First round recap

Nathan MacKinnon of our Halifax Mooseheads is now a Colorado Avalanche. The Avs kept to their word that they would be taking a forward with their first overall pick and that Nate would be that forward. I had asked the question would two Mooseheads be picked in a row however, the second overall Florida Panthers decided to shake things up picking up Alexander Barkov of Tappara in Finland. MacKinnon's linemate Jonathan Drouin was picked at #3 by the other Sunshine State team, the Tampa Bay Lightning. So Seth Jones fall all the way to fourth overall to the Nashville Predators. To wrap up the top 5, the Carolina Hurricanes picked Elias Lindholm who played in Sweden this past season.

The Edmonton Oilers picked a defenseman for the first time since 1989 with their first round pick.

The number one ranked goaltender did not get picked in the first round.

Here is the first round selections

1. Nathan MacKinnon, C (Halifax, QMJHL) Colorado
2. Aleksander Barkov, C (Tappara, SM-liiga) Florida
3. Jonathan Drouin LW (Halifax Mooseheads, QMJHL) Tampa Bay
4. Seth Jones D (Portland, WHL) Nashville
5. Elias Lindholm C (Brynas IF, SEL) Carolina
6. Sean Monahan C (Ottawa, OHL) Calgary
7. Darnell Nurse D (Sault Ste, Marie, OHL) Edmonton
8. Rasmus Ristolainen D (TPS, SM-liiga) Buffalo
9. Bo Horvat C (London, OHL) Vancouver
10. Valeri Nichushkin RW (HC Dynamo Moscow, KHL) Dallas
11. Samuel Morin D (Rimouski, QMJHL) Philadelphia
12. Max Domi C (London, OHL) Phoenix
13. Josh Morrissey D (Prince Albert, WHL) Winnipeg
14. Alexander Wennberg C (Frolunda HC, SEL) Columbus
15. Ryan Pulock D (Brandon, WHL) New York
16. Nikita Zadorov D (London, OHL) Buffalo
17. Curtis Lazar RW (Edmonton, WHL) Ottawa
18. Mirco Mueller D (Everett, WHL) San Jose
19. Kerby Rychel LW (Windsor, OHL) Columbus
20. Anthony Mantha LW (Val-d'Or Foreurs, QMJHL) Detroit
21. Frederik Gauthier C (Rimouski, QMJHL) Toronto
22. Emile Poirier LW (Gatineau, QMJHL) Calgary
23. Andre Burakovsky LW (Malmo, Swe-2) Washington
24. Hunter Shinkaruk LW (Medicine, WHL) Vancouver
25. Michael McCarron RW (Western Michigan, USHL) Montreal
26. Shea Theodore D (Seattle, WHL) Anaheim
27. Marko Dano RW (HC Slovan, KHL) Columbus
28. Morgan Klimchuk LW (Regina, WHL) Calgary
29. Jason Dickinson C (Guelph, OHL) Dallas
30. Ryan Hartman RW (Plymouth, OHL) Chicago