The First Round of the 2014 NHL Entry Draft

                                  2014 NHL Entry Draft

1. Florida Panthers                                  D Aaron Ekblad
2. Buffalo Sabres                                    C Sam Reinhart
3. Edmonton Oilers                                 C Leon Draisaitl
4. Calgary Flames                                   C Sam Bennett
5. New York Islanders                             LW Michael Dal Colle
6. Vancouver Canucks                            LW Jake Virtanen
7. Carolina Hurricanes                             D Haydn Fleury
8. Toronto Maple Leafs                            C/LW/RW William Nylander
9. Winnipeg Jets                                      LW Nikolaj Ehlers
10. Anaheim Ducks (from OTT)                 LW Nick Ritchie
11. Nashville Predators                             C/RW Kevin Fiala
12. Arizona Coyotes                                  LW Brendan Perlini
13. Washington Capitals                           C Jakub Vrana
14. Dallas Stars                                         D Julius Honka
15. Detroit Red Wings                               C Dylan Larkin
16. Columbus Blue Jackets                       LW Sonny Milano
17. Philadelphia Flyers                               D Travis Sanheim
18. Minnesota Wild                                    C/RW Alex Tuch
19. Tampa Bay Lightning                           D Anthony DeAngelo
20. Chicago Blackhawks (from SJ)            C Nick Schmaltz
21. St. Louis Blues                                     C Rob Fabbri
22. Pittsburgh Penguins                             RW Kasperi Kapanen
23. Colorado Avalanche                             C Conner Bleakley
24. Vancouver Canucks (from ANA)           C Jared McCann
25. Boston Bruins                                       RW David Pastrnak
26. Montreal Canadiens                             LW Nikita Scherbak
27. San Jose Sharks (from CHI)                 LW Nikolay Goldobin
28. New York Islanders (from TB via NYR) C/RW Josh Ho-Sang
29. Los Angeles Kings                                LW Adrian Kempe
30. New Jersey Devils                                C John Quenneville

Trades Made

(Pre Draft)

– VAN traded Ryan Kesler and a 2015 3^rd round pick to ANA for Luca Sbisa, Nick Bonino, and this year’s 1^st and 3^rd round picks (24^th and 85^th overall).

– VAN traded Jason Garrison, the rights to Jeff Costello, and a 2015 7^th round pick to TB for this years 2^nd round pick (50^th overall).

– VAN traded this year’s 3^rd round pick (85^th overall) to the NYR for Derek Dorsett.

(During the Draft)

– PIT traded James Neal to NSH for Patric Hornqvist and Nick Spaling.

– SJ traded the 20^th overall pick and the 179th overall pick to CHI for the 27th overall pick and the 62nd overall pick.

– TB traded the 28th overall pick to the NYI for the 35th overall pick and 57th overall pick.

Congrats to all the players selected in the first round of this year’s draft! Tune into NHL Network tomorrow at 10 AM EST for rounds 2 through 7. Good luck to all of those being drafted in their future careers and endeavors.