Mostly draft stuff . . .

Jim Kelley of Sportsnet takes a look at the move made by Brent Sutter, the owner and president of the Red Deer Rebels, in leaving the New Jersey Devils and ending up as the head coach of the Calgary Flames. It’s an interesting read and it’s right here.
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SOME DRAFT STUFF . . .
The Vancouver Canucks dealt D Shaun Heshka (Everett, 2003-05) to the Phoenix Coyotes for a seventh-round pick that was used on LW Steven Anthony of the QMJHL’s Halifax Mooseheads. Heshka played for the AHL’s Manitoba Moose. . . . D Jim Vandermeer (Red Deer, 1997-2001) was traded by Calgary to Phoenix for F Brandon Prust, who had played with the Flames in 2006-07 and 2008-09. Vandermeer played under new Flames head coach Brent Sutter with Red Deer but there won’t be a reunion now. . . . The Minnesota Wild picked up C Kyle Brodziak (Moose Jaw, 2000-04) and a sixth-round pick from Minnesota for fourth- and fifth-round picks. Brodziak had 27 points in 79 games with the Oilers last season. . . .
The Pittsburgh Penguins used the 151st selection on F Andy Bathgate of the OHL’s Belleville Bulls. He is the grandson of former NHL great Andy Bathgate, who was an original member of the Penguins in 1967-68. The younger Bathgate had 16 points when a January shoulder injury ended his season. . . . The Toronto Maple Leafs used the 188th selection on D Barron Smith of the OHL’s Peterborough Petes. He is the son of former NHL D Steve Smith. . . .
The Los Angeles Kings took Calgary Hitmen F Brandon Kozun in the sixth round after he put up 108 points last season. "I'm excited, and relieved a little bit," the 5-foot-8, 156-pound Kozun told Scott Fisher of the Calgary Sun. "I was born there and lived there for a while. So it'll be a nice little homecoming for me." He’ll leave Calgary on July 5 for a prospects’ camp in Los Angeles. . . . D Tyson Barrie of the Kelowna Rockets was taken by the Colorado Avalanche with the third pick of the third round. You may have expected him to be picked by the Tampa Bay Lightning, considering that his father, Len, is a co-owner there. That, however, is something Tyson didn’t want. “We have the NHL Network at home, so I was watching the draft and getting a little anxious,” Tyson told Doyle Potenteau of the Kelowna Daily Courier. “The second round passed and three picks in, I got selected. I was pretty happy, pretty pumped. But I was texting my dad throughout the whole thing . . . when they were moving up picks and they had a few picks in the second. I was texting him: Don’t do it, don’t do it. Now, I’m happy with how it went.” . . .
C Ryan Bourque was taken by the New York Rangers with the 80th pick. He is the son of Hall of Famer Ray Bourque and will play for the QMJHL’s Quebec Remparts next season. . . . The Buffalo Sabres took LW Marcus Foligno with the 104th selection. He is the son of former NHLer Mike Foligno. Marcus plays for the Sudbury Wolves; his father played in Sudbury and also played for the Sabres. . . . Philip Samuelsson, the son of former NHL D Ulf Samuelsson, was taken 61st overall by the Pittsburgh Penguins. Ulf won two Stanley Cups with the Penguins. Philip played for the USHL’s Chicago Steel last season, but now is headed for Boston College. . . . The Detroit Red Wings got something of a steal when they nabbed C Landon Ferraro with the second pick of the second round. Ferraro, the son of former WHL sniper Ray Ferraro, scored 37 goals for the Red Deer Rebels, a non-playoff team last season. . . .
C Drew Shore, a 6-foot-3, 190-pounder from Littleton, Colo., was taken 44th overall by the Florida Panthers. He spent last season with the U.S. under-18 team and is expected to attend the U of Denver in the fall. He was a second-round pick by the Chilliwack Bruins in the 2006 bantam draft, while his brother, RW Nick, was taken by the Kelowna Rockets in the seventh round of the 2007 bantam draft. . . .
The final tally will show there were 211 players selected when, actually, the number is 210. Here’s what happened. . . . The New York Rangers were granted a compensatory selection (47th overall) due to the death of 2007 first-round selection Alexei Cherepanov. He had been the 17th pick in that year’s draft. The Rangers used their compensatory pick on C Ethan Werek of the OHL’s Kingston Frontenacs. . . . That extra pick should have brought the overall total to 211 selections. But the 188th selection (the 27th pick in the fourth round) was forfeited by the Toronto Maple Leafs as punishment for their having paid D Jonas Frogren a $755,000 signing bonus, which was in violation of the CBA. (The Leafs also were fined $500,000). . . . So in the end you add the Rangers’ extra pick, subtract the Maple Leafs’ forfeited pick and you come up with 210 selections.
Larry Wigge at nhl.com reports: “Eleven countries combined to have a total of 210 players taken. Of those, 102 were from Canada, 55 from the U.S., 24 from Sweden, 10 from Finland, seven from Russia, five from Slovakia, three from the Czech Republic, and one each from Belarus, Denmark, Germany and the United Kingdom.”