Let's start looking at the teams, beginning with the team with the #1 pick, Spitfire11's
Detroit Falcons
Coach: Toe Blake
Clark Gillies - Bobby Clarke - Teemu Selanne
Keith Tkachuk - Sergei Fedorov - Yvan Cournoyer
Gary Roberts - Bobby Smith - Steve Larmer
Rick MacLeish - Jeremy Roenick - Claude Provost
Don Marcotte
Bobby Orr - Zdeno Chara
Chris Pronger - Nicklas Lidstrom
Art Coulter - Bob Goldham
Mattias Ohlund
Turk Broda
Gump Worsley
Mike Vernon
He has a coach that certainly rates among the best of all time. He coached teams that were both offensively and defensively dominant, so he shouldn't hold back the team at either end. He is definitely a plus to the team.
Any defense led by Bobby Orr is going to be at least all right. When he's backed up a well-rounded cast that offers size, physical play, solid offense and defense, it becomes the strength of the team. Clearly one of the best defenses built in this draft.
Broda might not rank among the top starting goalies in the draft, but he certainly does belong near the top of the best money goalies list. Likewise, while neither Vernon nor Worsley rank among the best of the backups in the draft, they are both solid #2s. Goaltending might not be a team strong point, but it is more than capable, and not a weakness. Factor in the strong defense in front of them and they should be more than adequate.
For such a solid collection of forwards, I don't really like the overall group. It lacks a little on high-end offense, comparatively, especially as regards elite goal scorers, although passes from Orr and Clarke will keep the goals coming. The power forwards are overloaded on the left wing, while completely missing from the right side. While the personnel to create a first rate checking line exist, it would disrupt the offense even further to put it together, although there is enough defensive talent here that they might get by without one. Overall I'd rate the forwards as the weakness of the team, and no better than middle of the road for the draft.
Overall I'd have to say this team can be a contender, but I wouldn't rate them the favorite.