-Good to hear the Let's Go Oilers chant going on prior to the Oilers pick
-The speeches prior to each pick are the reason why the first round takes forever
-And Hall gets selected first overall by Edmonton. btw, Hall makes it four straight years that an OHL player is selected with the first pick
-And the Taylor vs. Tyler debate is officially over as the Bruins select Seguin
-Florida now up and the question is...do they take one of the 'Big 3' defensemen (Gudbranson, Gormley, or Fowler)?
-And the run on defensemen has started as Florida takes Gudbranson
-Columbus takes Portland forward Ryan Johansen while the Islanders use the next pick to take his teammate Nino Niederreiter
-The Lightning then use their pick to take Brett Connolly
The Hurricanes continue the run on forwards by taking Jeff Skinner of the Kitchener Rangers
-Alexander Burmistrov of the Barrie Colts is the newest member of the Atlanta Thrashers
-Quite the run on forwards as Minnesota takes Mikael Granlund 9th overall
-Pretty surprising that neither Gormley or Fowler have gone yet
-Surprised that the Rangers take Dylan McIlrath at 10 with Fowler and Gormley on the board still.
-The first American has been selected as the Stars take goaltender Jack Campbell
-And Fowler finally selected as he goes 12th to the Anaheim Ducks
-And Gormley goes with the next pick to Phoenix
-Jaden Schwartz goes to St. Louis
-Los Angeles trades up and selects defenseman Derek Forbort from the US Under-18 team
-St. Louis picks up the 16th pick form Ottawa and selects Russian forward Vladimir Tarasenko
-The Colorado Avalanche surprise a lot of people taking Owen Sound forward Joey Hishon
-Austin Watson selected by the Nashville Predators
-Florida back at it, selecting high school forward Nick Bjugstad
-Pittsburgh selects California-born forward Beau Bennett of Penticton of the BCHL
-The Detroit Red Wings go the college route and select Riley Sheahan of Notre Dame, nephew of Rocky DiPietro, formerly of the CFL's Hamilton Tiger Cats
-The Montreal Canadiens trade up and select Jarred Tinordi, son of former NHL'er Mark
-Mark Pysyk is selected by Buffalo at 23 while the Chicago Blackhawks select forward Kevin Hayes with the following pick
-Quinton Howden of the Moose Jaw Warriors is selected by Florida with their third pick of the first round
-Evgeny Kuznetsov is selected by the Washington Capitals 26th overall
-Phoenix goes off the board and selects Niagara IceDogs goaltender Mark Visentin
-The San Jose Sharks select forward Charlie Coyle
-Good on the Ducks for taking Emerson Etem, the California kid
-Final pick of the opening round goes to the Chicago Blackhawks. The Hawks proceed to deal the pick to the Islanders for a pair of second rounders. The Islanders select US High schooler Brock Nelson
