2009 NHL Draft By Nationality
by James Mirtle on Jun 27, 2009 2:56 PM CDT
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| # of p | % | |
| Canada | 102 | 48.6% |
| United States | 55 | 26.2% |
| Sweden | 24 | 11.4% |
| Finland | 10 | 4.8% |
| Russia | 7 | 3.3% |
| Slovakia | 5 | 2.4% |
| Czech Republic | 3 | 1.4% |
| Other | 4 | 1.9% |
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The Devils jacked up those Swedish numbers
all on their own. ;-)
by Tyler Bleszinski on Jun 27, 2009 4:01 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
And of those 102 Canadians drafted, 44 came from the OHL. Not bad.
by hockeycountry on Jun 27, 2009 4:30 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Anyone know what a typical split is?
I mean, some of the smaller ones probably vary greatly, but I didn’t know what the normal US/Canada %’s are.
Penn Staters belong at Penn State. The problem with a lot of kids is they just don’t know they are Penn Staters yet. -jesse. @ BSD
by TheK-GunNeedsReloaded on Jun 27, 2009 4:45 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
US/Canada looks pretty typical...
2008:
56.87%
21.33%
2007:
48.34%
29.38%
2006:
38.50%
28.17%
2005:
47.83%
26.52%
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by PRC on Jun 27, 2009 5:18 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Meanwhile, the Russians and Czechs continue their downward trend, but the Swedes make up for that. Finland and Slovakia are pretty stable since 2005.
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by PRC on Jun 27, 2009 5:21 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Wow, thanks. Satisfied my curiosity and then some.
Penn Staters belong at Penn State. The problem with a lot of kids is they just don’t know they are Penn Staters yet. -jesse. @ BSD
by TheK-GunNeedsReloaded on Jun 28, 2009 12:20 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
And once again, the Sharks take a German.
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by mymclife on Jun 27, 2009 5:20 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
For those keeping track at home:
Christian Ehrhoff, Marcel Goc, Patrick Ehelechner, Kai Hospelt, Michel Larocque, Marco Sturm, Thomas Greiss, Timo Pielmeier and now Dominik Bielke.
That covers all Germans with NHL experience and all draft picks as far back as 2000 (+1996). There may have been others drafted prior that didn’t make it to the NHL.
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by PRC on Jun 27, 2009 5:36 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Christoph Schubert drafted by Ottawa 2001 – still on the roster, played 368 games.
by hockeycountry on Jun 27, 2009 5:57 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
…but not for San Jose.
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by PRC on Jun 27, 2009 6:08 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Bunny Larocque was a dirty Kraut?
Must have hailed from Lorraine or Alsace or one o’ dem provinces annexed by the Kaiser.
by TD O'Dell on Jun 27, 2009 8:25 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
oops – wasn’t paying enough attention
by hockeycountry on Jun 28, 2009 6:02 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Obvious question...
Who are the others, besides the aforementioned German?
Speaking of ethic diversity, I expect the first ever Lebanese-Canadian was taken in this draft.
by dbarefoot on Jun 27, 2009 6:16 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
at least one from belarus
Как же так может быть?
by sleza on Jun 27, 2009 6:17 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
There was a Dane in one of the late rounds, I think.
Yeah, Oliver Lauridsen by the Flyers in the 7th. He’s also playing for St. Cloud State, so that’s a little odd.
by Copronymus on Jun 27, 2009 6:46 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
He had one assist and 38 penalty minutes last year in 28 games. I don’t remember ever hearing his name, though he took one penalty against the Gophers.
by J. Michael Neal on Jun 27, 2009 8:56 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, I’m a little worried there. Seems like their supply has slowed down. Just traveled there again recently and found hockey (disclaimer: pure anecdote) less on the radar than I can ever remember. Soccer, tennis yes. Hockey: still just Jagr and Hasek souvenirs.
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by Dominik on Jun 28, 2009 1:06 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I know there have been a lot more Czech names in tennis lately (and I’m not a tennis fan, this is just based on general channel-surfing chatter). Has the economy hit hockey hard in the Czech Republic lately, or is it just an accident of geography that when Slovakia split they happened to have more of the hockey players and hockey program than the Czech part of the country?
And agreed on the oddball Russian comments. Their top talent is right there with anyone’s but anyone other than the top echelon is likely going to stay home and play for more money for at least the foreseeable future. (Or be browbeaten into staying instead of leaving for North America.)
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by Baroque on Jun 28, 2009 4:41 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Tennis has always been big there. I’ve heard basketball has grown in popularity. As far as the Czech-Slovak split, the Czechs always had a huge chunk (and their population has remained about twice of Slovakia’s).
The economy has been pretty stable, too. My hunch is its either a fluke blip or a matter of changing tastes, although certainly the old Czech stars grew up in a state-sponsored program.
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by Dominik on Jun 30, 2009 1:44 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Russians
Only seven Russians but 5 of them will be all-stars. Weird division of laber in the NHL.
by voline on Jun 27, 2009 11:52 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
There are a lot of Russian juniors that didn’t get drafted that are better prospects than probably the last 50 Canadian born prospects taken in this draft, or the last 15-20 Americans. No one will want to use a pick on those guys, though, since it’s unlikely they could convince them to take major paycuts for 3-5 years to be developed as NHLers like the Canadian/American kids would.
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by saskhab on Jun 28, 2009 12:57 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Slovakia
It is not surprising that this year there were more Slovakians chosen than Czechs – Panik, Janus (both chosen by the Oilers) and Tatar (Red Wings) had a really strong showing in the WJC.
by -V- on Jun 28, 2009 6:11 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
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