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NHL DRAFT DAY 2003
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Fans, players want scheduling change 
(USA Today)
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(Chicago Sun Times)
Surgery has Numminen anxious 
(Buffalo News)
Pisani prognosis not good 
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Game night
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Honda Center
8 P.M.
Stanley Cup Final 2006
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Game Night
June 22-23, 2003
Gaylord Entertainment Center
(Nashville)
2003 NHL Entry Draft
The first round of the 2003 NHL Entry Draft in Nashville didn't live up to its high expectations with no big blockbuster trades or surprise picks making their way to the podium. The big mystery of who would get first overall ended anticlimactically with the Florida Panthers trading the first pick to the Pittsburgh Penguins for young right-winger Mikael Samuelsson and the Pens' no. 3 pick. The Penguins used that pick on Cape Breton Screaming Eagles' goalie Marc-Andre Fleury making him the second goalie ever to go first overall. With the depth of talent available the Carolina Hurricanes, Florida Panthers and Columbus Blue Jackets who drafted next left with the player they wanted. The Hurricanes picking second chose standout Peterborough Pete's center Eric Staal. The Panthers moving down with the trade picked Nathan Horton of the Oshawa Generals who earlier in the season was considered the no.1 overall pick. The Columbus Blue Jackets took the first non-North American picking Russian sniper Nikolai Zherdev. Also in the draft the Nashville Predators picked USA Hockey Gold medallist Bob Suter's son Ryan Suter seventh overall. The Calgary Flames picked Dion Phaneuf of the Red Deer Rebels who is coached by GM Darryl Sutter's brother Brent. The Montreal Canadiens took a chance on Belarus forward Andrei Kostitsyn who has had a shaky medical history in the past season. The Ottawa Senators who had to tough it out at Gaylord Center after learning of the death of assistant coach Roger Neilson to cancer picked Boston College right-winger Patrick Eaves.
2003 NHL Entry Draft (Round One)
1. Pittsburgh Penguins (from Fla.) Marc-Andre Fleury (G)
2. Carolina Hurricanes Eric Staal (C)
3. Florida Panthers (from Pitt) Nathan Horton (C)
4. Columbus Blue Jackets Nikolai Zherdev (LW)
5. Buffalo Sabres Thomas Vanek (LW)
6. San Jose Sharks Milan Michalek (RW)
7. Nashville Predators Ryan Suter (D)
8. Atlanta Thrashers Braydon Coburn (D)
9. Calgary Flames Dion Phaneuf (D)
10. Montreal Canadiens Andrei Kostitsyn (F)
11. Philadelphia Flyers (from Pho.) Jeff Carter (C)
12. New York Rangers Hugh Jessiman (RW)
13. Los Angeles Kings Dustin Brown (RW)
14. Chicago Blackhawks Brent Seabrook (D)
15. New York Islanders Robert Nilsson (C)
16. San Jose Sharks (from Bost.) Steve Bernier (RW)
17. New Jersey Devils(from Edm.) Zach Parise (C)
18. Washington Capitals Eric Fehr (RW)
19. Anaheim Mighty Ducks Ryan Getzlaf (C)
20. Minnesota Wild Brent Burns (RW)
21. Boston Bruins (from SJ/ Tor.) Mark Stuart (D)
22. Edmonton Oilers (from NJ/St. L.) Marc-Antoine Pouliot (C)
23. Vancouver Canucks Ryan Kesler (C)
24. Philadelphia Flyers Mike Richards (C)
25. Florida Panthers (Ffrom Tampa) Anthony Stewart (F)
26. Los Angeles Kings (from Col.) Brian Boyle (C)
27. Los Angeles Kings (from Det.) Jeff Tambellini (LW)
28. Anaheim Mighty Ducks (from Dal.) Corey Perry (RW)
29. Ottawa Senators Patrick Eaves (RW)
30. St. Louis Blues (from N.J.) Shawn Belle (D)
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