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Congrats to Jake Gardiner of Minnetonka. He was just selected 17th overall by the Anaheim Ducks. First Minnesotan to go.

shows what putting your nose to the grindstone (kid's ask your parents) and being open and willing to change when opportunities are presented to you. I wish him all the best. Great kid and family.

What he said ^^

Good for Jake. I have always thought he was the real deal and in my opinion, was the best player in Minnesota last season. Nothing against Ness, but I think this kid has way more upside. He deserves this honor and best of luck to him. Saw some mock drafts that had him going to the Wild at 24, and some as high as 18. 17 seems about right. Again, congratulations to a good kid and great player.

shamless plug, for those of you watched the Kare 11 interview with Jake did you hear at the end when someone in the background tells him to say how good it is to train at Velocity when Jake did not even know the guys names who worked there.

Philip McRae to the Blues 33rd overall (played in the OHL, but is from Minneapolis)
Aaron Ness to the Islanders 40th overall
Derek Stepan to the Rangers 51st overall
Danny Kristo to the Habs 56th overall
David Toews to Islanders at 66th overall
Cory Fienhage to the Sabres at 81st overall

Why would the Islanders take someone going to the Gophers?

tomASS wrote:shows what putting your nose to the grindstone (kid's ask your parents) and being open and willing to change when opportunities are presented to you. I wish him all the best. Great kid and family.

Tomass, since your a grown man and a dad and have nothing better to do, stop acting like you know the Gardiner family

the minimal contacts I have had with the family in the past has always been positive. Their activities in the community are public knowledge.My opinion was formed and based on those contacts.

I did not infer they were close personal friends as Sid does any chance he gets for anyone he knows.

What nerve did I hit with you rbkhockey?? World is too sensitive and PC when you can't even offer up a compliment to a family. You're reading way too much into things rbkhockey, way too much

Sorry you read that I stated that I'm on their speed dial and they're on mine. Those are pretty broad lines to read between.

sachishi4 wrote:Philip McRae to the Blues 33rd overall (played in the OHL, but is from Minneapolis)
Aaron Ness to the Islanders 40th overall
Derek Stepan to the Rangers 51st overall
Danny Kristo to the Habs 56th overall
David Toews to Islanders at 66th overall
Cory Fienhage to the Sabres at 81st overall

Why would the Islanders take someone going to the Gophers?

very true since "the gophers don't properly develop talent for the nhl"

Justin Jokinen to Buffalo at the 101st
Nick Larson to Calgary at the 108th
Drew Olson to Columbus at the 118th
Joe Gleason to Chicago at the 192nd
David Carle to Tampa Bay at the 203rd
Nick Pryor to Anaheim at the 208th

Was just glancing over the total draft list and its clear that Minnesota has more high school players that were drafted this year that all other states combined I am guessing....I coudl be wrong, but didn't want to sit and count all the different players from different states. At any rate, we should be very proud of Minnesota High School Hockey.

HasNoMoves wrote:Was just glancing over the total draft list and its clear that Minnesota has more high school players that were drafted this year that all other states combined I am guessing....I coudl be wrong, but didn't want to sit and count all the different players from different states. At any rate, we should be very proud of Minnesota High School Hockey.

OK, I'm a nerd, so I went thru and pulled out some numbers.
First, great job Minnesota...the state had by far the most straight-from-high school players selected in the draft. After you add in the Shattuck players, it's even more impressive(and that's not even counting the kids from the state who play for other teams).

Here's how it shakes out...apologies if I missed any schools.

Minnetonka...1
Edina....2
Roseau...1
Eastview...1
Cloquet...1
Brainerd...1
Shattuck...3

Not Minnesota, but still a fine state...
Wassau, Wisconsin....1

Private Boarding Schools Not Named Shattuck...
Kent School, CT...1
Northwood School, NY...1
Avon Old Farms, CT...1
Choate-Rosemary...1

Lily Braden wrote:

HasNoMoves wrote:Was just glancing over the total draft list and its clear that Minnesota has more high school players that were drafted this year that all other states combined I am guessing....I coudl be wrong, but didn't want to sit and count all the different players from different states. At any rate, we should be very proud of Minnesota High School Hockey.

OK, I'm a nerd, so I went thru and pulled out some numbers.
First, great job Minnesota...the state had by far the most straight-from-high school players selected in the draft. After you add in the Shattuck players, it's even more impressive(and that's not even counting the kids from the state who play for other teams).

Here's how it shakes out...apologies if I missed any schools.

