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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.

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.