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Islanders 2005 Picks 1st round - one pick
2005 Draft Coverage Continued
RW Masi Marjamaki - Shares the same birthday as Nokelainen(1986), only one
year apart....Was ranked 104th among North American Skaters by the CSB for
the 2003 Entry Draft....Played for Finland in 2004 and 2005 WJC's....both
his goals in the 2004 WJC's for Finland came in their quarterfinal game
against Russia helping the Finns to a 4-3 win....His style has been
compared to Kirk Maltby....Was the 48th selection by Red Deer in the 2002
Canadian Junior Import Draft....Often played on a line with LW Kenndal
McArdle who was drafted 20th overall by Florida in 2005....there's been
conflicting reports as to his 2001-02 stats with Pori in the Finnish
Junior League. Some sources show him going 6-16-22 in 25 games played with
93 PIM's.
- islesinfo.com's Draft Profile for Masi Marjamaki
D Tyrell Mason - Lists his favorite player as D Scott Niedermayer....Was a teammate of New Jersey Devils 2004 first round pick Travis Zajac with Salmon Arm in 2003-04....Mason was named to the BCHL All-Rookie team in 2003-04....went 1-10-11 in 14 games played for Salmon Arm in the 2004 playoffs....Was named the Salmon Arm Silverback's best defenseman in 2004-05.
- islesinfo.com's Draft Profile for Tyrell Mason
D Nicholas Tuzzolino Was a 13th round pick of Sarnia's, 249th overall, in the 2002 OHL Priority Draft....Wears #29 for the Sting....Was named Sarnia's rookie of the year for 2004-05 season....Tuzzolino is an American born player who decided to play major junior hockey in Canada, as opposed to the Islanders earlier draft selections of Shea Guthrie and Tyrell Mason who are Canadian born players who will be attending an American College.
- islesinfo.com's Draft Profile for Nicholas Tuzzolino
C/LW Luciano Aquino Considered quick and skilled offensively....His older brother Anthony is property of the Atlanta Thrashers and plays in the AHL for the Chicago Wolves....lists his favorite NHL player as Martin St. Louis....originally drafted by the Oshawa Generals in the OHL's 2001 Priority Draft....His rights were acquired by Brampton in a multi-player deal that saw the Battalion send Ryan Bowness, son of former Islander coach Rick, to Oshawa....played for the North York Canadiens in the 1998-99 Quebec International Peewee Tournament.
- islesinfo.com's Draft Profile for Luciano Aquino 2005 Draft Recap Overall it was a pretty good draft for the Islanders. They came away with a couple of good quality sure fire NHLers with Ryan O'Marra and Dustin Kohn. It's unsure just what else they will come away with in this draft. Shea Guthrie, Tyrell Mason and Nicholas Tuzzolino are project players. Guthrie obviously has the most potential and Tuzzolino's towering size could turn out to be an asset if he develops. Perhaps Masi Marjamaki and/or Luciano Aquino could be signed and we can see what they got in Bridgeport. Marjamaki was once highly regarded to go in the second round in 2003 so perhaps the Islanders can reveal a gem where the Bruins could not. - Some interesting happenings: Russian LW Sergei Shirokov went undrafted. He was rated pretty high by the Hockey News at #41. He had an excellent tournament at the 2005 World Junior's for Russia going 4-4-8 in 6 games played. He also scored a memorable penalty shot goal against Rangers prospect Al Montoya. - Other players rated high that were not taken: Slovakian RW Richard Lelkes, D Paul Kurceba who plays for Brent Sutter's Red Deer Rebels, RW Jason Lawrence and Swede's D Christopher From-Bjork and LW Oscar Sundh. - Very interesting draft for the Colorado Avalanche. They usually have a strong scouting staff. After pulling off some deals and dropping down in the draft out of the first round, Colorado came away with Americans C Ryan Stoa, C Paul Stastny, LW Tom Fritsche, C T.J. Hensick, D Raymond Macias and the Seattle Thunderbirds C Chris Durand. That's six players in the Hockey New's top 100 rated picks, four of them in the second round. Not too shabby unless that's the only thing they based their selections on. Interesting enough, that wasn't the most. The Chicago Blackhawks nabbed seven players from THN's top 100, including Swedish D Niklas Hjalmarsson, who the Hawks drafted using the fourth round pick they acquired from the Islanders. - Obviously the biggest winners are the Pittsburgh Penguins with the selection of Sidney Crosby. But I'm not so sure comparisons should be made between him and Wayne Gretzky or Mario Lemieux. I'm sure he will be a great player and maybe even become the best in the NHL but I don't know about on the same level as those two greats. In my opinion, Crosby has not dominated at the junior level the way Gretzky and Lemieux did when they were his age. Also, he did not overly impress me during his two World Junior Championship appearances for Canada as he was never a clear cut, over dominating player. But I do think he has the potential to put up some numbers next season playing alongside Mario. - Another Sutter was drafted when the Calgary Flames selected Daryl's son Brett Sutter with the 179th pick. The sons of Sutter's have not faired so well. Brian's son Shaun was drafted back in 1998 by the Flames and has since spent most of his career in the ECHL.
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1998-2005 Tom Mascioli
