Prospect Camp Report

OU Hockey Prospect Camp Thoughts

Thinking about our interview with Coach Schaeffler yesterday we kind of got an idea of what they are looking for maybe more of a recap but will add some things:

Coach Bachusz has some guys he was able to bring in that sounds promising knowing his background and hockey knowledge.

The conditioning and strength of the team will be much better so they can play a full 60 minutes at a high level.

No one from last season that can return has said 100% they are not coming back. You always hear chatter and some of the guys like to mess with us to. Coach also mentioned because of different commitments we can't really assume if they are not in this weekend that they are gone.

In Goal: Chase #1 then its up to how will Andrew Stewart play in the summer camps and how well will the other guys play. the #2 job won't be handed to him and it shouldn't but he will have the chance to earn it. Do I think he can? yep. Will he? Can't say for sure without seeing who else is there my gut feeling says he will. You need a guy who we can talk about pushing Chase for #1 and not pushing Stewart for #2. That would a win-win in my eyes and not a knock on either goalie.

On D: Samp, Yearego, Orlando are in Ronayne it depends on how he does Gordie was saying hes a great talent and I agree. They are looking for a 3 or 4 defender. I would think they have the top 4 in those guys above, but you never know who can bump them down. they are looking for that Scott Elder shot blocking defensive defenseman. They missed that when Elder was here after the game the goalies would say he blocked so many shots. I don't think I heard that once last year.

It's about helping the goalie and not leaving him out to dry.

The coaches were not happy giving up 3 goals a game, which means before you even drop the puck your asking your forwards to at least score 4 goals. I believe they will fix that part quick. The rest have to be the best out of the other group coming in. Defensive turnovers have to come way down I think. I don't have the numbers just a gut feeling.

On Forwards: This is the area that I'm the most worried about. We discussed after the interview who's team is this Kranker's? Is that fair for us to say now? We could say in the past it's Will's team, it's Cooper's team. I got the impression this is what concerns Gordie the most what I took out of the interview is that for scorers there is Kranker and then question marks. There is lots of competition here lots of chances for someone to step up and be the next top 6 forward.

They have one top 6 guy in Kranker I think they are 100% comfortable with. Someone in position in front of the net more, would be ideal in one of those spots. I noticed numerous times last season thinking if only someone was there it would of been an easy goal.

As we discussed I think Worrell or Haugh or maybe Austin could be one of those guys. I'm more then comfortable with Haugh in the top 6. Worrell shows flashes but he has to do it consistent enough.

Finally Special Teams can improve I think that on the Power Play you need to make teams pay more then happens not at least generate more chances, more puck cycling and shots.

Reading this will make you think this team blows but that is the farthest thing from the truth its a good team but they are making it into a great team again a top team.

DI OU Hockey Broadcast Schedule

9/26/08 @ UM-Dearborn 6:40pm (wxouhockey on AIM)
9/27/08 vs.UM-Dearborn 7:30pm *Special Home Opener Pre-Game (wxouhockey on AIM)
9/28/08 @ Windsor TBA
10/3/08 @ Illinois 7:40pm
10/4/08 @ Illinois 7:40pm
10/10/08 @ Liberty 6:40pm (wxouhockey on aim)
10/11/08 @ Liberty 6:40pm (wxouhockey on aim)
10/17/08 Eastern Michigan 8:10pm
10/18/08 @ Eastern Michigan TBA
10/24/08 Robert Morris College 8:10pm
10/25/08 Robert Morris College 8:10pm
10/31/08 @ Adrian 7:10pm (wxouhockey on aim)
11/1/08 Adrian 8:10pm
11/7/08 Slippery Rock University 8:20pm
11/8/08 @ Davenport TBA
11/14/08 @ Ohio (wxouhockey on aim) 7:10pm
11/15/08 @ Ohio(wxouhockey on aim) 7:10pm
11/20/08 Liberty 8:10pm (wxouhockey on aim)
11/21/08 Liberty 8:10pm (wxouhockey on aim)
12/5/08 Grand Valley 8:10pm
12/6/08 @ Grand Valley TBA
1/9/09 IUP 8:20pm
1/16/09 Central Oklahoma 8:20pm (wxouhockey on aim)
1/17/09 Central Oklahoma 8:20pm (wxouhockey on aim)
1/23/09 Eastern Michigan 8:20pm
1/24/09 @ Eastern Michigan TBA
1/30/09 UM-Dearborn 8:10pm (wxouhockey on aim)
1/31/09 @ UM Dearborn 7:10pm (wxouhockey on aim)
2/6/09 Minot State 8:10pm
2/7/09 Minot State 8:10pm
2/13/09 Davenport 8:10pm
2/14/09 @ Davenport TBA
2/20/09 @ Penn State 8:40pm
2/21/09 @ Penn State 8:40pm
2/27/09 Central Michigan 8:20pm
2/28/09 Central Michigan 8:20pm
3-14 through 3-18 @ ACHA DI National Tournament Cleveland, Ohio
http://wxousports.com/hockeybroadcast.html

