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- Jul 3, 2003
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Just for fun I decided to see how Avs drafting would have looked if they had, instead of using our scouts, just picked the highest still available player in the McKenzie final ranking. Since those rankings only go to 60-75 players, this parallel draft universe only stretch through the first three rounds.
Are you happy with what we actually got instead of what McKenzie's list would have had us draft?
2009
Avs drafted:
#3 Matt Duchene (C/LW)
#33 Ryan O'Reilly (C/LW)
#49 Stefan Elliott (D)
#64 Tyson Barrie (D)
McKenzie list drafted:
#3 Matt Duchene (C/LW) Ranked 3rd.
#33 Ryan O'Reilly (C/LW) Ranked 27th.
#49 Stefan Elliott (D) Ranked 35th.
#64 Joonas Nättinen (C) Ranked 36th.
2010
Avs drafted:
2010
#17 Joey Hishon (C)
#49 Calvin Pickard (G)
#71 Michaël Bournival (C/LW)
McKenzie list drafted:
#17 Austin Watson (RW/LW) Ranked 14th.
#49 Calvin Pickard (G) Ranked 31st.
#71 Stanislav Galiev (C) Ranked 40th.
2011
Avs drafted:
#2 Gabriel Landeskog (LW/RW)
#11 Duncan Siemens (D)
McKenzie list drafted:
#2 Adam Larsson (D) Ranked 2nd.
#11 Ryan Murphy (D) Ranked 8th.
2012
Avs drafted:
#41 Mitchell Heard (C/LW)
#72 Troy Bourke (C/LW)
McKenzie list drafted:
#41 Martin Frk (C/LW) Ranked 32nd.
#72 Daniil Zharkov (LW) Ranked 47th.
2013
Avs drafted:
#1 Nathan MacKinnon (C/RW)
#32 Chris Bigras (D)
#63 Spencer Martin (G)
McKenzie list drafted:
#1 Nathan MacKinnon (C/RW) Ranked 1st.
#32 Zach Fucale (G) Ranked 19th.
#63 Oliver Björkstrand (LW) Ranked 52nd.
Are you happy with what we actually got instead of what McKenzie's list would have had us draft?
2009
Avs drafted:
#3 Matt Duchene (C/LW)
#33 Ryan O'Reilly (C/LW)
#49 Stefan Elliott (D)
#64 Tyson Barrie (D)
McKenzie list drafted:
#3 Matt Duchene (C/LW) Ranked 3rd.
#33 Ryan O'Reilly (C/LW) Ranked 27th.
#49 Stefan Elliott (D) Ranked 35th.
#64 Joonas Nättinen (C) Ranked 36th.
2010
Avs drafted:
2010
#17 Joey Hishon (C)
#49 Calvin Pickard (G)
#71 Michaël Bournival (C/LW)
McKenzie list drafted:
#17 Austin Watson (RW/LW) Ranked 14th.
#49 Calvin Pickard (G) Ranked 31st.
#71 Stanislav Galiev (C) Ranked 40th.
2011
Avs drafted:
#2 Gabriel Landeskog (LW/RW)
#11 Duncan Siemens (D)
McKenzie list drafted:
#2 Adam Larsson (D) Ranked 2nd.
#11 Ryan Murphy (D) Ranked 8th.
2012
Avs drafted:
#41 Mitchell Heard (C/LW)
#72 Troy Bourke (C/LW)
McKenzie list drafted:
#41 Martin Frk (C/LW) Ranked 32nd.
#72 Daniil Zharkov (LW) Ranked 47th.
2013
Avs drafted:
#1 Nathan MacKinnon (C/RW)
#32 Chris Bigras (D)
#63 Spencer Martin (G)
McKenzie list drafted:
#1 Nathan MacKinnon (C/RW) Ranked 1st.
#32 Zach Fucale (G) Ranked 19th.
#63 Oliver Björkstrand (LW) Ranked 52nd.