TO NHL	GP	FWD	DEF	GOA..
Round 1	86.67%	528.7	50.0%	43.3%	6.7%	60.0%	16.7%	10.0%	6.7%	0.0%	6.7%
Round 2	74.19%	218.2	45.2%	41.9%	12.9%	67.7%	19.4%	3.2%	6.5%	0.0%	3.2%
Round 3	40.00%	111.6	56.7%	33.3%	10.0%	63.3%	16.7%	0.0%	6.7%	6.7%	6.7%
Round 4	46.67%	123.1	53.3%	36.7%	10.0%	43.3%	33.3%	13.3%	0.0%	3.3%	6.7%
Round 5	43.33%	94.6	63.3%	26.7%	10.0%	63.3%	3.3%	10.0%	10.0%	3.3%	10.0%
Round 6	36.67%	110.2	53.3%	33.3%	13.3%	60.0%	26.7%	3.3%	0.0%	3.3%	6.7%
Round 7	26.67%	42.0	40.0%	46.7%	13.3%	36.7%	36.7%	16.7%	0.0%	6.7%	3.3%
TOTAL¹		175.7	51.7%	37.4%	10.9%	56.4%	21.8%	8.1%	4.3%	3.3%	6.2%
TO NHL²	50.71%		45.9%	57.0%	52.2%	52.9%	39.1%	52.9%	66.7%	42.9%	61.5%

¹⁾ Percentage of drafted players in each category (e.g. 56.4% of all drafted players were Canadian).
²⁾ Percentage of players that made it to NHL (e.g. 52.9% of all drafted Canadians have played in NHL).

Summary statistics on team draft performance

					OVERALL				PER DRAFT PICK
Rk	TEAM	WAPP¹	PICKS	TO NHL	GP	G	A	P	GP	G	A	P
1	Tampa Bay Lightning	7.64	8	62.5%	1800	602	672	1274	225.0	75.3	84.0	159.3
2	Los Angeles Kings	13.45	9	55.6%	1618	200	618	818	179.8	22.2	68.7	90.9
3	Atlanta Thrashers	16.91	7	28.6%	1062	73	208	281	151.7	10.4	29.7	40.1
4	St. Louis Blues	26.23	10	50.0%	1924	185	583	768	192.4	18.5	58.3	76.8
5	Nashville Predators	28.24	7	42.9%	1724	303	711	1014	246.3	43.3	101.6	144.9
6	Toronto Maple Leafs	30.56	8	50.0%	1708	103	257	360	213.5	12.9	32.1	45.0
7	Phoenix Coyotes	34.71	8	50.0%	1374	170	324	494	171.8	21.3	40.5	61.8
8	Vancouver Canucks	34.85	5	40.0%	336	64	78	142	67.2	12.8	15.6	28.4
9	Columbus Blue Jackets	36.61	9	77.8%	1628	358	380	738	180.9	39.8	42.2	82.0
10	Buffalo Sabres	42.12	8	37.5%	1856	258	509	767	232.0	32.3	63.6	95.9
11	Carolina Hurricanes	43.72	5	80.0%	376	31	38	69	75.2	6.2	7.6	13.8
12	New York Islanders	47.70	13	69.2%	4125	444	1014	1458	317.3	34.2	78.0	112.2
13	Boston Bruins	50.88	6	66.7%	451	42	74	116	75.2	7.0	12.3	19.3
14	Anaheim Ducks	51.32	10	50.0%	1605	137	508	645	160.5	13.7	50.8	64.5
15	Chicago Blackhawks	51.44	7	28.6%	238	29	25	54	34.0	4.1	3.6	7.7
16	Minnesota Wild	51.78	4	50.0%	785	51	119	170	196.3	12.8	29.8	42.5
17	Ottawa Senators	52.66	7	85.7%	2900	386	950	1336	414.3	55.1	135.7	190.9
18	Washington Capitals	54.13	8	37.5%	1608	156	581	737	201.0	19.5	72.6	92.1
19	Philadelphia Flyers	55.44	5	80.0%	969	42	120	162	193.8	8.4	24.0	32.4
20	New York Rangers	60.34	7	71.4%	2203	302	611	913	314.7	43.1	87.3	130.4
21	Florida Panthers	61.15	5	60.0%	837	8	63	71	167.4	1.6	12.6	14.2
22	Edmonton Oilers	67.57	5	80.0%	1115	314	428	742	223.0	62.8	85.6	148.4
23	Calgary Flames	68.17	7	42.9%	1334	88	347	435	190.6	12.6	49.6	62.1
24	New Jersey Devils	73.04	9	33.3%	1165	286	306	592	129.4	31.8	34.0	65.8
25	Detroit Red Wings	86.36	6	33.3%	866	209	322	531	144.3	34.8	53.7	88.5
26	Montreal Canadiens	99.59	5	0.0%
27	Colorado Avalanche	100.72	7	42.9%	150	13	24	37	21.4	1.9	3.4	5.3
28	Dallas Stars	110.22	5	20.0%	151	9	28	37	30.2	1.8	5.6	7.4
29	San Jose Sharks	117.72	7	42.9%	1163	107	250	357	166.1	15.3	35.7	51.0
30	Pittsburgh Penguins	157.99	4	25.0%	1	0	0	0	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0

