Inspired by the Capt., I made a spreadsheet that shows the top 10 draft picks from the past 10 years. You can see where those players are now. I also included some stats so you can see how the picks panned out. Out of the 100 picks: 46 are still in their drafter's system, six are in the CHL, one is in college, and one is with the hockey gods. That leaves 46 players who are now playing with other teams who did not draft them.
I don't have the time to offer much more analysis but hopefully this provides some fodder while we're in the doldrums.
Draft Year | # | Player | NHL Team | Current Team | GP | PTS | (+/-) | SV% | GAA | PPG |
2003 | 1 | Marc-Andre Fleury (Goaltender) | Pittsburgh Penguins (from Florida) | Pittsburgh Penguins | 467 | 12 | 0.91 | 2.66 | 0.03 | |
2003 | 2 | Eric Staal (Centre) | Carolina Hurricanes | Carolina Hurricanes | 690 | 627 | -28 | 0.91 | ||
2003 | 3 | Nathan Horton (Right Wing) | Florida Panthers (from Pittsburgh) | Columbus Blue Jackets | 591 | 402 | 57 | 0.68 | ||
2003 | 4 | Nikolai Zherdev (Right Wing) | Columbus Blue Jackets | Ak Bars Kazan (KHL) | 421 | 261 | -41 | 0.62 | ||
2003 | 5 | Thomas Vanek (Left Wing) | Buffalo Sabres | Buffalo Sabres | 585 | 488 | 34 | 0.83 | ||
2003 | 6 | Milan Michalek (Left Wing) | San Jose Sharks | Ottawa Senators | 549 | 355 | 37 | 0.65 | ||
2003 | 7 | Ryan Suter (Defence) | Nashville Predators | Minnesota Wild | 590 | 270 | 45 | 0.46 | ||
2003 | 8 | Braydon Coburn (Defence) | Winnipeg Jets | Philadelphia Flyers | 493 | 140 | 30 | 0.28 | ||
2003 | 9 | Dion Phaneuf (Defence) | Calgary Flames | Toronto Maple Leafs | 600 | 340 | 1 | 0.57 | ||
2003 | 10 | Andrei Kostitsyn (Right Wing) | Montreal Canadiens | Traktor Chelyabinsk (KHL) | 398 | 222 | 15 | 0.56 | ||
2004 | 1 | Alexander Ovechkin (Left Wing) * | Washington Capitals | Washington Capitals | 601 | 735 | 82 | 1.22 | ||
2004 | 2 | Evgeni Malkin (Center) * | Pittsburgh Penguins | Pittsburgh Penguins | 458 | 560 | 48 | 1.22 | ||
2004 | 3 | Cam Barker (Defense) | Chicago Blackhawks | Vancouver Canucks | 310 | 96 | -29 | 0.31 | ||
2004 | 4 | Andrew Ladd (Left Wing) | Carolina Hurricanes (from Columbus)1 | Winnipeg Jets | 532 | 304 | 34 | 0.57 | ||
2004 | 5 | Blake Wheeler (Right Wing) | Phoenix Coyotes | Winnipeg Jets | 372 | 232 | 42 | 0.62 | ||
2004 | 6 | Al Montoya (Goaltender) | New York Rangers | Winnipeg Jets | 64 | 1 | 0.906 | 2.77 | 0.02 | |
2004 | 7 | Rostislav Olesz (Center) | Florida Panthers | New Jersey Devils | 355 | 132 | -10 | 0.37 | ||
2004 | 8 | Alexandre Picard (Left Wing) | Columbus Blue Jackets (from Carolina)2 | Geneve-Servette (NLA) | 67 | 2 | -9 | 0.03 | ||
2004 | 9 | Ladislav Smid (Defense) | Anaheim Ducks | Edmonton Oilers | 457 | 63 | -39 | 0.14 | ||
