2011 vNHL Entry Draft Results

[Andrew]

Round 1
1. Boston - Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, F, EDM
2. Vancouver (from NYR) - jonathan Huberdeau, F, FLA
3. Nashville - Gabriel Landeskog, F, COL
4. Phoenix (from MTL via NYR) - Ryan Strome, F, NYI
5. Toronto - Sean Couturier, F, PHI
6. Nashville (from CHI) - Mika Zibanejad, F, OTT
7. Winnipeg - Vladislav Namestnikov, F, TBL
8. LA Kings - Ryan Murphy, D, CAR
9. Calgary - Adam Larsson, D, NJD
10. Vancouver (via PHX) - Joel Armia, F, BUF
11. Nashville (via EDM) - Sven Baertschi, F, CGY
12. Toronto (from OTT) - Mark Scheifele, F, WPG
13. Florida - Mark McNeill, F, CHI
14. Phoenix (via VAN) - Rocco Grimaldi, F, FLA
15. Detroit - Dougie Hamilton, D, BOS
16. Pittsburgh - Matt Puempel, F, OTT

Round 2
17. Boston - Alexander Khokhlachev, F, BOS
18. Montreal (from NYR) - Jonas Brodin, D, MIN
19. Pittsburgh (from CHI via NSH) - Nathan Beaulieu, D, MTL
20. Toronto - Ty Rattie, F, STL
21. Pittsburgh (from CHI) - Tomas Jurco, F, DET
22. Winnipeg - Stefan Noesen, F, OTT
23. LA Kings - Nicklas Jensen, F, VAN
24. Montreal - Rikard Rakell, F, ANH
25. Calgary - Joe Morrow, D, PIT
26. New York (from PHX) - Nikita Kucherov, F, TBL
27. Edmonton - Duncan Siemens, D, COL
28. Ottawa - Tyler Biggs, F, TOR
29. Florida - Jonathan (J.T.) Miller, F, NYR
30. Phoenix (from VAN) - Brandon Saad, F, CHI
31. Winnipeg (from DET via TOR) - Dmitri Jaskin, F, STL
32. Winnipeg (from PIT via NYR) - Zach Phillips, F, MIN

Round 3
33. Boston - Boone Jenner, F, CBJ
34. New York - Victor Rask, F, CAR
35. Nashville - Oscar Klefbom, D, EDM
36. Toronto - Adam Clendening, D, CHI
37. Nashville (from CHI) - Jamieson Oleksiak, D, DAL
38. Winnipeg - Xavier Ouellet, D, DET
39. LA Kings - Shane Prince, D, OTT
40. Montreal - Joel Edmundson, D, STL
41. Calgary - Philip Danault, F, CHI
42. Vancouver (from PHX) - John Gibson, G, ANH
43. Edmonton - Magnus Hellberg, G, NSH
44. Ottawa - Daniel Catenacci, F, BUF
45. Florida - Joachmi Nermark, F, COL
46. Vancouver - Ryan Sproul, D, DET
47. Toronto (from DET) - Christopher Gibson, G, LAK
48. Pittsburgh - Michael St. Croix, F, NYR

Round 4[/u]
49. Boston - Johan Sundstrom, F, NYI
50. New York - Nick Shore, F, LAK
51. Chicago (from NSH) - Reid Boucher, F, NJD
52. Vancouver (from TOR) - Lucas Lessio, F, PHX
53. Chicago - Markus Granlund, F, CGY
54. Winnipeg - Tobias Rieder, F, EDM
55. LA Kings - Brett Ritchie, F, DAL
56. New York (from MTL) - William Karlsson, F, ANH
57. Calgary - Jordan Binnington, G, STL
58. Phoenix - Matthew Nieto, F, SJS
59. Edmonton - Mario Lucia, F, MIN
60. Chicago (from OTT) - Scott Mayfield, D, NYI
61. Florida - Robbie Russo, D, NYI
62. Vancouver - Seth Ambroz, F, CBJ
63. Toronto (from DET) - Max Friberg, F, ANH
64. Chicago (via PIT) - Samu Perhonen, G, EDM

Round 5[/u]
65. Boston - Alexander Ruuttu, F, PHX
66. New York - Marek Tvrdon, F, DET
67. Nashville - Miikka Salomaki, F, NSH
68. Pittsburgh (from TOR) - Logan Shaw, F, FLA
69. Vancouver (via CHI) - Connor Murphy, D, PHX
70. Winnipeg - Marcel Noebels, F, PHI
71. LA Kings - Nick Cousins, F, PHX
72. Montreal - Scott Harrington, D, PIT
73. Calgary - David Honzik, G, VAN
74. Phoenix - Adam Lowry, F, WPG
75. Edmonton - Tyler Wotherspoon, D, CGY
76. New York (from OTT) - Stuart Percy, D, TOR
77. Florida - Kyle Rau, F, FLA
78. Vancouver - Shane McColgan, F, NYR
79. Detroit - Rasmus Bengtsson, D, FLA
80. Pittsburgh - David Musil, D, EDM

[Andrew]

As for the lottery, it looks as follows:

Anaheim - 20%
New York - 20%
Columbus - 20%
Toronto - 15%
Chicago - 10%
Atlanta - 8%
Los Angeles - 5%
New York (from MTL) - 2%

This is different in years past to incorporate a major suggestion from last year: that the bottom three should all have an equal chance to win the lottery, and we indicated that we'd follow that suggestion for this year.

Also, now that Yahoo allows for an 8 team playoff format, we figured this allows us to be more like the NHL with our lottery. This means that any team not involved in the playoffs has a chance at winning the lottery, although the winner can only move up a maximum of 4 spots (meaning that only the bottom 5 have a shot at #1 overall).

[Andrew]

OK, here's where we're at regarding skipped picks:

Skipped picks are mentioned in the thread above. I will give everyone another week to make their selections that were skipped. At that point, I will go down the list and assign undrafted players to the teams, starting with David Musil.

This week is significant guys, because the players assigned/selected through this draft will not count against your 20 man prospect limit. If you decide later to try and acuire a player through waivers, he WILL count against the limit.

In the meantime, I will allow GMs who don't have picks to claim prospects on waivers from the 2011 draft if they feel the need. Those players will count against the limit. Please let me know if there are any questions.