Past players that fell on draft day

[Walrus*]

Who are some past players that fell on draft day as Cherepanov and Esposito did? I'm just curious to see how they turned out. I seem to recall that Shremp was taken later than expected, but I'm more interested in picks from longer ago so we can get a better read on how they ended up.

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[Tek_Jansen]

Brady Quinn, and we're still waiting on the turnout

 

[The_Human_Atombomb]

Jiri Hudler

 

[MS]

Josh Holden
Dan Cleary
Petr Sykora
Jeff Friesen
Marek Schwarz
Brooks Orpik
Rob Schremp

... are the guys in the last 10-12 years who were consensus top 5-8 picks and had the same reaction on draft day to their ~10 pick falls as Esposito and Cherepanov today.

Mixed bag - some turned out well, others were spot on for the reasons they fell.

Hudler, Colagiacomo, and Latendresse were three 'mid-first rounders' who fell well past the first round - 2 turned out well, one horribly.

 

[Blane Youngblood]

Josh Holden
Dan Cleary
Petr Sykora
Jeff Friesen
Marek Schwarz
Brooks Orpik
Rob Schremp

Keep in mind of the people on that list Sykora dropped because he had a broken leg and Holden busted in part because a skate blade cut through the tendons in his arm making his wicked wristshot not so wicked.

 

[King'sPawn]

I'm not sure if Kopitar qualifies, but he was considered a top 5/6 pick, and he fell to 11th.

 

[Nalyd Psycho]

Josh Holden
Dan Cleary
Petr Sykora
Jeff Friesen
Marek Schwarz
Brooks Orpik
Rob Schremp

... are the guys in the last 10-12 years who were consensus top 5-8 picks and had the same reaction on draft day to their ~10 pick falls as Esposito and Cherepanov today.

Mixed bag - some turned out well, others were spot on for the reasons they fell.

Hudler, Colagiacomo, and Latendresse were three 'mid-first rounders' who fell well past the first round - 2 turned out well, one horribly.

At the risk of seriously dating myself, Colagiacomo is going to be the best playmaking winger ever.

 

[CaptainShark]

Pat O´Sullivan... Despite his personal problems I expected him to go a lot earlier!

 

[helicecopter]

I'm not sure if Kopitar qualifies, but he was considered a top 5/6 pick, and he fell to 11th.

Why shouldn't he qualify? he did fall, and for no reasons (the Slovenia ****) too!

 

[King'sPawn]

Why shouldn't he qualify? he did fall, and for no reasons (the Slovenia ****) too!

Well, he didn't plummet as far as Cherepanov did, which is why I wasn't sure if he qualified.

 

[Vagrant]

Zach Parise
Wojtek Wolski
Wes O'Neil
Evan McGrath

 

[Wisnutsen21]

sergei fedorov taken 74th overall

 

[badfish]

sergei fedorov taken 74th overall

Yeah but was he projected to go in the first round?