Ricky Koivu was stunned to be picked by the Hamilton brass as the guy to announce their first pick of the draft, as he had only just signed for the team and was in very much the latter stages of his career. He was concerned that this decision happened due to Koivu's status as a prior second overall draft pick, because he is definitely not the player he once was and is not the marquee signing they may have thought he was. Regardless, as the player picked to announce the pick he had no choice but to give his best for announcing the pick. Right away things went bad, however, when the fans at Saint Pierre de Miquelon booed him congratulating the Los Angeles Panthers for winning the cup before the pick. How was he supposed to know people here hated the Panthers? Regardless, he held his composure and eventually announced the pick of Hughes Incorporated, which went over very well with the traveling Steelhawks fans and, although still confused, made Ricky feel like things went pretty ok