NHL Entry Draft begins Friday night

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NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE

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Order of selection for 2007 NHL Entry Draft NEW YORK -- The order of selection for the 2007 NHL Entry Draft, beginning Friday, June 22 at Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio (7 p.m., ET, VERSUS, TSN, RDS, NHL Radio, NHL.com audio stream):

Round 1 1. Chicago 2. Philadelphia 3. Phoenix 4. Los Angeles 5. Washington 6. Edmonton 7. Columbus 8. Boston 9. St. Louis 10. Florida 11. Carolina 12. Montreal 13. Toronto 14. Colorado 15. Edmonton (from NY Islanders) 16. Anaheim (from Tampa Bay) 17. NY Rangers 18. Calgary 19. Minnesota 20. Pittsburgh 21. Phoenix (from Dallas) 22. Montreal (from San Jose) 23. Philadelphia (from Nashville) 24. St. Louis (from Atlanta) 25. Vancouver 26. St. Louis (from New Jersey via San Jose) 27. Detroit 28. Washington (from Buffalo) 29. Ottawa 30. Edmonton (from Anaheim)

Summary of transferred first-round draft picks:

SMYTH Pick 15 (NY Islanders to Edmonton): Edmonton traded LW Ryan Smyth to New York Islanders for C Ryan O'Marra, C Robert Nilsson and the Islanders' 1st-round pick in the 2007 Entry Draft (Feb. 27, 2007).

Pick 16 (Tampa Bay to Anaheim): Anaheim traded D Shane O'Brien and a 3rd-round pick in the 2007 Entry Draft to Tampa Bay for G Gerald Coleman and Tampa Bay's 1st-round pick in 2007 (Feb. 24, 2007).

Pick 21 (Dallas to Phoenix): Dallas traded LW Mathias Tjarnqvist and its 1st-round pick in the 2007 Entry Draft to Phoenix for LW Ladislav Nagy (Feb. 12, 2007).

Pick 22 (San Jose to Montreal): Montreal traded D Craig Rivet and its 5th-round pick in 2008 to San Jose for D Josh Gorges and San Jose's 1st-round pick in 2007 (Feb. 25, 2007).

Pick 23 (Nashville to Philadelphia): Philadelphia traded C Peter Forsberg to Nashville for LW Scottie Upshall, D Ryan Parent and Nashville's 1st- and 3rd-round round picks in the 2007 Entry Draft (Feb. 15, 2007).

TKACHUK Pick 24 (Atlanta to St. Louis): St. Louis traded LW Keith Tkachuk to Atlanta for C Glen Metropolit, its 1st- and 3rd-round picks in 2007, 2nd-round pick in 2008 and a conditional 1st-round pick in 2008 (if Atlanta re-signs Tkachuk for 2007-08) (Feb. 25, 2007).

Pick 26 (New Jersey to San Jose to St. Louis)

(1) New Jersey to San Jose: New Jersey traded D Vladimir Malakhov and its 1st-round pick in the 2007 Entry Draft to San Jose for LW Alex Korolyuk and D Jim Fahey (Oct. 1, 2006).

(2) San Jose to St. Louis: St. Louis traded RW Bill Guerin to San Jose for LW Ville Nieminen, LW Jay Barriball and New Jersey's 1st-round pick in the 2007 Entry Draft (previously acquired) (Feb. 27, 2007).

Pick 28 (Buffalo to Washington): Buffalo traded C Jiri Novotny and its 1st-round pick in the 2007 Entry Draft to Washington for RW Dainius Zubrus and D Timo Helbling (Feb. 27, 2007).

Pick 30 (Anaheim to Edmonton): Edmonton traded D Chris Pronger to Anaheim for RW Joffrey Lupul, D Ladislav Smid and Anaheim's 1st-round picks in the 2007 and 2008 Entry Drafts (July 3, 2006).

