The following
trades were made on the day of the draft: • The
Pittsburgh Penguins traded the third overall pick (
Nathan Horton), the 55th pick (
Stefan Meyer), and
Mikael Samuelsson to the
Florida Panthers for the first overall pick (
Marc-Andre Fleury) and the 73rd pick (
Daniel Carcillo) • The
St. Louis Blues traded
Cory Stillman to the
Tampa Bay Lightning for the 62nd pick (
David Backes). • The
New Jersey Devils traded
Mike Danton and the 101st pick (
Konstantin Zakharov) to the
St. Louis Blues for the 93rd pick (
Ivan Khomutov). • The
Chicago Blackhawks traded
Andrei Nikolishin to the
Colorado Avalanche for the 120th pick (
Mitch Maunu) • The
St. Louis Blues traded
Tyson Nash to the
Phoenix Coyotes for the 148th pick (
Lee Stempniak) ==Final central scouting rankings==