2006 Draft Choices Round 1 - New Jersey Devils

2006 Draft Choices Round 1

Year:	Team:	Position:	Round:

Apple Valley
Round	Pick	Overall	Team	Player	Pos	Country	Ht	Wt	Amateur League	Amateur Team
1	20	20	MTL (From SJS)	David Fischer	D	USA	6' 3"	185	USHSW	Apple Valley
Barrie
Round	Pick	Overall	Team	Player	Pos	Country	Ht	Wt	Amateur League	Amateur Team
1	12	12	ATL	Bryan Little	C	CAN	5' 11"	185	OHL	Barrie
Brynas
Round	Pick	Overall	Team	Player	Pos	Country	Ht	Wt	Amateur League	Amateur Team
1	4	4	WSH	Nicklas Backstrom	C	SWE	6' 1"	210	SWE	Brynas
Cape Breton
Round	Pick	Overall	Team	Player	Pos	Country	Ht	Wt	Amateur League	Amateur Team
1	9	9	MIN	James Sheppard	C	CAN	6' 2"	210	QMJHL	Cape Breton
Des Moines
Round	Pick	Overall	Team	Player	Pos	Country	Ht	Wt	Amateur League	Amateur Team
1	7	7	NYI	Kyle Okposo	R	USA	6' 0"	210	USHL	Des Moines
1	17	17	LAK (From EDM)	Trevor Lewis	C	USA	6' 1"	195	USHL	Des Moines
Drummondville
Round	Pick	Overall	Team	Player	Pos	Country	Ht	Wt	Amateur League	Amateur Team
1	6	6	CBJ	Derick Brassard	C	CAN	6' 1"	199	QMJHL	Drummondville
Everett
Round	Pick	Overall	Team	Player	Pos	Country	Ht	Wt	Amateur League	Amateur Team
1	8	8	PHX	Peter Mueller	C	USA	6' 2"	204	WHL	Everett
1	26	26	CGY	Leland Irving	G	CAN	6' 0"	177	WHL	Everett
Gatineau
Round	Pick	Overall	Team	Player	Pos	Country	Ht	Wt	Amateur League	Amateur Team
1	22	22	PHI	Claude Giroux	R	CAN	5' 11"	172	QMJHL	Gatineau
Ilves
Round	Pick	Overall	Team	Player	Pos	Country	Ht	Wt	Amateur League	Amateur Team
1	15	15	TBL	Riku Helenius	G	FIN	6' 3"	211	FIN	Ilves
Kingston
Round	Pick	Overall	Team	Player	Pos	Country	Ht	Wt	Amateur League	Amateur Team
1	18	18	COL	Chris Stewart	R	CAN	6' 2"	228	OHL	Kingston
Kladno
Round	Pick	Overall	Team	Player	Pos	Country	Ht	Wt	Amateur League	Amateur Team
1	10	10	FLA	Michael Frolik	F	CZE	6' 1"	185	CZE	Kladno
1	13	13	TOR	Jiri Tlusty	F	CZE	6' 0"	209	CZE	Kladno
Lewiston
Round	Pick	Overall	Team	Player	Pos	Country	Ht	Wt	Amateur League	Amateur Team
1	11	11	LAK	Jonathan Bernier	G	CAN	5' 11"	186	QMJHL	Lewiston
Owen Sound
Round	Pick	Overall	Team	Player	Pos	Country	Ht	Wt	Amateur League	Amateur Team
1	21	21	NYR	Bobby Sanguinetti	D	USA	6' 3"	190	OHL	Owen Sound
Peterborough
Round	Pick	Overall	Team	Player	Pos	Country	Ht	Wt	Amateur League	Amateur Team
1	2	2	PIT	Jordan Staal	C	CAN	6' 4"	220	OHL	Peterborough
Prince George
Round	Pick	Overall	Team	Player	Pos	Country	Ht	Wt	Amateur League	Amateur Team
1	16	16	SJS (From MTL)	Ty Wishart	D	CAN	6' 4"	222	WHL	Prince George
Rouyn Noranda
Round	Pick	Overall	Team	Player	Pos	Country	Ht	Wt	Amateur League	Amateur Team
1	27	27	DAL	Ivan Vishnevskiy	D	RUS	6' 0"	193	QMJHL	Rouyn Noranda
Saginaw
Round	Pick	Overall	Team	Player	Pos	Country	Ht	Wt	Amateur League	Amateur Team
1	30	30	NJD (From CAR)	Matthew Corrente	D	CAN	6' 0"	205	OHL	Saginaw
Spokane
Round	Pick	Overall	Team	Player	Pos	Country	Ht	Wt	Amateur League	Amateur Team
1	14	14	VAN	Michael Grabner	R	AUT	6' 0"	170	WHL	Spokane
Sudbury
Round	Pick	Overall	Team	Player	Pos	Country	Ht	Wt	Amateur League	Amateur Team
1	28	28	OTT	Nick Foligno	L	USA	6' 0"	208	OHL	Sudbury
U. of Michigan
Round	Pick	Overall	Team	Player	Pos	Country	Ht	Wt	Amateur League	Amateur Team
1	19	19	ANA	Mark Mitera	D	USA	6' 3"	202	CCHA	U. of Michigan
U. of Minnesota
Round	Pick	Overall	Team	Player	Pos	Country	Ht	Wt	Amateur League	Amateur Team
1	5	5	BOS	Phil Kessel	C	USA	6' 0"	202	WCHA	U. of Minnesota
U. of North Dakota
Round	Pick	Overall	Team	Player	Pos	Country	Ht	Wt	Amateur League	Amateur Team
1	3	3	CHI	Jonathan Toews	F	CAN	6' 2"	210	WCHA	U. of North Dakota
US Nat'l U-18
Round	Pick	Overall	Team	Player	Pos	Country	Ht	Wt	Amateur League	Amateur Team
1	1	1	STL	Erik Johnson	D	USA	6' 4"	232	USA	US Nat'l U-18
1	29	29	PHX (From DET)	Chris Summers	D	USA	6' 2"	180	USA	US Nat'l U-18
Vasteras
Round	Pick	Overall	Team	Player	Pos	Country	Ht	Wt	Amateur League	Amateur Team
1	24	24	BUF	Dennis Persson	D	SWE	6' 1"	192	SWE	Vasteras
1	25	25	STL (From NJD)	Patrik Berglund	C	SWE	6' 4"	218	SWE	Vasteras
Yaroslavl 2
Round	Pick	Overall	Team	Player	Pos	Country	Ht	Wt	Amateur League	Amateur Team
1	23	23	WSH (From NSH)	Semyon Varlamov	G	RUS	6' 2"	209	RPL	Yaroslavl 2

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