2004 | 10 | Boris Valabik (Defense) | Winnipeg Jets | Portland Pirates (AHL) | 80 | 7 | -14 | 0.09 | ||
2005 | 1 | Sidney Crosby (Centre) | Pittsburgh Penguins | Pittsburgh Penguins | 470 | 665 | 106 | 1.41 | ||
2005 | 2 | Bobby Ryan (Right Wing) | Anaheim Ducks | Ottawa Senators | 378 | 289 | 40 | 0.76 | ||
2005 | 3 | Jack Johnson (Defence) | Carolina Hurricanes | Columbus Blue Jackets | 408 | 157 | -90 | 0.38 | ||
2005 | 4 | Benoit Pouliot (Left Wing) | Minnesota Wild | New York Rangers | 291 | 124 | 35 | 0.43 | ||
2005 | 5 | Carey Price (Goaltender) | Montreal Canadiens | Montreal Canadiens | 310 | 8 | 0.915 | 2.56 | 0.03 | |
2005 | 6 | Gilbert Brule (Centre) | Columbus Blue Jackets | Phoenix Coyotes | 296 | 95 | -38 | 0.32 | ||
2005 | 7 | Jack Skille (Right Wing) | Chicago Blackhawks | Columbus Blue Jackets | 178 | 49 | -32 | 0.28 | ||
2005 | 8 | Devin Setoguchi (Right Wing) | San Jose Sharks (from Atlanta) | Winnipeg Jets | 384 | 222 | 8 | 0.58 | ||
2005 | 9 | Brian Lee (Defence) | Ottawa Senators | Tampa Bay Lightning | 209 | 36 | -37 | 0.17 | ||
2005 | 10 | Luc Bourdon (Defence) | Vancouver Canucks | 36 | 2 | 6 | 0.06 | |||
2006 | 1 | Erik Johnson (defense) | St. Louis Blues | Colorado Avalanche | 329 | 131 | -31 | 0.40 | ||
2006 | 2 | Jordan Staal (center) | Pittsburgh Penguins | Carolina Hurricanes | 479 | 279 | 35 | 0.58 | ||
2006 | 3 | Jonathan Toews (center) | Chicago Blackhawks | Chicago Blackhawks | 408 | 424 | 34 | 1.04 | ||
2006 | 4 | Nicklas Backstrom (center) | Washington Capitals | Washington Capitals | 413 | 415 | 94 | 1.00 | ||
2006 | 5 | Phil Kessel (C/RW) | Boston Bruins | Toronto Maple Leafs | 504 | 379 | -36 | 0.75 | ||
2006 | 6 | Derick Brassard (center) | Columbus Blue Jackets | New York Rangers | 322 | 180 | -39 | 0.56 | ||
2006 | 7 | Kyle Okposo (right wing) | New York Islanders | New York Islanders | 319 | 185 | -39 | 0.58 | ||
2006 | 8 | Peter Mueller (center) | Phoenix Coyotes | Florida Panthers | 297 | 160 | -35 | 0.54 | ||
2006 | 9 | James Sheppard (C/LW) | Minnesota Wild | San Jose Sharks | 256 | 53 | -37 | 0.21 | ||
2006 | 10 | Michael Frolik (right wing) | Florida Panthers | Winnipeg Jets | 349 | 151 | 3 | 0.43 | ||
2007 | 1 | Patrick Kane (Right Wing) | Chicago Blackhawks | Chicago Blackhawks | 446 | 424 | 34 | 0.95 | ||
2007 | 2 | James van Riemsdyk (Left Wing) | Philadelphia Flyers | Toronto Maple Leafs | 244 | 131 | 6 | 0.54 | ||
2007 | 3 | Kyle Turris (Centre) | Phoenix Coyotes | Ottawa Senators | 234 | 104 | -4 | 0.44 | ||
2007 | 4 | Thomas Hickey (Defence) | Los Angeles Kings | New York Islanders | 39 | 4 | 9 | 0.10 | ||
2007 | 5 | Karl Alzner (Defence) | Washington Capitals | Washington Capitals | 263 | 44 | 17 | 0.17 | ||
2007 | 6 | Sam Gagner (C/W) | Edmonton Oilers | Edmonton Oilers | 414 | 258 | -48 | 0.62 | ||
