NHL Draft 2013: Complete look at Round 3

The third-round of the NHL Draft has concluded. Here's a complete look at all the selections.

The third round of the 2013 NHL Draft concluded with out any transactions taking place during the round. The New York Rangers made three selections in the round, while the Islanders had two.

Here's a complete look at the third-round:

62. Phoenix: Yan Pavel Laplante
63. Colorado: Spencer Martin
64. Nashville: Jonathan-Ismael Diaby
65. NY Rangers: Adam Tambellini
66. Carolina: Brett Pesce
67. Calgary: Keegan Kanzig
68. Dallas: Niklas Hansson
69. Buffalo: Nicholas Baptiste
70. NY Islanders: Eamon McAdam
71. Montreal: Connor Crisp
72. Philadelphia: Tyrell Goulbourne
73. New Jersey: Ryan Kujawinski
74. Chicago: John Hayden
75. NY Rangers: Pavel Buchnevich
76. NY Islanders: Taylor Cammarata
77. Pittsburgh: Jake Guentzel
78. Ottawa: Marcus Hogberg
79. Detroit: Mattias Janmark-Nylen
80. NY Rangers: Anthony Duclair
81. Minnesota: Kurtis Gabriel
82. Toronto: Carter Verhaeghe
83. Edmonton: Bogdan Yakimov
84. Winnipeg: James Lodge
85. Vancouver: Cole Cassels
86. Montreal: Sven Andrighetto
87. Anaheim: Keaton Thompson
88. Edmonton: Anton Slepyshev
89. Columbus: Oliver Bjorkstrand
90. Boston: Peter Cehlarik
91. Winnipeg: J.C. Lipon

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NHL Draft 2013: Blackhawks trade Michael Frolik to Jets for 2 picks

The Blackhawks continued to move pieces of their Cup-winning team in pursuit of cap space by dealing Michael Frolik.

Michael Frolik is heading to the Winnipeg Jets after the Chicago Blackhawks traded him for the 74th and 134th picks in the 2013 NHL Draft.

Chicago acquired Frolik in a 2011 trade with Florida. He scored 21 goals in each of his first two seasons in the NHL, but the Blackhawks have mainly used the 25-year-old as a penalty killer. He was a central part of the team's third-ranked penalty kill, giving him more value than his 10 points would indicate. Frolik did shine in the playoffs, totaling 10 points in 23 games.

The Blackhawks have been trying to cut salary since winning the Stanley Cup last week, even if it means dealing pieces of their championship team. They traded Dave Bolland earlier in the day and now Frolik, leaving them $11,212,372 under the salary cap, according to CapGeek.com

Frolik has one year and $1.9 million left on his contract.

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Bryan Bickell agrees to contract extension with Blackhawks

The Chicago Blackhawks and pending-unrestricted free agent Bryan Bickell have come to terms on a four-year, $16 million contract extension.

The Chicago Blackhawks have come to terms on a contract extension with forward Bryan Bickell, according to multiple reports on Sunday night.

The two sides have reportedly agreed to a four-year, $16 million contract that will carry an annual average value of $4 million against the salary cap. Bickell played out the final-year of a three-year, $1.6 million deal that carried an annual average value of $541,667 in 2013 and was expected to receive a substantial raise this summer, whether from the Blackhawks or a suitor on the free agent market come July 5.

Prior to the agreement, manager Stan Bowman traded forwards Dave Bolland and Michal Frolik in separate deals during the 2013 NHL Draft. In return for the players, the Blackhawks received picks. The goal of these deals was to seemingly free up salary cap space to sign Bickell to an extension.

In 48 games in 2013, Bickell registered 23 points (nine goals and 14 assists) and averaged 12:48 of ice time in the regular season. In the team's run to the Stanley Cup, Bickell recorded the second most points on the team with 17 (nine goals, eight assists) and averaged 15:22 of ice time in 23 games.

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NHL Draft 2013: Round 4 selections

A complete rundown of Round 4 of the 2013 NHL Draft.

