2007 NHL Entry Draft
General information
Date(s)	June 22–23, 2007
Location	Nationwide Arena Columbus, Ohio, U.S.
Overview
First selection	Patrick Kane (Chicago Blackhawks)
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The 2007 NHL Entry Draft was the 45th NHL Entry Draft. It was hosted at Nationwide Arena in the city of Columbus, Ohio, on June 22, 2007. The draft consisted of seven rounds with rounds two through seven taking place on June 23, 2007.^[1] The draft was televised on TSN and RDS, with the first round simulcasted in the United States on Versus and in Europe on NASN.

Columbus Blue Jackets' President and General Manager Doug MacLean and the NHL announced the event on March 21, 2006. On March 13, 2007, it was reported that NHL owners had voted in favor of changes to the team ranking system which would begin at the 2007 draft. This draft marked the first time in NHL history in which American players were selected with the top two picks, with Patrick Kane and James van Riemsdyk being selected by the Chicago Blackhawks and Philadelphia Flyers, respectively, and also tied the record of the most Americans being selected in the first round with ten players.^[2]

Lottery system

Starting with the 2007 NHL Entry Draft, the Stanley Cup champion and runner-up will receive the 30th and 29th picks, respectively. The conference finalists will get the 28th and 27th picks, and all other playoff teams will get picks based on their regular season point totals, but with the division winners getting the latest picks even if they had fewer points during the regular season than a non-division winner.

The draft order of the first 14 picks was determined by a lottery involving the non-playoff teams on April 10.^[3]

Under the weighted lottery system, the club with the fewest regular-season points had the greatest chance (25%) of winning the Draft Drawing, have a 48.2% chance to pick first overall, and could pick no lower than second at the 2007 Entry Draft. The winner of the drawing would move up a maximum of four places, with all other clubs' draft order being adjusted accordingly (no team moving down more than one spot).

The Chicago Blackhawks, originally slated to draft in fifth place, won the lottery and as a result had the first overall pick in the draft.^[4]

Draft day trades

Central Scouting final rankings

Source: NHL Central Scouting Bureau

Skaters

	North American	European
1	Kyle Turris (C)	Mikael Backlund (C)
2	Patrick Kane (RW)	Alexei Cherepanov (RW)
3	James van Riemsdyk (LW)	Lars Eller (C/W)
4	Keaton Ellerby (D)	Maxim Mayorov (RW)
5	Karl Alzner (D)	Joakim Andersson (C)
6	Sam Gagner (C)	Simon Hjalmarsson (RW)
7	Jakub Voracek (RW)	Nichlas Torp (D)
8	Angelo Esposito (C)	Sergei Korostin (RW)
9	Zach Hamill (C)	Maxim Goncharov (D)
10	David Perron (LW)	Evgenii Dadonov (RW)

Goaltenders

	North American	European
1	Jeremy Smith	Joel Gistedt
2	Trevor Cann	Mark Owuya
3	Antoine Lafleur	Marek Benda

Selections by round

= NHL All-Star[8] ·

= NHL All-Star[8] and NHL All-Star team ·

Round one

#	Player	Nationality	NHL team	College/Junior/Club team
1	Patrick Kane (RW)	United States	Chicago Blackhawks	London Knights (OHL)
2	James van Riemsdyk (LW)	United States	Philadelphia Flyers	University of New Hampshire (Hockey East)
3	Kyle Turris (C)	Canada	Phoenix Coyotes	Burnaby Express (BCHL)
4	Thomas Hickey (D)	Canada	Los Angeles Kings	Seattle Thunderbirds (WHL)
5	Karl Alzner (D)	Canada	Washington Capitals	Calgary Hitmen (WHL)
6	Sam Gagner (C)	Canada	Edmonton Oilers	London Knights (OHL)
7	Jakub Voracek (RW)	Czech Republic	Columbus Blue Jackets	Halifax Mooseheads (QMJHL)
8	Zach Hamill (C)	Canada	Boston Bruins	Everett Silvertips (WHL)
9	Logan Couture (C)	Canada	San Jose Sharks (from St. Louis)1	Ottawa 67's (OHL)
10	Keaton Ellerby (D)	Canada	Florida Panthers	Kamloops Blazers (WHL)
11	Brandon Sutter (C/RW)	Canada	Carolina Hurricanes	Red Deer Rebels (WHL)
12	Ryan McDonagh (D)	United States	Montreal Canadiens	Cretin-Derham Hall High School (MSHSL)
13	Lars Eller (C/W)	Denmark	St. Louis Blues (from Toronto via San Jose)2	Frolunda HC Jr. (Sweden)
14	Kevin Shattenkirk (D)	United States	Colorado Avalanche	US National Development Team (NAHL)
15	Alex Plante (D)	Canada	Edmonton Oilers (from NY Islanders)3	Calgary Hitmen (WHL)
16	Colton Gillies (C)	Canada	Minnesota Wild (from Tampa Bay via Anaheim)4	Saskatoon Blades (WHL)
17	Alexei Cherepanov (RW)	Russia	New York Rangers	Avangard Omsk (Russia)
18	Ian Cole (D)	United States	St. Louis Blues (from Calgary)5	US National Team Development Program (NAHL)
19	Logan MacMillan (C)	Canada	Anaheim Ducks (from Minnesota)6	Halifax Mooseheads (QMJHL)
20	Angelo Esposito (C)	Canada	Pittsburgh Penguins	Quebec Remparts (QMJHL)
21	Riley Nash (C)	Canada	Edmonton Oilers (from Dallas via Phoenix)7	Cornell University (ECAC)
22	Max Pacioretty (LW)	United States	Montreal Canadiens (from San Jose)8	Sioux City Musketeers (USHL)
23	Jonathon Blum (D)	United States	Nashville Predators (from Nashville via Philadelphia)9	Vancouver Giants (WHL)
24	Mikael Backlund (C)	Sweden	Calgary Flames (from Atlanta via St. Louis)10	VIK Vasteras HK (Sweden)
25	Patrick White (C)	United States	Vancouver Canucks	University of Minnesota (WCHA)
26	David Perron (LW)	Canada	St. Louis Blues (from New Jersey via San Jose)11	Lewiston Maineiacs (QMJHL)
27	Brendan Smith (D)	Canada	Detroit Red Wings	St. Michael's Buzzers (OPJHL)
28	Nick Petrecki (D)	United States	San Jose Sharks (from Buffalo via Washington)12	Omaha Lancers (USHL)
29	Jim O'Brien (C)	United States	Ottawa Senators	University of Minnesota (WCHA)
30	Nick Ross (D)	Canada	Phoenix Coyotes (from Anaheim via Edmonton)13	Regina Pats (WHL)

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