On this Saturday morning of June 21, here is my take on round one.

The OHL dominated the first 10 picks, with seven. Four players (Steven Stamkos, Drew Doughty, Zach Bogosian and Alex Pietrangelo) were picked in the top four. Overall 11 players from the OHL were picked in the first round. Pretty impressive.

Colin Wilson was the top college player taken in the first round. Be interesting to see what he does this off-season whether he signs with Nashville or play one more year at BU.

Joe Colborne got picked by the Bruins at No. 16. The Denver recruit (class of 2012) is built similar to Joe Thornton at 6-foot-5. Perhaps the Bruins have another Jumbo Joe in the future. Anyway, it was a good pick by the Bruins, and the fans at the Bruins Draft Party seemed to like the pick as well.

Even though this was a year for defnesemen, centers also got attention in the first round. In fact 12 d-men and 12 centers were picked. Pretty impressive.

Now to the trades:

Phoenix got the best deal of the night getting Olli Jokinen from Florida in exchange for defensemen Keith Ballard, Nick Boynton and the 49th pick of this years draft. A steal for Phoenix nonetheless.

Mike Cammalleri is now a member of the Calgary Flames.

R.J. Umberger is out of Philly and going back to Columbus. Umberger played college hockey at Ohio State.

Steve Eminger is going to Philly from Washington. Don't really understand this move, especially after the two teams met in the first round. Eminger is a good young defensman who is only going to get better. Only time will tell of John Carlson, Washington's draft pick at No. 27 will step in to fill the void. Maybe Washington could make some room for a Wade Redden too. Anyway will see if Washington wins out on this.

And finally, Alex Tanguay is now a member of the Montreal Canadiens. The Habs gave up their first round pick and second round pick in 2009 for this deal. A good move by Montreal, but will this mean they are out of the Marian Hossa sweepstakes?

And just a couple of other notes, one is Evgeni Malkin looks like he will be staying in Pittsburgh according to The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. And finally the Canadiens have recieved permission to talk to Toronto captain Mats Sundin.

That's a wrap for round one. I'll be back at the beginning of the week with some draft grades.

Rosie