¹⁾ The Weighted Average Pick Position (WAPP) is determined using a harmonic mean, which gives the highest weight to the first overall pick, the second highest to the second overall pick, etc. The thinking behind this approach is that the relative difference between the first and the fifth pick is much higher than the difference between e.g. the 130th and 135th pick. The smallest number is granted to the team with the lowest overall pick position in the draft.

Round 1

No.	Name	Born	Team	Pos	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-
1	Steven Stamkos	1990	Tampa Bay Lightning	F	1164	582	608	1190	679	10
2	Drew Doughty	1989	Los Angeles Kings	D	1207	160	526	686	789	69
3	Zach Bogosian	1990	Atlanta Thrashers	D	929	64	179	243	821	-77
4	Alex Pietrangelo	1990	St. Louis Blues	D	1087	148	489	637	355	123
5	Luke Schenn	1989	Toronto Maple Leafs	D	1072	44	161	205	852	-41
6	Nikita Filatov	1990	Columbus Blue Jackets	F	53	6	8	14	20	7
7	Colin Wilson	1989	Nashville Predators	F	632	113	173	286	138	32
8	Mikkel Bødker	1989	Phoenix Coyotes	F	709	118	209	327	116	-71
9	Joshua Bailey	1989	New York Islanders	F	1057	184	396	580	241	-48
10	Cody Hodgson	1990	Vancouver Canucks	F	328	64	78	142	68	-54
11	Kyle Beach	1990	Chicago Blackhawks	F
12	Tyler Myers	1990	Buffalo Sabres	D	1066	99	296	395	861	11
13	Colten Teubert	1990	Los Angeles Kings	D	24	0	1	1	25	-5
14	Zach Boychuk	1989	Carolina Hurricanes	F	127	12	18	30	16	-3
15	Erik Karlsson	1990	Ottawa Senators	D	1084	200	670	870	486	-123
16	Joe Colborne	1990	Boston Bruins	F	295	42	72	114	144	-38
17	Jake Gardiner	1990	Anaheim Ducks	D	645	49	228	277	226	-16
18	Chet Pickard	1989	Nashville Predators	G
19	Luca Sbisa	1990	Philadelphia Flyers	D	549	20	93	113	385	-18
20	Michael Del Zotto	1990	New York Rangers	D	736	63	199	262	284	-30
21	Anton Gustafsson	1990	Washington Capitals	D
22	Jordan Eberle	1990	Edmonton Oilers	F	1060	308	420	728	265	-60
23	Tyler Cuma	1990	Minnesota Wild	D	1	0	0	0	2	0
24	Mattias Tedenby	1990	New Jersey Devils	F	120	10	20	30	42	-20
25	Greg Nemisz	1990	Calgary Flames	F	15	0	1	1	0	0
26	Tyler Ennis	1989	Buffalo Sabres	F	700	144	202	346	224	-84
27	John Carlson	1990	Washington Capitals	D	1088	156	569	725	364	103
28	Viktor Tikhonov	1988	Phoenix Coyotes	F	111	11	11	22	40	-13
29	Daultan Leveille	1990	Atlanta Thrashers	F
30	Thomas McCollum	1989	Detroit Red Wings	G	3	0	0	0	0