Todd Jones Impersonating Magglio Ordonez's Homer

Interviews posted

Include Greg Kampe, Bruce MacLeod

Gordie Schaeffler and Steve Bell listen here

In Case u missed it plus Jenks

In case you missed it we have some of our material up from our trip to the NHL Draft in
Ottawa including a preview before Plymouth's AJ Jenks was selected by Florida click here for more

Also Congrats to AJ Jenks (100 overall Florida) and Michal Jordan (105 overall Carolina) on beind selected in the NHL draft.

Backup Goalie Position Offers Two Spots

With the first of three summer camps set to get underway this weekend at the ONYX Ice Arena, the Grizzlies have two spots open in goal. It is very unlikely that someone will come in and unseat Collin Chase, who is expected to once again to be the Grizzlies starting goaltender,

However, for the past several seasons the main backup to Chase has been Andrew Hansen, who departs the club after his senior season. Hansen was everything you could expect in a backup and more as you always felt you had as good a chance to win a game with either Chase or Hansen in net. Read More

wings Jim Nill joins us from Ottawa

click here to view red wings ast. gm Jim Nill as we talked to him at the NHL Draft in Ottawa

Ottawa Again

Watching SportsCenter om TSN right now we have to be at an important conference from 8-5 tomorrow then the draft right after. We did a quick very quick report from Ottawa here

We also attended a special vip event for the NHL tonight good times indeed with some famous faces as well.

In Ottawa

Shortly after the show last night we hit the road for the long drive to Ottawa for the NHL Draft. We are staying at the NHL Hotel.

I had hoped to post our file from the show here but the internet is weird at our hotel no wireless unless your in the lobby and its kind of a zoo at times down there with coaches, Prospects scouts and all the other media. So I am connected via a high speed line which I cannot upload to or else I would be hogging the net form Carl.

Our hotel is in downtown Ottawa skyscrapers surround us but off to our right is the river and Quebec.

It was interesting to hear see the atmosphere here in Ottawa very busy very much so. Lots of rumors going around as well. We are resting up and gearing up for a big event the league has planned for all of us folks tonight.

Oakland Men's Head Basketball Coach Greg Kampe Interview

Oakland University Men's Head Basketball Coach Greg Kampe will join the Sports Hour Wednesday June 25 around 5:05pm. Coach Kampe will discuss the teams recruiting class, what to expect the upcoming season and much more. Only on WXOU 88.3FM and wxou.org

OU Basketball Forum

Grizzly Fans here is a place to talk to fellow OU Hoops fans about your Grizzlies

Dave Pemberton and OU Hoops

Our good buddy Dave Pemberton from the Oakland Press has started a blog and he discusses briefly picking Oakland Men's Basketball as #1 in his pre-season ballot.

A few post ago I discussed how many would pick OU as a favorite. I really don't want to directly say it now but how can you not? On paper and that is the key they look like this is the best shot to get back to the Tournament but I will try and wait until we see the full non-conference schedule and how that will shake out but how can you not be excited?

I think the biggest thing Coach Kampe is doing with his public comments is trying to calm the excitement over this team as it is only still on paper and not fair to expect greatness without being on the court yet and as Brad Doescher pointed out when I started to get excited on the show last week is that these guys are freshmen, but we are excited about how Kangas will be not injured, Stradt in the fold with another year and all the energy he brings D-Nelson as well and JJ dominating the Summit like we know he can. We believe they upgraded on what they lost.

Questions like Dave says in his blog how will the minutes be dished out? Can the team handle the pressure that is sure to follow? How will they respond to adversity? Will the recruits live up to the hype? Will they avoid let downs in the conference schedule? and finally how will they deal with ORU the defensing conference champs?

I think in the end they will be ok but I'm trying not to get ahead of myself. I have told some in private I think they will be damn good but like Dave I haven't seen these guys yet with ny own eyes so its based on reports, research and the typical things you do for new recruits like online video clips (but those can make anyone look good so you take it with a grain of salt)

Also we are working on getting Coach Kampe on, I saw him briefly at a golf outing and he said he would be happy to talk with us, so we are just trying to do the scheduling of that now through the proper channels.

