2010 NHL Draft: Nashville Predators had unusually weak outing at the 2010 draft

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Photo: Nashville Predators prospect and 2010 first-round pick Austin Watson has established himself as a consistent player in the AHL while waiting for his NHL opportunity (courtesy of Frank Jansky/Icon Sportswire)


</p>Entering the 2010 NHL Draft the Nashville Predators were coming off a successful regular season followed by yet another disappointing first round series loss in the playoffs.

Nashville finished third in the Central Division in 2009-10, reaching 100 points for the third time in five seasons, but lost to eventual Stanley Cup champion Chicago in six games in the first round. This marked the fifth straight time Nashville lost in the first round and the Predators would not win their first playoff series until the 2010-11 season.… read more

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[jwhouk]

The ADV (Approximate Draft Value) stat tool bears it out: Nashville had two of its worst drafts in 2010 and 2011.

Between the two seasons, the Preds had a total of 15 NHL player-games for their 13 picks (6 in 2010, 7 in 2011). That translates to a .0399 ADV in 2010, and .0068 in 2011.

For comparison: the NHL average ADV for all 30 teams in 2010 was .6056, while it was .5825 in 2011.

Nashville has averaged an ADV of 1.0146 per draft over the 17 seasons the club has been in the NHL - fifth best among all NHL teams over a 25-year period.

.0399 is also the average ADV of all picks from 241-270 overall chosen in that same time frame (until the NHL stopped selecting over 240 players in the draft, back in 2004).

 

[Drake744]

Fire everyone.

 

[deanwormer]

Fire everyone.

just Poile will be fine......

 

[Montross]

just Poile will be fine......

And miss out on more Franson-level moves next season? Poile - GM 4 Life!!!!!

 

[LCPreds]

And miss out on more Franson-level moves next season? Poile - GM 4 Life!!!!!

If we can get a Forsberg deal for every Franson deal I'll take it.

 

[ulf]

Is Austen Watson in the Preds plans? What round draft pick would get him in a trade. Maybe a swap of AHL needs with the Jets

 

[Dave is a killer]

Is Austen Watson in the Preds plans? What round draft pick would get him in a trade. Maybe a swap of AHL needs with the Jets

I'd probably take a 3rd for him at this point