Which Draft had the best top 5 in the 2000s?

[TorontoTrades]

Draft classes take years based on later round picks developing, hidden gems being discovered etc.. but the top 5 are the studs... the guys everyone knows everything about before the draft.

I was going to do 2000-2009 however the 2000 class sporting Dipietro, Klesla and Torres isn't worth mentioning...


using the 2001-2010 draft classes which do you think produced the best... using this time frame and nothing more recent because at this point you know what they are.



2001: Ilya Kovalchuk, Jason Spezza, Alexander Svitov, Stephen Weiss, Stanislav Chistov

2002: Rick Nash, Kari Lehtonen, Jay Bouwmeester, Joni Pitkanen, Ryan Whitney

2003: Marc-Andre Fleury, Eric Staal, Nathan Horton, Nikolay Zherdev, Thomas Vanek

2004: Alexander Ovechkin, Evgeni Malkin, Cam Barker, Andrew Ladd, Blake Wheeler

2005: Sidney Crosby, Bobby Ryan, Jack Johnson, Benoit Pouliot, Carey Price

2006: Erik Johnson, Jordan Staal, Johnathon Toews, Nicklas Backstrom, Phil Kessel

2007: Patrick Kane, James Van Riemsdyk, Kyle Turris, Thomas Hickey, Karl Alzner

2008: Steven Stamkos, Drew Doughty, Zach Bogosian, Alex Pietrangelo, Luke Schenn

2009: John Tavares, Victor Hedman, Matt Duchene, Evander Kane, Brayden Schenn

2010: Taylor Hall, Tyler Seguin, Erik Gudbranson, Ryan Johansen, Nino Niederreiter

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[MPStoEberletoHall*]

2006 or 2008. Tough to decide

 

[Zaddy]

2006.

 

[FinPanda]

2004

 

[enj92]

2004 or 2006

 

[TorontoTrades]

it's tough each class had world class players in their class... 2006 being the only class without a "ya but" player though

 

[PRMan]

Not 2007.

Thanks, Dean.

 

[Captain Timo]

Toss up between 04/05/06 for me. 06 doesn't feature a player that you can say really doesn't belong, but I also think Crosby + Price and Malkin + Ovi are a better pair than any two players from 06.

 

[landy92mack29]

2006

 

[habsterr]

2004 followed by 2006

 

[GingerJesus28]

Would say 2004 but Cam Barker ruined it, so 2006.

 

[OilTastic]

2004. i'll always go with OV/Malkin. also, Wheeler has been at or near the top of the Jets scoring for several years now, with Ladd usually close behind.

 

[Sens of Anarchy]

2004: Alexander Ovechkin, Evgeni Malkin, Cam Barker, Andrew Ladd, Blake Wheeler

 

[mayfield7]

Mildly surprised no one has said 2005. Probably has the best forward and goalie of this era + 2 decent NHLers. A few years are close tho.

 

[Crosscrease14]

'03 because Horton is a hero for facilitating the Clarkson trade.