Round 2

No.	Name	Born	Team	Pos	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-
31	Jacob Markström	1990	Florida Panthers	G	534	0	19	19	42
32	Vyacheslav Voynov	1990	Los Angeles Kings	D	190	18	63	81	72	23
33	Philip McRae	1990	St. Louis Blues	F	15	1	2	3	2	-10
34	Jake Allen	1990	St. Louis Blues	G	460	0	6	6	14
35	Nicolas Deschamps	1990	Anaheim Ducks	F	3	0	0	0	0	-1
36	Corey Trivino	1990	New York Islanders	F
37	Cody Goloubef	1989	Columbus Blue Jackets	D	160	3	22	25	76	-7
38	Roman Josi	1990	Nashville Predators	D	962	190	534	724	399	59
39	Eric O'Dell	1990	Anaheim Ducks	F	41	3	5	8	29	-2
40	Aaron Ness	1990	New York Islanders	D	72	1	6	7	22	-7
41	Yann Sauve	1990	Vancouver Canucks	D	8	0	0	0	0	-4
42	Patrick Wiercioch	1990	Ottawa Senators	D	268	16	58	74	138	-5
43	Justin Schultz	1990	Anaheim Ducks	D	745	71	253	324	198	-57
44	Luke Adam	1990	Buffalo Sabres	F	90	15	11	26	36	-11
45	Zac Dalpe	1989	Carolina Hurricanes	F	168	16	16	32	38	-37
46	Colby Robak	1990	Florida Panthers	D	47	0	4	4	25	-2
47	Max Sauve	1990	Boston Bruins	F	1	0	0	0	0	0
48	Mitch Wahl	1990	Calgary Flames	F
49	Jared Staal	1990	Phoenix Coyotes	F	2	0	0	0	2	-2
50	Cameron Gaunce	1990	Colorado Avalanche	D	37	3	6	9	47	4
51	Derek Stepan	1990	New York Rangers	F	890	182	333	515	216	98
52	Brandon Burlon	1990	New Jersey Devils	D
53	Travis Hamonic	1990	New York Islanders	D	900	53	189	242	774	-26
54	Patrice Cormier	1990	New Jersey Devils	F	52	1	4	5	18	-5
55	Marco Scandella	1990	Minnesota Wild	D	784	51	119	170	294	11
56	Danny Kristo	1990	Montreal Canadiens	F
57	Eric Mestery	1990	Washington Capitals	D
58	Dmitri Kugryshev	1990	Washington Capitals	F
59	Tyler Beskorowany	1990	Dallas Stars	G
60	Jimmy Hayes	1989	Toronto Maple Leafs	F	334	54	55	109	149	-29
61	Peter Delmas	1990	Colorado Avalanche	G

Round 3

No.	Name	Born	Team	Pos	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-
62	Justin Daniels	1989	San Jose Sharks	F
63	Robert Czarnik	1990	Los Angeles Kings	F
64	Danick Paquette	1990	Atlanta Thrashers	F
65	Jori Lehterä	1987	St. Louis Blues	F	307	34	77	111	167	12
66	David Toews	1990	New York Islanders	F
67	Marc-Andre Bourdon	1989	Philadelphia Flyers	D	45	4	3	7	52	4
68	Shawn Lalonde	1990	Chicago Blackhawks	D	1	0	0	0	0	1
69	Michael Stone	1990	Phoenix Coyotes	D	552	41	104	145	309	-47
70	James Livingston	1990	St. Louis Blues	F
71	Josh Brittain	1990	Anaheim Ducks	F
72	Jyri Niemi	1990	New York Islanders	D
73	Kirill Petrov	1990	New York Islanders	F
74	Andrew Campbell	1988	Los Angeles Kings	D	42	0	2	2	12	-13
75	Evgeny Grachev	1990	New York Rangers	F	34	1	3	4	2	-7
76	Mathieu Brodeur	1990	Phoenix Coyotes	D
77	Michael Hutchinson	1990	Boston Bruins	G	154	0	2	2	0
78	Lance Bouma	1990	Calgary Flames	F	357	30	46	76	210	-7
79	Zack Smith	1988	Ottawa Senators	F	662	98	106	204	722	-46
80	Adam Comrie	1990	Florida Panthers	D
81	Corey Fienhage	1990	Buffalo Sabres	D
82	Adam Henrique	1990	New Jersey Devils	F	993	275	282	557	304	-10
83	Marco Cousineau	1989	Anaheim Ducks	G
84	Jacob Deserres	1990	Philadelphia Flyers	G
85	Brandon McMillan	1990	Anaheim Ducks	F	171	14	22	36	60	-35
86	Steve Quailer	1989	Montreal Canadiens	F
87	Ian Schultz	1990	St. Louis Blues	F
88	Geordie Wudrick	1990	Los Angeles Kings	F
89	Scott Winkler	1990	Dallas Stars	F
90	Tomas Kundratek	1989	New York Rangers	D	30	1	6	7	10	-5
91	Max Nicastro	1990	Detroit Red Wings	D

