And how many developed in anything? I have no tim right now to search it. But i cant think of one in the last years. Just asking.
Whether the players are drafted from CHL, USHL/College or Europe, I think there is lots of stat evidence (which someone here will have) that after mid-2nd round, the chances of getting an NHL player out of the draft are very slim.
Finding guys in the 5th or 6th round who can play are a bonus, e.g. Lindblom, Laczynski, maybe Ersson. Teams that find gems like Kucherov later in the drafts are teams that have depth.
Teams like the Flyers that can find NHL players from undrafted free agents out of college, Jr or Europe do well. Myers, Zamula, Raffl for example, give you depth. We'll see about Jackson Cates and Sandin.
The Flyers have done well to get at least one, often two, regular players from each draft. I'm sure that's better than the league average.
In 2016, we drafted 10 players and 5 of them dressed for the Flyers this year. Not all will have NHL careers, but that's looking like a good draft if Allison keeps up his great start and Laczynski gets healthy, esp. considering the top two picks haven't made it.
You can look at all the guys we've drafted and see that almost all of them failed to make the NHL, whether from CHL, USHL/college bound, or Europe.
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