kremlin
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Compare the 1st round draftees of 2003 to current NHLers / pro-players. Hence, not what you HOPE them to become, rather what they will realistically end up being like. Here are my projections. Let the discussions begin
1 Marc-Andre Fleury (Jose Theodore/Jocelyn Thibault)
2 Eric Staal (Dough Weight)
3 Nathan Horton (Jeff O'Neill)
4 Nikolai Zherdev (Alex Kovalev)
5 Thomas Vanek (Miroslav Satan)
6 Milan Michalek (Jeff Friesen)
7 Ryan Suter (Pavel Kubina)
8 Braydon Coburn (Chris Phillips)
9 Dion Phaneuf (Sheldon Souray)
10 Andrei Kostitsyn (Aleksey Morozov)
11 Jeff Carter (Jason Arnott)
12 Hugh Jessiman (Brad Isbister)
13 Dustin Brown (Scott Thornton)
14 Brent Seabrooke (Philippe Boucher/Kenny Jonsson)
15 Robert Nilsson (Vyacheslav Kozlov)
16 Steve Bernier (Mark Bell)
17 Zach Parise (Chris Drury)
18 Eric Fehr (Mark Parrish)
19 Ryan Getzlaf (Chris Gratton)
20 Brent Burns (Tom Poti)
21 Mark Stuart (Jay McKee)
22 Marc-Antoine Pouliot (Brendan Morrison)
23 Ryan Kesler (Trevor Linden)
24 Mike Richards (Jan Hrdina)
25 Anthony Stewart (Oleg Kvasha)
26 Brian Boyle (Landon Wilson)
27 Jeff Tambellini (Brian Gionta)
28 Corey Perry (Andrew Brunette)
29 Patrick Eaves (Michael Peca)
30 Shawn Belle (Nolan Baumgartner)
1 Marc-Andre Fleury (Jose Theodore/Jocelyn Thibault)
2 Eric Staal (Dough Weight)
3 Nathan Horton (Jeff O'Neill)
4 Nikolai Zherdev (Alex Kovalev)
5 Thomas Vanek (Miroslav Satan)
6 Milan Michalek (Jeff Friesen)
7 Ryan Suter (Pavel Kubina)
8 Braydon Coburn (Chris Phillips)
9 Dion Phaneuf (Sheldon Souray)
10 Andrei Kostitsyn (Aleksey Morozov)
11 Jeff Carter (Jason Arnott)
12 Hugh Jessiman (Brad Isbister)
13 Dustin Brown (Scott Thornton)
14 Brent Seabrooke (Philippe Boucher/Kenny Jonsson)
15 Robert Nilsson (Vyacheslav Kozlov)
16 Steve Bernier (Mark Bell)
17 Zach Parise (Chris Drury)
18 Eric Fehr (Mark Parrish)
19 Ryan Getzlaf (Chris Gratton)
20 Brent Burns (Tom Poti)
21 Mark Stuart (Jay McKee)
22 Marc-Antoine Pouliot (Brendan Morrison)
23 Ryan Kesler (Trevor Linden)
24 Mike Richards (Jan Hrdina)
25 Anthony Stewart (Oleg Kvasha)
26 Brian Boyle (Landon Wilson)
27 Jeff Tambellini (Brian Gionta)
28 Corey Perry (Andrew Brunette)
29 Patrick Eaves (Michael Peca)
30 Shawn Belle (Nolan Baumgartner)