READING, PA – Finally!! It’s here. Today is the day the 2009 NHL Entry Draft from Montreal kicks off later tonight. It also means that PHN’s NHL Mock Draft is officially done as well. This mock draft was done based on the hard work of PHN’s staff members. On behalf of PHN I would like to thank Tom Schettino, Lou Lafrado, Alan Bass, John Strathman, Bryan Reynolds, Bill Zager, Jennifer Sleeper, Andy Villanueva, Kevin O’Connor, Robert Keith, Andruw Bourqeois, Matt Chin, Serge Poulin and Terry Sanford for their hard work and participation. Below is a look at how our completed mock draft for 2009. 
Team Pos Player 1. New York Islanders C John Tavares 2. Tampa Bay Lightning D Victor Hedman 3. Colorado Avalanche C Matt Duchene 4. Atlanta Thrashers D Jared Cowen 5. Los Angeles Kings C Evander Kane 6. Phoenix Coyotes D Ryan Ellis 7. Toronto Maple Leafs C Brayden Schenn 8. Dallas Stars D Oliver Ekman-Larsson 9. Ottawa Senators LW Magnus Paajari-Svensson 10. Edmonton Oilers RW Zack Kassian 11. Nashville Predators C Nazem Kadri 12. Minnesota Wild C Louis LeBlanc 13. Buffalo Sabres D Simon Despres 14. Florida Panthers C/RW Jordan Schroeder 15. Anaheim Ducks D Dmitry Kulikov 16. Columbus Blue Jackets D John Moore 17. St. Louis Blues RW Scott Glennie 18. Montreal Canadiens C Chris Kreider 19. NY Rangers RW Carter Ashton 20. Calgary Flames C Landan Ferraro 21. Philadelphia Flyers D Stefan Elliott 22. Vancouver Canucks C Peter Holland 23. New Jersey Devils C Drew Shore 24. Washington Capitals RW Jordan Caron 25. Boston Bruins D David Rundblad 26. New York Islanders RW Richard Panik 27. Carolina Hurricanes C Jacob Josefson 28. Chicago Blackhawks RW Zach Budish 29. Detroit Red Wings C Chris Brown 30. Pittsburgh Penguins C/RW Kyle Palmieri Let me know what you think of it and thanks to all of our readers for checking out the articles that helped create the mock draft. We take pride in doing something different with our mock draft that no other publication does. We hope you had as much fun reading our mock draft articles as we did putting them together. Contact brian.jennings@prohockeynews.com
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