1.   The point I have to make is that with the exception of Andy Townsend the team picks itself.

2.   As each team picked, and Lance remained unspoken for, the tension built.

3.   Before teams pick their players, they have to pick their philosophy and style.

4.   But the team picked Brickley, and his debut was Friday, when the Red Sox faced the Seattle Mariners in the Fenway opener.

5.   He is probably not the judge the Gore team would have picked if it had a choice, Labasky said.

6.   He may be the guy a team picks late in the first round or early in the second to develop.

7.   If a team picks Phillips in the genuine belief that he can change or he has greater self-control than the public has yet witnessed, so be it.

8.   If one team picks Daniel, it will be under intense pressure to swing a draft-day deal or a later trade to pick up Henrik as well.

9.   In addition, the home team picks the surface for the courts, ideally one it likes and the other team hates.

10.   Most teams will pick the one-goalie formula, preferring not to lose a front-line defenseman or forward.