Plymouth's AJ Jenks featured on NHL.com

"A.J. Jenks has the size and skill set to be a successful NHL player.

"He's a big guy, a hard-working guy, goes to the net, plays with a lot of energy," was the report from Central Scouting's Chris Edwards.

The one knock on Jenks, though, is bringing that same energy on a nightly basis.

"When he's playing a physical, aggressive, high-energy game, he's very effective," said Edwards. "When he's battling for pucks, winning battles, he's very effective. He produces points when he's doing that. When he's not doing that, he doesn't look good. He needs to play at a high energy, get involved, battle for pucks, because he's got good puck skills and playmaking ability. He needs to show that every night." Read More

Photo: Plymouth Whalers

WHALERS RELEASE 2008-09 SCHEDULE.

"The Whalers have announced their 2008-09 schedule, including their home opener on Saturday, September 20. Twenty of the 34 home games will be on Saturday nights" Full Schedule - Plymouthwhalers.com

IUPUI's Hill decides to stay in NBA draft

"George Hill sounded calm and confident Saturday afternoon after making the biggest decision of his life.

The IUPUI junior who initially put his name in the NBA draft to gauge the league's interest decided to forego his final year of college eligibility and enter professional basketball." Read More from the Indy Star

He was a big threat to OU getting back to the Tourney and helped to keep OU out of it this year so from that aspect it is good for OU. This move will no doubt make people think OU has an even better chance to make the Tourney but they still have to do it on the court.

Questions for Steve Bell

We will have Basketball Recruiting Guru Steve Bell from Bank Hoops on Wednesday. I have received numerous questions from Grizz Nation for Steve anymore you guys may have just shoot me and email at coreyh@wxousports.com. We will try to ask as many as we can.

Order of selection for the 2008 NHL Entry Draft

From the NHL:
NEW YORK -- Following is the current order of selection for the 2008 NHL Entry Draft, Friday, June 20 (round 1) and Saturday, June 21 (rounds 2-7) at Scotiabank Place in Ottawa:

ROUND 1
1 Tampa Bay
2 Los Angeles
3 Atlanta
4 St. Louis
5 NY Islanders
6 Columbus
7 Toronto
8 Phoenix
9 Nashville (from FLA)
10 Vancouver
11 Chicago
12 Anaheim (from EDM)
13 Buffalo
14 Carolina
15 Nashville
16 Boston
17 Calgary
18 Ottawa
19 Columbus (from COL)
20 NY Rangers
21 New Jersey
22 Edmonton (from ANA)
23 Washington
24 Minnesota
25 Montreal
26 Buffalo (from S.J.)
27 Philadelphia
28 Los Angeles (from DAL)
29 Atlanta (from PIT)
30 Detroit

ROUND 2
31 Florida (from T.B.)
32 Los Angeles
33 St. Louis (from ATL)
34 St. Louis
35 Phoenix
36 NY Islanders
37 Columbus
38 Phoenix (from TOR)
39 Phoenix
40 Nashville (from FLA)
41 Vancouver
42 Ottawa (from CHI)
43 Anaheim (from EDM)
44 Buffalo
45 Carolina
46 Nashville
47 Boston
48 Los Angeles (from CGY)
49 Phoenix (from OTT)
50 Colorado
51 NY Rangers
52 New Jersey
53 NY Islanders (from ANA-EDM)
54 Washington
55 Minnesota
56 Montreal
57 Washington (from S.J.)
58 Washington (from PHI)
59 Dallas
60 Toronto (from PIT)
61 Los Angeles (from DET)

ROUND 3
62 Tampa Bay
63 Los Angeles
64 Atlanta
65 St. Louis
66 NY Islanders
67 Columbus
68 Toronto
69 Phoenix
70 Toronto (from FLA)
71 Anaheim (from VAN)
72 Chicago
73 NY Islanders (from EDM-ANA)
74 Buffalo
75 NY Rangers (from CAR)
76 Nashville
77 Boston
78 Calgary
79 Ottawa
80 Florida (from COL)
81 Los Angeles (from NYR)
82 New Jersey
83 Anaheim
84 Washington
85 Anaheim (from MIN)
86 Montreal
87 St. Louis (from S.J.)
88 Los Angeles (from PHI)
89 Dallas
90 Phoenix (from PIT)
91 Detroit

