We're tracking every pick in Friday's first round of the NHL Entry Draft
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DALLAS - The Toronto Maple Leafs traded down in the 2018 NHL draft before selecting Rasmus Sandin with the 29th pick on Friday night.
The 18-year-old left-handed defenceman from Uppsala, Sweden, produced 12 goals and 45 points in 51 regular-season games with the Ontario Hockey League's Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds in 2017-18.
Sandin, who says he models his style of play after Chicago Blackhawks blueliner Duncan Keith, was ranked No. 11 amongst North American skaters by the NHL's Central Scouting Bureau heading into the draft after being 16th at the midpoint of the season.
The five-foot-11...
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DALLAS - If Joel Farabee ever does play for the Flyers, he will have plenty of support from local fans. That's because Farabee, selected 14th overall in the first round by the Flyers on Friday night, has grandparents who hail from Warminster, Bucks County. Talk about a hometown favorite. The 6-0,...
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DALLAS - With many more heralded names available, the Rangers pulled off the first major surprise of the 2018 NHL Draft when they selected 6-4, 184-pound right wing Vitali Kravtsov of Traktor Chelyabinsk with the first of their three first round picks, at No. 9 overall.
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DALLAS - The Vancouver Canucks selected Quinn Hughes with the seventh pick in the first round of the NHL draft on Friday night.
The 18-year-old left-handed defenceman from Orlando, Fla., had five goals and 29 points in 37 games with the University of Michigan in 2017-18 and was named to the Big 10 all-rookie team, as well as a second-team all star.
Hughes, the No. 6-ranked North American skater by the NHL Central Scouting Bureau, also won a bronze medal in the 2018 world junior championships with the United States.
“I'm excited. I obviously knew Vancouver would be right around my spot,”...
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DALLAS - Swedish defenseman Rasmus Dahlin went first overall to the Buffalo Sabres and Russian winger Andrei Svechnikov second to the Carolina Hurricanes in the two most predictable developments of an NHL draft that also featured some curveballs.
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The Islanders used both of their first-round picks at the NHL Draft at American Airlines Arena on Friday night.
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Find details on every pick in the first round of the 2018 NHL draft here.
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Montreal reaches, Zadina slips, and Tkachuk goes high.
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Alex Ovechkin had the responsibility of announcing the Caps' first round pick in the 2006 NHL draft. Here's a flashback to that moment 12 years ago.
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DALLAS - The Montreal Canadiens selected Jesperi Kotkaniemi with the third pick in the first round of the NHL draft on Friday night.
The 17-year-old left-handed forward from Pori, Finland produced 10 goals and 29 points in 57 regular-season games with Assat of the Finnish Elite League in 2017-18 while adding nine points in six games to lead his country to gold at the 2018 IIHF under-18 world championship.
Kotkaniemi was seen as a late first-round pick last summer but jumped to No. 6 on the NHL Central Scouting Bureau's list of European skaters after being listed at No. 9 at the midpoint of...
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DALLAS - Buffalo Sabres select Swedish defenseman Rasmus Dahlin with No. 1 pick in NHL draft.
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DALLAS - The Buffalo Sabres have selected defenseman Rasmus Dahlin with the first overall pick in the NHL draft, giving them a dynamic player who should spark their rebuilding process.
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Sticking to the script... so far.
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The Buffalo Sabres selected defenseman Rasmus Dahlin with the No. 1 pick in the 2018 NHL draft. Here's how the rest of Friday's opening round shook out.
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Dahlin is the best defensive prospect the NHL has seen in years, and could be an early contributor
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