TORONTO, June 22 (UPI) -- Selections in the first round of the NHL draft:
1. Columbus (from Florida) -- Rick Nash, lw, London (OHL)
2. Atlanta -- Kari Lehtonen, g, Jokerit (Finland)
3. Florida (from Columbus) -- Jay Bouwmeester, d, Medicine Hat (WHL)
4. Philadelphia (from Tampa Bay) -- Joni Pitkanen, d, Karpat (Finand)
5. Pittsburgh -- Ryan Whitney, d, Boston University (Hockey East)
6. Nashville -- Scottie Upshall, rw, Kamloops (WHL)
7. Anaheim -- Joffrey Lupul, c-rw, Medicine Hat (WHL)
8. Minnesota -- Pierre-Marc Bouchard, c, Chicoutimi (QMJHL)
9. Florida (from Calgary) -- Petr Taticek, c, Sault Ste. Marie (OHL)
10. Calgary (from NY Rangers via Florida) -- Eric Nystrom, rw, Michigan (CCHA)
11. Buffalo -- Keith Ballard, d, Minnesota (WCHA)
12. Washington -- Steve Eminger, d, Kitchener (OHL)
13. Washington (from Dallas) -- Alexander Semin, lw, Chelyabinsk (Russia)
14. Montreal (from Edmonton) -- Christopher Higgins, c, Yale (ECAC)
15. Edmonton (from Montreal) -- Jesse Niinimaki, c, Ilves (Finland)
16. Ottawa -- Jakub Klepis, c, Portland (WHL)
17. Washington (from Vancouver) -- Boyd Gordon, rw, Red Deer (WHL)
18. Los Angeles -- Denis Grebeshkov, d, Yaroslavl (Russia)
19. Phoenix -- Jakub Koreis, c, Plzen (Czech)
20. Buffalo -- (from NJ via Dallas and Columbus) -- Dan Paille, lw, Guelph (OHL)
21. Chicago -- Anton Babchuk, d, Elektrostal (Russia)
22. NY Islanders -- Sean Bergenheim, w, Jokerit (Finland)
23. Phoenix (from St. Louis) -- Ben Eager, lw, Oshawa (OHL)
24. Toronto -- Alexander Steen, c, Frolunda (Sweden)
25. Carolina -- Cam Ward, g, Red Deer (WHL)
26. Dallas (from Philadelphia via Washington) -- Martin Vagner, d, Hull (QMJHL)
27. San Jose -- Mike Morris, rw, St. Sebastian's (U.S. high school)
28. Colorado -- Jonas Johansson, w, HV-71 (Sweden)
29. Boston -- Hannu Toivonen, g, HPK (Finland)
30. Atlanta (from Detroit via Buffalo and Columbus -- Jim Slater, c, Michigan State (CCHA)
