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The 2004 NHL entry draft took place the weekend of June 26-27th in Raleigh, North Carolina. This year’s draft was the 41st edition of the annual event; the first NHL Amateur Draft being held at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal on June 5, 1963. All NHL drafts were held in Montreal until 1985 when the NHL began rotating the host city.
| Habs Picks | |
| 1st Round / 18th overall | Kyle Chipchura |
| 3rd Round / 84th overall | Alexei Yemelin |
| 3rd Round / 95th overall | –TRADED– |
| 4th Round / 100th overall | J.T Wyman |
| 5th Round / 150th overall | Mikhail Grabovski |
| 6th Round / 181th overall | Loic Lacasse |
| 7th Round / 212th overall | Jon Gleed |
| 8th Round / 246th overall | Greg Stewart |
| 9th Round / 262th overall | Mark Streit |
| 9th Round / 278th overall | Alex Dulac-Lemelin |
Mock Draft Comparison
| 2004 Entry Draft | HabsWorld | Hockey’s Future | Hockey News | TSN.ca | ISS | Actual Pick: |
1-  | Ovechkin | Ovechkin | Ovechkin | Ovechkin | Ovechkin | Ovechkin |
2-  | Malkin | Malkin | Malkin | Malkin | Malkin | Malkin |
3-  | Olesz | Olesz | Tukonen | Barker | Tukonen | Barker |
4-  | Barker | Barker | Barker | Ladd | Meszaros | Ladd |
5-  | Tukonen | Ladd | Olesz | Tukonen | Schremp | Wheeler |
6-  | Ladd | Thelen | Ladd | Olesz | Barker | Montoya |
7-  | Schwarz | Schremp | Montoya | Wolski | Montoya | Olesz |
8-  | Smid | Tukonen | Schremp | Smid | Olesz | Picard |
9-  | Stafford | Meszaros | Thelen | Stafford | Ladd | Smid |
10-  | Meszaros | Wolski | Meszaros | Meszaros | Wolski | Valabik |
11-  | Montoya | Schwarz | Schwarz | Montoya | Stafford | Tukonen |
12-  | Radulov | Stafford | Stafford | Schwarz | Schwarz | Thelen |
13-  | Thelen | Valabik | Valabik | Thelen | Valabik | Stafford |
14-  | Schremp | Picard | Picard | Picard | Smid | Dubnyk |
15-  | Chipchura | Graham | Chipchura | Schremp | Thelen | Radulov |
16-  | Dubnyk | Chipchura | Green | Valabik | Nokelainen | |
17-  | Picard | Radulov | Korpikoski | Radulov | Schwarz | |
18-  | Korpikoski | Fransson | Wolski | Chipchura | Chipchura | |
19-  | Wolski | Lisin | Nokelainen | Lisin | Korpikoski | |
20-  | Valabik | Smid | Smid | Nokelainen | Zajac | |
21-  | Voloshenko | Montoya | Radulov | Korpikoski | Wolski | |
22-  | Lisin | Green | Graham | Dubnyk | Kaspar | |
23-  | Lyamin | Bolland | Bolland | Schultz | Meszaros | |
| 24- | Salmonsson | Nokelainen | Schultz | Green | Chucko | |
| 25- | Sindel | Korpikoski | Dubnyk | Bolland | Schremp | |
26-  | Fransson | Zajac | Salmonsson | Kaspar | Schneider | |
| 27- | Green | O’Neill | O’Neill | Voloshenko | Schultz | |
28-  | Nokelainen | Alexandrov | Wheeler | Sindel | Fistric | |
| 29- | Graham | Hedman | Lyamin | Fransson | Green | |
30- | Zajac | Dubnyk | Schneider | Graham | Rogers | |
| Correct picks: | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
Canadiens Draft Preview – HW Prospects Editor Dan Linn addresses the Habs draft tendencies and the team’s needs. That gives an idea of what Habs GM Bob Gainey will do at the Draft. Canadiens Draft Preview (1st Round) – Brian La Rose takes a look at possible Habs draft picks.
Canadiens Mock Draft – HW Prospects Editor Dan Linn gives his draftees suggestions.
NHL Mock Draft (1st Round) – HW Stats Editor Brian La Rose gives his draftees suggestions for the first round of the 2004 NHL Entry Draft.
– Final CSB Rankings – A list of the top 200 players eligible for the Draft 2004 playing in America. A list of the top 150 players playing overseas, in Europe. The top 43 goalies in the World.
Links:
– The Hockey News Players Profiles – Good scouting description.
– TSN’s Top 50 draft preview – Profiles of the top 50 players in this years draft
– TSN.ca’s Depth Charts and Needs – “What they may look for”
– TSN.ca’s Prospects Profiles – If you’re searching for basic info on the top Prospects, go to TSN. You’ll get a good picture with a short but useful scouting note.
