2008 NHL Mock Draft

--Is the top winger in the 2008 draft. He had an excellent World Juniors playing for the Russians and surprised some people doing it. He is the best Russian prospect in this draft and is as high as fifth on some draft boards. Filitov is a highly skilled left winger and could be a sleeper pick if there is such a thing this early in the draft. He Has a huge ceiling and star potential.

#9 Chicago Blackhawks: The hawks are going to look hard at taking a defender with their pick first, because they have lots of young, stout, players up front in Toews, Kane and Sharpe.  
SELECTION:Zach Bogosian--is the quintessential captain. He demands pefection form his teammates and himself, plays against the other teams' best players and leads by example with an offensive touch many don't know he has. Bogosian is averaging just over a point-per-game with the OHL's Peterborough Petes this season. Bogosian is a steal this far down in the draft.

#10 Nashville Predators: The Nashville Predators will look to take the best player available at this point in the draft and luckily for them, this draft is very deep with good prospects.
SELECTION:Zac Boychuk--has a scoring touch that not many in junior hockey can match, but had to work extensively on his defensive zone coverage. Boychuk went to work improving his plus/minus from plus 3 his first season to plus twenty-six this past season. His scoring suffered this year as a result of a renewed emphasis on defensive play and from the amount of hockey he played. Boychuk played for Team Canada in the Canada-Russia Challenge, The Junior Super series between Canada and Russia, the Top Prospects Game, the WHL All Star Game and on Team Canada at the World Junior Hockey Championships.

The following is the rest of the draft order and who I think will be picked where. As far as the rest of the player's goes, it is really a crap shoot this year more than ever. All of the players from 10th-45th are good, solid prospects. Finding the gem in there is why the NHL scouts get paid the big bucks and not me.

Anaheim: Luke Schenn--D
Buffalo: Colby Rowak--D
Nashville:Tyler Myers--D
Washington:Josh Bailey--C
Colorado:Tyler Ennis--C
Boston:Greg Nemisz--C
Philadelphia:Mattias Tedenby--LW
Vancouver:Evgeny Grachev--C
Carolina: Mike Del Zotto--D
New York Rangers: Jordan Eberle--C
Calgary Flames:Mitch Wahl--C
Minnesota Wild:John Carlson--D
Los Angeles: A.J. Jenks--C
Ottawa: Vyacheslav Voynov--D
New Jersey: Colten Teubert--C
Atlanta: David Toews--LW
Edmonton:Luca Sbisa--D
Montreal: Joe Colborne--LW
Buffalo: Tyler Cuma--D
Detroit: Jake Gardiner--D

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