The 1990 draft is, in many ways, the gold standard of NHL entry drafts in the modern era. A ton of stars came out of the first round, and it was this draft which I used to post this line of questioning of Offthepost.net.
Here's how it looked in real life:
1 QUE Owen Nolan R
2 VAN Petr Nedved L
3 DET Keith Primeau C
4 PHA Mike Ricci C
5 PGH Jaromir Jagr R
6 NYI Scott Scissons C
7 LA Darryl Sydor D
8 MIN Derian Hatcher D
9 WAS John Slaney D
10 TOR Drake Berehowsky D
11 CGY (NJ) Trevor Kidd G
12 MTL (STL) Turner Stevenson R
13 NYR Michael Stewart D
14 BUF (WPG) Brad May L
15 HFD Mark Greig R
16 CHI Karl Dykhuis D
17 EDM Scott Allison W
18 VAN (MTL) Shawn Antoski L
19 WPG (BUF) Keith Tkachuk L
20 NJ (CGY) Martin Brodeur G
21 BOS Bryan Smolinski C
A couple ironies to note right off the bat... both switches of first-round picks (WPG/BUF and NJ/CGY) seem to have backfired for the teams trading up...
Using these players only, you can do it all again... what's your order? I imagine we'll see a lot of Brodeur #1 and Jagr #2, but there's a fair bit of wiggle room. Scott Scissons third overall, perhaps?
Here's your template to work with:
1 QUE
2 VAN
3 DET
4 PHA
5 PGH
6 NYI
7 LA
8 MIN
9 WAS
10 TOR
11 CGY (NJ)
12 MTL (STL)
13 NYR
14 BUF (WPG)
15 HFD
16 CHI
17 EDM
18 VAN (MTL)
19 WPG (BUF)
20 NJ (CGY)
21 BOS
Here's how it looked in real life:
1 QUE Owen Nolan R
2 VAN Petr Nedved L
3 DET Keith Primeau C
4 PHA Mike Ricci C
5 PGH Jaromir Jagr R
6 NYI Scott Scissons C
7 LA Darryl Sydor D
8 MIN Derian Hatcher D
9 WAS John Slaney D
10 TOR Drake Berehowsky D
11 CGY (NJ) Trevor Kidd G
12 MTL (STL) Turner Stevenson R
13 NYR Michael Stewart D
14 BUF (WPG) Brad May L
15 HFD Mark Greig R
16 CHI Karl Dykhuis D
17 EDM Scott Allison W
18 VAN (MTL) Shawn Antoski L
19 WPG (BUF) Keith Tkachuk L
20 NJ (CGY) Martin Brodeur G
21 BOS Bryan Smolinski C
A couple ironies to note right off the bat... both switches of first-round picks (WPG/BUF and NJ/CGY) seem to have backfired for the teams trading up...
Using these players only, you can do it all again... what's your order? I imagine we'll see a lot of Brodeur #1 and Jagr #2, but there's a fair bit of wiggle room. Scott Scissons third overall, perhaps?
Here's your template to work with:
1 QUE
2 VAN
3 DET
4 PHA
5 PGH
6 NYI
7 LA
8 MIN
9 WAS
10 TOR
11 CGY (NJ)
12 MTL (STL)
13 NYR
14 BUF (WPG)
15 HFD
16 CHI
17 EDM
18 VAN (MTL)
19 WPG (BUF)
20 NJ (CGY)
21 BOS