Tap on the Ankle
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Did a little number crunching and came up with the average first pick draft position of every team over the past 10 years. By that I mean the average position of a team's first pick (whether it be 1st round, 2nd, 3rd, etc.. whichever their first pick is, acquired by trade or not) in each entry draft from 1996-2005. Only their first pick though, so when the Canucks drafted 2nd and 3rd overall in 1999, I only counted their first pick in that draft, which was the 2nd overall selection.
For example, the "18.8" that LA has means that, on average, their first pick of each draft was around 18th-19th overall.
Not all teams have been around for the past 10 years, so those ones (basically the top 4 on this list) have their first draft year written in brackets. As for Carolina, they didn't start drafting as the Hurricanes until 1997, so I counted Hartford's first 1996 pick into their totals.
Some of the results are quite surprising, namely Detroit's. I could believe the number when I saw it. Pretty amazing that they've managed to snag up as many good prospects as they have while drafting so low. I mean geez, they're almost taking their first guy in the 3rd round every year.
While these numbers don't have any real significant meaning, it's interesting to see where every team stacks in terms of average drafting position.
For example, the "18.8" that LA has means that, on average, their first pick of each draft was around 18th-19th overall.
Not all teams have been around for the past 10 years, so those ones (basically the top 4 on this list) have their first draft year written in brackets. As for Carolina, they didn't start drafting as the Hurricanes until 1997, so I counted Hartford's first 1996 pick into their totals.
Some of the results are quite surprising, namely Detroit's. I could believe the number when I saw it. Pretty amazing that they've managed to snag up as many good prospects as they have while drafting so low. I mean geez, they're almost taking their first guy in the 3rd round every year.
While these numbers don't have any real significant meaning, it's interesting to see where every team stacks in terms of average drafting position.
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[FONT=Courier New]CBJ 5.1 (2000)
ATL 5.7 (1999)
MIN 8.8 (2000)
NAS 9.0 (1998)
ANA 13.0
CAL 12.8
PIT 12.9
CHI 14.4
BUF 14.5
SJ 14.5
MTL 15.1
EDM 15.2
OTT 15.4
CAR 16.4
VAN 17.5
FLA 17.7
LA 18.8
NYR 18.9
NYI 19.1
WAS 19.8
PHO 23.1
TB 23.6
BOS 23.9
NJ 25.4
DAL 26.7
PHI 28.0
STL 30.1
COL 31.1
TOR 36.0
DET 54.9[/FONT]