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7 211 DET JESPER SAMUELSSON Jun 13, 1988 STOCKHOLM SW 5' 11" 178 SWE TIMRA C

6 181 DET STEPHEN JOHNSTON Feb 24, 1990 GUELPH, ON 6' 1" 175 OHL BELLEVILLE LW

David Wohlberg from South Lyon picked by NJD at 172.

5 151 DET JULIEN CAYER Jul 6, 1989 LONGUEUIL, QC CA 6' 4" 186 HIGH-NY NORTHWOOD SCHOOL C A high schooler. A Clarkson recruit.

Greg Pateryn from Sterling Heights was picked at # 128 by Toronto.

4 121 DET GUSTAV NYQUIST Sep 1, 1989 HALMSTAD SE 5' 10" 169 SWE-JR. MALMO JR. C

With the 100 pick, Florida picked a guy from Detroit, AJ Jenks.

Looks like BU in 2009. http://terrierhockey.blogspot.com/2007/03/...09-recruit.html

This says he patterns his game after Lidstrom. Good choice.

3 91 DET MAX NICASTRO Mar 2, 1990 THOUSAND OAKS, CA US 6' 2" 189 USHL CHICAGO D

He is committed to play for Michigan in the fall.

At pick 63, the Kind selected a player from Roseville, MI named Robert Czarnik.

http://www.canada.com/calgaryherald/news/s...c0-121be1460837 Nice little story about how McCollum became a goalie.

http://www.nhl.com/nhl/app?articleid=36659...mp;service=page Goalie wars -- Thomas McCollum of the Guelph Storm was the No. 1-ranked North American goaltender by NHL Central Scouting Services and Chet Pickard of the Tri-City Americans was rated No. 2. However, they went in reverse order in the opening round of the Draft as Pickard was taken with the No. 18 pick by the Nashville Predators and McCollum went No. 30 to the Detroit Red Wings. McCollum looked like he thought it went perfectly as he tried on his Red Wings' sweater. He said he had a good conversation with the team at the recent Combine in Toronto. "I thought the meeting went really well and that I had the right answers to their questions," said McCollum, who ranked No. 4 among Ontario Hockey League goalies with a 2.50 goals-against average. McCollum went 25-17-3-3 with a .914 save percentage. He set the Storm record with five shutouts this season. "My coach at Guelph, Dave Barr, played for the Red Wings and I was hoping he was talking me up to them during the season. I'm a butterfly goalie and I use my size to fill the net. I've been told I'm a good skater and that I have good lateral movement." McCollum grew up in the Buffalo area and was a big fan of Dominik Hasek when he played for the Sabres. "I spent a lot of time in the house, trying to emulate the things that Hasek did," McCollum said. "So it's pretty interesting that I could get a chance to play in his old stomping grounds." McCollum said he knows it will take a lot of work to make it to the NHL, and that's what he's planning to do. "I just need to work, talk to my coaches, especially the goalie coach, and push myself to be the best I can be. I know it's going to take hard work. This is the best league there is."

http://www.ontariohockeyleague.com/stats/player.php?id=4518

http://www.nhl.com/nhl/app/?service=page&a...rticleid=366151

http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/news/story?id=3451170

They already have two European games planned to open up next season, but the Wings are not involved.

Lidstrom/Rafalski Kronwall/Stuart Lebda/Quincey and Ericsson rotation Meech can be an extra defenseman and forward

The wings are projecting Helm/Abdelkader as the future versions of Draper/Maltby. I think Helm could be with the big club next year, but Abdelkader will be in Grand Rapids. The Wings go slow with their prospects, unless they have a large upside like Zetterberg and Datsyuk.

Ryan Miller has one more year left with Buffalo, on his current contract. I see Buffalo signing him to an extension this summer. Here is a link to Howard's recent stats: http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php3?pid=67804 I am with the side of having a Osgood/Howard tandem to see how well Howard can play. You never know how a NHL player is going to turn out, until they get consistent play in the NHL, especially goalies. Have Osgood play about 50 games and Howard gets the rest. As others have said, if a more proven veteran is needed down the stretch, you can work a trade. However, Howard is not aiming for the number one spot right now, so what better than to have Osgood tutor him along.

They might play Meech some at forward, too. He did a little of that last year.

Versus has coverage listed as June 12 from 7-8:30, while CBC lists it as June 12 from 8-9:30.

Yah Mule, yah!

http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/playoffs2008...tory?id=3389117