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Paul Maurice to KHL

Paul Maurice has just signed with Magnitogorsk of the KHL. Maurice a former Carolina Hurricane, Toronto Maple Leaf, and Hartful Whalers Head Coach. Maurice has coached for 15 years in the NHL and was on the bench for a total of 1084 games, 460 wins, and 4 playoff apperances. He helped Hurricane's win the southeast division in 1998-99 and 2001-02. He also has made it to the Stanley Cup finals once in the 2001-02 season with the Hurricanes. Maurice had a tough go this pass season (2011-12) as Carolina fired him after 25 regular season games with a record of 8-13-4.

Avalanche Signings

Coloarado have re-signed foward David Jones on Thursday June 8th, 2012 to a 4 year deal worth 16 million. The Avalanche did not stop there as they also re-signed Matt Hunwick to a 2 year deal.

David Jones- RW

Number: 54

Height: 6' 2"

Weight: 210

Shoots: Right

Born: Aug 10, 1984 (Age 27)

Birthplace: Guelph, ON, Canada

“David has been one of our top offensive players over the past two seasons" said GM and Vice-President of the Avalanche Greg Sherman. Jones was drafted in the ninth round, 288th overall in the 2003 NHL Entry draft by the Avalanche. Jones is the lowest ever drafted player by the Avalanche to play in the NHL. David played his first game in the NHL in the 2007-08 season, where he went on to play 27 games in the season and 10 playoff games. Jones finished the 2011-12 season a total of 20 goals, 17 assist and 5 game winners in 72 games. He finished the season tied in 5th for points with McGinn. Jones best season was the 2010-11 season where he got 27 goals and 18 assist, Jones will be hoping to get back and maybe hit the 50 point total.

Matt Hunwick- D

Number: 48

Height: 5' 11"

Weight: 190

Shoots: Left

Born: May 21, 1985 (Age 27)

Birthplace: Warren, MI, United States

Hunwick was drafted in the 7th round, 224th overall in the 2004 NHL Entry draft by the Boston Bruins. Hunwick was traded to the Avalanche in the 2010-11 season from the Bruins for Colby Cohen. Matt put up 3 goals, 3 assist and was a -3 in the plus/minus catagory in 33 games this past season.  

2012 LeagueItToUs Mock NHL Entry Draft

2012 LeagueItToUs mock NHL Entry Draft

The 2012 NHL entry draft will be taking place in Pittsburgh on June 22-23. Five of the League It To Us writers have entered their top 30 picks for this upcoming draft (Josh Daniels, Luke Rachar, Scott Navarro, Dylan McAteer, and Josh Heuving). The way the this mock draft works is the player with the lowest number rankings from the writers (ex. Josh H picks player A 1st, player B 2nd and then Luke picks player A 1st and player B 3rd. well player A will have 2 points and player B has 5 points). If the player does not get picked by one of the writers they drop down to the next round. Before we get to the results, here’s a look at some notable first round picks.     

Notable 1^st overall picks- Ovechkin (WSH, 04), Crosby (PIT, 05), Stamkos (TBL, 08)

Notable 2^nd overall picks- Staal (CAR, 03), Malkin (PIT, 04), Doughty (LAK, 08)

Notable 3^rd overall picks- Gaborik (MIN, 00), Bouwnmeester (FLA, 02), Toews (CHI, 06)

Notable 4^th overall picks- Backstrom (WSH, 06), Pietrangelo (STL, 08), E. Kane (ATL, 09)

Notable 5^th overall picks- M. Koivu (MIN, 01), Vanek (BUF, 03), Price (MTL, 05)

Notable 6^th overall picks- Hartnell (NSH, 00), Gagner (EDM, 07)

Notable 7^th overall picks- Lupul (ANA, 02), Skinner (CAR, 10)

Notable 8^th overall pick- Coburn (ATL, 03)

Notable 9^th overall pick- Phaneuf (CGY, 03)

Notable 10^th overall pick- A. Kostitsyn (MTL, 03)

Notable 11^th overall picks- Carter (PHI, 03), Kopitar (LAK, 05)

