New York Sixth/Seventh Round Selections: C Alan Quine, D Kyle Burroughs

                                                             
The New York Islanders have selected  C Alan Quine  with the 166th selection.

Quine tallied 67p (23g, 44a) in 54 gp between Belleville and Peterborough this season. In the playoffs w/ Belleville he scored 15pts in 17gp (Islanders twitter)

This was also a player in his second NHL draft, after being a third round selection of the Detroit Red Wings in 2011 here.

New York selected D: Kyle Burroughs with it's final selection in the 2013 entry draft.

Regina Pats announcement with Burroughs comments.  

“It’s really indescribable,” said Burroughs shortly after being selected.  “It’s a surreal feeling, you know, it’s a dream and it pretty much just came true.”

New York Third/Fourth/Fifth Rounders: G Emon McAdam, F Taylor Cammarata, G Stephon Williams, C Viktor Rydberg

70th: Niederreiter pick=Goaltender Eamon McAdam
Islanders website profile
McAdam will attend Penn State University in the fall (Islanders twitter)

76th: Taylor Cammarata Left Wing/Center

   106th: Goaltender Stephon Williams
 Williams was teammates in Waterloo in 2011-12 with #Isles 3rd round picks Eamon McAdam & Taylor Cammarata (Islanders twitter)





                             
                                                          
                                         

136th:  C: Viktor Rydberg Linkoping Jr., SWE-JR
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New York Selects D Ryan Pulock 15th Overall

NHL.com video of the Islanders making their selection.

Ryan Pulock's Profile from Islanders Website:

Trent Klatt, Islanders Player Development
Ryan Pulock is a slick, skilled puck-moving defenseman. Pulock is a very good skater who’s efficient and very mobile. He’s not afraid to carry the puck up ice and has a slap shot that is very hard and heavy which will help an NHL power play.

Video Highlights:

 Center Scouting's Profile. 

Islander website comments from GM, Garth Snow.

“Our organization’s young core has been built through the NHL Draft and is beginning to mature into a team that will perennially compete for the Stanley Cup,” Snow said. “With the guidance from our coaching and development staff, we’re confident that Pulock will develop into yet another key piece of that core. Ryan’s leadership qualities, his steady defensive presence and his ability to jump into the play on offense will be an asset for our team for years to come.”

  Pulock finished third among WHL defensemen with 60 points,  behind unsigned former Islander prospect, Brenden Kichton.

Nino Niederreiter Traded For Cal Cultterbuck

 TSN.ca Reports New York has traded Nino Niederreiter for Cal Clutterbuck and The Islanders will also reportedly get the 70th pick in the 2013 NHL Entry Draft from the Wild in the deal.

Star Tribune: Has more on why Clutterbuck was available.

Star Tribune also had this:

As you saw in today's story,  it is looking increasingly likely that Clutterbuck will be traded this weekend. He has value, he is a restricted free agent and the Wild's cap space is limited. The Wild is looking for a second and prospect, but perhaps the price can go up if there's a bidding war for Clutterbuck.

I do hear that GM Chuck Fletcher would prefer to trade Clutterbuck to the East. As I reported the other day, Fletcher had lunch Thursday with Maple Leafs GM Dave Nonis. Boston may make sense, too. In the West, as I reported last week, I hear Edmonton has shown significant interest. But I'd be lying if I said I know all the teams involved.

NYIFC Comments: 
Flat out hate this move, you don't trade a player with Niederreiter's ability (they wanted so badly at 5th) for a mid-level grinder, who will be an UFA soon. Niederreiter had an excellent season with Bridgeport, who the club wanted to develop. 

Clutterbuck's the player Trevor Gillies stomped for his final suspension, he's not a player who can play in a top six, he likely will be gone at the point Niederreiter becomes a top six forward. Does he have some value in his role? Obviously, however one players ceiling is a top six young scorer at a very young age that the Islanders saw the value in.

Would like to thank, Nino Niederreiter, and wish him the best of luck with the Minnesota Wild.

New York On the Clock: 2013 NHL Entry Draft

Islanders website have profiled many of the eligible prospects for the past month or so.

New York Islander Fan Central crawl on top of the page has the selections New York has in this draft.

Given television coverage 3pm-8pm (NBCSN) in a one-day draft, do not expect a three hour first round of speeches between selections. If Snow retains his pick, figure around 3:45pm the club goes on the clock.

The risk is about the same now for where teams draft from CHL/Europe means player must be signed within two years vs more successful college prospects, who could decide to turn pro early, which means he can go UFA once he submits a letter. 

It's no longer a league of major trades (call the Tanguay trade as big as it get's now) with so many players have no trade/movement clauses, those available are likely very close to free agency or a huge financial risk, who are not helping their current teams which is why they are available.

For New York the prospect blog does not lie. Aside from, Kirill Petrov, there is not one single forward prospect outside the organization of a recent draft class besides those who have left the organzation for Europe, who's NHL retention rights depend on a qualifying offer. (DiBenedetto, Ullstrom, Katic,Rakhshani, Marcinko)

There's been nothing written about Shane Harper (Streit trade) besides him being a RFA, who was demoted to ECHL by Flyers who would be somewhat comparable to what's happened with Jason Clark.

No goaltender prospect besides Mikko Koskinen signed through 2014-15 in Europe unless he received a qualifying offer.

In short, there are not nearly enough forward prospects, even defensive depth goes quickly.

If Kevin Poulin was qualified, he has a spot, Anders Nilsson is signed, Ken Reiter (ECHL most of last season) was resigned so there is no spot in Bridgeport for another goaltender. Rick DiPietro needs a place to continue to work as a starter.

Spare me the Cody Rosen comments, he was in the Flyers summer prospect camp in 2009 the year before the Islanders selected him, so he was obviously on the NHL radar of a few scouts.

Just not those of some local media people who failed to do their homework.