LIVE! 2008 Draft Coverage

The first round of this year's NHL Entry Draft will be covered LIVE here on Islander Zone.

Here we are, a few hours away from the draft. It's been a grueling two months, and now we are finally here, on June 20th 2008, waiting for it to be 7:00 PM EST. The draft will be held in Ottawa's Scotiabank Place. If you are in the USA, tune into Versus at 6:00 PM EST to get a draft preview, and then at 7:00 PM, the draft will start. If you are in Canada, watch TSN at those times. If you can't be at a TV at all, tune in to XM radio, on the NHL channel.

I'm here to give full coverage of the draft as well, if you can't be there. I know many of us Islanders fans will be at the Coliseum's Draft Party to watch the draft, but I'm still doing this for the thousands that are watching from the comfort of their home.

I've done the work. Go to my 2008 Draft page to see a preview, and scouting profiles of 5 of the most probable players that could be picked by the Isles with the 5th overall selection. Also, stay here to get the latest updates.


1ST ROUND

1. Tampa Bay selects Steven Stamkos
2. Los Angeles selects Drew Doughty
3. Atlanta selects Zach Bogosian
4. St. Louis selects Alex Pietrangelo
5. Toronto selects Luke Schenn
6. Columbus selects Nikita Filatov
7. Nashville selects Colin Wilson
8. Phoenix selects Mikkel Boedker
9. NY Islanders select Josh Bailey
10. Vancouver selects Cody Hodgson
11. Chicago selects Kyle Beach
12. Buffalo selects Tyler Myers
13. Los Angeles selects Colten Teubert
14. Carolina selects Zach Boychuk
15. Ottawa selects Erik Karlsson
16. Boston selects Joe Colborne
17. Anaheim selects Jake Gardiner
18. Nashville selects Chet Pickard
19. Philadelphia selects Luca Sbisa
20. NY Rangers select Michael Del Zotto
21. Washington selects Anton Gustafsson
22. Edmonton selects Jordan Eberle
23. Minnesota selects Tyler Cuma
24. New Jersey selects Mattias Tedenby
25. Calgary selects Greg Nemisz
26. Buffalo selects Tyler Ennis
27. Washington selects John Carlson
28. Phoenix selects Viktor Tikhonov
29. Atlanta selects Daultan Leveille
30. Detroit selects Tom McCollum


TRADES

(9:39 AM EST)
To Predators: Blues' 4th round pick
To Blues: G Chris Mason

(7:00 PM EST)
To Calgary: F Mike Cammalleri
To LA: 12th overall pick
To Anaheim: 17, 28 overall picks

(7:18 PM EST)
To Pheonix: Olli Jokinen
To Florida: Boynton, 49th overall pick, Ballard

(7:43 PM EST)
To Montreal: Alex Tanguay, 138 overall pick
To Calgary: 25th overall pick, 2009 2nd rounder

(7:54 PM EST)
To Islanders: 7th overall pick, 2 conditional picks
To Maple Leafs: 5th overall pick

(8:08 PM EST)
To Philadelphia: 19th, 67th, overall
To Columbus: RJ Umberger, 118 overall

(8:19 PM EST)
To Islanders: 9th overall pick, 40th overall pick
To Nashville: 7th overall pick

(8:52 PM EST)
To Buffalo: 12th overall pick
To LA: 13th overall pick, 2009 3rd round pick

(9:11 PM EST)
To Ottawa: 15th overall pick
To Nashville: 18th overall pick, 2009 3rd round pick

(9:52 PM EST)
To New Jersey: 23rd overall pick, 58th overall pick
To Washington: 21st overall pick

(10:08 PM EST)
To New Jersey: 24th overall pick, 3rd round pick
To Minnesota: 23rd overall pick

(10:35 PM EST)
To Philadelphia: Steve Emiger, 84th overall pick
To Washington: 27th overall pick

(10:40 PM EST)
To Anaheim: 35th overall pick, 39th overall pick
To Phoenix: 28th overall pick