Live Predators 2012 NHL Entry Draft Blog

After day one, the Nashville Predators were silent. No picks and no moves. There were talks though with, to our knowledge, only Ray Shero, GM of the Pittsburgh Penguins, about acquiring the rights of Ryan Suter, according to Rob Rossi of the Pittsburgh Tribune. David Poile didn't budge at all. 

That concludes the 2012 NHL Entry Draft! The Nashville Predators drafted six forwards, two defensemen and one goaltender. The only trades involving the Preds were two pick-for-pick trades with the New York Rangers meaning Nashville still holds the negotiating rights of Ryan Suter up to July 1 and Shea Weber is still a Predator. It will take a few years to see if the Predators drafted another late round gem, such as Patric Hornqvist and Pekka Rinne, but by all accounts, it appears the Predators made some solid picks as well as good value picks in the later rounds.

Draft Picks

RD	Pick	Overall	Team	Player	Position	Country	HT	LBS	League	Team
2	7	37	NSH (via TBL)	Pontus Aberg	LW	Sweden	5'11	194	Swedish Elite League	Djugarden
2	20	50	NSH (via TBL)	Colton Sisson	RW	Canada	6'1	189	WHL	Kelowna
3	5	66	NSH (via LAK)	Jimmy Vesey	C	USA	6'2	185	EJHL	South Shore
3	29	89	NSH (via NYR)	Brendan Leipsic	C	Canada	5'9	165	WHL	Portland
4	21	112	NSH	Zachary Stepan	C	USA	5'11	165	High-MN	Shattuck-St. Mars
4	27	118	NSH (via PHX)	Mikko Vainonen	D	Finland	6'2	211	Swe-Jr	Farjestad Jr
6	13	164	NSH (via FLA)	Simon Fernholm	D	Sweden	6'4	187	Swe-Jr	Huddinge Jr
6	21	172	NSH	Max Gortz	RW	Sweden	6'2	196	Swe-Jr	Farjestad Jr
6	28	179	NSH (via NYR)	Marek Mazanec	G	CZE	6'4	187	CZREP	PLZEN

Trades

• The Nashville Predators have traded up to the 89th overall pick from the New York Rangers for a 2013 third round pick.
• The Nashville Predators have traded the 142nd overall pick to the New York Rangers for a 2013 fifth round pick.