NHL ENTRY DRAFT

July 8, 1995

Dmitri Nabokov

I have to talk fast. I just wanted to be drafted and I wanted to get chosen and I will think about it.

That great, you know, they have a great team. They have a great coach. They have great people there. So I'm really happy to go to New Jersey.

Oh I don't know maybe it was my shoulder but you know it is very hard to draft someone -- some player with shoulder. And you don't know if he can play next year. So I'm really happy to be drafted by New Jersey.

No. When they said I just stand up and I say yeah, that's me.

Yeah I think it's a good experience before to try to make NHL for one year to play pro hockey my experience was really good. I really liked it there. Too bad I couldn't play the last four months but I think I showed what I can do.

Now my shoulder is really good it's like my left one. I have no problem with my shoulder now.

Yeah, I did some special physical with the New Jersey Devils, but I didn't think about whether I was going to New Jersey.

Yeah, I think it's going to be really hard to make team in New Jersey but I think if I will work hard like I am now, I think I have a chance to make the team and if I'm not making the team, I go to farm team and I will keep working hard and try to make New Jersey Devils team.

Yeah like if don't make NHL team, I go to farm team.

Yeah, I know that it is easy but I don't if BOBBY HALICK.

Yeah. Good some player for Chez is there because he can help me now I don't know him but I think he is good. We'll be just good friends.

No I never played for HOLLIE staff.

He is my really good friend. So I'm glad I can stay in his house. And I stayed there the last three or four months. I really like it there.

Yeah, he's going to Chez with -- probably it's just for one month. I guess and I think it is a good experience for him to try a different style than an American style. I think he's coming back and he'll play next year for Madison High again.

It was pretty big job from Chez to NHL and I had to learn a lot. So I had time to play with guys stronger and tougher so and I think I didn't play like the third guy back. So I had to learn in Detroit how to play defense. So I think now I can play defense good.

I don't know, no.

Yeah, I live in New Jersey.

He really teach me how to play defense because if I want to play for RAY DODLEY. I have to play defense. So I had to learn how to play defense.

No I go like top 15 top 20. So it's not a surprise to go 18.

Thank you.