yababy
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this is where it all starts to go wrong.
I won't get into how poor the 2nd round and later picks are - focus on the long history of 1st round failures.
1st round is supposed to be where a team can find the most success at picking an NHL player
1982 Jim Playfair (20)
1983 Jeff Beukaboom (19)
1984 Selmar Odelien (21)
1985 Scott Metcalff (20)
1986 Kim Issel (21)
1987 Peter Soberlak (21)
1988 Francois Leroux (19)
1989 Jason Soules (15)
1990 Scott Allison (17)
Here is where it starts to look horrible (high picks)
1991 Tyler Wright (12), Martin Rucinsky (20)
1992 Joe Hulbig (13)
1993 Jason Arnott (7), Nick Stajuhar (16)
1994 Jason Bonsignore (4), Ryan Smyth (6)
1995 Steve Kelly (6)
1996 Boyd Devereaux (6), Matthieu Descoteaux (19)
1997 Michel Riesen (14)
1998 Michael Henrich (13)
1999 Jani Rita (13)
2000 Alexei Mikhnov (13)
2001 Ales Hemsky (13)
2002 Jesse Niniimaki (15)
2003 Marc-Antoine Pouliot (22)
2004 Devan Dubnyk (14), Rob Schremp (25)
2005 Andrew Cogliano (25)
2006
2007 Sam Gagner (6), Alex Plante (15), Riley Nash (21)
2008 Jordan Eberle (22)
2009 Magnus Pajaarvi (10)
2010 Taylor Hall (1)
2011 Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (1)
2012 Nail Yakupov (1)
2013 Darnell Nurse (7)
2014 Leon Draisaitl (3)
2015 Connor McDavid (1)
2016 Jesse Puljujarvi (4)
2017 Kailer Yamamoto (22)
2018 Evan Bouchard (10)
Beukaboom, Arnott, Smyth, Hemsky, Cogliano,, Eberle, Hall, Draisaitl, McDavid
Are all on par with expectations.
Every other player is well below or bust.
That's 9/44 success rate
2007 a particularly brain dead year. 3 picks are supposed to set up Edmonton for a decade
No wonder this team has been horrible for so long.
Check the draft history
I won't get into how poor the 2nd round and later picks are - focus on the long history of 1st round failures.
1st round is supposed to be where a team can find the most success at picking an NHL player
1982 Jim Playfair (20)
1983 Jeff Beukaboom (19)
1984 Selmar Odelien (21)
1985 Scott Metcalff (20)
1986 Kim Issel (21)
1987 Peter Soberlak (21)
1988 Francois Leroux (19)
1989 Jason Soules (15)
1990 Scott Allison (17)
Here is where it starts to look horrible (high picks)
1991 Tyler Wright (12), Martin Rucinsky (20)
1992 Joe Hulbig (13)
1993 Jason Arnott (7), Nick Stajuhar (16)
1994 Jason Bonsignore (4), Ryan Smyth (6)
1995 Steve Kelly (6)
1996 Boyd Devereaux (6), Matthieu Descoteaux (19)
1997 Michel Riesen (14)
1998 Michael Henrich (13)
1999 Jani Rita (13)
2000 Alexei Mikhnov (13)
2001 Ales Hemsky (13)
2002 Jesse Niniimaki (15)
2003 Marc-Antoine Pouliot (22)
2004 Devan Dubnyk (14), Rob Schremp (25)
2005 Andrew Cogliano (25)
2006
2007 Sam Gagner (6), Alex Plante (15), Riley Nash (21)
2008 Jordan Eberle (22)
2009 Magnus Pajaarvi (10)
2010 Taylor Hall (1)
2011 Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (1)
2012 Nail Yakupov (1)
2013 Darnell Nurse (7)
2014 Leon Draisaitl (3)
2015 Connor McDavid (1)
2016 Jesse Puljujarvi (4)
2017 Kailer Yamamoto (22)
2018 Evan Bouchard (10)
Beukaboom, Arnott, Smyth, Hemsky, Cogliano,, Eberle, Hall, Draisaitl, McDavid
Are all on par with expectations.
Every other player is well below or bust.
That's 9/44 success rate
2007 a particularly brain dead year. 3 picks are supposed to set up Edmonton for a decade
No wonder this team has been horrible for so long.
Check the draft history