The Thrashers selected five more players on Saturday including someone from our backyard.
3rd round (64th overall) RW - Danick Paquette
4th round (94th overall) RW - Vinny Saponari
5th round (124th overall) LW - Nicklas Lasu
6th round (154th overall) G - Christopher Carrozzi
7th round (184th overall) D - Zach Redmond
Saponari is from Powder Springs, Georgia. Next season he will be playing hockey for the University of Boston and hopefully one day down the road play for his hometown Thrashers.
He has been playing for the United States in the National Team Development Program. He was rated as high as 135th on the North American Skaters list.
He is the 2nd Georgian to be selected in the NHL draft. In 1998, the Montreal Canadiens selected Eric Chouinard.
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