-Yep, I am already in NHL Draft mode. Still an hour to go. As usual, the live blog goes older posts at the top, newer posts on the bottom.
-Wow, Habs given permission to talk to Sundin. Man, I did no see that coming.
-Im going to grab some food before the draft starts, I’ll be back in 15.
-Wow, good trade there between the Kings, Ducks, and Flames. Looks like all 3 teams make out well.
-Tanguay to the Habs for #25. Great move for the Habs imho. They get more offense. Though that probably spells the end of Hossa to the Habs because of Tanguays 5 million dollar hit.
-Stamkos the consensus #1 on TV right now, but I gotta tell you, I think the biggest impact player will be Drew Doughty.
-Bettman on the stage, here we go…
-Panthers moved to the ‘Yotes for Boynton, Ballard and a 2nd rounder. IMHO TERRIBLE deal for the Panthers. They didnt get near enough for him.
-Shocking, just shocking, Stamkos taken at #1. 
-Rangers shoulda beaten that offer for Jokinen. Hes an elite #1 forward who got traded for a bag of pucks. Unbelievable.
-HAHAHA, did you catch the way Duffy said Daigle?
-Kings are up, Im sure they will take Bogosian or Doughty.
-Doughty, what a great player. Kings got an elite player right there.
-Thrashers are up, Id take Filatov if I were them. I know they will likely go for Bogosian, but Filatov is the best player available right now, and those guys need to think about who is going to best help their franchise right away. Filatov playing with Kovalchuk scares me even thinking about it.
-Bogo to the Thrashers. Bad pick imho….well, not a bad pick, just not the right pick. Bogo is a superb player, but Filatov is the right player for that club.
-Blues on the board, Pietrangelo should be the guy.
-Wow, JD has aged a lot since becoming team president. I guess those responsibilities will do it to ya.
-Good pick for the Blues.
-Isles on the board, they would have to be on crack to trade the pick and give up the chance to get Filatov.
-Oh jesus, the isles are just the worst run club out there, unless somehow Filatov drops to 7.
-Like I said, the only way this one works out for the Isles is if Columbus passes up on Filatov and he drops to 7.
-My guess is Schenn.
-Well, getting 2 picks to move down 2 spots isnt all that bad I suppose.
-Another trade. Wow, Columbus overpaid a LOT to get Umberger.
-Columbus up, they should take Filatov IMHO.
-Filatov gone, Islanders just screwed up big time IMHO.
-Wow, yet another trade…Islanders move down 2 more spots again. Reminiscent of the Thrashers when they moved down to get Bourret.
-Here is where things get interesting. No idea who Nashville will take here.
-Colin Wilson, great pick for the Preds.
-Phoenix is up, id go with a defenseman here if I were them.
-Gretzky, the only guy who could get applause while taking a dump….fwiw, I still wear my Gretzky Rangers jersey while I watch games on TV.
-Well, looks like I was wrong. Don’t know much about this Boedker kid.
-Here come the Isles…I think they go with Myers.
-Nope, they went with Bailey. The 12th ranked player taken at #9.
-Canucks are up, RIP Bourdon.
-I thought for a minute that it might have been Beach there, which scared me. Kyle is someone I hope falls to the Rangers if Carlson and Teubert are gone.
-Chicago is up…F*** Beach is gone. DAMN IT.
-Kings dealt their pick to Buffalo it seems…
-Myers is gone. Good pick.
-Kings are on their way to becoming the Western Conference version of the Pens. Great drafting because of ineptitude.
-F***, F***, F***, F***, F***, F*** There goes Teubert….DAMN IT.
-Here come the Canes, only 2 more players im really interested in, Carlson, and Petrov.
-Nashville is next, were getting close to the Rangers picking…
-Looks like we have another trade…Ottawa and Nashville swap picks with Ottawa throwing in a 3rd rounder.
-Karlsson, I know many people had him falling to us in their mocks.
-Here come the Bruins, I think they may take Carlson here….ugh…
-Screw the Celtics, and that whole city. Whew, Carlson still on the board.
-Anaheim goes with the High Schooler…
-Here comes Nashville again…They will likely go with a goalie…
-Philly goes up, my guess, they screw the Rangers and take Carlson, while we take Del Zotto, a guy im not as high on as others…
-Here it comes…Wow, they went Sbisa, WOOT, Carlson is on the board! Dont blow this!
-Rangers take Del Zotto…Im not a super happy guy right now. Hes a good pick, I just liked what I heard about Carlson more.
-Rangers have a genuine NEED for a big time heavy hitting defenseman. they went and drafted a player whom we already have a better version of in our system. Im not very happy.
-Caps are up, Devils traded down. My guess is the Devils take Carlson just to piss me off.
-Caps take another Swede, Oilers up now…
-Oilers take Eberle, not that big of a fan of this kid.
-NJ moving down again…
-Minny take Tyler Cuma, interesting pick, not a big fan of converted players like this.
-Here come the Devils, and John Carlson 
-”All our fans?” Puhlease, there are maybe 6 Devil fans across the world who are watching this. Wow, they took Tedenby. Excellent pick.
-Both Petrov and Carlson still on the board…Maybe trade up and grab em now?
-Nemisz taken by the Flames, pretty good pick by the Flames.
-Sutter, ever the talker. Buffalo about to make their pick, no idea who they are going with.
-Another midget player for an already small Buffalo team.
-Man, how many trades can you legally have in 1 draft?
-Ugh, there goes Carlson to Washington. Caps got themselves a heck of a player.
-Aaaand another trade. Phoenix on the board.
-Wow, Phoenix takes Tikhanov, a guy I hoped we could get in the 3rd round. I cant believe they traded up to get this kid. Hes an excellent player, but he dominated as an older player, but might be close to being NHL ready.
-Thrashers up here, I think they take a goalie…Uhh, who did they take? Leveille? Never heard of him.
-Detroit is up, and the first round will be over in a few…
-Detroit took a goalie. Interesting, I didn’t think they would with some pretty decent skaters still on the board.
That concludes the draft, Ill probably make a post on what I think about Del Zotto tonight. And I will be back tomorrow.