ROUND 4
92 Los Angeles (from T.B.)
93 Washington (from L.A.)
94 Atlanta
95 St. Louis
96 NY Islanders
97 Columbus
98 Toronto
99 Phoenix
100 Florida
101 Los Angeles (from VAN)
102 Chicago
103 Edmonton
104 Buffalo
105 Carolina
106 Nashville
107 Boston
108 Calgary
109 Ottawa
110 Colorado
111 St. Louis (from NYR)
112 New Jersey
113 Anaheim
114 Calgary (from WSH-BOS)
115 Minnesota
116 Montreal
117 San Jose
118 Philadelphia
119 Ottawa (from DAL-T.B.)
120 Pittsburgh
121 Detroit

ROUND 5
122 Tampa Bay
123 Los Angeles
124 Atlanta
125 St. Louis
126 NY Islanders
127 Columbus
128 Toronto
129 Toronto (from PHX)
130 Toronto (from FLA)
131 Vancouver
132 Chicago
133 Edmonton
134 Buffalo
135 Columbus (from CAR)
136 Nashville
137 Boston
138 Calgary
139 Ottawa
140 Colorado
141 NY Rangers
142 New Jersey
143 Anaheim
144 Washington
145 Minnesota
146 San Jose (from MTL)
147 San Jose
148 NY Islanders (from PHI)
149 Dallas
150 Pittsburgh
151 Detroit

ROUND 6
152 Tampa Bay
153 Los Angeles
154 Atlanta
155 St. Louis
156 NY Islanders
157 Columbus
158 Toronto
159 Phoenix
160 Tampa Bay (from FLA-CHI)
161 Vancouver
162 Chicago
163 Edmonton
164 Buffalo
165 Carolina
166 Nashville
167 Colorado (from BOS)
168 Calgary
169 Chicago (from OTT)
170 Colorado
171 NY Rangers
172 New Jersey
173 Boston (from ANA)
174 Washington
175 NY Islanders (from MIN)
176 Dallas (from MTL)
177 San Jose
178 Philadelphia
179 Los Angeles (from DAL)
180 Pittsburgh
181 Detroit

ROUND 7
182 Tampa Bay
183 Los Angeles
184 Atlanta
185 Los Angeles (from STL-ANA)
186 San Jose (from NYI)
187 Columbus
188 Toronto
189 Phoenix
190 Florida
191 Vancouver
192 Chicago
193 Edmonton
194 San Jose (from BUF)
195 Carolina
196 Tampa Bay (from NSH)
197 Boston
198 Calgary
199 Ottawa
200 Colorado
201 NY Rangers
202 New Jersey
203 Tampa Bay (from ANA)
204 Washington
205 New Jersey (from MIN)
206 Montreal
207 San Jose
208 Philadelphia
209 Dallas
210 Pittsburgh
211 Detroit

ENTRY DRAFT ORDER OF SELECTION NOTES

Round 1

Pick 9 (Florida to Nashville): Nashville traded G Tomas Vokoun to Florida for Detroit's 2nd-round pick in the 2007 Entry Draft (previously acquired) and Florida's 1st- and 2nd-round picks in 2008 (June 22, 2007).

Pick 12 (Edmonton to Anaheim): Edmonton transferred its 1st-, 2nd- and 3rd-round picks in the 2008 Entry Draft to Anaheim for the signing of Restricted Free Agent LW Dustin Penner (July 3, 2007).

Pick 19 (Colorado to Columbus): Columbus traded D Adam Foote to Colorado for Colorado's 1st-round pick in the 2008 Entry Draft and a conditional pick in 2009 (Feb. 26, 2008).

Pick 22 (Anaheim to Edmonton): Edmonton traded D Chris Pronger to Anaheim for RW Joffrey Lupul, D Ladislav Smid, Anaheim’s 1st-round pick in the 2007 Entry Draft, and 1st- and 2nd-round picks in 2008 (July 3, 2006).

Pick 26 (San Jose to Buffalo): Buffalo traded D Brian Campbell and its 7th-round pick in the 2008 Entry Draft to San Jose for RW Steve Bernier and its 1st-round pick in 2008 (Feb. 26, 2008).

Pick 28 (Dallas to Los Angeles): Los Angeles traded D Mattias Norstrom, RW Konstantin Pushkarev and its 3rd- and 4th-round picks in the 2007 Entry Draft to Dallas for D Jaroslav Modry, D Johan Fransson, Dallas' 2nd- and 3rd-round picks in 2007 and 1st-round pick in 2008 (Feb. 27, 2007).

