Linkorama: draft postmortem.

The draft is over and we are now completely in the summer mode. Now we can concentrate on rumor innuendo and really bad golf shots.

Lets Go DU had this interesting tid bit on the Bruins first round draft choice.

Maguire added that Colborne, who will attend the University of Denver this fall, is at least three years away from making the NHL. Draft guru Bob McKenzie, another of the TSN cognoscenti, categorized Colborne as "a home run or a strikeout," and added that Colborne's speech and mannerisms are very reminiscent of Thornton.

By the view of Boston general manager Peter Chiarelli, Colborne is likely a couple of years away from cracking the lineup, but he and his staff are impressed by the big kid's hard shot and ability to put the puck in the net.

"I think the comparison to Joe is fair, in a sense," noted Chiarelli, commenting a few minutes after selecting Colborne. "He's big and rangy, like Joe. But Joe is more of a passer, and this kid is a pretty good finisher . . . he really snaps off a hard wrist shot, with a really impressive release."

Chiarelli said he tried to move up in the draft, with an eye on acquiring one of the top handful of picks, but his talks were all but finished by Thursday night. His target all along, said Chiarelli, was Colborne.

Great a Joe Thornton Reference we all know how that worked out for Boston, they liked him so much that the traded him to the Sharks. Even with the Thornton comparision I am very happy that Joe is a member of the Boston Bruins and they can take him as soon as they would like. :)

The College Hockey Recruit Exchange says that no uncommitted players were drafted in this years entry draft.

Though five ranked North American players from the Final CSS Rankings were college eligible yet uncommitted, none were drafted. Anders Lee was the highest ranked skater on that list, but the fact that he hasn't committed to a college yet may have scared away some NHL clubs who may be under the impression that Lee would rather pursue a carreer in football.

It wold appear that the future Wisconsin Badgers defenseman had a really good draft.

Remarkably, four Wisconsin defensemen were taken in the top 43 picks of the draft — Jake Gardiner, the only first rounder at No. 17 overall, Cody Goloubef (No. 37), Patrick Wiercioch (42) and Justin Schultz (43). Of those, only Goloubef played for the Badgers last year.

So you can bet your bottom dollar that it's going to continue being really fun to watch the Fighting Sioux play the Badgers, defensive systems, defensive systems. Shall we say that the Wisconsin coach Mike Eaves is a defensive guru and with Bill Howard starts from the goaltender out.