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NHL draft first-round selection order

By Helene Elliott
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Order of selection for the first round of the NHL draft, to be held Friday at Staples Center. Rounds 2-7 will be held Saturday at Staples Center.

1. Edmonton
2. Boston (acquired pick from Toronto)
3. Florida
4. Columbus
5. New York Islanders
6. Tampa Bay
7. Carolina
8. Atlanta
9. Minnesota
10. New York Rangers
11. Dallas
12. Ducks
13. Phoenix (acquired from Calgary)
14. St. Louis
15. Florida (acquired from Boston)
16. Ottawa
17. Colorado
18. Nashville
19. Kings
20. Pittsburgh
21. Detroit
22. Phoenix
23. Buffalo
24. Chicago (acquired from Atlanta, which got it from New Jersey)
25. Vancouver
26. Washington
27. Montreal
28. San Jose
29. Ducks (acquired from Philadelphia)
30. Chicago -- Helene Elliott

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Helene Elliott was with the Los Angeles Times’ Sports department from 1989 to 2024, first as a staff writer and then, starting in 2006, as a columnist. She became the first female journalist to be honored with a plaque in the Hall of Fame of a major professional sport as the 2005 winner of the Hockey Hall of Fame’s Elmer Ferguson Award, awarded to writers “who have brought honor to journalism and to hockey.” A native of Brooklyn, N.Y., and graduate of Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism, she has covered 18 Olympics.

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