NHL Draft Day

Hello everyone and Happy Monday! 

For all my Virginia readers... no more texting and driving. Though it was illegal before, it is now a primary offense. If you get caught in the act you will get a $125 fine the first go around and a $250 fine the second time you're caught. I'm sorry, but no text is worth $125 when you can wait til you get to your destination to send it.  Also, state sales tax are going up today! If you are in the Hampton Roads or Northern VA areas it will be going up to 6%. All other areas will be only going up to 5.3%. Just thought I'd share those facts with you guys!

Now on to what consumed my day yesterday.

The 2013 NHL Draft!

Oh what a day it was. I know you probably think I'm a loser for sitting in front of a tv and watching a draft all day. But hockey is my passion, so I follow along with this stuff. There was some big moves made yesterday. And some that I didn't quite understand, but to each their own. 

Two major trades went down yesterday, so I'll tell you about them first. I never would have seen either of the two coming.

First, Vancouver traded Goalie Cory Schneider to the New Jersey Devils for the #9 over all pick in the draft.Vancouver ended up getting Bo Horvat a 6'0' 200lb Center from the London Knights.  This came as a complete shock to fans and to Cory and to starting goalie Roberto Luongo. Luongo was already cutting ties with the team and looking for a new place to play this season, leaving Schneider to be the starting tender this season. But with Schneider gone, what does Luongo do now?  I think this will be a good move for Schneider though, seeing as how Brodeur is at the end of his career. It's going to leave Schneider as the new franchise goaltender. There won't be the uncertainty in Jersey like there would have been for him in Vancouver. 

Second big trade was Chicago sending Dave Bolland to Toronto for their 2013 2nd round pick (# 51), 4th round pick (# 117) and a 2014 4th round pick. I get that cap space was a major factor in this trade and that Bolland will be going back home to play, but I think Bolland got the crappy end of the deal. ONE WEEK ago he scored the game winning goal to win the Stanley Cup, now he's going to a team that he's not going to get a chance to win the cup with for quite some time. Toronto is a great city, I love Toronto... but they don't have the best hockey team. But maybe he's happy with it, I wish him the best in Toronto!

The two teams I keep up with are Philadelphia and Anaheim, here are the picks that they received in yesterday's draft. 

Flyers:

Round 1 #11 overall

Samuel Morin

6'7" 205lb Defenseman

Round 2 #41 overall

Robert Hagg

6'5" 205lb Defenseman

Round 3 #72 overall

Tyrell Goulbourne

5'10" 195lb Left Wing

Round 5 #132 overall

Terrance Amorosa

6'1" 185LB Defenseman

Round 6 #162 overall

Merrick Madesn

6'4" 177lb Goalie

Round 7 #192 overall

David Drake

6'3' 155lb Defenseman

For Anaheim:

Round 1 #26 overall

Shea Theodore

6'2" 179lb Defenseman

Round 2 #45 overall

Nick Sorensen

6'1" 172lb Forward

Round 3 #87 overall

Keaton Thompson

6'1" 170lb Defenseman

Round 5 #147

Grant Besse

5'9" 177lb  Right Wing

Round 6 #177

Miro Aaltonen

5'10" 172lb Center

Good luck to all the kids who got drafted yesterday and thanks for making me feel old. All these kids were '94 and '95 babies... who just signed HUGE contracts for lots of money. I don't know about you, but it makes me feel old...and VERY jealous. :) 

For a full list of draft picks, go here!

...Until Next Time...