No, it's not me, but the Toronto Maple Leafs have drafted a blogger. Despite the fact I recorded a hat trick in January, I remain undrafted, but the Leafs did select Eric Knodel of the Philadelphia Jr. Flyers with their 5th round pick today in Montreal.
Eric Knodel writes a hockey blog at http://ericknodel.blogspot.com/. Here's what he wrote for his "About Me" page:
Philadelphia Jr. Flyers Midget Major AAA - 6'6" 225# - Defense- Left Shot - NCAA Clearinghouse- #0810631814 NHL Central Scouting 2009 Final Ranking Flyers Cup Finalist- 2008 - Flyers Cup- 2008 First Team All Tournament Team- Defense - 2007-2008- All Southeast Pa.- Breakaway Magazine - 2007-2008-First Team All-Area- Defense - 2007-2008-First Team All League-ICHSL - 2007-First Team All League Ches-Mont Baseball - 2007 All Area Baseball - 2007- All Southeast Pa. - 2009 Flyers Cup Champion 2009 Flyers Cup All Tournament Team 2009 Pennsylvania State Champion 2006- Bronze Medalist- 16U USA Hockey National Tournament - 2005- Participant 14U USA Hockey National Tournament
I just blitzed his blog archives and it's pretty boring stuff. I hope he's a better hockey player than he is a blogger. Speaking of hockey bloggers, here's all the Maple Leafs picks, culled from Pension Plan Puppets.
- 7th Overall - 1st Round: Nazem Kadri, London Knights, OHL
- 50th overall - 2nd Round: Kenny Ryan, US National Team Development Program U18
- 58th Overall - 2nd Round: Jesses Blacker, Windsor Spitfires, OHL
- 68th Overall - 3rd Round: Jamie Devane, Plymouth Whalers, OHL
- 128th Overall - 5th Round: Eric Knodel, Philadelphia Jr. Flyers USMAAA
- 158th Overall - 6th Round: Jerry D'Amigo, US National Team Development Program U18
- 188th Overall - 7th Round: Barron Smith, Peterborough Petes, OHL
In other Leaf news, Tomas Kaberle remains a Maple Leaf and Brian Burke continues to favour North Americans. Eric Knodel, if you're reading this, hit me up for some blogosphere consulting.
