Los Angeles to host 2010 NHL Draft

by James Mirtle on Oct 27, 2009 11:16 AM CDT Comment 35 comments

It won’t be announced by the league until early December, but Kings officials have been told that Los Angeles will host the NHL Entry Draft next June. It’s still to be determined whether the event will be held at Staples Center or Nokia Center, but the dates will be June 25-26. By all accounts, it will be the same format, with the first round on Friday night and the rest on Saturday. Give credit to Kyle Woodlief of the Red Line Report scouting newsletter for first mentioning this.

— Rich Hammond, LA Kings Insider

Despite the fact the area's had an NHL team for 40-plus years, Los Angeles has never hosted the entry draft. When I ran a poll back in June asking where people would like to see the 2010 edition held, "Anaheim or L.A." finished fifth among locations that have never had the draft, behind Chicago, New York, Washington and Philadelphia.

December would be a pretty late announcement for this sort of thing, but the rumours have been that the league was looking at having it in Phoenix — something that obviously has gotten a big trickier now. Los Angeles is another West Coast market and home to two teams, so it's a decent enough choice.

Who's going?

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Depends on if the leafs continue to do poorly or not.

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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Oct 27, 2009 11:26 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Who’s going?

I think you’ll see the place overrun with BoC and FTF freaks. :)

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by ang6666 on Oct 27, 2009 11:40 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Mr. Plank said he’s going to attend. I might take the road trip to Loas Angeles myself.

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by 49er16 on Oct 27, 2009 12:49 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I think we’ll see many carpooling … sharing hotel costs … sharing food … sharing blankets … uh … okay maybe not … :)

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by ang6666 on Oct 27, 2009 3:25 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Easy now

FIRE BRUCE BOCHY NOW!!!!!!
AND TAKE BRIAN SABEAN WITH HIM!!!!!

by 49er16 on Oct 27, 2009 3:42 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I’m there.

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by J.P. on Oct 27, 2009 12:57 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

I’ll be there to show some love for the new Hamilton Team…Any chance to get out of Vegas in the summer.

by yeah_eric on Oct 27, 2009 12:58 PM CDT via mobile reply actions 0 recs

Boo, LA sucks.

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by FrankD on Oct 27, 2009 1:03 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

So I take it that I will have to carry the banner of Penguin Pride into Staples alone?

by yeah_eric on Oct 27, 2009 1:22 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions 0 recs

-Someone from Pittsburgh criticizing Los Angeles is like an Ethiopian kid making fun of England because people got Mad Cow.

-Does this mean I have to go? Sounds like it’d be fun in theory but then you get there and it’s just a bunch of awkward teenagers and leering adults. Kind of like college, I guess.

-And like that, a plague of pastiness descended upon Los Angeles. Verily, the streets will soon run pink with sunburns.

The West Coast is the Best Coast.

by RudyKelly on Oct 27, 2009 2:00 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

hop on over

to PPP, check out the stories from the meet-up in Montreal for the draft. Sounds like a blast.

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by Karina on Oct 27, 2009 3:10 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yeah it sure was. I was being mildly sarcastic in my LA assessment, but so be it. Meeting up with the SBN peeps is a good enough reason to go, regardless of what city it’s in.

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by FrankD on Oct 27, 2009 8:06 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Someone from Pittsburgh criticizing Los Angeles is like an Ethiopian kid making fun of England because people got Mad Cow.

Maybe so, but he’s right. LA sucks

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by Jibblescribbits on Oct 27, 2009 3:40 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

nah, you can always head to the beach when visiting LA. and various other things to do besides the draft.

by RedBirdie on Oct 27, 2009 3:47 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Like sit in traffic. Or sit in traffic. Or breathe the smog.

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by Jibblescribbits on Oct 27, 2009 3:58 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

You’re just mad because we took the “tallest mountain in the contiguous 48 states” mantle from you a while ago.

The West Coast is the Best Coast.

by RudyKelly on Oct 27, 2009 4:19 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Nah, I lived in the Bay Area for 3 years, so i grew a natural distrust of all things So Cal.

You can have the tallest mountain, we’ve got the best ski areas, closer to the city.

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by Jibblescribbits on Oct 27, 2009 4:31 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I lived in the Bay Area for 3 years, so i grew a natural distrust of all things So Cal

hmmmm you aren’t so bad afterall … :)

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by ang6666 on Oct 27, 2009 4:41 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Is crawling in traffic also an option? I have heard rumours that the cars eventually move. :)

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by Baroque on Oct 27, 2009 6:05 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

you could

dodge major violent criminals too.

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by Jibblescribbits on Oct 28, 2009 12:12 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

getting stuck in traffic an dodging violent crime? sounds shocking like DC.

by RedBirdie on Oct 28, 2009 12:15 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

worked in Baltimore, Maryland

So I am familiar with that – also with hearing the dull pop of distant (ish) gunshots while waiting for the bus. Fun times.

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by Baroque on Oct 28, 2009 4:37 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

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by IAmJoe on Oct 27, 2009 10:34 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Nah, I never said I wouldn’t be going. I just said LA sucks ;-)

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by FrankD on Oct 27, 2009 8:07 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

don’t sweat it … all of northern California agrees with you … yet we still find ourselves down there from time to time too … :)

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by ang6666 on Oct 27, 2009 10:00 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I agree as well, and I live in LA now.

Then again, I do have a “BEAT LA” sign on my dorm room door, so I’m not exactly the typical resident…

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by mymclife on Oct 27, 2009 10:43 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I am definitely there. Need me some June Gloom!

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by Blackcapricorn on Oct 27, 2009 1:17 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Attending the Draft

“Who’s going?”

I’m flying from Florida for this thing.

by Moneypuck on Oct 27, 2009 5:44 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

I'm sorry

I’m just not sure there will be all that much for me there, as an Avs fan

/milking the good start for all it’s worth

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by Jibblescribbits on Oct 28, 2009 12:13 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

If SBN pays for it, I’ll go.

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by IAmJoe on Oct 27, 2009 10:34 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Me too. But I’d prefer it was in Rome and not Los Angeles.

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by saskhab on Oct 28, 2009 11:35 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I remember going to the draft when it was held in Detroit. I believe it was free. The Wings were giving out free pizza slices.

Shanny was taken by Jersey and Dale Hunter walked in just in time to see that he’d been traded from Quebec to Washington.

by skatehack on Oct 28, 2009 3:20 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Who’s going?

Not the Leafs. (Sorry, I’ll stop now.)

Though I see from Wikipedia that I missed my shot to go to the draft here in Calgary in 2000, because I didn’t move here until weeks later. Too bad; I’d have enjoyed spending my Saturday trying to figure out who the hell Alexei Mikhnov was.

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by Doogie2K on Oct 28, 2009 10:09 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs