Off the board picks that worked out well

[SnowblindNYR]

I guess when I think of this example, Blake Wheeler is the guy that comes to mind. Huge "reach" at #5 turned into a good 1st line winger. I think it's arguable Price was too. Any other ideas? Sorry if this isn't the board for this since most of the posts are about prospects. Thought this would be a good discussion.

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[DoingItCoolKiwi]

Scheifele, and maybe even Morrissey

 

[Josepho]

Hampus Lindholm.

 

[boredmale]

I think it's arguable Price was too.

Not sure if a guy rated 6th being picked 5th is "off the board"

 

[SnowblindNYR]

Not sure if a guy rated 6th being picked 5th is "off the board"

I guess I was wrong, I thought people said it was a surprise. But maybe that's because it was Montreal.

 

[boredmale]

I guess I was wrong, I thought people said it was a surprise. But maybe that's because it was Montreal.

I could be wrong he could have been rated 7th. I guess one might say it was somewhat surprising since Brule(#5) was pretty highly rated at the time. Kopitar also was a wildcard. I guess other might argue it was surprising in the sense Theodore was a couple years removed from being an MVP, so why draft another goalie(and that might be the basis of people saying it was surprising)

All that being said it wasn't like Price was an out of nowhere pick

 

[brachyrynchos]

Lidstrom.

 

[krutovsdonut]

bure

 

[voxel]

Clayton Keller was a little early also like Hayton and Hampus Lindholm, but not like Hickey, Wheeler though. Scheifele definitely went earlier than projected.

 

[93LEAFS]

I guess when I think of this example, Blake Wheeler is the guy that comes to mind. Huge "reach" at #5 turned into a good 1st line winger. I think it's arguable Price was too. Any other ideas? Sorry if this isn't the board for this since most of the posts are about prospects. Thought this would be a good discussion.

To be honest though, in retrospect from the Coyotes perspective drafting Blake Wheeler at 5 was terrible for them.

He didn't end up a great player, but Nik Antropov was a solid player for the Leafs for a decade or so, and he was a very off the board pick. Scheifele was a slight reach at the time. Hampus Lindholm is a very successful reach pick.

 

[BruinsFanSince94]

Jake DeBrusk

 

[EpicDing]

The fact that a Rangers fan asked this accurately depicts the mental state of our board right now. (Not a shot at you Snowblind, just found it funny)

 

[Icebreakers]

Bo Horvat, now in hindsight it wasnt THAT big of a reach but Nichushkin, Shinkaruk, Domi, Wennberg, Lazar, Zadorov etc available

The hockey news had him at #21
Craig Button had him at 19

Among fans, it was a reach, the boards were laughing at the Canucks for trading Schneider and taking Horvat.

 

[Frk It]

Tyler Bertuzzi was the #207 ranked NA skater by Central Scouting, Detroit picked him at #58.

Absolutely hated that pick when it happened, but he had a pretty good rookie season (.5PPG) and looks like a pretty good player.

 

[Em etah Eh]

I can’t seem to find a video of Oshie getting drafted in 2005, but the HF blues prospect thread for him was titled “who is T.J. Oshie?”. Can’t find that either. I just remember everybody being like “wtf?” when that pick was made. Ended up being a very solid pick for a late first rounder.

 

[voxel]

I can’t seem to find a video of Oshie getting drafted in 2005, but the HF blues prospect thread for him was titled “who is T.J. Oshie?”. Can’t find that either. I just remember everybody being like “wtf?” when that pick was made. Ended up being a very solid pick for a late first rounder.

He wasn't a reach. As I recall (way back in 2008/9) the Oilers had a jersey with his name on it, but had to settle for Cogliano a single pick later.

 

[voxel]

A bunch of late firsts are also reach. i.e Riley Nash. Oilers fans were like WTF? He didn't sign (forced a trade a few years later) but you could see the skill with him in the NCAA.

 

[ginomini]

Mark Jankowski looks like he could fit it that category

 

[madmike77]

Mark Jankowski looks like he could fit it that category

He turned out well, but despite all the fun made of the pick at the time, he was probably at worst a 2nd rounder of some kind, so it's not like the pick was as "out there" as some experts seemed to think.

If Feaster hadn't made his silly comment about Janko possibly being the best player in the draft five years down the road I don't think people would have made as big a deal of the pick.

 

[Em etah Eh]

He wasn't a reach. As I recall (way back in 2008/9) the Oilers had a jersey with his name on it, but had to settle for Cogliano a single pick later.

Yeah, I wish I could look up old info on that but looks like the thread and vids have all been purged.

 

[bossram]

Hampus Lindholm.

This is the best example thus far in the thread. IIRC, Lindholm's consensus rating was more late-1st/early-2nd, so to take him at 6 took some cahones.

 

[Kingsfan1]

Scheifle
Debrusk
Hampus Lindholm
Simmonds in 07 wasn’t even ranked.

 

[Sticks and Pucks]

Ryan Johansen was a bit of a reach at fourth overall but he turned out pretty good.

 

[SnowblindNYR]

The fact that a Rangers fan asked this accurately depicts the mental state of our board right now. (Not a shot at you Snowblind, just found it funny)

Eh, it's something I've been interested in for a while. I don't think we took TOO many off the board picks. The goalie, whose name I keep forgetting and am too lazy to look up is the worst one I think.

 

[MikeSteaks]

OEL