Round 4

No.	Name	Born	Team	Pos	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-
92	Samuel Groulx	1990	San Jose Sharks	D
93	Braden Holtby	1989	Washington Capitals	G	513	0	12	12	27
94	Vinny Saponari	1990	Atlanta Thrashers	F
95	David Warsofsky	1990	St. Louis Blues	D	55	2	9	11	8	-6
96	Matt Donovan	1990	New York Islanders	D	69	2	18	20	28	-8
97	Jamie Arniel	1989	Boston Bruins	F	1	0	0	0	0	-1
98	Mikhail Stefanovich	1989	Toronto Maple Leafs	F
99	Colin Long	1989	Phoenix Coyotes	F
100	A.J. Jenks	1990	Florida Panthers	F
101	Justin Jokinen	1989	Buffalo Sabres	F
102	David Ullström	1989	New York Islanders	F	49	6	7	13	12	-4
103	Johan Motin	1989	Edmonton Oilers	D	1	0	0	0	0	-1
104	Jordon Southorn	1990	Buffalo Sabres	D
105	Michal Jordan	1990	Carolina Hurricanes	D	79	3	4	7	18	-14
106	Harri Säteri	1989	San Jose Sharks	G	15	0	0	0	0
107	Steven Delisle	1990	Columbus Blue Jackets	D
108	Nick Larson	1989	Calgary Flames	F
109	André Petersson	1990	Ottawa Senators	F	1	0	0	0	0	0
110	Kelsey Tessier	1990	Colorado Avalanche	F
111	Dale Weise	1988	New York Rangers	F	513	55	70	125	355	6
112	Matt Delahey	1989	New Jersey Devils	D
113	Ryan Hegarty	1990	Anaheim Ducks	D
114	T.J. Brodie	1990	Calgary Flames	D	962	58	300	358	312	66
115	Sean Lorenz	1990	Minnesota Wild	D
116	Jason Missiaen	1990	Montreal Canadiens	G
117	James Wright	1990	Tampa Bay Lightning	F	146	4	8	12	64	-19
118	Drew Olson	1990	Columbus Blue Jackets	F
119	Derek Grant	1990	Ottawa Senators	F	427	57	75	132	163	-42
120	Nathan Moon	1990	Pittsburgh Penguins	F
121	Gustav Nyquist	1989	Detroit Red Wings	F	863	209	322	531	210	-30

Round 5

No.	Name	Born	Team	Pos	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-
122	Dustin Tokarski	1989	Tampa Bay Lightning	G	86	0	3	3	2
123	Andrei Loktionov	1990	Los Angeles Kings	F	155	22	26	48	22	-6
124	Nicklas Lasu	1989	Atlanta Thrashers	F
125	Kristofer Berglund	1988	St. Louis Blues	D
126	Kevin Poulin	1990	New York Islanders	G	50	0	1	1	0
127	Matt Calvert	1989	Columbus Blue Jackets	F	566	95	108	203	376	-23
128	Greg Pateryn	1990	Toronto Maple Leafs	D	290	5	39	44	178	-13
129	Joel Champagne	1990	Toronto Maple Leafs	F
130	Jerome Flaake	1990	Toronto Maple Leafs	F
131	Prab Rai	1989	Vancouver Canucks	F
132	Teigan Zahn	1990	Chicago Blackhawks	D
133	Philippe Cornet	1990	Edmonton Oilers	F	2	0	1	1	0	0
134	Jacob Lagace	1990	Buffalo Sabres	F
135	Tomas Kubalik	1990	Columbus Blue Jackets	F	12	1	3	4	6	-6
136	Taylor Stefishen	1990	Nashville Predators	F
137	Brent Regner	1989	Columbus Blue Jackets	D	7	0	0	0	4	-2
138	Maxim Trunev	1990	Montreal Canadiens	F
139	Mark Borowiecki	1989	Ottawa Senators	D	458	15	41	56	848	-22
140	Mark Olver	1988	Colorado Avalanche	F	74	10	12	22	39	-7
141	Chris Doyle	1990	New York Rangers	F
142	Kory Nagy	1989	New Jersey Devils	F
143	Stefan Warg	1990	Anaheim Ducks	D
144	Joel Broda	1989	Washington Capitals	F
145	Eero Elo	1990	Minnesota Wild	F
146	Julien Demers	1989	San Jose Sharks	D
147	Kyle DeCoste	1990	Tampa Bay Lightning	F
148	Matthew Martin	1989	New York Islanders	F	987	81	97	178	1168	-40
149	Philip Larsen	1989	Dallas Stars	D	151	9	28	37	46	-9
150	Alexander Pechurski	1990	Pittsburgh Penguins	G	1	0	0	0	0
151	Julien Cayer	1989	Detroit Red Wings	F

