It's that day! Christmas for NHL fans!
There will be trades! There will be picks! There will be Bettman!
The 1st round will be broadcast on Sportsnet at 5 PM Mountain Time today.
The 1st round draft order and selections are as follows:
1. Toronto - Auston Matthews
2. Winnipeg - Patrik Laine
3. Columbus - Pierre-Luc Dubois
4. Edmonton - Jesse Puljujarvi
5. Vancouver - Olli Juolevi
6. Calgary - Matthew Tkachuk
7. Arizona - Clayton Keller
8. Buffalo - Alexander Nylander
9. Montreal - Mikhail Sergachev
10. Colorado - Tyson Jost
11. Ottawa (from New Jersey) - Logan Brown
12. New Jersey (from Ottawa) - Michael McLeod
13. Carolina - Jake Bean
14. Boston - Charlie McAvoy
15. Minnesota - Luke Kunin
16. Arizona (from Detroit) - Jakob Chychrun
17. Nashville - Dante Fabbro
18. Winnipeg (from Philadelphia) - Logan Stanley
19. New York Islanders - Kiefer Bellows
20. Detroit (from Arizona via New York Rangers) - Dennis Cholowski
21. Carolina (from Los Angeles) - Julien Gauthier
22. Philadelphia (from Winnipeg via Chicago) - German Rubtsov
23. Florida - Henrik Borgstrom
24. Anaheim - Max Jones
25. Dallas (sigh) - Riley Tufte
26. St. Louis (from Washington) - Tage Thompson
27. Tampa Bay - Brett Howden
28. Washington (from St. Louis) - Lucas Johansen
29. Boston (from San Jose) - Trent Frederic
30. Anaheim (from Pittsburgh via Toronto) - Sam Steel
Barring trades, the Flames will be picking:
6th - Matthew Tkachuk
54th (from Florida)
56th (from Dallas)
66th
96th
126th
156th
166th (from Minnesota)
186th
Reading Materials:
Final Central Scouting Rankings
Bob McKenzie's Top Prospect Rankings
TSN's DraftCentre
Twitter
Streams:
Sportsnet Now
Potential Trade Targets:
Ben Bishop
Brian Elliott
Sergei Bobrovsky
Scott Hartnell
Marc-Andre Fleury
Semyon Varlamov?
3rd overall pick
4th overall pick
8th overall pick