2009 NHL Entry Draft: DUB-Style

The 2009 National Hockey League Entry Draft was held at the Bell Centre in Montreal, Quebec. With the first overall pick, the New York Islanders selected forward John Tavares.

At DUBNetwork, we’ll supply one of these features from now until Christmas Day, culminating with the 2012 NHL Entry Draft.

Here’s a look at the Western Hockey League players chosen in the first round, along with a few statistics.

2009 NHL Entry Draft – Round 1
				NHL
OVERALL	PLAYER	WHL	NHL	GAMES	GOALS	ASSISTS
4	Evander Kane*	Vancouver	Atlanta	681	230	206
5	Brayden Schenn*	Brandon	Los Angeles	622	168	230
8	Scott Glennie	Brandon	Dallas	1	0	0
9	Jared Cowan	Spokane	Ottawa	249	15	31
29	Carter Ashton	Lethbridge	Tampa Bay	54	0	3
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33	Ryan O’Reilly*	Erie (OHL)	Colorado	789	189	341
161	Darcy Kuemper*	Red Deer	Minnesota	209		4

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The 2009 draft class was star-studded, particularly from eastern Canada. However, the WHL supplied some significant talent as well, including four of the first ten picks.

Evander Kane was the first WHL player selected.

At the time, it appeared to be an interesting opportunity for the British Columbia native to develop and represent in a vibrant southern market in the United States. Kane played two seasons in Atlanta before his 20^th birthday, then landed with the franchise in Winnipeg for the 2011-12 season. A controversial figure, Kane is now a member of the San Jose Sharks.

Brayden Schenn parlayed a successful WHL stint into a productive NHL career that now includes a Stanley Cup championship.

Schenn bounced around the NHL until he landed in St. Louis, where the Blues turned an outstanding second-half run during the 2018-19 season into a championship campaign.

Defenceman Jared Cowan had his career derailed to some degree by injuries, while Scott Glennie and Carter Ashton were unable to sustain NHL careers.

Of note at the 2009 NHL Entry Draft, we include an Ontario Hockey League grad, Ryan O’Reilly, simply to demonstrate how a player not chosen in the first round can become an absolute star in the NHL.

Indeed, every team in the league whiffed on O’Reilly back in 2009. O’Reilly was a prominent contributor on the St. Louis Blues championship team last season.

And just think – Colorado selected both O’Reilly and defenceman Tyson Barrie with second and third round selections. Suffice to say, Joe Sakic and his group had a pretty good day at the draft table.

A sixth-round selection, 161^st overall, and a late bloomer is goaltender Darcy Kuemper.

His patience and persistence has paid off as the 29-year-old Saskatoon native is currently in his second season as the Arizona Coyotes’ number one goalie.

 

 

2009 NHL Entry Draft: Rounds 2-7
					NHL
Rounds	Overall	Player	WHL	NHL	Games	Goals	Assists
2	32	Landon Ferraro	Red Deer	Detroit	77	7	5
	48	Brett Ponich	Portland	St. Louis
	49	Stefan Elliott	Saskatoon	Colorado	87	8	17
3	64	Tyson Barrie*	Kelowna	Colorado	519	78	244
	66	Brayden McNabb*	Kootenay	Buffalo	432	18	69
	74	Ryan Howse	Chilliwack	Calgary
	81	Adam Morrison	Saskatoon	Philadelphia
	82	Cameron Abney	Everett	Edmonton
	85	Cody Eakin*	Swift Current	Washington	561	101	128
	86	Ryan Button	Prince Albert	Boston
4	96	Linden Vey	Medicine Hat	LA	138	14	30
	103	Kris Foucault	Calgary	Minnesota	1	0	0
	105	Justin Weller	Red Deer	Phoenix
	108	Tyler Shattock	Kamloops	St. Louis
5	129	Tomas Vincour	Edmonton	Dallas	95	7	10
6	155	Jimmy Bubnick	Kamloops	Atlanta
	157	Evan Bloodoff	Kelowna	Phoenix
	161	Darcy Kuemper*	Red Deer	Minnesota	210
	175	Garrett Mitchell	Regina	Washington	1	0	0
	179	Brandon Kozun	Calgary	LA	20	2	2
	180	Mitchell Callahan	Kelowna	Detroit	5	0	0
7	185	Levko Koper	Spokane	Atlanta
	189	Marek Viedensky	Prince George	Sam Jose
	201	Gaelan Patterson	Saskatoon	Calgary
	208	Tommi Kivisto	Red Deer	Carolina

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(Paul Figler of DUBNetwork contributed to this article)