2007 | 7 | Jakub Voracek (Right Wing) | Columbus Blue Jackets | Philadelphia Flyers | 367 | 229 | 5 | 0.62 | ||
2007 | 8 | Zach Hamill (Centre) | Boston Bruins | Utica Comets (AHL) | 20 | 4 | 5 | 0.20 | ||
2007 | 9 | Logan Couture (Centre) | San Jose Sharks (from St. Louis)[8] | San Jose Sharks | 232 | 167 | 31 | 0.72 | ||
2007 | 10 | Keaton Ellerby (Defence) | Florida Panthers | Los Angeles Kings | 160 | 20 | -16 | 0.13 | ||
2008 | 1 | Steven Stamkos (centre) | Tampa Bay Lightning | Tampa Bay Lightning | 373 | 386 | -9 | 1.03 | ||
2008 | 2 | Drew Doughty (defence) | Los Angeles Kings | Los Angeles Kings | 364 | 184 | 18 | 0.51 | ||
2008 | 3 | Zach Bogosian (defense) | Winnipeg Jets | Winnipeg Jets | 297 | 109 | -42 | 0.37 | ||
2008 | 4 | Alex Pietrangelo (defence) | St. Louis Blues | St. Louis Blues | 224 | 121 | 25 | 0.54 | ||
2008 | 5 | Luke Schenn (defence) | Toronto Maple Leafs (from New York Islanders) | Philadelphia Flyers | 357 | 86 | -20 | 0.24 | ||
2008 | 6 | Nikita Filatov (left wing) | Columbus Blue Jackets | Salavat Yulaev Ufa (KHL) | 53 | 14 | 7 | 0.26 | ||
2008 | 7 | Colin Wilson (center) | Nashville Predators (from Toronto via New York Islanders) | Nashville Predators | 210 | 103 | 13 | 0.49 | ||
2008 | 8 | Mikkel Boedker (left wing) | Phoenix Coyotes | Phoenix Coyotes | 256 | 95 | 5 | 0.37 | ||
2008 | 9 | Josh Bailey (centre) | New York Islanders (from Florida via Nashville) | New York Islanders | 329 | 139 | -25 | 0.42 | ||
2008 | 10 | Cody Hodgson (centre) | Vancouver Canucks | Rochester Americans (AHL) | 139 | 77 | -2 | 0.55 | ||
2009 | 1 | John Tavares | New York Islanders | New York Islanders | 291 | 249 | -39 | 0.86 | ||
2009 | 2 | Victor Hedman | Tampa Bay Lightning | Tampa Bay Lightning | 258 | 89 | -8 | 0.34 | ||
2009 | 3 | Matt Duchene | Colorado Avalanche | Colorado Avalanche | 266 | 193 | -30 | 0.73 | ||
2009 | 4 | Evander Kane | Winnipeg Jets | Winnipeg Jets | 261 | 159 | -2 | 0.61 | ||
2009 | 5 | Brayden Schenn | Los Angeles Kings | Philadelphia Flyers | 110 | 46 | -17 | 0.42 | ||
2009 | 6 | Oliver Ekman-Larsson | Phoenix Coyotes | Phoenix Coyotes | 178 | 67 | 8 | 0.38 | ||
2009 | 7 | Nazem Kadri | Toronto Maple Leafs | Toronto Maple Leafs | 99 | 63 | 13 | 0.64 | ||
2009 | 8 | Scott Glennie | Dallas Stars | Texas Stars (AHL) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | ||
2009 | 9 | Jared Cowen | Ottawa Senators | Ottawa Senators | 90 | 18 | -3 | 0.20 | ||
2009 | 10 | Magnus Paajarvi-Svensson | Edmonton Oilers | St. Louis Blues | 163 | 58 | -21 | 0.36 | ||
2010 | 1 | Taylor Hall | Edmonton Oilers | Edmonton Oilers | 171 | 145 | -7 | 0.85 | ||
2010 | 2 | Tyler Seguin | Boston Bruins (from Toronto)1 | Dallas Stars | 203 | 121 | 53 | 0.60 | ||
2010 | 3 | Erik Gudbranson | Florida Panthers | Florida Panthers | 104 | 12 | -41 | 0.12 | ||
