=== NHL Entry Draft first-round update ===

Raleigh, NC (Betting Express) - The Carolina Hurricanes have selected left wing Andrew Ladd with the fourth pick in the 2004 NHL Entry Draft.

First Round: 1. Washington, LW-Alexander Ovechkin (Dynamo); 2. Pittsburgh, C- Evgeni Malkin (Magnitogorsk); 3. Chicago, D-Cam Barker (Medicine Hat); 4. Carolina (from Columbus), LW-Andrew Ladd (Calgary);