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(on a side note, would Eller @ 13th overall be an "off the board" pick?)
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(on a side note, would Eller @ 13th overall be an "off the board" pick?)
A couple questions:
1) In your years of watching the draft, what is the instance that stands out to you the most in terms of a team "going off the board" with their pick?
2) Which teams make a habit of "going off the board"?
3) Which teams do you think might do it this year and what players do you see being "off the board" picks?
Also, does anyone remember what Blake Wheeler was ranked by CSS/ISS before the Coyotes picked him? Thanks!
if we are counting late round gems... the Flames have a pretty good history thereKings can beat that one...
Round 7 #214 overall 2001 NHL Entry Draft, Cristobal Huet.
Peter Forsberg going 6th overall in 1991 was an "off the board" pick by Philadelphia at the time.
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From the 1991 Hockey News Draft Preview: "Center Peter Forsberg is, at worst, a solid second rounder who could move into the first."
THN rated him 25th overall, one spot behind the immortal Mike Pomichter (who never even stuck as an AHL regular), ten spots behind Alek Stojanov, 18 spots behind Brent Bilodeau (who never made the NHL) and 20 spots behind Aaron Ward.
Quoted scout: "I'd compare him to Tomas Steen in terms of style, though I don't think he'll be as good as Steen."
in 98 the Leafs drafted Nik Antropov tenth, when The Hockey News had him rated in the 60's, and CS had him 17th of Europeans. He only listed at 6'2, when it fact he was 6'6, so that basically shows you how much knowledge they had of him.
I had no idea who he was at the draft, but I remember getting the next weeks issue of The Hockey News, and reading in almost every single teams "Team Report" that they had hoped Antropov would fall to them, or hopes he would last until the second round. I believe it was the Wings later saying they had him rated first, and were planning on trading up just after the Leafs pick to get him.
Nik Antropov by Toronto. I remember that because there were rumblings that Detroit would take him in the 1st.
Let me know when Huet is a starter in the NHL, let alone considered one of the top 10.
I believe Corrente was a bit of an "off the board" pick by the Devils last year. He wasn't even at the draft - his agent told him to stay home.