2010 | 4 | Ryan Johansen | Columbus Blue Jackets | Columbus Blue Jackets | 107 | 33 | -9 | 0.31 | ||
2010 | 5 | Nino Niederreiter | New York Islanders | Minnesota Wild | 64 | 3 | -30 | 0.05 | ||
2010 | 6 | Brett Connolly | Tampa Bay Lightning | Tampa Bay Lightning | 73 | 16 | -12 | 0.22 | ||
2010 | 7 | Jeff Skinner | Carolina Hurricanes | Carolina Hurricanes | 188 | 131 | -26 | 0.70 | ||
2010 | 8 | Alexander Burmistrov | Winnipeg Jets | Ak Bars Kazan (KHL) | 194 | 58 | -8 | 0.30 | ||
2010 | 9 | Mikael Granlund | Minnesota Wild | Minnesota Wild | 27 | 8 | -4 | 0.30 | ||
2010 | 10 | Dylan McIlrath | New York Rangers | Hartford Wolf Pack (AHL) | - | - | - | |||
2011 | 1 | Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (C) | Edmonton Oilers | Edmonton Oilers | 102 | 76 | 1 | 0.75 | ||
2011 | 2 | Gabriel Landeskog (RW) | Colorado Avalanche | Colorado Avalanche | 118 | 69 | 16 | 0.58 | ||
2011 | 3 | Jonathan Huberdeau (C) | Florida Panthers | Florida Panthers | 48 | 31 | -15 | 0.65 | ||
2011 | 4 | Adam Larsson (D) | New Jersey Devils | New Jersey Devils | 102 | 24 | -3 | 0.24 | ||
2011 | 5 | Ryan Strome (C) | New York Islanders | Bridgeport Sound Tigers (AHL) | - | - | - | |||
2011 | 6 | Mika Zibanejad (C) | Ottawa Senators | Ottawa Senators | 51 | 21 | 6 | 0.41 | ||
2011 | 7 | Mark Scheifele (C) | Winnipeg Jets | Winnipeg Jets | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0.09 | ||
2011 | 8 | Sean Couturier (C) | Philadelphia Flyers (from Columbus)1 | Philadelphia Flyers | 123 | 42 | 10 | 0.34 | ||
2011 | 9 | Dougie Hamilton (D) | Boston Bruins (from Toronto)2 | Boston Bruins | 42 | 16 | 4 | 0.38 | ||
2011 | 10 | Jonas Brodin (D) | Minnesota Wild | Minnesota Wild | 45 | 11 | 3 | 0.24 | ||
2012 | 1 | Nail Yakupov (LW) | Edmonton Oilers | Edmonton Oilers | 48 | 31 | -4 | 0.65 | ||
2012 | 2 | Ryan Murray (D) | Columbus Blue Jackets | Everett Silvertips (WHL) | - | - | - | |||
2012 | 3 | Alex Galchenyuk (C) | Montreal Canadiens | Montreal Canadiens | 48 | 27 | 14 | 0.56 | ||
2012 | 4 | Griffin Reinhart (D) | New York Islanders | Edmonton Oil Kings (WHL) | - | - | - | |||
2012 | 5 | Morgan Rielly (D) | Toronto Maple Leafs | Moose Jaw Warriors (WHL) | - | - | - | |||
2012 | 6 | Hampus Lindholm (D) | Anaheim Ducks | Norfolk Admirals (AHL) | - | - | - | |||
2012 | 7 | Mathew Dumba (D) | Minnesota Wild | Red Deer Rebels (WHL) | - | - | - | |||
2012 | 8 | Derrick Pouliot (D) | Pittsburgh Penguins (from Carolina)[1] | Portland Winterhawks (WHL) | - | - | - | |||
2012 | 9 | Jacob Trouba (D) | Winnipeg Jets | University of Michigan (CCHA) | - | - | - | |||
2012 | 10 | Slater Koekkoek (D) | Tampa Bay Lightning | Windsor Spitfires (OHL) | - | - | - |
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