re nhl draft in article apr newshub ariel yorku ca cs ariel yorku ca shawn luddington writes in article io maine maine edu jon carr io maine maine edu writes when is the draft this year and will there be any coverage i know the upcomming nfl draft is on espn anyone got the details paul kariya pick no perhaps he won t last long i don t know the exact coverage in the states in canada it is covered by tsn so maybe espn will grab their coverage i don t know as for the picks ottawa picks which means it is almost that alexander daigle will go he ll either stay or be traded in montreal or quebec imo i would take kariya he should alot of leadership in the ncaa and so far in the world championships daigle didn t show this for his junior team san jose will then get kariya tampa bay will either go for a russian kozlov i think that s it or a defenseman rob niedemeyer probably spelt the last name wrong the sharks appear to be leaning toward picking rob niedermayer a center his brother scott is a defenseman picked by nj a couple years ago they brought him in for a physical tryout a week or so ago from what i have read niedermayer is the best skater in the draft plays both offense and defense and isn t afraid of physical play defensively the sharks are looking pretty good in terms of defense prospects rathje sykora ragnarsson and our centers kisio et al are getting old with all of the small players the sharks have i justs can t see them picking yet another small player like kariya he d just get bashed by the oppposition and get a separated shoulder mark
