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With the 23rd Pick, The Washington Capitals Select ...


The National Hockey League announced that the Washington Capitals will pick 23rd in the 2008 Entry Draft. From the press release:

Washington has previously held the 23rd pick in the first round on two occasions. In 2006 the team selected goaltender Simeon Varlamov, and in 1995 the team drafted left wing Miika Elomo. The last time the Capitals first selection of the draft was higher than 23rd was 2001, when Washington's first pick of the draft was No. 58 in the second round.

The Capitals enter this year's draft with eight picks in the seven-round Entry Draft, including a first-round selection and three picks in the second round. This year's Entry Draft will take place on June 20-21 at Scotiabank Place in Kanata, Ontario, home of the Ottawa Senators.

Below is a listing of the first-round draft order for the 2008 NHL Entry Draft:



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6 Comments on "With the 23rd Pick, The Washington Capitals Select ..."

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Posted by vt caps fan, May 6, 2008 4:07 PM

why do the rags and devils draft ahead of us when they had more points? And the rags even made it to the 2nd round. does it have to do with our seeding?

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Posted by Gustafsson, May 6, 2008 4:15 PM

vt caps fan,

Picks 23-26: Clubs eliminated in the first two rounds of the 2008 Stanley Cup playoffs who won their division during the regular season, in inverse order of points.

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Posted by vt caps fan, May 6, 2008 6:02 PM

Thanks Gus -- its been a long day. Reading skills are not working today.

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Posted by Gustafsson, May 6, 2008 7:02 PM

NP VT,

I even resisted the urge to make college jokes! ;-)

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Posted by Capsaholic, May 6, 2008 8:26 PM

I wasn't too tickled with that Elomo pick. :-D

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Posted by gozling, May 6, 2008 9:18 PM

Sorry totally off topic here but couldn't resist. Check out what Jagr says about his years in DC

"They gave me a chance to show everybody I still can play hockey. Everybody doubted me when I was playing in Washington for whatever reason."

Is he kidding?

The whole article is on TSN
http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=236961&lid=sublink01&lpos=headlines_nhl

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