Notable 12^th overall picks- M. Staal (NYR, 05), Myers (BUF, 08)

Notable 13^th overall picks- Hemsky (EDM, 01), Semin (WSH, 02), D. Brown (LAK, 03)

Notable 14^th overall pick- Seabrook (CHI, 03)

Notable 15^th overall pick- Karlsson (OTT, 08)

Notable 16^th overall pick- Umberger (VAN, 01)

Notable 17^th overall pick- Parise (NJD, 03)

Notable 18^th overall pick- Fehr (WSH, 03)

Notable 19^th overall pick- Getzlaf (ANA, 03)

Notable 20^th overall picks- Zajac (NJD, 04), Del Zotto (NYR, 08)

Notable 21^st overall pick- Rask (TOR, 05)

Notable 22^nd overall picks- Giroux (PHI, 06), Eberle (EDM, 08)

Notable 23^rd overall pick- Kesler (VAN, 03)

Notable 24^th overall pick- M. Richards (PHI, 03)

Notable 25^th overall pick- Ward (CAR, 02)

Notable 26^th overall pick- Boyle (LAK, 03)

Notable 27^th overall pick- Carlson (WSH, 08)

Notable 28^th overall pick- Perry (ANA, 03)

Notable 29^th overall picks- Kronwall (DET, 00), Green (WSH, 04), Downie (PHI, 05)

Notable 30^th overall pick- Despres (PIT, 09)

Here's how the 2012 NHL Entry draft will take place

1- EDM

2- CBJ

3- MON

4- NYI

5- TOR

6- ANA

7- MIN

8- CAR

9-WIN

10-TAM

11- WSH (TRADED FROM COL)

12- BUF

13- DAL

14- CGY

15- OTT

16- WSH

17-SJ

18- CHI

19- TBL (TRADED FROM DET)

20- PHI

21- BUF (TRADED FROM NSH)

22- PIT

23- FLA

24- BOS

25- STL

26- VAN

27- PHO

28- NYR

29- LOSER OF STANLEY CUP FINALS

30- STANLEY CUP CHAMPIONS

Here's the League It To Us 2012 mock NHL entry draft results for the 1st round

	Prospect Rankings
Player	Scott's	Luke's	Josh D's	Dylan's	Josh H's	Total Points
Nail Yakupov	1	1	1	2	1	6
Ryan Murray	4	4	2	4	4	18
Mikhail Grigorenko	2	5	4	3	6	20
Alex Galchenyuk	3	2	5	8	2	20
Filip Forsberg	5	3	3	5	5	21
Mathew Dumba	6	6	6	1	3	22
Morgan Rielly	9	7	7	7	7	37
Griffen Rienhart	10	9	11	6	8	44
Teuvo Teravainen	13	8	8	9	9	47
Cody Ceci	8	14	10	11	10	53
Jacob Trouba	11	11	9	17	11	59
Radek Faksa	12	12	14	12	12	62
Olli Maatta	7	10	12	25	13	67
Matt Finn	18	15	18	14	15	80
Tom Wilson	21	17	17	18	17	90
Brendan Gaunce	14	18	15	30	14	91
Sebastien Collberg	22	16	13	23	18	92
Derrick Pouliot	16	21	24	20	21	102
Tomas Hertl	28	22	29	22	24	125
Hampus Lindholm	2nd+ round	13	20	10	16	59
Zemgus Girensons	24	2nd+ round	16	15	16	71
Malcolm Subban	19	19	2nd+ round	19	20	77
Pontus Aberg	2nd+ round	25	22	16	22	85
Andrei Vasilevski	2nd+ round	29	19	29	19	96
Dalton Thrower	26	30	26	2nd+ round	27	109
Phillip Di Giuseppe	29	2nd+ round	30	28	29	116
Stefan Matteau	17	28	2nd+ round	2nd+ round	25	70
Brady Skeji	2nd+ round	23	25	2nd+ round	23	71
Colton Sissons	15	2nd+ round	28	2nd+ round	30	73
Tanner Pearson	23	27	2nd+ round	2nd+ round	26	76