Best value in NHL draft (1 Viewer)

[MarvinTScamper]

Yeah, not a topic many follow, but for those that do..

Who is the "Tom Brady" of the NHL Draft?  Late round who was really productive, or mid round guy who played at 1-2 round level?  Was looking at some drafts recently after it was pointed out how dreadful the draft that had the two Sedins in it was.   Saw Jamie Benn at 129, and thought he was serious value.

Who you got?

 

[RUSF18]

Lucky Luc was a mid 100s guy. Zetterberg was the 200-something pick his year. I think Datsyuk went in a similar range a year before.

Girardi was an UDFA and would probably have been a decent answer a year ago.

 

[Zegras11]

Corey Perry was taken right after Jeff Tambellini and Brian Boyle 

 

[Aaron Rudnicki]

tough to top Benn

some others though:

Joe Pavelski was a 7th round pick in 2003.

Dustin Byfuglien was an 8th round pick that same year.

also, Zetterberg was a 7th round pick in 1999 and Datsyuk was a 6th round pick in 1998.

 

[Aaron Rudnicki]

Corey Perry was taken right after Jeff Tambellini and Brian Boyle 

best draft class ever

1st round:
Fleury
E.Staal
Horton
Vanek
M.Michalek
Suter
Coburn
Phaneuf
A.Kostitsyn
J.Carter
D.Brown
Seabrook
Parise
Getzlaf
Burns
Kesler
M.Richards
Perry

2nd round:
Eriksson
Bergeron
Carle
Weber
Crawford
Backes
Howard

 

[RUSF18]

best draft class ever

1st round:
Fleury
E.Staal
Horton
Vanek
M.Michalek
Suter
Coburn
Phaneuf
A.Kostitsyn
J.Carter
D.Brown
Seabrook
Parise
Getzlaf
Burns
Kesler
M.Richards
Perry

2nd round:
Eriksson
Bergeron
Carle
Weber
Crawford
Backes
Howard

Personally, I think we're all still sleeping on Hugh Jessiman. 

 

[MarvinTScamper]

best draft class ever

1st round:
Fleury
E.Staal
Horton
Vanek
M.Michalek
Suter
Coburn
Phaneuf
A.Kostitsyn
J.Carter
D.Brown
Seabrook
Parise
Getzlaf
Burns
Kesler
M.Richards
Perry

2nd round:
Eriksson
Bergeron
Carle
Weber
Crawford
Backes
Howard

Yeah, that's a wowzor.

 

[The Big Donkey]

1984:

1. Brett Hull - 6th round (117)
   
2. Luc Robitaille - 9th round (171)
   

1983:

1. Dominik Hasek - 10th round (199)
   

1982:

1. Doug Gilmour - 7th round (134)
   

 

[RUSF18]

Hasek and Brady tied for being in the GOAT conversation at 199 overall. 

 

[AcerFC]

Henrik was a 6th or 7th round pick

 

[RUSF18]

Henrik was a 6th or 7th round pick

Thanks for making me feel like an idiot. I threw ####in Girardi out there before him. 

 

[Aaron Rudnicki]

tough to top Benn

some others though:

Joe Pavelski was a 7th round pick in 2003.

Dustin Byfuglien was an 8th round pick that same year.

also, Zetterberg was a 7th round pick in 1999 and Datsyuk was a 6th round pick in 1998.

Henrik was a 6th or 7th round pick

 

[Northern Voice]

Henrik was a 6th or 7th round pick

Lots of current goalies were late picks. Rinne, Halak, Lindback, Elliott, etc...

 

[Aaron Rudnicki]

Thanks for making me feel like an idiot. I threw ####in Girardi out there before him. 

Martin St Louis is also a much better example of an undrafted free agent that turned into a great player than Girardi

other undrafted players:

Adam Oates

Peter Stastny

Dino Ciccarelli

Joe Mullen

Dan Boyle

Borje Salming

Brian Rafalski

Ed Belfour

Sergei Bobrovsky

Curtis Joseph

 

[Northern Voice]

IMO, the answer is Pavel Datsyuk. There are so many goalies that are late round picks, I discount that somewhat. Datsyuk was a legitimate superstar and was taken later than Benn.  I can see the case for Robataille as well but I think Datsyuk is/was a better player when accounting for teammates, era, all around play etc...

 

[Aaron Rudnicki]

IMO, the answer is Pavel Datsyuk. There are so many goalies that are late round picks, I discount that somewhat. Datsyuk was a legitimate superstar and was taken later than Benn.  I can see the case for Robataille as well but I think Datsyuk is/was a better player when accounting for teammates, era, all around play etc...

it was also a different era though. lots of Russian/European players weren't scouted very heavily back then.

Benn has quickly developed into a perennial Hart trophy candidate. He seems like a classic late bloomer though, kind of like Brady.

 

[Northern Voice]

it was also a different era though. lots of Russian/European players weren't scouted very heavily back then.

True, but that's the case for most of these picks. Jamie Benn was drafted out of the BCHL, all the undrafted Americans before the USHL/US College system really emergerd etc.. 

 

[Dan Lambskin]

Vladimir Konstantinov at 221st overall...stupid limo crash

 

[RUSF18]

Martin St Louis is also a much better example of an undrafted free agent that turned into a great player than Girardi

Shouldn't mods be the ones not to pile on? I already said I felt like a schmuck!

 

[MarvinTScamper]

Great stuff.  Amazing how hard it must be to scout this stuff.