Pick 29 (Pittsburgh to Atlanta): Pittsburgh traded RW Colby Armstrong, C Erik Christensen, C Angelo Esposito and its 1st-round pick in the 2008 Entry Draft to Atlanta for RW Marian Hossa and RW Pascal Dupuis (Feb. 26, 2008).

Round 2

Pick 31 (Tampa Bay to Florida): Florida traded C Chris Gratton to Tampa Bay for Tampa Bay's 2nd-round pick in the 2008 Entry Draft (June 13, 2007).

Pick 33 (Atlanta to St. Louis): St. Louis traded C Keith Tkachuk to Atlanta for C Glen Metropolit and Atlanta's 1st- and 3rd-round picks in the 2007 Entry Draft and 2nd-round pick in 2008 (Feb. 25, 2007).

Pick 35: Assigned to Phoenix for club not signing 2004 first-round pick RW Blake Wheeler.

Pick 38 (Toronto to Phoenix): Toronto traded D Brendan Bell and its 2nd-round pick in the 2008 Entry Draft to Phoenix for C Yanic Perreault and Phoenix's 5th-round pick in 2008 (Feb. 27, 2007).

Pick 40 (Florida to Nashville): See Pick 9.

Pick 42 (Chicago to Ottawa): Chicago traded D Tom Preissing, C Josh Hennessy, D Michal Barinka and Chicago’s 2nd-round pick in the 2008 Entry Draft to Ottawa for RW Martin Havlat and C Bryan Smolinski (July 9, 2006).

Pick 43 (Edmonton to Anaheim): See Pick 12.

Pick 48 (Calgary to Los Angeles): Los Angeles traded C Craig Conroy to Calgary for C Jamie Lundmark, Calgary's 4th-round pick in the 2007 Entry Draft and 2nd-round pick in 2008 (Jan. 29, 2007).

Pick 49 (Ottawa to Phoenix): Ottawa traded its 2nd-round pick in the 2008 Entry Draft to Phoenix for LW Oleg Saprykin and Phoenix's 7th-round pick in 2007 (Feb. 27, 2007).

Pick 53 (Anaheim to NY Islanders, via Edmonton):

(1) Anaheim to Edmonton: See Pick 22.

(2) Edmonton to NY Islanders: Edmonton traded Anaheim's 2nd-round pick in the 2008 Entry Draft (previously acquired) to NY Islanders for D Allan Rourke and Edmonton's 3rd-round pick in 2008 (previously acquired) (July 3, 2007).

Pick 57 (San Jose to Washington): San Jose traded Carolina's 2nd-round pick in the 2007 Entry Draft (previously acquired) and San Jose's 2nd-round pick in 2008 to Washington for Buffalo's 1st-round pick in 2007 (previously acquired) (June 22, 2007).

Pick 58 (Philadelphia to Washington): Washington traded Carolina's 2nd-round pick in the 2007 Entry Draft (previously acquired) to Philadelphia for Nashville's 3rd-round pick in 2007 (previously acquired) and Philadelphia's 2nd-round pick in 2008 (June 23, 2007).

Pick 60 (Pittsburgh to Toronto): Toronto traded D Hal Gill to Pittsburgh for Pittsburgh's 2nd-round pick in the 2008 Entry Draft and 5th-round pick in 2009 (Feb. 26, 2008).

Pick 61 (Detroit to Los Angeles): Detroit traded its 2nd-round pick in the 2008 Entry Draft and 4th-round pick in 2009 to Los Angeles for D Brad Stuart (Feb. 26, 2008).

Round 3

Pick 70 (Florida to Toronto): Toronto traded LW Chad Kilger to Florida for Florida's 3rd-round pick in the 2008 Entry Draft (Feb. 26, 2008).

Pick 71 (Vancouver to Anaheim): For the hiring of head coach Randy Carlyle, Anaheim transferred its 3rd-round pick in the 2006 Entry Draft and 2nd-round pick in 2007 to Vancouver. Additionally, Vancouver transferred its 3rd-round pick in 2008 to Anaheim (July 25, 2005).

Pick 73 (Edmonton to NY Islanders, via Anaheim):

(1) Edmonton to NY Islanders: Edmonton traded D Marc-Andre Bergeron and its 3rd-round pick in the 2008 Entry Draft to NY Islanders for D Denis Grebeshkov (Feb. 18, 2007).

(2) NY Islanders to Edmonton: See Pick 53.

