Reaction piece
1. Connor Bedard to Chicago Blackhawks
2. Leo Carlsson to the Anahiem Ducks
3. Adam Fantilli to the Columbus Blue Jackets
4. Will Smith (not the score) selected by San Jose Sharks
5. David Reinbacher picked by Carey Price and Kent Hughes to Montreal Canadiens.
6. Arizona selected the first Russian - Dmitri Simashev.
7. Flyers take Michkov and upset Caps. Uh oh.
8. Caps settle on Ryan Leonard.
9. Detroit takes Nate Danielson. Wow Yzerplan Wow
10. Dalibor Dvorsky to St. Louis Blues. Commence the reset.
11. Tom Willander to Vancouver. Add to the weak defense.
12. Daniil But to Coyotes with Senators’ pick.
13. Sabres steal Zach Benson and joins Matthew Savoie, teammate from the former Winnipeg Ice.
14. The Yager bomb - Brayden Yager - is selected by the Pittsburgh Penguins.
15. Matthew Wood taken by the host city Nashville.
16. Samuel Hronzek is picked by Calgary.
17. Detroit takes Axel Sandin Pellikka with the Islanders’ pick give to them by Vancouver in the Fillip Hronek deadline deal.
18. Colby Barlow joins the Winnipeg Jets.
19. Chicago uses Tampa Bay’s first rounder to acquire forward Olivier Moore in a successful first night for the Hawks.
20. Eduard Sale a steal to the Seattle Kraken
21. Minnesota takes Charlie Stramel
22. Philadelphia selected the son of Radek Bonk - Oliver Bonk - with the first round pick from Los Angeles acquired in the Columbus three team deal involving Ivan Provorov.
23. The New York Rangers select the son of Yannick Perrault - Gabriel Perrault.
24. Nashville uses their second first round pick, acquired from Edmonton for Mattias Ekholm, to select defender Tanner Molendyk.
25. St. Louis uses their first round pick acquired in the Ryan O’Reilly trade with Toronto to acquire center Otto Stenberg.
26. San Jose uses the New Jersey Devils’ first round pick originally in the Timo Meier deal to acquire stud Quentin Musty. Great grab.
27. Colorado grabs Callum Ritchie.
28. Toronto used Boston’s first round pick to snatch Easton Cowan. Toronto got the pick from Washington for Rasmus Sandin; Washington got Boston’s pick for Dmitry Orlov and Garnet Hathaway.
29. St. Louis used Dallas’ first round pick to acquire defender Theo Lindstein. This was the pick they got for Vladimir Tarasenko from the New York Rangers. New York traded defender Nils Lundkvist.
30. Carolina grabbed Bradly Nadeau.
31. With the Florida Panthers’ first round pick, the Colorado Avalanche selected defense Mikhail Gulyayev. Montreal got the pick from Florida for Ben Chariot (DET). Montreal traded the 31st pick with other pieces for forward Alex Newhook.
32. Vegas closes the first round with David Edstrom.
Night One Winners
Chicago - Bedard is the given, and to get Moore. They got the middle set.
Anaheim - Carlsson is going to add size on the Ducks’ roster.
Columbus - Just getting Fantilli rules.
Philadelphia - Michkov fell to their laps, and getting Bonk on defense is a get.
Detroit - Danielson and Sandin Pellikka to them - great additions
Buffalo - Benson joins an offensive wagon.
Pittsburgh - Yager bomb goes there
Seattle - big fan of Sale
Night One Losers
Arizona - they passed on best available
Washington - did not get Michkov
Calgary - drafted off the board
Nashville - same as Calgary
Minnesota - same as Calgary
Ottawa - couldn’t recover assets as team that missed playoffs and get pieces for DeBrincat
Andrew Cristalli - should’ve gone in the first round