Teams like Washington, Chicago, Minnesota and NYR did well just on sheer number of picks. Although NYR did make many questionable picks, such as Radulov, McGrath and even Valabik. Phoenix did really well with Olesz and Nokelainen, and later Carson, Seitsonen, Auffrey and Ellis.
St.Louis is a real winner, trading the 17th and ending up with Meszaros and Booth. Berti is a solid pick, as with Schulz. Akerlund is a great goaltender to end up with.
Again, I will say that I am content with Detroit's draft.
Montreal had a bad draft. Vagner is a waste. Pohl and Lascek are small, soft
players.