(3) Edmonton to Anaheim: See Pick 12.

(4) Anaheim to NY Islanders: NY Islanders traded D Marc-Andre Bergeron to Anaheim for Edmonton's 3rd-round pick in the 2008 Entry Draft (previously acquired) (Feb. 26, 2008).

Pick 75 (Carolina to NY Rangers): Carolina traded D Andrew Hutchinson, C Joe Barnes and Carolina's 3rd-round pick in the 2008 Entry Draft to NY Rangers for C Matt Cullen (July 17, 2007).

Pick 80 (Colorado to Florida): Florida traded D Ruslan Salei to Colorado for D Karlis Skrastins and Colorado's 3rd-round pick in the 2008 Entry Draft (Feb. 26, 2008).

Pick 81 (NY Rangers to Los Angeles): NY Rangers traded RW Jason Ward, C Jan Marek, RW Marc-Andre Cliche and their 3rd-round pick in the 2008 Entry Draft to Los Angeles for LW Sean Avery and LW John Seymour (Feb. 5, 2007).

Pick 85 (Minnesota to Anaheim): Anaheim traded D Marc-Andre Bergeron to Minnesota for Minnesota's 3rd-round pick in the 2008 Entry Draft (June 10, 2008).

Pick 87 (San Jose to St. Louis): St. Louis traded its 1st-round pick in the 2007 Entry Draft to San Jose for Toronto's 1st- and 2nd-round picks in 2007 (previously acquired) and San Jose's 3rd-round pick in 2008 (June 22, 2007).

Pick 88 (Philadelphia to Los Angeles): Los Angeles traded D Jaroslav Modry to Philadelphia for Philadelphia's 3rd-round pick in the 2008 Entry Draft (Feb. 19, 2008).

Pick 90 (Pittsburgh to Phoenix): Pittsburgh traded LW Dan Carcillo and its 3rd-round pick in the 2008 Entry Draft to Phoenix for RW Georges Laraque (Feb. 27, 2007).

Round 4

Pick 92 (Tampa Bay to Los Angeles): Los Angeles traded G Ryan Munce to Tampa Bay for Tampa Bay's 4th-round pick in the 2008 Entry Draft (Jan. 20, 2007).

Pick 93 (Los Angeles to Washington): Washington traded its 4th-round pick in the 2007 Entry Draft to Los Angeles for Los Angeles' 6th-round pick in 2007 and 4th-round pick in 2008 (June 23, 2007).

Pick 101 (Vancouver to Los Angeles): Los Angeles traded D Brent Sopel to Vancouver for Anaheim’s 2nd-round pick in the 2007 Entry Draft (previously acquired) and Vancouver's 4th-round pick in 2008 (Feb. 26, 2007).

Pick 111 (NY Rangers to St. Louis): NY Rangers traded their 4th-round pick in the 2008 Entry Draft to St. Louis for D Christian Backman (Feb. 26, 2008).

Pick 114 (Washington to Boston, conditional to Calgary):

(1) Washington to Boston: Boston traded D Milan Jurcina to Washington for Washington's 4th-round pick in the 2008 Entry Draft (Feb. 1, 2007).

(2) Boston to Calgary, conditional: Calgary traded D Andrew Ference and RW Chuck Kobasew to Boston for D Brad Stuart, C Wayne Primeau and a conditional pick in the 2008 Entry Draft.

Pick 119 (Dallas to Ottawa, via Tampa Bay):

(1) Dallas to Tampa Bay: Tampa Bay traded D Darryl Sydor to Dallas for Dallas’ 4th-round pick in the 2008 Entry Draft (July 2, 2006).

(2) Tampa Bay to Ottawa: Ottawa traded its 5th-round pick in the 2007 Entry Draft, Phoenix's 7th-round pick in 2007 (previously acquired) and Ottawa's 7th-round pick in 2007 to Tampa Bay for Dallas' 4th-round pick in 2008 (previously acquired) (June 23, 2007).

Round 5

Pick 129 (Phoenix to Toronto): See Pick 38.

Pick 130 (Florida to Toronto): Toronto traded RW Wade Belak to Florida for Florida's 5th-round pick in the 2008 Entry Draft (Feb. 26, 2008).

Pick 135 (Carolina to Columbus): Columbus traded RW Anson Carter to Carolina for Carolina's 5th-round pick in the 2008 Entry Draft (Feb. 23, 2007).

