I will be live blogging the NHL 2009 Entry Draft live from Montreal. The New York Islanders have the 1st overall choice int he 2009 NHL Entry Draft. Stay tuned as I will be updating this list and adding my NHL 2009 Draft analysis:

1 NY Islanders - John Tavares, C – London (OHL)

2 Tampa Bay - Viktor Hedman, D – Modo (SEL)

3 Colorado – Matt Duchene – C – Brampton

4 Atlanta – Evander Kane – C – Vancouver

5 Los Angeles - Brayden Schenn – C – Brandon

6 Phoenix - Oliver Ekman-Larsson – D – Leksand

7 Toronto - Nazem Kadri – C – London

8 Dallas - Scott Glennie – RW – Brandon

9 Ottawa – Jared Cowen – D – Spokane

10 Edmonton – Magnus Paajarvi-Svensson – LW – Timra

11 Nashville - Ryan Ellis – D – Windsor

12 NYI from Minnesota - Calvin De Haan – D – Oshawa

13 Buffalo - Zack Kassian – RW – Peterborough

14 Florida - Dmitry Kulikov – D – Drummondville

15 Anaheim - Peter Holland – C – Guelph

16 Minn. from Columbus - Nick Leddy – D – Eden Prairie

17 St. Louis - David Rundblad – D – Skelleftea

18 Montreal - Louis Leblanc – C – Omaha

19 NY Rangers - Chris Kreider – C – Andover

20 New Jersey from Calgary - Jacob Josefson – C – Djurgarden

21 Columbus from ANA from Philadelphia - John Moore – D – Chicago

22 Vancouver - Jordan Schroeder – C – Minnesota

23 Calgary from New Jersey - Tim Erixon – D – Skelleftea

24 Washington - Marcus Johansson – C – Farjestad

25 Boston - Jordan Caron – RW – Rimouski

26 Anaheim from Col. from NY Islanders - Kyle Palmieri – RW/C – USA-18

27 Carolina - Philippe Paradis – C – Shawinigan

28 Chicago - Dylan Olsen – D – Camrose

29 Detroit - Carter Ashton – RW – Lethbridge

30 Pittsburgh - Simon Despres – D – Saint John

The way the NHL 2009 draft lottery will work is it will give the bottom 5 teams (the Kings, Lightning, Thrashers, Avalanche and Islanders have clinched the bottom 5) a shot at winning the overall #1 pick. However, once the final positions are determined, each team can move up to #1 draft pick, but they cannot move down more 1 overall spot. The NHL draft lottery does protect the team’s positions for their awfulness during the regular season.

The New York Islanders won the Draft Lottery. It is thought that John Tavares will be the #1 overall pick in the 2009 NHL Entry Draft held this summer in Montreal.

NHL 2009 Entry Draft Lottery Winners

1. New York Islanders
2. Colorado Avalanche
3. Tampa Bay Lightning
4. Atlanta Thrashers
5. Los Angeles Kings
6. Phoenix Coyotes
7. Toronto Maple Leafs
8. Dallas Stars
9. Ottawa Senators
10. Edmonton Oilers
11. Nashville Predators
12. Minnesota Wild
13. Buffalo Sabers
14. Florida Panthers

Stay tuned for the rest of the draft order for teams 1-14. I will be updating this post with the finalized NHL draft orders as they are announced. You can easily bookmark this page by pressing Ctrl + D on your keyboard.