The NHL Draft enters Round 5, as the fourth-round has concluded from New Jersey's Prudential Center. Here's a complete breakdown of the selections from Round 4:

92. Florida: Evan Cowley
93. Colorado: Mason Geertsen
94. Edmonton: Jackson Houck
95. Nashville: Felix Girard
96. Edmonton: Kyle Platzer
97. Florida: Michael Downing
98. Florida: Matt Buckles
99. Nashville: Juuse Saros
100. New Jersey: Miles Wood
101. Dallas: Nicholas Paul
102. Ottawa: Tobias Lindberg
103. Los Angeles: Justin Auger
104. Winnipeg: Andrew Copp
105. Columbus: Nick Moutrey
106. NY Islanders: Stephon Williams
107. Minnesota: Dylan Labbe
108. Ottawa: Ben Harpur
109. Detroit: David Pope
110. NY Rangers: Ryan Graves
111. Chicago: Robin Norell
112. St. Louis: Zachary Pochiro
113. Edmonton: Aidan Muir
114. Winnipeg: Jan Kostalek
115. Vancouver: Jordan Subban
116. Montreal: Martin Reway
117. San Jose: Fredrik Bergvik
118. Los Angeles: Hudson Fasching
119. Pittsburgh: Ryan Segalla
120. Boston: Ryan Fitzgeral
121. Chicago: Tyler Motte

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NHL Draft 2013: Complete look at Round 5

The fifth round of the NHL Draft is in the books.

The fifth round saw several teams make multiple selections, but none were on the clock more than the Buffalo Sabres, who had three picks.

Here's a complete look at the fifth round:

122. Florida: Christopher Clapperton
123. Colorado: Will Butcher
124. Tampa Bay: Kristers Gudlevskis
125. Nashville: Saku Maenalanen
126. Carolina: Brent Pedersen
127. Winnipeg: Tucker Poolman
128. Edmonton: Evan Campbell
129. Buffalo: Calvin Petersen
130. Buffalo: Gustav Possler
131. Dallas: Cole Ully
132. Philadelphia: Terrance Amorosa
133. Phoenix: Connor Clifton
134. Chicago: Luke Johnson
135. Calgary: Eric Roy
136. NY Islanders: Viktor Crus Rydberg
137. Minnesota: Carson Soucy
138. Ottawa: Vincent Dunn
139. Detroit: Mitchell Wheaton
140. Nashville: Teemu Kivihalme
141. San Jose: Michael Brodzinski
142. Toronto: Fabrice Herzog
143. Buffalo: Anthony Florentino
144. Washington: Blake Heinrich
145. Vancouver: Anton Cederholm
146. Los Angeles: Patrik Bartosak
147. Anaheim: Grant Besse
148. Los Angeles: Jonny Brodzinski
149. Dallas: Matej Paulovic
150. Boston: Wiley Sherman
151. San Jose: Gage Ausmus

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NHL Draft 2013: Complete look at Round 6

The sixth round of the NHL Draft is complete. Check out all of the picks:

The sixth round of the NHL Draft was heavy on Canadians as 14 players from the country were selected. Three Fins and two Swedes were also picked.

Here's a complete look at the sixth round:

152. Florida: Joshua Brown
153. Colorado: Ben Storm
154. Tampa Bay: Henri Ikonen
155. Nashville: Emil Pettersson
156. Carolina: Tyler Ganly
157. Calgary: Tim Harrison
158. Edmonton: Ben Betker
159. Buffalo: Sean Malone
160. New Jersey: Myles Bell
161. Ottawa: Chris LeBlanc
162. Philadelphia: Merrick Madsen
163. Phoenix: Brendan Burke
164. Pittsburgh: Dane Birks
165. Columbus: Markus Soberg
166. NY Islanders: Alan Quine
167. Minnesota: Avery Peterson
168. Ottawa: Quentin Shore
169. Detroit: Marc McNulty
170. NY Rangers: MacKenzie Skapski
171. Nashville: Tommy Veilleux
172. Toronto: Antoine Bibeau
173. St. Louis: Santeri Saari
174. Washington: Brian Pinho
175. Vancouver: Mike Williamson
176. Montreal: Jeremy Gregoire
177. Anaheim: Miro Aaltonen
178. Los Angeles: Zachary Leslie
179. Pittsburgh: Blaine Byron
180. Boston: Anton Blidh
181. Chicago: Anthony Louis

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NHL Draft 2013: Complete look at Round 7

The seventh round is in the books, which means the NHL Draft is done too.

With the 30th pick of the seventh round, 211th overall, in the 2013 NHL Draft, the Chicago Blackhawks selected Robin Press. The Swede became Mr. Irrelevant, the final pick of the draft to wrap up a long day at the Prudential Center in Newark, NJ.

