Blackhawks Draft Booms and Busts since 2000

LastWordArmy

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Sep 11, 2011
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As the 2020 NHL Entry Draft approaches, we decided to examine each team’s best and worst pick since the 2000 NHL Entry Draft. The biggest boom is a player that had the best value relative to where they were selected. Meaning, no one in the first round will be considered a team’s best value pick. However, the biggest bust picks will almost always be in the first round. We will examine each player, why they were picked where they were, and what their NHL career was like. Today, we look at the Chicago Blackhawks draft, and their biggest boom and bust.

The Full Article is here. Chicago Blackhawks Biggest Draft Boom and Bust Since 2000

Here is a quick preview with one of our honourable mention booms

Andrew Shaw

Centre Andrew Shaw was the team’s fifth-round pick (139th overall) in 2011. Shaw went on to play six seasons in Chicago, scoring 73 goals and 74 assists for 147 points in 348 games. He was polarizing on and off the ice, both for his play and extracurriculars, but he was a key piece of both the 2013 and 2015 Stanley Cup champion Blackhawk teams.
 

RayP

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Is this the same guy who got drilled for spamming his shitty articles like a year ago or something?

Thread should be deleted as spam. Nothing more annoying than a non-contributor to the board simply stopping by for clicks. Especially if they don’t even know WTF they’re writing about, apparently.
 

Ace Card Bedard

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Not clicking the link but Shaw is definitely up there for "boom" picks.

He got passed over in two drafts before being picked in the 5th round. Basically a 15th round pick.
 

HawkeyTalkMan

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Brouwer in the 7th, buff in the 8th, hammer in the fourth, Keith in the second, crow in the second. Case closed
 

HeisenBaez

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Duncan Keith is one of top what? Fifty? Defenseman of all time taken 54th overall. How isn’t he number one?

Great list and I do agree Keith should have been hight on that list.

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While this might been known by most on this site, til Duncan Keith (along with a couple three other players) were almost traded to Philadelphia for Amonte/Roenick. Don't get me wrong Roenick/Amonte were two of my favorite Hawks growing up but if the Hawks made that trade it would have been one of the worst in franchise history.
 

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