Greatest defencemen draft

[vadim sharifijanov]

thinking about the current dman scoring leaders with hughes #1, dobson #3, bouchard #5, and dahlin #8 got me to wondering where it might eventually rank among the great dman drafts of all time. here are some memorable ones:


1973

1. potvin
9. bob dailey
15. ian turnbull

33. dave lewis
129. bob lorimer
134. gord lane


1979

1. ramage
6. craig hartsburg
7. keith brown
8. bourque
11. ramsey
12. reinhart
15. mccrimmon
16. jay wells
21. lowe

25. tomas jonsson
30. mark hardy
112. doug crossman


1980

2. babych
4. murphy
5. darren veitch
6. coffey
7. rick lanz

23. moe mantha
24. normand rochefort
25. craig muni
61. craig ludwig
119. ruotsalainen
133. doug lidster


1982

1. kluzak
5. stevens
6. housley
18. daneyko

67. ulf samuelsson
75. dave ellett
80. bob rouse


2008

2. doughty
3. bogosian
4. pietrangelo
5. schenn
12. myers
15. karlsson
27. carlson

32. voynov
38. josi
53. hamonic
114. brodie
156. spurgeon



2018

1. dahlin
7. hughes
10. bouchard
12. dobson

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[Boreal01]

The notoriously loaded class of 2003 also deserves a mention

Suter @ 7
Phaneuf @ 9
Seabrook @ 14
Weber @ 49
Byfuglien @ 245

And Burns was taken @ 20 albeit as a RW

 

[Johnny Engine]

Not the best by any means, but the only good thing about 1996 is a reasonably good collection of defensemen. Chara's there, Phillips went first, Kaberle, Kubina, Mitchell, Salo, Morris, Lyman, a few more regulars.
They didn't get to them in anything like the right order, but it's something for an otherwise terrible draft.

 

[Michael Farkas]

Is there any kind of accounting when it comes to ranking 1979...? Or are we playing the ball as it lies...?

 

[vadim sharifijanov]

Is there any kind of accounting when it comes to ranking 1979...? Or are we playing the ball as it lies...?

go with your heart

but i guess one question is, even with 1979 being a triple draft, and with so many notable dmen going in the first round, is it better than 2008?

like, there is no bourque in 2008 of course. but would the next four best guys all be from the 2008 draft? doughty and karlsson are hall of famers of the non-lowe variety, pietrangelo captained a cup winner and is a three time postseason all-star, and josi was a hair from two norrises. although after that it’s just carlson for 2008, whereas the 1979 draft has both longtime stalwarts like mccrimmon, ramsey, and lowe, and comets like reinhart and hartsburg, and ramage who was a little bit of column a, a little bit of column b.