Round 6

No.	Name	Born	Team	Pos	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-
152	Mark Barberio	1990	Tampa Bay Lightning	D	272	14	42	56	115	2
153	Justin Azevedo	1988	Los Angeles Kings	F
154	Chris Carrozzi	1990	Atlanta Thrashers	G
155	Anthony Nigro	1990	St. Louis Blues	F
156	Jared Spurgeon	1989	New York Islanders	D	933	117	299	416	160	125
157	Cam Atkinson	1989	Columbus Blue Jackets	F	809	253	236	489	194	-11
158	Grant Rollheiser	1989	Toronto Maple Leafs	G
159	Brett Hextall	1988	Phoenix Coyotes	F
160	Luke Witkowski	1990	Tampa Bay Lightning	D	132	2	11	13	162	-11
161	Mats Frøshaug	1988	Vancouver Canucks	F
162	Jonathan Carlsson	1988	Chicago Blackhawks	D
163	Teemu Hartikainen	1990	Edmonton Oilers	F	52	6	7	13	16	-10
164	Nick Crawford	1990	Buffalo Sabres	D
165	Mike Murphy	1989	Carolina Hurricanes	G	2	0	0	0	0
166	Jeff Foss	1988	Nashville Predators	D
167	Joel Chouinard	1990	Colorado Avalanche	D
168	Ryley Grantham	1988	Calgary Flames	F
169	Ben Smith	1988	Chicago Blackhawks	F	237	29	25	54	8	-3
170	Jonas Holøs	1987	Colorado Avalanche	D	39	0	6	6	10	-3
171	Mitch Gaulton	1990	New York Rangers	D
172	David Wohlberg	1990	New Jersey Devils	F
173	Nicolas Tremblay	1988	Boston Bruins	F
174	Greg Burke	1990	Washington Capitals	F
175	Justin DiBenedetto	1988	New York Islanders	F	8	0	1	1	2	-2
176	Matt Tassone	1989	Dallas Stars	F
177	Tommy Wingels	1988	San Jose Sharks	F	448	62	81	143	254	-39
178	Zac Rinaldo	1990	Philadelphia Flyers	F	374	18	24	42	758	-43
179	Braden Birch	1989	Chicago Blackhawks	D
180	Patrick Killeen	1990	Pittsburgh Penguins	G
181	Stephen Johnston	1990	Detroit Red Wings	F

Round 7

No.	Name	Born	Team	Pos	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-
182	Matias Sointu	1990	Tampa Bay Lightning	F
183	Garrett Roe	1988	Los Angeles Kings	F
184	Zach Redmond	1988	Atlanta Thrashers	D	133	9	29	38	50	12
185	Paul Karpowich	1988	St. Louis Blues	G
186	Jason Demers	1988	San Jose Sharks	D	700	45	169	214	407	30
187	Sean Collins	1988	Columbus Blue Jackets	F	21	0	3	3	10	-2
188	Andrew MacWilliam	1990	Toronto Maple Leafs	D	12	0	2	2	12	-6
189	Tim Billingsley	1990	Phoenix Coyotes	D
190	Matt Bartkowski	1988	Florida Panthers	D	256	8	40	48	157	-12
191	Morgan Clark	1990	Vancouver Canucks	G
192	Joe Gleason	1990	Chicago Blackhawks	D
193	Jordan Bendfeld	1988	Edmonton Oilers	D
194	Drew Daniels	1989	San Jose Sharks	D
195	Samuel Morneau	1990	Carolina Hurricanes	F
196	Joacim Eriksson	1990	Philadelphia Flyers	G	1	0	0	0	0
197	Mark Goggin	1990	Boston Bruins	F
198	Alexander Deilert	1989	Calgary Flames	D
199	Emil Sandin	1988	Ottawa Senators	F
200	Nate Condon	1990	Colorado Avalanche	F
201	Jani Lajunen	1990	Nashville Predators	F
202	Harry Young	1989	New Jersey Devils	D
203	David Carle	1989	Tampa Bay Lightning	D
204	Stefan Della Rovere	1990	Washington Capitals	F	7	0	0	0	11	0
205	Jean-Sebastien Berube	1990	New Jersey Devils	F
206	Patrick Johnson	1989	Montreal Canadiens	F
207	Anders Lindbäck	1988	Nashville Predators	G	130	0	4	4	6
208	Nick Pryor	1990	Anaheim Ducks	D
209	Mike Bergin	1988	Dallas Stars	D
210	Nick D'Agostino	1990	Pittsburgh Penguins	D
211	Jesper Samuelsson	1988	Detroit Red Wings	F

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