Minnetonka...1
Edina....2
Roseau...1
Eastview...1
Cloquet...1
Brainerd...1
Shattuck...3

Not Minnesota, but still a fine state...
Wassau, Wisconsin....1

Private Boarding Schools Not Named Shattuck...
Kent School, CT...1
Northwood School, NY...1
Avon Old Farms, CT...1
Choate-Rosemary...1

Thanks for posting this info. I know the Blackhawks picked Gleason. Did someone else from Edina get taken? (I was watching, kept waiting for when Lee or Everson would be taken. But it never happened ... or did it?)

halla wrote:

Lily Braden wrote:

HasNoMoves wrote:Was just glancing over the total draft list and its clear that Minnesota has more high school players that were drafted this year that all other states combined I am guessing....I coudl be wrong, but didn't want to sit and count all the different players from different states. At any rate, we should be very proud of Minnesota High School Hockey.

OK, I'm a nerd, so I went thru and pulled out some numbers.
First, great job Minnesota...the state had by far the most straight-from-high school players selected in the draft. After you add in the Shattuck players, it's even more impressive(and that's not even counting the kids from the state who play for other teams).

Here's how it shakes out...apologies if I missed any schools.

Minnetonka...1
Edina....2
Roseau...1
Eastview...1
Cloquet...1
Brainerd...1
Shattuck...3

Not Minnesota, but still a fine state...
Wassau, Wisconsin....1

Private Boarding Schools Not Named Shattuck...
Kent School, CT...1
Northwood School, NY...1
Avon Old Farms, CT...1
Choate-Rosemary...1

Thanks for posting this info. I know the Blackhawks picked Gleason. Did someone else from Edina get taken? (I was watching, kept waiting for when Lee or Everson would be taken. But it never happened ... or did it?)

you are right...i'm not sure why i counted two for edina. it was only Gleason. sorry!

You forgot 1

Pryor - Woodbury (USNDP)

Lily Braden wrote:

halla wrote:Thanks for posting this info. I know the Blackhawks picked Gleason. Did someone else from Edina get taken? (I was watching, kept waiting for when Lee or Everson would be taken. But it never happened ... or did it?)

you are right...i'm not sure why i counted two for edina. it was only Gleason. sorry!

Hey, no problem.

So is there someone here who is draft savvy about this kind of thing? Would the fact that Lee and Everson are still in high school be a big reason they were not drafted? Might they be considered in next year's draft? Or does that never happen?

Of the high school players that were taken, are any returning as seniors next year? How rare is it that players get drafted after their junior year of high school?

Lee and Everson will be draft eligible next year. Neither will be first round types.

lee and everson were eligible this year and if they didnt get drafted now I wouldnt hold my breath for next year considering how well they played this year.

Pucknutz69 wrote:You forgot 1

Pryor - Woodbury (USNDP)

You are right...I was looking for the kids who came out of MN high schools, but if you go through and look ALL of the players originally from the state, the list gets even longer.

So, for your viewing enjoyment, here's the rest (and again, apologies to those I've missed).

Philip McRae, MPLS....OHL to STL (drafted #33)
Danny Kristo, Edina....USDP to MTL (drafted #56)
Robert Czarnik, Roseville...USDP to LAK
Nicholas Larson, St. Paul....USHL Waterloo to CGY

rbkhockey wrote:

tomASS wrote:shows what putting your nose to the grindstone (kid's ask your parents) and being open and willing to change when opportunities are presented to you. I wish him all the best. Great kid and family.

Tomass, since your a grown man and a dad and have nothing better to do, stop acting like you know the Gardiner family

rbkhockey, since your a little twerp and have nothing better to do, stop acting like you know anything

sachishi4 wrote:lee and everson were eligible this year and if they didnt get drafted now I wouldnt hold my breath for next year considering how well they played this year.

Schroeder is a 90 and will go in next years draft (I believe). Frankly, Schroeder could go early in the first round from what I hear. I think Lee and Everson fall in Schroeder's category. Maybe I am wrong.

sachishi4 wrote:Justin Jokinen to Buffalo at the 101st
Nick Larson to Calgary at the 108th
Drew Olson to Columbus at the 118th
Joe Gleason to Chicago at the 192nd
David Carle to Tampa Bay at the 203rd
Nick Pryor to Anaheim at the 208th

sad story on david carle.

http://www.adn.com/sports/story/442736.html

Wow, that is too bad. A lot of athlete's have died and only then the family learns about heart problems. Hopefully he has no trouble finding something else to keep him busy as he heads to college.

breakout wrote:I think Lee and Everson fall in Schroeder's category.

What do you mean with this statement?