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Friday, June 22, 2007
Blogging from the NHL Draft
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
COLUMBUS — The media section here at Nationwide Arena is starting to fill and everybody is taking about the latest rumors floating around so I wanted to start a new NHL draft blog to update over the course of this weekend. This is where I’ll post updates as I hear them, although if the Thrashers do anything major I’ll post a new one. Already, deals are starting to go down. By now I’m sure you’ve already heard of San Jose’s trade with Toronto that sent goalie Vesa Toskala and Mark Bell to the Leafs for a conditional first and second-round pick in 2007 and a 2009 fourth-round pick. TSN is reporting that Pittsburgh has resigned Gary Roberts and Mark Recchi.
The news that most impacts the Thrashers is Florida’s acquisition of goalie Tomas Vokoun from Nashville for a first-round pick and two second rounders. I’m here with fingers crossed that the Thrashers join the fun, because if not, I won’t have much to write about for the Saturday paper. Unless you’re dying to read about Patrick Kane. Then you might be in luck.
I still expect something to happen on the Thrashers front as things get cooking. The consensus is that after the top eight or nine picks, this draft is an absolute crapshoot, so there might be a lot of movement when St. Louis gets cracking with its first of three first-round picks. I’ll keep you posted.