The next six of seven rounds of the Draft order:

Round 2 31. Buffalo (from PHI) 32. Phoenix 33. Vancouver (from L.A.) 34. Washington 35. Chicago 36. Edmonton 37. Columbus 38. Boston 39. St. Louis 40. Florida 41. San Jose (from CAR-PIT) 42. Minnesota 43. Montreal 44. Toronto 45. Colorado 46. Washington (from NYI) 47. Tampa Bay 48. NY Rangers 49. Colorado (from CGY) 50. Dallas (from MIN) 51. Pittsburgh 52. Los Angeles (from DAL) 53. Columbus (from S.J.) 54. Nashville 55. Colorado (from ATL-ANA) 56. Vancouver (optional to CHI) 57. New Jersey 58. Florida (from DET) 59. Buffalo 60. Ottawa 61. Vancouver (from ANA; optional to LA)

Round 3 62. Philadelphia (optional to NYI/ANA) 63. Phoenix (optional to NYI/ANA) 64. Dallas (from L.A.) 65. Montreal (from WSH) 66. Philadelphia (from CHI) 67. Atlanta (from EDM-MIN) 68. Columbus 69. Boston 70. St. Louis 71. Florida 72. Carolina 73. Montreal 74. Toronto 75. Colorado (optional to T.B.) 76. NY Islanders 77. Tampa Bay 78. Atlanta (from NYR) 79. New Jersey (from CGY) 80. Pittsburgh (from MIN) 81. Nashville (from PIT) 82. Los Angeles (from DAL) 83. San Jose 84. Philadelphia (from NSH) 85. St. Louis (from ATL) 86. Chicago (from VAN) 87. New Jersey 88. Detroit 89. Buffalo 90. Ottawa 91. Anaheim (optional to COL/T.B.)

Round 4 92. Anaheim (from PHI) 93. Anaheim (from PHX) 94. Dallas (from L.A.) 95. Washington 96. St. Louis (from CHI-CAR) 97. Edmonton 98. Anaheim (from CBJ) 99. Phoenix (from BOS; conditional to TOR) 100. St. Louis 101. Florida 102. Carolina 103. Phoenix (from MTL; conditional to TOR) 104. Toronto 105. Colorado 106. NY Islanders 107. Tampa Bay 108. Washington (from NYR) 109. Los Angeles (from CGY) 110. Minnesota 111. Pittsburgh 112. Dallas 113. San Jose 114. Nashville 115. Atlanta 116. Buffalo (from VAN) 117. New Jersey 118. Pittsburgh (from DET) 119. Nashville (from BUF) 120. Ottawa 121. Anaheim

Round 5 122. Philadelphia 123. Phoenix 124. Los Angeles 125. Washington 126. Chicago 127. Edmonton 128. Columbus 129. Columbus (from BOS) 130. Boston (from STL) 131. Florida 132. Carolina 133. Montreal 134. Toronto 135. Colorado 136. Dallas (from NYI) 137. Los Angeles (from T.B.) 138. NY Rangers 139. Calgary 140. Minnesota 141. Pittsburgh 142. Montreal (from DAL) 143. San Jose 144. Nashville 145. Vancouver (from ATL) 146. Vancouver 147. Calgary (from N.J.) 148. Detroit 149. Columbus (from BUF) 150. Ottawa 151. Anaheim

Round 6 152. Philadelphia 153. Phoenix 154. Los Angeles 155. Calgary (from WSH) 156. Chicago 157. Edmonton 158. Columbus 159. Boston 160. St. Louis 161. Philadelphia (from FLA) 162. Carolina 163. Montreal 164. Toronto 165. San Jose (from COL) 166. NY Islanders 167. Tampa Bay 168. NY Rangers 169. Calgary 170. Minnesota 171. Pittsburgh 172. Dallas 173. San Jose 174. Nashville 175. Atlanta 176. Vancouver 177. New Jersey 178. Detroit 179. Buffalo 180. Washington (from OTT) 181. Florida (from ANA)

Entry Draft Selection Notes

Pick 42 - Assigned to Minnesota for club not signing 2004 first-round pick A.J. Thelen.

Pick 56 - Vancouver will transfer its 2nd-round pick in 2007 or 2008 to Chicago, at Chicago's option (subject to Los Angeles' prior right to select Vancouver's 2nd-round pick in 2008 - see pick 61)

Pick 61 - Vancouver will transfer Anaheim's 2nd-round pick in 2007 (previously acquired) or Vancouver's 2nd-round pick in 2008 to Los Angeles, at Los Angeles' option.

Picks 62 and 63 - Philadelphia will transfer a 3rd-round pick in 2007 (its own, pick 62, or Phoenix’s, pick 63) to NY Islanders, at NY Islanders’ option. Phoenix will transfer a 3rd-round pick in 2007 (its own, pick 63, or Philadelphia's, pick 62) or its 3rd-round pick in 2008 to Anaheim, at Anaheim's option.

Picks 75 and 91 - Anaheim will transfer a 3rd-round pick in 2007 (its own, pick 91, or Colorado's, pick 75) to Tampa Bay, at Tampa Bay's option. ************************************************************