A Look at Day 2 of the NHL Draft

The Montreal Canadiens, host team for this year's NHL draft, made the final pick on Saturday afternoon, selecting Finnish goalie Petteri Simila 211th overall, bringing the first part of the offseason to a close. The second day may not have the appeal or star-power of the first round, but there's always the possibility of finding the next Henrik Zetterberg, Henrik Lundqvist or Luc Robitaille at the bottom of the pile.

While Chris Pronger and Jay Bouwmeester have new homes, Dany Heatley, Vincent Lecavalier, Tomas Kaberle and Ryane Clowe are in the same cities they were during the season (for now). After the jump, a recap of the trades that did happen, as well as some of the noteworthy picks in rounds two through seven.

Movers and Shakers

Jay Bouwmeester getting sent to Calgary may have been the biggest deal of the day, but it certainly wasn't the only move announced on Saturday.

Edmonton trades Kyle Brodziak and a pick to Minnesota for two draft picks: First-year general manager Chuck Fletcher picks up a big, gritty forward to fill out his third or fourth line. Over the past two years the 6-foot-2 Brodziak has scored 25 goals to go with 33 assists for the Oilers.

Washington trades Sami Lepisto to Phoenix for a fifth-round pick: Nice trade for the Coyotes, as Lepisto brings plenty of potential offense from the blue line. A former third-round pick of the Capitals in 2004, the 24-year-old is coming off back-to-back 40-point campaigns with Hersey of the American Hockey League, while he's seen limited action in the NHL the past two seasons, recording five assists in 14 career games. He's not a complete player by any means, but for a fifth-round pick it's certainly worth the gamble for Phoenix.

Los Angeles trades Brian Boyle to New York Rangers for a 2010 third-round pick: A former first-round pick in 2003, Boyle never really amounted to much in Los Angeles and now he gets an opportunity for a fresh start with the Rangers. He's big (6-foot-7, 244 pounds) and a restricted free agent. In 36 career games he has 10 points (8 goals, 2 assists).

Phoenix trades Brandon Prust to Calgary for Jim Vandermeer: Prust originally played for Calgary, but was sent to Phoenix at this year's trade deadline in the Olli Jokinen deal. This clears over $2 million in cap space for the Flames, which is a pretty big deal considering the contract Bouwmeester is likely to receive in the coming days.

Pittsburgh trades Chad Johnson to New York Rangers for a fifth-round pick: Pittsburgh gets back the fifth-round pick it originally traded to Toronto at last year's deadline for Hal Gill. Johnson, a fifth-round pick himself back in 2006, has spent the past four seasons playing at Alaska-Fairbanks and was the CCHA goalie of the year in 2008-09.

Keeping It in the Family

... Pittsburgh selected the sons (and grandson) of three former NHLers. In the second round, the Penguins picked Philp Samuelsson, son of former defenseman Ulf Samuelsson. Somewhere, Cam Neely and Mike Milbury are having bad flashbacks thanks to the thought of another Samuelsson playing for the Penguins. In the fourth round, the Penguins selected Alex Velischeck, son of former Minnesota North Star Randy Velischeck, and later, using the pick acquired from the Rangers for Chad Johnson, they selected Andy Bathgate, grandson of NHL Hall of Famer, and former Penguin, Andy Bathgate. Bathgate (the original) led the Penguins in scoring during their inaugural season in 1967, and also scored the first goal in franchise history.

... With the 80th overall pick, the New York Rangers selected Ryan Bourque, son of former Boston Bruins great Ray Bourque.


... Brayden Schenn, brother of Toronto Maple Leafs defenseman Luke Schenn, went fifth overall to the Los Angeles Kings.

... The Detroit Red Wings made their first pick in the second round (No. 32 overall) and selected Landon Ferraro, son of 18-year NHL veteran Ray Ferraro.

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Landon Ferraro, goal-scoring machine ...



Odds and Ends

... After no goalies went in the first round, the New York Islanders opened Day 2 by selecting Mikko Koskinen from Blues of the FNL. In 33 games this season, the 6-foot-5 netminder posted a 17-9-7 record to go along with a .932 save percentage. The Islanders followed up that pick with another goalie in the third round, taking Anders Nilsson from Sweden. Taking multiple goalies isn't all that unusual. But, two of your first four picks when your current starting goalie in the NHL, Rick Dipietro, is signed until 2020? That certainly gets your attention.

... ESPN's Pierre Lebrun reports that several teams have contacted the Detroit Red Wings about trading for the rights to Marian Hossa.

... Here's some good news for Petteri Simila, final pick of this year's draft: Since 1980, eight players selected last have played in the NHL: Andy Brickley, Igor Vyazmikin, Sergei Pryakhin, Hans Jonnnson, Kim Jonnson, Jay Henderson, Jonathan Ericsson, and Patrik Hornqvist.