1. round picks that were listed in 3. round or even lower

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Some guys are picked in the 1st round while they were not even listed as a draft option for the whole 7 rounds by other teams. Examples : Alex Picard CBJ 2004, David Fischer MTL 2006, i'm sure there's a ton.
 

Crede777

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Ryan Johansen shot up really quickly. Many in the public were surprised at him being taken #4 overall.

However it seems that, by the draft, most NHL scouts had him top-10 with some (including Jackets and Oilers) had him top-5.
 

Breakfast of Champs

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I think Philippe Paradis was ranked late 2nd round and early 3rd on most lists and he ended up going 27th overal to the hurricanes in 2009
 

rycky182

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The best exemple from last year draft was Kevin Hayes.
He was ranked : 54(FC), 49(TSN), 47(ISS), 44(THN) and 43(TSR) but still was draft 24th by hawks.
He wasn't neither in top 30 of RLR and McKeen's.

Here is his stats: 4 G, 10 A, 14 PTS in 31 games for Boston College

Not much of a success there.....
 

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The best exemple from last year draft was Kevin Hayes.
He was ranked : 54(FC), 49(TSN), 47(ISS), 44(THN) and 43(TSR) but still was draft 24th by hawks.
He wasn't neither in top 30 of RLR and McKeen's.

Here is his stats: 4 G, 10 A, 14 PTS in 31 games for Boston College

Not much of a success there.....

Not too many freshmen at BC put up staggering stats to begin with...Give him time
 

asmodeanreborn

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The best exemple from last year draft was Kevin Hayes.
He was ranked : 54(FC), 49(TSN), 47(ISS), 44(THN) and 43(TSR) but still was draft 24th by hawks.
He wasn't neither in top 30 of RLR and McKeen's.

Here is his stats: 4 G, 10 A, 14 PTS in 31 games for Boston College

Not much of a success there.....

I'm guessing it's because you have to be pretty exceptional to bump anybody down the depth chart your first year of college. Also, he's got pretty good size to build on still - it's way too early to say he's not a solid pick.
 

wej20

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Wasn't Sasha Pokulok (14th overall WAS 2005) considered an off the reservation type pick? or am I just remembering it wrong.
 

untouchable21

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The Outer Limits.
Here's one from the archives .....

In 1992 the Jets drafted Sergei Bautin 17th overall. Then GM Mike Smith was high on Russians and with a severe lack of NHL depth on their blueline they opted to draft this 25 year old pro who could step right in and play immediately. Pretty sure he was nowhere on anybody's radar.

Seem to remember the announcers did not know who he was and in fact they misheard his name when it was called out and thought it was actually Sergei Brylin who was later drafted by the Devils.
 

NewEraGM

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Nick Antropov went from being ranked 53rd to being drafted 10th. (ie.: low second rounder to high first rounder)

Blake Wheeler went from being ranked 31st to being drafted 5th.

Joey Hishon went from being ranked 46th to being drafted 17th.
 

rypper

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I'm not sure where Thomas HIckey was ranked pre draft, but I remember him being a suprise at #4.
 

OilerOlli*

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Alex Plante and Riley Nash by the Oilers 2007. Or Niinimäki. And so on.
The Oilers are pretty good at making bad first round selections.
 

Palinka

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Derek Morris is a big one. Teemu Riihjarvi with San Jose the year before was another big one.

Adrian Foster was a real wild card pick. Two years prior, he'd been universally recognized as a future high first-round pick, then all sorts of abdominal problems wiped out the ensuing seasons.

The drafts of the 90s had all sorts of wild cards. I think it was '99 that had Evgeny Lazarev, who had major talent but spent more time in court fighting everyone than actually being on the ice.
 

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