Best active players drafted 4th round and lower

[Johnny Hoxville]

Gaudreau and Stone.

 

[cudi]

Brian Elliott. 9th round. 2nd last pick of the draft.

 

[CanadienShark]

Joe Pavelski
Brendan Gallagher

 

[The Jones Zone]

Cam Atkinson 6th round

 

[Rodgerwilco]

Hornqvist comes to mind. Last player selected in his draft class. Ended up playing on a line and being a huge part of winning multiple cups with the #1 player in the same draft.

 

[24 others]

Benn - Pavelski - Stone
Palat - X - Gaudreau
Lee - X - Kubalik
Hyman - X - Kaprizov

Slavin - Krug
Giordano - Brodie
Muzzin - X

Lundquist
Rinne
Andersen

EDIT: Edited to include other listed players. At what point does this team become a contender?

 

[rocketdan9]

Benn - Pavelski - Stone
Palat - X - Gaudreau
Lee - X - Kubalik
Hyman - X - Kaprizov

Slavin - Krug
X - X
X - X

Lundquist
Rinne
Andersen

Somehow, these late round gems seem to be mostly wingers (and goalies).

agreed

the decent potential D prospects look to be taken by the 3rd round

 

[Raccoon Jesus]

who??

mean if he is a recent pick, doesn't really count.

Fantastic defenseman for LA, easy top pairing guy, arguably a borderline 1D.

 

[Boom Boom Apathy]

Fredrick Andersen

I guess on "average" he was.

His entry into the NHL was as a 3rd round pick. Yeah, he was also a 7th round by Carolina, but didn't sign and re-entered the draft.

 

[abo9]

Benn - Pavelski - Stone
Palat - X - Gaudreau
Lee - X - Kubalik
Hyman - X - Kaprizov

Slavin - Krug
X - X
X - X

Lundquist
Rinne
Andersen

Somehow, these late round gems seem to be mostly wingers (and goalies).

I'm surprised by Palat over Lee

also you can add Gallagher to your "2nd line"

I'll add Matthias Ekholm (4th), Sami Vatanen (4th) , Mike Hoffman (5th), Klingbertg (5th), Gusev (7th), Spurgeon (6th) as really good late picks

 

[rocketdan9]

I'm surprised by Palat over Lee

also you can add Gallagher to your "2nd line"

I'll add Matthias Ekholm (4th), Sami Vatanen (4th) , Mike Hoffman (5th), Klingbertg (5th), Gusev (7th), Spurgeon (6th) as really good late picks

I would have Palat above Lee

 

[AhosDatsyukian]

Surprised Panarin hasn't been mentioned yet, he was undrafted. Easily the best player on the list.

 

[NyQuil]

Surprised Panarin hasn't been mentioned yet, he was undrafted. Easily the best player on the list.

I mean, technically he wasn't drafted 4th round or lower.

 

[Pongs21]

Benn - Pavelski - Stone
Palat - X - Gaudreau
Lee - X - Kubalik
Hyman - X - Kaprizov

Slavin - Krug
Giordano - Brodie
Muzzin - X

Lundquist
Rinne
Andersen

EDIT: Edited to include other listed players. At what point does this team become a contender?

Putting Vezina Hellebuyck (5th round 2012) as your starter is a good start. Andrew Copp (4th round) could fill one of those C spots

 

[M88K]

Klingberg was a 5th round pick

 

[Sky04]

Carl Gunnarsson (7th Round)
Justin Braun (7th Round)
Nick Bonino (6th Round)
Carl Hagelin (6th Round)
Pat Maroon (6th Round)
Jamie Benn (5th Round)
Jake Muzzin (5th Round)
Cam Atkinson (6th Round)
Jared Spurgeon (6th Round)
Matt Martin (5th Round)
TJ Brodie (4th Round)
Brayden Holtby (4th Round)
Gus Nyquist (4th Round)
Erik Haula (7th Round)
Anders Lee (6th Round)
Mike Hoffman (5th Round)
Matthis Ekholm (4th Round)
Freddy Anderson (7th Round)
Brendan Gallagher (5th Round)
John Klingberg (5th Round)

 

[AhosDatsyukian]

I mean, technically he wasn't drafted 4th round or lower.

Neither was Krug and he's been mentioned several times.

 

[NyQuil]

Neither was Krug and he's been mentioned several times.

And that is also wrong.

 

[Nico Hischier]

Jesper Bratt - 6 round 2016

 

[Steddy33]

Victor Olofsson called and wants to know what all your problems are?

 

[tsujimoto74]

Victor Olofsson is pretty good for a 7th rounder

 

[FunkySeeFunkyDo]

Surprised Panarin hasn't been mentioned yet, he was undrafted. Easily the best player on the list.

He wasn’t drafted in the fourth round or lower.

 

[Dread Clawz]

Weegar 7th round

 

[IceNeophyte]

Benn - Pavelski - Stone
Palat - X - Gaudreau
Lee - X - Kubalik
Hyman - X - Kaprizov

Slavin - Krug
Giordano - Brodie
Muzzin - X

Lundquist
Rinne
Andersen

EDIT: Edited to include other listed players. At what point does this team become a contender?

You can add undrafted Whitecloud in there as the last defender, just for fun!

 

[Saucechucker99]

Panarin if you are counting undrafted players