I was after the scouting staff for a while, but they've softened the blow with a few good draft picks recently. Mostly defensemen.
Still mad at that Tedenby pick that year, we got Henrique so that may as well have been our first round pick that year.
They have been doing really well lately. If you produce a quality NHL player every year or every other year you are doing a pretty good job...It is pretty interesting that the entire 2011 draft class is all still very much a possibility to have NHL careers.
2011 Entry 4 1 Adam Larsson D Skelleftea AIK [SEL] 182 6 42 48 70
2011 Entry 75 3 Blake Coleman F Indiana Ice [USHL]
2011 Entry 99 4 Reid Boucher L U.S. National Development Team [USHL] 27 2 5 7 4
2011 Entry 129 5 Blake Pietila F U.S. National Development Team [USHL]
2011 Entry 159 6 Reece Scarlett D Swift Current Broncos [WHL]
It's a little to soon to judge 2012 onward in my opinion but Severson comes out of 2012 and that is fantastic...Had we been able to keep our players, Our drafting has been good enough to keep this competitive..plus add Greene, Oduya and Clarkson as diamond in the rough finds...In a 5 year span we added Parise, Zajac, Clarkson and Henrique, we should be reaping those rewards today
2012 Entry 60 2 Damon Severson D Kelowna Rockets [WHL] 41 4 11 15 18
The ENTIRE 2011 Class
2010 Entry 38 2 Jon Merrill D U.S. National Development Team [USHL] 110 4 20 24 32
2009 Entry 20 1 Jacob Josefson C Djurgardens IF Stockholm [SEL] 170 12 23 35 34
2009 Entry 54 2 Eric Gelinas D Lewiston MAINEiacs [QMJHL] 113 13 32 45 56
2009 Entry 114 4 Seth Helgeson D Sioux City Musketeers [USHL] 21 0 2 2 16
2008 Entry 82 3 Adam Henrique C Windsor Spitfires [OHL] 259 68 82 150 59
2007 Entry NOTHING YEAR
2006 Entry NOTHING YEAR - *Added Andy Greene, Johnny Oduya and David Clarkson
2005 Entry 155 5 Mark Fayne D Noble and Greenough H.S. (Mass.) 314 15 41 56 111
2004 Entry 20 1 Travis Zajac C Salmon Arm Silverbacks [BCHL] 615 126 219 345 205
2003 Entry 17 1 Zach Parise L U. of North Dakota [WCHA] 682 269 291 560 264