Well, this is it. The Draft will be starting in Montreal in about five minutes. I'll be keeping up to date with it, but mostly focusing on what the Flyers and the other Atlantic teams do. According to Bob McKenzie on TSN, the Islanders may or may not take John Tavares with their first pick. It sounds like they may be leaning towards Victor Hedman. Of course, this could just be Brian Burke starting trouble, so who knows?
The Flyers have the 21st pick...
7:04 - Darren Dreger on TSN just reported that the Flyers have traded for Anaheim D Chris Pronger. THAT'S out of left field. I'll have to see if this one's legit.
7:13 - At this point, I think Gary Bettman would get booed by his own mother.
7:17 - With the 1st pick in the 2009 NHL Entry Draft, the New York Islanders select...John Tavares. Welcome to the 21st century, Long Island.
7:22 - ESPN (I know, it's ESPN, so it's suspect) is reporting that the Flyers gave up Joffrey Lupul, Luca Sbisa and some picks for Chris Pronger. If that's the case, then this may be the biggest move the Flyers make all weekend. Not too crazy about giving up Sbisa, I thought he could be someone we could build the blueline around. I'm also thinking there's going to be some more moves to shift some salary.
7:36 - OK, so it's Pronger and some dude named Ryan Dingle for Lupul, Sbisa, the 21st pick this year, our 1st next year, and a third round pick in either 2010 or 2011.
Seeing as how the Flyers aren't picking for a while now, I can hold off until the second round. Or until the Flyers trade Daniel Briere. Seriously, Pronger's owed $6.25 million next year. There's no way we can afford him unless Holmgren moves one of those big contracts.
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