Brothers drafted high

vadim sharifijanov

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in honour of this weekends devils/canucks game, featuring the rookie hughes brothers (jack scored the game's only goal, his first in the NHL), and the possible third hughes brother on the way, who are some other brothers that were drafted high?

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off the top of my head but back-sorted from lowest to highest:

mikko koivu (6), saku koivu (21)

derian hatcher (8), kevin hatcher (17)

mark hunter (7), dave hunter (17) ...and dale hunter (41)

andrei svechnikov (2), evgeny svechnikov (19)

scott pearson (6), rob pearson (12)

william and alex nylander (both 8)

ron sutter (4), rich sutter (10), darryl sutter (11), duane and brent sutter (both 17), brian sutter (20), and for good measure son/nephew brandon sutter (11)

luke and brayden schenn (both 5)

brady tkachuk (4), matt tkachuk (6), and for good measure dad keith tkachuk (19)

eric lindros (1), brett lindros (9)

scott niedermayer (3), rob niedermayer (5)

dylan strome (3), ryan strome (5)

jack hughes (1), quinn hughes (7)

sam reinhart (2), griffin reinhart (4)

dave babych (2), wayne babych (3)

daniel sedin (2), henrik sedin (3)

eric staal (2), jordan staal (2), marc staal (12)

and the highest pair of brothers afaict, pierre turgeon (1) and sylvain turgeon (2)
 
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Brodeur

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Probably doesn't count quite yet, but Nick and Ryan Suzuki were both first rounders.

Jordan and Nick Schmaltz were both late first rounders, albeit Jordan might not have an extended NHL career. Some brother combos where one went in the 1st and the other in the 2nd: Subban, Gaunce, Boqvist.
 

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I was going to suggest Geoff and Russ Courtnall, but then I learned that Geoff was never drafted, and was signed in 1983 (around the time he turned 21) as a free-agent by Boston. (Russ was drafted 7th overall.) Anyone know how/why the elder Courtnall was never drafted?
 

sr edler

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Because his skating was poor and he looked like nothing special in juniors?
 

sr edler

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I see.

I guess that makes sense in that he was one of those odd players who didn't look special or put up any numbers until after he turned 25. Late bloomer, I guess.

An interesting thread premise could perhaps be brothers whose playing styles varied/differentiated quite a bit from each other, despite playing on the same or a similar position, hence not Joel and Henrik Lundqvist type of scenarios.
 

vadim sharifijanov

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Because his skating was poor and he looked like nothing special in juniors?

i don’t know how geoff courtnall would have skated in the early 80s as a prospect but he was a very good skater by the time he came to vancouver. not russ good but still very good.

in his prime i’d compare him to gartner, with a little less speed a lot more jam. he was one of the last speed up the wing and let a big shot go from the outside snipers.
 

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I was going to suggest Geoff and Russ Courtnall, but then I learned that Geoff was never drafted, and was signed in 1983 (around the time he turned 21) as a free-agent by Boston. (Russ was drafted 7th overall.) Anyone know how/why the elder Courtnall was never drafted?

I don't know why, but he wasn't playing major junior during what should have been his draft year. Even the year after his draft year was mostly spend in the BC junior league.
 

Mandar

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I believe the Ferraro brothers (Chris and Peter) should be in this list. I believe they were drafted in the first and 4th rounds in 1992.

Pretty much busts, but fit the criteria of this thread.
 

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Jocelyn (10th overall, STL '86) and Claude (26th overall, 2nd rd MTL '83) Lemieux.
Brendan (Claude's son) was drafted 31st overall by Buffalo in 2014. Not sure if his half brothers Michael and Christopher were ever drafted.
 

vadim sharifijanov

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An interesting thread premise could perhaps be brothers whose playing styles varied/differentiated quite a bit from each other, despite playing on the same or a similar position, hence not Joel and Henrik Lundqvist type of scenarios.

make that thread. i would nominate the hatchers.
 
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Bryan Trottier was taken 22nd in 1974.. his brother Rocky 8th, eight years later.

His numbers weren't all that impressive and he busted hard.
 

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Also..

Steve (20th in 1980) and James (9th in 1981) Patrick.
Larry (13th in 1978) and Jim (20th in 1982) Playfair
Dave (14th in 1974) and Don (26th in 1978) Maloney
 
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vadim sharifijanov

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Bryan Trottier was taken 22nd in 1974.. his brother Rocky 8th, eight years later.

His numbers weren't all that impressive and he busted hard.

ooh good one. i never would have thought of it because i always think of bryan trottier as a second rounder, but obviously that's a first rounder as early as the '91 draft. it belongs right at the bottom of my list under the koivus (6 and 21).

but man, talk about taking the wrong brother high. there's the lemieuxes and you can make the argument that brian and brent sutter deserved to be taken much higher than the twins, or that the hunters got better the later in the draft you were (though mark was still a very good player), but nothing like the trottiers. another comparison would be the odelein brothers, with selmar being a (late) first round pick and busting while lyle was taken in the eighth round and played 1,000 games, won a cup, captained a team, and made a best on best roster.
 
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vadim sharifijanov

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What was the status of Brett Lindros going into the draft? Did his name and size (mid-90 obsession as you all know) propel him up the list? Although maybe that actually even made sense since that was a really poor draft year.

Elite Prospects - NHL Entry Draft 1994

all the answers you want are probably in this thread—Why did the Panthers take Ed Jovanovski first overall in 1994?

Also..

Steve (20th in 1980) and James (9th in 1981) Patrick.
Larry (13th in 1978) and Jim (20th in 1982) Playfair
Dave (14th in 1974) and Don (26th in 1978) Maloney

wow, i have never ever heard of steve patrick before.
 
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vadim sharifijanov

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on the topic of dads (tkachuk, reinhart, sutter), who are the highest drafted father and son duo?

darryl sittler (8) and ryan sittler (7)

paul reinhart (12) and sam reinhart (2)

brian bellows (2) and kieffer bellows (19)

alfie turcotte (17) and alex turcotte (5)

keith tkachuk (19) and brady tkachuk (4)

brent sutter (17) and brandon sutter (11)

mike foligno (3) and nick foligno (28)

Steve (20th in 1980) and James (9th in 1981) Patrick.

wow, i have never ever heard of steve patrick before.

and apparently this steve patrick guy is nolan patrick's dad. so

steve patrick (20) and nolan patrick (2)
 

MS

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make that thread. i would nominate the hatchers.

Neat idea.

Kelly Miller was a great defensive forward who was a Selke finalist in 1992. Kip Miller was a pure skill guy who scored 100 points in college hockey to win the Hobey Baker and was basically a soft defensive liability/PP specialist in the NHL. Kevin Miller was somewhere in the middle.

Saku Koivu was an extremely talented tiny creative waterbug of a forward. Mikko Koivu is a big, slow two-way defensive center ... although he did have some of his brother's vision and playmaking ability.
 

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I remember checking these out some years ago. Depending on how you look at it these would be first rounders in a modern NHL draft.

Rick MacLeish 4. 70 abn Dale MacLeish 22. 66 (actually 4. rounder and third to last player to selected)
Greg Malone 19. 76 and Jim Malone 14. 80
Glen Wesley 3. 87 and Blake Wesley 22. 79
Gary Yaremchuk 24. 81 and Ken Yaremchuk 7. 82

Oh and actually now that Vegas has joined Roman Hamrlik and his older brother Martin 31. 91 would count.

I´m sure I´m missing some. Don´t have my notes.
 
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