On the Islanders Beat

Hey everyone.... the draft is about to start and people are getting excited here at the Coliseum. Hopefully there won't be too many broken hearts tonight. There's even a brave soul rocking a Rangers jersey...I'm guessing if he gets anything broken tonight it won't be his heart....:)

Ok everyone, feel free to leave your comments, just keep 'em clean!

Ryan Jankowsi before the draft said they are working the phones to entertain offers to trade up or trade down. He said he thinks there will be a decent amount of movement, but for the Isles, making a move from No. 5 would have to be at the right price....

With the amount of picks the Isles have in the second and third rounds, I think a trade could be very likely.

Buccigross just called it....Filatov seems to be the crowd favorite, so we'll see if fans will get their wish.

Draft update
Mike Cammaleri to Calgary, 12th overall to LA from Anaheim, and 17th and 28th to Anaheim.

FYI: Bettman got a lot of boo's here at the Coliseum as well

Florida Olli Jokinen to Phoenix for Keith Balllard and Nick boynton and the 49th overall pick.

1. Tampa Bay Lightning select C Steven Stamkos. No surprise there, given everyone considered TB selecting Stamkos as their franchise player a foregone conclusion. Would've been extremely awkward given the investment on all the Seen Stamkos? merchandise. Now things will get interesting.....

2. LA selects Drew Doughty, an offensive defenseman widely heralded for his hockey IQ. He had 13 goals and 37 assists in 58 game playing for the Guelph Storm in 2007-2008.
And LA has nine more picks in the first four rounds.....

3. Atlanta selects Zach Bogosian, another offensive defenseman from the OHL. He was the only defenseman in the OHL to lead his team in scoring. He had 11 goals and 50 assists for Petersborough. Bogosian is known for his physicality, aggressiveness, and natural leadership ability. No big surprises yet, but from here on out, things may get more interesting.

Trade: Montreal trades 25th pick and second round next year to Calgary for Alex Tanguay, and Calgary's fifth-round pick.

4. St. Louis selects Alex Pietrangelo. Once again, a highly-skilled offensive defenseman, who has good size and serious upside, given scouts believe he has only begun to realize into his physical potential. This means Filatov is available....

New York swaps pick with Toronto for pick 7 and either 60th this year and Toronto's 3rd next year, or 68th this year and 2nd next year, at the Islanders discretion.

5. Toronto selects Luke Schenn, a 6'3'', 212 lb defenseman known for his toughness and ability to make the first pass. First non-OHL player drafted.

Columbus trades 19 and 67 to Philadelphia for Umberger and 4th round pick.

6. Columbus selects Nikita Filatov, and the environment at the Coliseum really just took a turn for the worst. Well if it's any consolation, he's looks like a twig ready to be snapped....can't be very durable....just trying to keep things positive here.

Another trade: Islanders trade their seventh pick for the ninth pick and 40th pick.

7. Nashville selects forward Colin Wilson, son of ex-Ranger Carey Wilson, known as a strong, two-way player with hockey smarts.

8. Phoenix selects Mikkel Boedker, a Danish winger from Kitchener. Known for his play-making ability and speed. Also effective as a QB on the power play.

9. Finally, the Islanders select Josh Bailey of the Windsor Spitfires. Don't think many people thought that was coming. Power play QB and skilled play-making center. 29 goals and 67 assists for Windsor last season. Also a teammate of Nolan's son Jordan. We'll be hearing from him live via satellite in a second....

10. Vancouver selects Brampton forward Cody Hodgson, who some compare to Chris Drury. As a player with "the whole package," yet not as much flash, he's rumored to be a sleeper pick this draft.

11. Chicago selects Kyle Beach, known as the "head-case" of this year's draft class, both literally and figuratively. He's had several concussions and on and off-ice problems. People sometimes liken him to a bigger Sean Avery, given his grit and nastiness on the ice.

12. Buffalo selects Tyler Myers, the huge 6-ft-7 D-man from Kelowna, who often elicits comparison to Zdano Chara, but with superior skating abilities.

13. LA selects Regina defenseman Colton Teubert. Not known much for his offensive ability, but a competitive and feisty blue-liner who draws comparisons to Shea Weber.

14. Carolina selects Lethbridge forward Zach Boychuk, known for his speed and athleticism.

Nashville trades 15 to Ottawa for 18 and 3rd in 2009.

15. Ottawa selects Swedish defenseman Erik Karlsson, although he will not play in North America next year; he'll remain with Swedish Elite team Frolunda, which is also where Isles prospect Robin Figren will play next season.

OK, guys, I didn't know this, but they are actually kicking us out of the Coliseum right now, so I'm gonna have to end things here. If the Isles trade back up into the first round, I'll post that info as soon as I can.

Until later.