Here's a complete look at the seventh round:

182. Dallas: Aleksi Makela
183. Colorado: Wilhelm Westlund
184. Tampa Bay: Sau Salminen
185. Nashville: Wade Murphy
186. Tampa Bay: Joel Vermin
187. Calgary: Rushan Rafikov
188. Edmonton: Gregory Chase
189. Buffalo: Eric Locke
190. Winnipeg: Brenden Kichton
191. Los Angeles: Dominik Kubalik
192. Philadelphia: David Drake
193. Phoenix: Jedd Soleway
194. Winnipeg: Markus Karlstrom
195. Columbus: Peter Quenneville
196. NY Islanders: Kyle Burroughs
197. Minnesota: Nolan De Jong
198. Calgary: John Gilmour
199. Detroit: Hampus Melen
200. Minnesota: Alexandre Belanger
201. San Jose: Jacob Jackson
202: Toronto: Andreas Johnson
203. Nashville: Janne Juvonen
204. Washington: Tyler Lewington
205. Vancouver: Miles Liberati
206. Florida: MacKenzie Weegar
207. San Jose: Emil Galimov
208. New Jersey: Anthony Brodeur
209: Pittsburgh: Troy Josephs
210: Boston: Mitchell Dempsey
211: Chicago: Robin Press

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Stanley Cup Final TV ratings: Game 6 draws third-highest NBC rating ever

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While not quite capable of reaching the numbers of some of the most-watched games in league history, the terrific Game 6 between the Blackhawks and Bruins still ranks pretty high in terms of NHL broadcasts throughout history.

The Blackhawks stunning Game 6 comeback drew 8.16 million viewers to NBC on Monday night, making it the ninth-most watched U.S. broadcast of an NHL game in league history. Since 1995, when the league brought the Stanley Cup Final back to broadcast television, it is the third-most watched game of an era when rights have been shared by NBC, ABC and Fox. It is the third-most watched game since the sport came back to NBC in 2006.

The only games in the last 39 years with more viewers than Monday's Game 6 were Game 7 of Bruins vs. Canucks in 2011 (8.54 million viewers) and the overtime Game 6 between the Blackhawks and Flyers in 2010 (8.28 million). These numbers came despite many in Chicago being without power on Monday, and the game being moved to a separate affiliate in big market Detroit.

What does it mean? Well, in the grand scheme, not much. We all knew that a Blackhawks-Bruins Stanley Cup Final would be big business for the sport. They brought records to NBCSN, and great audiences to NBC. It caps off a year in which hockey fans were denied their sport for three months, and then devoured it insatiably once it returned, which record regular season, playoff and likely, Stanley Cup Final ratings.

Most-watched NHL games of all-time in the U.S.

1. 5/18/71, Montreal vs. Chicago, Game 7: 12.41 million (CBS)
2. 5/11/72, Boston vs. NY Rangers, Game 6: 10.93 million (CBS)
3. 5/10/73, Montreal vs. Chicago, Game 6: 9.41 million (NBC)
4. 6/15/11, Boston vs. Vancouver, Game 7: 8.54 million (NBC)
5. 4/30/72, NY Rangers vs. Boston, Game 1: 8.51 million (CBS)
6. 5/12/74, Boston vs. Philadelphia, Game 3: 8.30 million (NBC)
7. 6/9/10, Chicago vs. Philadelphia, Game 6: 8.28 million (NBC)
8. 5/7/72, Boston vs. NY Rangers, Game 4: 8.26 million (CBS)
9. 6/24/13, Chicago vs. Boston, Game 6: 8.16 million (NBC)
10. 6/12/09, Pittsburgh vs. Detroit, Game 7: 7.99 million (NBC)

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NHL Draft 2013: Nathan MacKinnon goes first overall

The San Jose Sharks acquired the No. 18 overall selection in the 2013 NHL Draft via trade with the Detroit Red Wings. In exchange for the pick, the Red Wings received the No. 20 and 58 overall selections in the draft.

San Jose used the pick to select Mirco Mueller of the Everett Silvertips of the Western Hockey League. The 18-year-old native of Switzerland was chosen with the No. 11 overall selection in the Canadian Hockey League import draft. In 63 games with the Silvertips in 2012-2013, Mueller registered six goals, 25 assists and 31 points.

You can use one adjective to describe Mueller- steady. He's often compared to his former defense partner- Columbus prospect Ryan Murray, last year's second-overall pick. Prior to Murray suffering a season-ending injury, the duo were relied upon by the Silvertips to shut down the opposition's top players, kicking in occasional offense as well. After the injury to Murray, Mueller went on to have a solid season in Everett, who are in the midst of a rebuild.

He reminds me of former Jacket John Moore- steady, smart, but not flashy. He would do well paired with a more offensive-minded defense partner, providing cover in offensive situations. He'd be equally adept in a pure shutdown role as well. The team that drafts him will get a very safe, versatile defenseman.

Yahoo junior hockey blog Buzzing the Net has an interview with Mueller here.

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