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Erica
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Erica asked in SportsHockey · 1 decade ago

Stat find on former 1st-round draft picks currently playing for NHL teams?

So one of my favorite hockey-centric sites produced these stats and I thought it might be of slight interest:

Former 1st-round draft picks on every NHL team's current roster (as of yesterday, Thursday.)

There are 248 league wide, including those on IR.

- Of the 248, only 117 (48%) of them are with the teams that drafted them.

- The Penguins and Flyers have the most in the NHL, with 14 each. (That's 11% of 1st-round draft picks in the NHL.)

- The Penguins have the most drafted on their own: 7.

- The Flyers have the most drafted by other teams: 10.

- The Lightning have the 2nd least (3) and are 2nd-to-last in the standings.

- The Red Wings have THE LEAST (2) and are 1st in the standings.

- The Blues have the most defenseman who are former 1st-round draft picks (5).

Surprising? Any conclusions?

Update:

SCIFIENTIST - Will share later. :)

D0ZER - You are correct.

Update 2:

JOE - I was thinking it comes down to Philly being a consistent winner and Pittsburgh being a consistent loser. I'll explain:

The Flyers' history of having winning records (making the playoffs) may contribute to them being good at getting free agent 1st-round picks to sign with them. (This also might speak of their reputation as an organization OR pre-CBA era, it could speak of how much money their club had to spend.)

The Pens' history of losing has gotten them a lot of high draft picks.

Update 3:

NO LIFE - Busts play a factor, certainly.

HALEY - Undrafted players stealing the show is a factor. For a team like Detroit though, it also could speak of great scouting (as mentioned on the site). Datsyuk & Zetterberg are both (very) late round picks and they're stealing the show.

Update 4:

LITY - That's such a simple explanation, no wonder I didn't think of it. LOL. I'm sure you do, but I don't remember any really great 1st round draft picks of theirs besides Stevie Y. They are extreeemely lucky with their later picks though, aren't they.

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  • 1 decade ago
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    The Wings strength has been in their ability to find gems in the later rounds, right?

    Confucious say 1st rounder can only under-achieve while late rounder can only over-achieve.

    I wonder where each of the current top 20 point leaders were drafted? How about the year-end top ten (forwards and d-men) of the last ten years? Hmmm, project for a slow day

    EDIT: Nothing like emphasizing a point that was made 5 hours ago!! Maybe I should do a better job of reading previous responses. LOL

    I'll follow up my gaffe with a little trivia on this topic...which 1st rounder was one the Blues' five 1st rounders traded for?

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  • The Islanders could be the poster child for trading 1st round picks. Since 1993: Bertuzzi, Redden, J.P. Dumont, Luongo, Eric Brewer, Tim Connoly, Taylor Pyatt, Raffi Torres, Robert Nillson, Ryan O'Marra, plus a few lesser knowns still in the NHL. Only Dipietro, Sean Bergenheim, and Kyle Okposo are with the team. In 2001 & 2007 they didn't have a 1st round pick.

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  • ?
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    5 years ago

    Canes traded away their first round pick in the trade for Jordan Staal. The first guy they took was Philip Di Giuseppe from the U of Michigan, at 38th overall. I think he's two, maybe three or four years away. It depends on whether or not he plans on spending 4 years at the U of M or go pro after his junior season. Even then he will likely spend a year at the AHL before making the jump to the NHL.

  • Detroit has a reputation as a team that doesn't draft well. They have a great record in the 'luck' rounds (Picks 100+) but not in the 'earlier' rounds.

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  • 1 decade ago

    There's more to a book than it's cover?

  • 1 decade ago

    LITY is right about Detroit.

    I had heard that about the Flyers and TB and knew it about the Pens.....it is interesting. I did not know Detroit had the least but I knew they drafted some good late rounders.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    That Pennsylvania teams really know how to use the draft.

    Erica-Excellent points.

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