Late Round Gems

[TT1]

to be fair, he wasnt really draft worthy before that . just a late bloomer.

 

[Tacos]

Purely based on offensive stats since '09 and only counting players from the 5th round and onwards:

Palat (7th in '11) 0.66PPG 0.30PIM/G
Gallagher (5th in '10) 0.55PPG 0.75PIM/G
Anders Lee (6th in '09) 0.49PPG 0.57PIPM/G
Andrew Shaw (5th in '11) 0.46PPG 1.01PIM/G
Mark Stone (6th in '10) 0.41PPG 0.25PIM/=G

 

[mikethelegacy]

Honorable mention to Patric Hornqvist drafted LAST in the 2005 draft.

He gets an honorable mention because obviously I'm stretching the date range to a full decade....lol

 

[Mikeaveli]

Palat was also 11th in Selke voting last year, if that matters to anybody.

 

[BoltNutt]

Palat was also 11th in Selke voting last year, if that matters to anybody.

Not to mention 52 of his 59 points came in the last 54 games of the season. He was also top 10 in +/- if that matters to anyone. Dr. Drej was a beast last year.

 

[Vesa Awesaka]

mike hoffman

 

[Brent Burns]

Amount of ppl trying to sneak their team's 4th/5th rounders into this thread is hilarious. Just follow the OP's rules for crying out loud.

 

[Jack Straw]

What about guys who weren't even drafted? Flyers have gotten three good ones recently- Matt Read, Michael Raffl, Pierre Eduard Bellemare were all signed as undrafted free agents.

 

[GerbeSonOfGloin]

Ondrej Palat from Tampa. 2011 7th round pick, #208, in his third year of eligibility. Last year Calder finalist. They forgot about Drej.

Mother****ers always act like that.

 

[The Macho King]

What about guys who weren't even drafted? Flyers have gotten three good ones recently- Matt Read, Michael Raffl, Pierre Eduard Bellemare were all signed as undrafted free agents.

Tampa wins this one too. We got Tyler Johnson.

 

[613Leafer]

I think the Leafs might have a couple of gems, though they're more recent draft picks so are still a few years away (assuming they actually make the NHL).

Viktor Loov and Andreas Johnson are both 7th rounders (2012/2013).

Johnson won Rookie of the Year in the SHL last year ahead of his draft-mate and 1st round pick Wennberg. He currently has 12 goals (17 points) in 29 games in the SHL as a 20 year old, which is pretty good, and had 6 pts (3G/3A) in 7 games at the WJCs last year, and 13 pts in 15 games total at the WJCs.

Viktor Loov played top pairing minutes for MODO last season as a 21 year old, posting 12 points in 42 games. He's since transitioned well to NA, and as a rookie on the Marlies has 8 points in 22 games and is a + player on a struggling team.

These guys aren't locks for the NHL and they're not as good as our top prospect Nylander. But considering where they were drafted, both of their trajectories are VERY good IMO, definitely exceeding expectations.

 

[Hawkimus]

Ben Smith 6th round in 2008...great worker! Filled in for Toews last night on the 1st line

 

[Hawkimus]

Amount of ppl trying to sneak their team's 4th/5th rounders into this thread is hilarious. Just follow the OP's rules for crying out loud.

I'm surprised no sharks fans have mentioned 'Little Joe' 7th rounder if i remember correctly

EDIT: oops! he was mentioned, my bad!

 

[Kale Hulls]

Anders Lee

 

[Alexander the Gr8]

In 2008, the Red Wings drafted Gustav Nyquist in the 5th round.

**** me.

 

[Alexander the Gr8]

Palat and Johnson are simply awesome. The Lightning have put together a core good enough to win the Cup anytime in the next 4-5 years.

 

[Appleyard]

My all late round pick team (5th onwards since 2009):

Ondrej Palat -- Andrew Shaw -- Brendan Gallagher
Jesper Fast -- Anders Lee -- Mark Stone
Gabriel Bourque -- Marcus Kruger -- Seth Griffith
Jordan Nolan -- Erik Haula -- Mike Hoffman
Tomas Vincour

Zach Trotman -- Dalton Prout
Connor Carrick -- John Klingberg
Jyrki Jokipakka -- Josh Manson
Petteri Lindbohm

Darcy Kuemper
Frederik Andersen

Though guys like Almquist, Horak and Loov are probably better players than some of the guys listed I tried to only use players currently or recently in the NHL.

 

[Anglesmith]

Tampa wins this one too. We got Tyler Johnson.

We got Josh Jooris!

Although Tyler Johnson is probably a little bit better.

 

[agent082]

Frederik Andersen was 3rd rounder.

 

[Exit Dose]

Frederik Andersen was 3rd rounder.

He was also a 7th rounder.

 

[Michel Beauchamp]

Applying the OP "rules" + "signed with the drafting team and plays/played in NHL":

2009: Darcy Kuemper, Jordan Nolan

2010: Dalton Prout, Mark Stone, Jesper Fast

2011: Josh Manson, Ondrej Palat

 

[Beerfish]

Greg Chase would be the one for the Oilers, 7th rounder I believe.

 

[Robin Hood]

He was also a 7th rounder.

And he was passed over twice before being picked in the 7th round.