Pick 146 (Montreal to San Jose): Montreal traded D Craig Rivet and its 5th-round pick in the 2008 Entry Draft to San Jose for D Josh Gorges and San Jose's 1st-round pick in 2007 (Feb. 25, 2007).

Pick 148 (Philadelphia to NY Islanders): Philadelphia traded C Randy Robitaille and its 5th-round pick in the 2008 Entry Draft to NY Islanders for C Michael York (Dec. 20, 2006).

Round 6

Pick 160 (Florida to Tampa Bay, via Chicago):

(1) Florida to Chicago: Florida traded its 6th-round pick in the 2008 Entry Draft to Chicago for G Craig Anderson (June 24, 2006).

(2) Chicago to Tampa Bay: Chicago traded LW Karl Stewart and Florida’s 6th-round pick in the 2008 Entry Draft (previously acquired) to Tampa Bay for RW Nikita Alexeev (Feb. 27, 2007).

Pick 167 (Boston to Colorado): Colorado traded Calgary's 6th-round pick in the 2007 Entry Draft (previously acquired) to Boston for Boston's 6th-round pick in 2008 (June 23, 2007).

Pick 169 (Ottawa to Chicago): Chicago traded RW Martin Lapointe to Ottawa for Ottawa's 6th-round pick in the 2008 Entry Draft (Feb. 26, 2008).

Pick 173 (Anaheim to Boston): Boston traded RW Brandon Bochenski to Anaheim for D Shane Hnidy, Anaheim's 6th-round pick in the 2008 Entry Draft and the voiding of Anaheim's previously-acquired option to switch 4th-round picks in 2008 (Jan. 2, 2008).

Pick 175 (Minnesota to NY Islanders): NY Islanders traded LW Chris Simon to Minnesota for Minnesota's 6th-round pick in the 2008 Entry Draft (Feb. 26, 2008).

Pick 176 (Montreal to Dallas): Montreal traded C Mike Ribeiro and its 6th-round pick in the 2008 Entry Draft to Dallas for D Janne Niinimaa and Dallas' 5th-round pick in 2007 (Sept. 30, 2006).

Pick 179 (Dallas to Los Angeles): Los Angeles traded C Evgeny Federov to Dallas for Dallas' 6th-round pick in the 2008 Entry Draft (Dec. 10, 2007).

Round 7

Pick 185 (St. Louis to Los Angeles, via Anaheim):

(1) St. Louis to Anaheim: Anaheim traded C Andy McDonald to St. Louis for C Doug Weight, Michal Birner and St. Louis' 7th-round pick in the 2008 Entry Draft (Dec. 14, 2007).

(2) Anaheim to Los Angeles: Los Angeles traded G Jean-Sebastien Aubin to Anaheim for St. Louis' 7th-round pick in the 2008 Entry Draft (previously acquired) (Feb. 26, 2008).

Pick 186 (NY Islanders to San Jose): San Jose traded D Rob Davison to NY Islanders for the Islanders' 7th-round pick in the 2008 Entry Draft (Feb. 26, 2008).

Pick 194 (Buffalo to San Jose): See Pick 26.

Pick 196 (Nashville to Tampa Bay): Nashville traded its 7th-round pick in the 2008 Entry Draft to Tampa Bay for LW Jan Hlavac (Feb. 26, 2008)

Pick 203 (Anaheim to Tampa Bay): Tampa Bay traded D Jay Leach to Anaheim for RW Brandon Segal and Anaheim's 7th-round pick in the 2008 Entry Draft (Feb. 26, 2008).

Pick 205 (Minnesota to New Jersey): New Jersey traded LW Aaron Voros to Minnesota for Minnesota's 7th-round pick in the 2008 Entry Draft (March 1, 2007).

Chris Osgood Nick Lidstrom on Leno

Wright, Oakland like move

Detroit News article by Terry Foster about OU Hoops.

"Larry Wright wants to be closer to his mother, Karen. She lives in Saginaw and has had a series of back surgeries which have made life tough for her. It was difficult keeping tabs on her medical condition from St. John's University and he missed his home."

Read All from Terry Foster

Peter Bunn No More

official from a source Grizzlies B-Ball Player Peter Bunn has left the program

Kampe gets another one

"The Saginaw, Mich., native is transferring from St. John’s University.

ROCHESTER, Mich. – Oakland University received more good news on Tuesday morning when St. John’s University guard Larry Wright (6-2/172) decided to come and play for the Golden Grizzlies, announced by men’s basketball coach Greg Kampe. Wright, an incoming junior from Saginaw, Mich., is the sixth and final player in this remarkable recruiting class for OU.

