You know what, I can do a new list. I'm interested to see what it says anyways. I need to go on points though, if I just list who I believe are the best 20, i'm letting bias effect the data.
Data in 2016
1/20 drafted in top 5
2/20 drafted between 6-10
3/20 drafted between 11-15
1/20 drafted between 16-30
13/20 drafted out of the first round/not drafted
Data in 2018
5/20 drafted in top 5
2/20 drafted between 6-10
1/20 drafted between 11-15
4/20 drafted between 16-30
8/20 drafted out of the first round/not drafted
1)
John Klingberg – 131st overall
2)
Brent Burns – 20th overall
3) John Carlson - 27th overall
3)
Shayne Gostisbehere – 78th overall
5)
P.K. Subban 43rd overall
6)
Erik Karlsson -15th overall
6)
Roman Josi – 38th overall
6) Victor Hedman - 2nd overall
9)
Drew Doughty - 2nd overall
9)
Ryan Suter – 7th overall
11) Seth Jones - 4th overall
12) Jake Gardiner - 17th overall
13) Alex Pietrangelo - 4th overall
13) Torey Krug - undrafted
13)
Tyson Barrie – 64th overall
16) Dougie Hamilton - 9th overall
16)
Keith Yandle – 105th overall
16) Kris Letang – 62nd overall
19) Morgan Rielly - 5th overall
20) Nick Leddy - 16th overall
Interesting actually. There has been a bit of a shift, more players in the top 20 (+4) are now drafted out of the the top 5, and a few less after the 1st round (-5).
The middle is basically the same.
I wonder if this is a reflection of teams more willing to take a D-man with a top 5 pick, or if its just fluke due to small sample size.