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PHILADELPHIA -- The Montreal Canadiens got bigger in Saturdays NHL draft but couldnt resist the allure of five-foot-eight Sherbrooke centre Daniel Audette. Christian Laettner Jersey . Its other five picks were all six foot or better, with three at 6-1 or above. Third-round pick Brett Lernout stands six foot four and weighs 206 pounds. "Hes a big strong strapping defenceman," Trevor Timmins, Montreals director of amateur scouting, said of Lernout. "Hes tough as nails and has a heavy shot." Timmins had talked prior to the draft about the Habs wanting to "get bigger, stronger, faster." "But at the same time if theres a player thats undersized there and hes a good hockey player, then hes hard to pass. Thats the situation here with Daniel -- similar to a Brendan Gallagher in his draft year. You simply cant go by a player with that much ability." Gallagher is five foot nine and 180 pounds but plays much larger. The 175-pound Audette had 21 goals and 55 assists in 68 games last season. Audette, the son of Habs amateur scout and former NHLer Donald Audette, went in the fifth round. Timmins said Audette Sr. had not been involved in any of the pre-draft discussion on his son. In fact, Donald was told to spend the afternoon in the stands with his wife and son until Daniel got drafted. Donald collected 260 goals and 249 assists 735 career NHL games with the Buffalo Sabres, Los Angeles Kings, Atlanta Thrashers, Dallas Stars, Montreal and Florida Panthers. The Canadiens traded up to get Lernout, a Swift Current defenceman. They gave up their third-round pick (87th overall) and fourth-round pick (117th overall) to get Arizonas third-rounder (73rd overall). "I looked at the team picking in front of us and I thought there was a good chance that he wouldnt be there (by Montreals pick) ... We wanted to add some size on defence and he was a good fit for us there," said Timmins. Montreal took AJHL defenceman Nikolas Koberstein (125th overall) and Audette (147th overall) in the fifth round, USHL goalie Hayden Hawkey (177th overall) in the sixth round and Ontario Junior Hockey League forward Jake Evans (207th overall) in the seventh round. Montreal used its first-round pick Friday to take Russian forward Nikita Scherbak of the Saskatoon Blades 26th overall. Thanks to reaching the Eastern Conference final, the Canadiens draft position was well down this year. "If you take a look at our picks in every round, theyre pretty late. So the asset value of the picks we had wasnt near as high as last year or the year before," Timmins said. "Thats why we had to make that trade in the third (round) to move up. "We had to wait out turn pretty long in each round. Ill tell you (how we did) a few years down the road. But were happy with the guys we got. Theyre the guys we targeted and we still had guys left on the list that we wanted to draft." The Habs went "under the radar" on Koberstein, according to their scouting director. "I think this guy has good upside and long-range projection," he said. "Hes a great kid and has tons of character but hes a good hockey player too." Koberstein is committed to play at the University of Alaska-Fairbanks after one more year with the Olds Grizzlys of the Alberta Junior Hockey League. Timmins sees him as a five-year player, meaning he has one year at Junior A and four at college. Hawkey, USHL goalie of the year, is committed to play collegiate hockey at Providence. "Hes like money in the bank," said Timmins. Evans is headed to Notre Dame. "Hes a skilled centre with great playmaking ability," said Timmins. Fake Timberwolves Jerseys .ca. Mr. Fraser, It looks like Martin Brodeur is coming back to play for the Blues. I was wondering if you have any great stories or fond memories of your time on the ice with Brodeur - in the NHL, or maybe even the Olympics. Cheap Timberwolves Jerseys . His big 2-minute outburst in the fourth quarter Tuesday night is all that really mattered for the Dallas Mavericks.BOSTON - After failing to get off to a quick start and a nearly poor finish, the Boston Bruins rallied for a victory that they found difficult to celebrate.Dougie Hamilton scored 3:39 into overtime, giving the Bruins a 2-1 win over Winnipeg on Friday night after giving the Jets a four-minute power play late in regulation.I think we really wanted a good start, didnt have it and squeaked the two points like we have in the past, said Hamilton, who also had an assist on Milan Lucics goal that tied it early in the third period. I dont know how we do it, but two points is two points, I guess.Tuukka Rask had 35 saves, including 15 in the third period and one more in overtime near the end of the Jets golden opportunity to win it.Rask gloved a shot by Andrew Ladd 27 seconds into overtime, and instead of holding on for a whistle, darted out of the crease and dumped the puck out of Bostons zone.Youre just in survival mode there, Rask said. You try to secure that point, and we did a pretty good job for the most part, but we still had a lot of chances to get the puck out and we couldnt.We got it tied and then I think after that we still made some mistakes we had to clear, but (a) good way to find a win.Carl Soderberg assisted on both goals for Boston, which has not lost to the Jets franchise in Boston since the then-Atlanta Thrashers beat the Bruins 3-2 in March 2007.Rask didnt allow anything to get past him after Dustin Byfugliens power-play goal gave the Jets a 1-0 lead with 3:36 left in the first period.I thought we played all right, Byfuglien said. Weve played better. We let it get away from us.Michael Hutchinson stopped 36 shots for Winnipeg, including a flurry of late chances for Boston that followed mistaakes by the Jets. Ricky Rubio Jersey. .Boston had the better opportunities following Brad Marchands double-minor penalty with 3:30 left in the third when his stick clipped Grant Clitsome in the head behind the Jets net.Boston almost converted it into a short-handed goal with 30 seconds remaining in regulation. Daniel Paille stole the puck from Hutchinson and passed it toward Gregory Campbell in the slot, but Hutchinson recovered with a glove save. The Bruins also missed on a pair of rebounds early in overtime.We had chances all game long, said Hutchinson, a third-round draft pick for Boston in 2008. They had a couple pushes here and there and they had some chances, too, but I thought it was a good hockey game. Both teams had chances, and Tuukka (Rask) is a good goalie. He is going to make you work for every goal you get.Boston tied it 1-1 on Lucics goal 3:05 into the third on a give-and-go with Carl Soderberg, whose pass back to Lucic in front of the net set up an easy backhanded tip. Hamilton also got an assist.It was Bostons first goal since Lucic and Joe Morrow scored 28 seconds apart early in the second period of a 3-2 overtime loss to Pittsburgh on Monday night.NOTES: The floor crew at TD Garden had to do a quick turnaround following the Boston Celtics 109-102 loss to Chicago on Friday afternoon. ... Winnipeg LW Adam Lowry served his one-game suspension for a hit on Patrick Kaleta in Buffalo on Wednesday. He was assessed a major penalty for boarding and was ejected. ... Boston C Chris Kelly returned after missing two games with an undisclosed upper-body injury. ... The Bruins played their last of four of five at home before starting a four-game Western Conference trip Monday in Anaheim. ' ' '
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