“In my 25 years of recruiting, on paper, this is the best recruiting class we have ever had and by far,” said Kampe. “We’re bringing in a player that started in the Big East, was the team’s third leading scorer, and had several double-digit scoring games for the Red Storm. Most of the time when you get transfers, they are leaving because they are unhappy with playing time, but he was getting all the playing time in the world, he just wanted to come home.”

Wright started in 10 of the 29 games he played in for St. John’s last season. He averaged 9.1 points per game and 1.3 rebounds per game. Wright finished with 15 assists and played in an average of 18.9 minutes per game. His top game came against South Florida where he poured in 17 points on 3-of-3 shooting from behind the arc. He also scored 15 points against nationally-ranked West Virginia and finished the season with 13 double-figure scoring games."

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Grizzlies Conclude Top Recruiting Class with Addition of Larry Wright

Draft Preview Show

Power is back on and damage around my area 2! Hope everyone is holding up ok!

I'm watching Wings-AVS game 6 from 2002 on NHL Network its weird to watch it now realizing that was not the most recent Wings Championship.

For our Draft Preview show on the 18th at 5pm we will have Red Wings beat writer Bruce MacLeod from the Macomb Daily. Its an honor to get him on truly one of the best writers we have and he always gets his stuff right! his blog is here We will also talk free agency with Bruce the Draft is next week then July 1 for free agency is coming up fast.

Also keep an eye out here as we head to Ottawa for the draft hopefully we can get some good stuff. Not to sure how its gonna go yet but we do have a schedule from the NHL including some decent events not sure what all we are doing in that regard yet..

WDIV's Katrina Hancock Interview with KDKA causing controversy

The following is a video of WDIV Sports Reporter Katrina Hancock with KDKA in Pittsburgh about Red Wings fans and it is not sitting well in Hockeytown. See for yourself. Also her contact info has been removed from the WDIV site (I won't post it here either) which would make one thing Red Wings fans are bombarding her with messages. I think if she thought that, with the internet as we know it,the video won't make it back here that was a mistake on her part. Also would be a mistake if she thought Wings fans would not react and would not be happy and spread this video and bombard her with messages.

To be fair she has a right to her opinion



The story as a whole KDKA piece is here Where they are wrong is on the ratings in Detroit which do not count all of us who watch on CBC instead of NBC. That hurts the NBC ratings in Detroit and in Pittsburgh where they don't have a choice like we do here. (Note: JoeVision even shows CBC instead of NBC)

Photo: WDIV

Parade Time/ Joe Vision/NHL Draft/OU Hockey Camp

With the Stanley Cup back home the party continues. Time for the Parade Downtown. We will discuss the Champs and Parade Wednesday at 5pm. I will try to post pictures as well. It's going to be real Hot out at the Parade!

Also Joe Vision was a good time for Game 6, glad we made it down. Downtown was something special with thousands of people from the Joe pouring into the streets. Peaceful celebrations were the name of the game.

We also have our Agenda for the NHL Draft in Ottawa and wow is all I can say. We hope to file a few good reports for you as well!

Then When we get back its quickly off to Oakland University Hockey Camp to check out some of the possible new talent or running the score clock!

Breaking News:Oakland Adds Ilija Milutinovic to Top OU Recruiting Class

It's Finally Official.... Brad and myself have been dancing around this one for a long time on "The OU Basketball Show" Saying things like "Let's hope they get some big recruit" well folks here it is and his name to! I am very excited for the Men's Team next season. The schedule is tough from what we know.

"The Oakland University men’s basketball team continues to add to its already highly-touted 2008-09 recruiting class as Ilija Milutinovic (7-0, 255) has signed to play for the Golden Grizzlies next season, announced head coach Greg Kampe on Wednesday. The recruiting class is now up to five and has talented players at every position.

“Not only is this a significant recruit because not only is he potentially a great player, but if it works out for him at Oakland University then it opens the door for us to recruit internationally,” said Kampe. “There is a lot of hype with him and we have never had this much hype about a recruit before. He turned down six figures to play professionally in Serbia because he wants to go to the NBA." Read More

Joe Dumars Statement

“Decisions like this are difficult to make, especially with the success we have had throughout the last three regular-seasons,” Dumars said. “However, at this time, I feel it is necessary to make a change. I thank Flip for his hard work and dedication, but it is time for a new voice to lead our team.”- Joe Dumars

Pistons Fire Flip Saunders

Just in Flip Saunders Fired by Pistons.