I'm happy for EK (who yet again is greater than PK), but sad for Mark Stone. Eckblad had a solid year for a rookie, but Stone excelled. Unfortunately, Eckblad is younger, so "solid at a young age" beat out "excelled as a rookie". Still, it was close.
As for Cary Price? Well, it shows how a mediocre team with a star goalie can do well. He won almost everything....except multiple rounds in the playoffs. ;)
Don't feel badly TJ -- I wanted the Senators to take the guy who went, IIRC, 23rd overall in the same draft. He had a great career with the Ottawa 67s, and was touted to be a sure thing and was a treat to watch......he just never panned out: Tyler Cuma.
Congrats to EK. Have to admit I didn't think he would get it this year.
Sorta amazing that Ottawa has a 2 time whatever they call it DefenseMan of the year award. He's a frikkin SuperStar
To show my amazing knowledge of the draft, I was actually pissed they took this little shrimp of a defenseman when they could have taken Del Zotto who went right around where he went in that draft.
