Steals of the draft!

[habs1988]

I just want to know who were the best steals of the past draft? I'm tlaking aboute 3th round and more. Don't tell me P.Bergeron. I want guys taken at low pick. Thanks!

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[Big Bill]

There are tons and I am sure there are a number of threads about this.

Prucha - 8th round
Lundqvist 7th Round
etc...

 

[hifk88]

Jussi Jokinen - Dallas, 6th round, #192pick, 2001.

 

[Transported Upstater]

Jesse Niniimaki.



(Sorry Oilers fans, I had to...)

 

[HabzManiac]

Andrei Markov

Andrei Markov was drafted by the Canadiens in the 6th round 162nd overall. He's turning out to be a gem.

 

[Amazing Oopah]

Datsyuk and Zetterberg also fall under this category.

Detroit scouting department =

 

[inferno98]

Daniel Alfredsson
Drafted: Year: 1994 Round: 6 Pick: 133, Senators

I would consider him a steal

 

[WhiskeyYerTheDevils]

I think he meant this past years draft (2005). In that case i would say sergei kostitsyn of the london knights. Drafted 200th overall and having a great year.

 

[Malakhov]

I think he meant this past years draft (2005). In that case i would say sergei kostitsyn of the london knights. Drafted 200th overall and having a great year.

With Schremp and Bolland

 

[clay]

Matt Butcher, Vancouver's fifth round pick in '05 just finshed a 100+ point season with the Chilliwack Chiefs of the BCHL.

 

[Amadeus]

Matt Butcher, Vancouver's fifth round pick in '05 just finshed a 100+ point season with the Chilliwack Chiefs of the BCHL.

I've heard Vancouver's scouting is one of the worst in the league. Is there any truth to this?!

 

[UserName]

i wouldn't say it's the worst right now, but throughout the history of the organization, the drafting is pretty horrible.

 

[Bryanbryoil]

Slava Trukhno has done nothing but improve his stock this season.

 

[Amazing Oopah]

I think he meant this past years draft (2005). In that case i would say sergei kostitsyn of the london knights. Drafted 200th overall and having a great year.

Hmm, kinda hard to decide who is a steal or not at the NHL level when most of the draftees haven't played much in the NHL this season.

I would think we'll know the steals from 2005 in the next 2 or 3 years.

 

[Bootsauce]

My homer picks would be Garth Butchers son Matt who was mentioned above and Vincent, who could have went as high as a late first round pick. Had a slow start but a strong finish this year according to those that followed him.

 

[OrrNumber4]

Evegeni Nabakov, ninth
Miikka Kipprusoff, fifth
Vesa Toskala, fourth

 

[Lupul*]

Dominik Hasek takes the cake. 10th round pick.

Antero Niittymaki was selected in the 6th round IIRC.

 

[Hellström]

Tomas Kaberle, round 8 #204

Kyle Calder, round 5 # 130

 

[Default101]

Tomas Pospisil, 5th round, Atlanta, was scouted to be a low 1st early 2nd but he broke his leg halfway through the season no one wanted to touch him for some reaosn he fell to 5th, played amazing in the OHL, was being called a hybrid of Jussi Jokinen and Milan Hejduk, i think that's hyping him up a bit much but he's definately done to OHL goalies on breakaway/shootouts what jussi jokinen has done to NHL goaltenders in shootouts, incredable moves and uses his stickhandling abilities to freeze defencemen, he should turn out to be a huge steal for Atlanta!

 

[Geese_Howard*]

Dominik Hasek takes the cake. 10th round pick.

Antero Niittymaki was selected in the 6th round IIRC.

Hasek is a steal, lots of average players are taken in the later rounds... Nittymaki is an average player.

He's talking about steals, no one knew about them and they were really studs, ie kipper, kaberle, a markov, prucha, lundqvist, zetterberg, etc, nittymaki isn;t in that league

 

[insider]

Trukhno and OSullivan

 

[DaveG]

my personal favorite late round selection:
Danil Markov (9th round #223 OA, 1995)

from the 1998 draft alone:
Brad Richards (3rd round, #64OA)
Erik Cole (3rd round,#71OA)
Dmitri Afanasenkov (3rd round, #72OA)
Brian Gionta (3rd round, #82OA)
Josef Vasicek (4th round, #91OA)
Shawn Horcoff (4th round, #99OA)
Jaroslav Spacek (5th round, #117OA)
Andrew Raycroft (5th round, #135OA)
Mikael Samuelsson (5th round, #145OA)
Trent Hunter (6th round, #150OA)
Chris Neil (6th round, #161OA)
Andrei Markov (6th round, #162OA)
Ales Kotalik (6th round, #164OA)
Pavel Datsyuk (6th round, #171OA)
Niko Kapanen (6th round, #173OA)
Tyler Anrason (7th round, #183OA)
Jaroslav Svoboda (8th round, #208OA)
Michael Ryder (8th round, #216OA)
Karlis Skratsins (9th round, #230OA)
Martin Cibak (9th round, #252OA)

 

[Frolov 6'3]

Here we go again.

1984, 9th round, #171 overall. Guess who ?

 

[insider]

how bout 84, round 6, 117th overall?
or round 9, 180 overall?

 

[Bruinster*]

Here we go again.

1984, 9th round, #171 overall. Guess who ?

Lucky Luc