UFHL Draft 2008 team by team picks

Just like last year, and the year before, I am pleased to offer a short review of each team's performance hot on the heels of the draft. This year it was particularly difficult to accomplish due to small dispute with Google on whether yours truly should be allowed to keep this little gig, even if I make use of the opportunity only once a year. Fear not, I have won and so you can not only enjoy this year's installment, but also have something to look forward to next year.

Team	Picks	Comments
	#5-Alex Pietrangelo #37-Jiri Niemi	It is a draft of the defensmen. In Anaheim's case, two defensemen.
	#35-Corey Trivino #36-Tyler Ennis #63-Jimmy Hayes #65-Patrick Wiercioch #70-Kelsey Tessier #77-Philip McRae #86-Patrice Cormier	There is a good reason to believe that Boston's 2008 draft will be remembered for reasons other than drafting a player whose name no one else could spell
	#17-Jacob Markstrom #28-Jordan Eberle #78-Kevin Poulin #85-Ilmari Pitkanen	It is becoming the tradition in UFHL for Buffalo GM Randy to stockpile an enormous collection of draft picks only to deal them for a bigger stockpile next season. This can't end well, since at this rate Buffalo will flat out own the whole draft by 2014.
	#10-Zach Boychuk	Less is more.
	#14-Josh Bailey #55-Cody Goloubef #67-Derek Stepan #80-Peter Delmas	Carolina only picked once last year, but warmed up and selected FOUR times in 2008. I say, based on the selections, that maybe Carolina should do even more picking next year.
		Chicago is playing it close to the vest. No picks is as mysterious as you can get.
	#20-Colby Robak #40-Colten Teubert #68-James Wright	If these picks do not turn out, do not blame the Colorado GM, blame THN. Colorado GM missed the draft altogether.
	#11-Kyle Beach #41-Jamie Arniel #83-Kruise Reddick	Wouldn't it have been perfect if Jekyll/Hide-esque Beach went 13th? Well, he didn't. That's the kind of guy he is.
		Yet another team with no picks. I blame Randy.
	#21-Aaron Ness #29-Jake Gardiner #72-Dmitry Kugryshev #76-Michael Hutchinson #81-Taylor Stefishen	I think Edmonton is picking all those Minnesotans hoping that these guys wouldn't mind the North pole cold Edmonton winters.
	#12-Michael Del Zotto #27-John Carlson #38-Jake Allen #53-Luke Adam #60-Danny Kristo	If you believe Don, he made all these great picks while being driven to distraction by hordes of gorgeous females vying for his attention. Well, do you believe?
	#16-Mattias Tedenby #26-Joe Colborne #39-Viktor Tikhonov #51-David LeNeveu(UFHL) #57-Vyacheslav Voinov #66-A.J. Jenks	LA went for a hockey version of the Hollywood hit "Twins" picking Tedenby and Colborne. Needless to say both need to put on some weight before they make it to the show.
	#2-Nikita Filatov #74-Justin Schultz #82-Henrik Eriksson	Half of the NHL announcers will call last Minnesota pick Erik Henriksson instead of Henrik Eriksson half of the time. Clearly, half of this guy's name is wrong. Which one?
	#13-Chet Pickard	13th pick on Friday the 13th. Spooky.
	#46-Brayden Holtby #48-Roman Josi #52-Mike Sillinger(UFHL)	How did Roman Josi fall this far? Well, the Devils aren't complaining.
	#3-Drew Doughty #58-Mitch Wahl	With Mike Sillinger off the board, the Islanders select a younger version in Mitch Wahl.
	#32-Jared Staal #71-Dustin Tokarski	You'd think that a Staal would be picked higher and higher every year as the league learns how good these guys are. Nope. Go figure.
	#19-Mikhail Stefanovich #47-Anton Gustafsson	An absentee GM was given these gems thanks to THN. No fair!
	#4-Zach Bogosian #22-David Toews #33-Thomas McCollum #50-Evgeny Grachev #69-Adam Comrie #84-Brodie Reid	Philly went off the board with Toews. If you believe Shattuck's coach, the rest of the GMs will be kicking themselves.
	#1-Steven Stamkos #23-Harri Sateri #42-Kristoffer Berglund #43-Yann Sauve #44-Justin Jokinen #54-Brandon Burlon #61-David Carle	Just like last year the Coyotes will face some tough decisions on whom to sign. At least the first decision is going to be super easy.
	#56-Michael Stone #75-Joel Champagne	I do not know what to say about these picks. Really, I do not.
	#7-Cody Hodgson #15-Tyler Myers #24-Zac Dalpe #34-Greg Nemisz #62-Eric O'Dell #64-Andre Petersson	Possessing a good young defensive core the Sharks still could not pass on the towering defenseman who skates like Sergei Fedorov.
	#6-Mikkel Boedker	See Calgary.
		Last year every team had a pick. This year it's already the third team with no picks. You watch out Randy. I am onto you man.
	#8-Colin Wilson #9-Luke Schenn #18-Luca Sbisa #31-Kirill Petrov #45-Nicolas Deschamps #59-Daultan Leveille #79-Anssi Salmela(UFHL)	Ok, the first four picks were already great. But people, how the hell did you let Deschamps and Leveille fall to the bottom of the 2nd?
	#30-Tyler Cuma	Boooring. As in, who needs a top 4 defenseman at the bottom of the 1st? Kyle, put you arm down now. The rest of the class gets an F.
	#25-Erik Karlsson #49-Maxime Sauve #73-David Ullstrom	This year, due to Detroit's lack of picks, Hakan Andersson decided to help Washington. His advice? Simple: "Pick more Swedes"