zoranr
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- Jan 10, 2005
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Just for fun. In hindsight, who should have gone No.1 in past NHL Entry Drafts, starting with the first Entry Draft in 1979.
Year No.1 pick....................Should be No.1
2006 Erik Johnson ............. can't rank yet
2005 Sidney Crosby
2004 Alex Ovechkin
2003 M-A Fleury................. Eric Staal (2)
2002 Rick Nash
2001 Ilya Kovalchuk
2000 Rick DiPietro.............. Dany Heatley (2)
1999 Pavel Stefan.............. Martin Havlat (26)
1998 Vincent Lecavalier
1997 Joe Thornton
1996 Chris Phillips............. Daniel Briere (24)
1995 Bryan Berard............. Jarome Iginla (11)
1994 Ed Jovanovski........... Ryan Smyth (6)
1993 Alexandre Daigle........ Chris Pronger (2)
1992 Roman Hamrlik
1991 Eric Lindros
1990 Owen Nolan............... Jaromir Jagr (5)
1989 Mats Sundin
1988 Mike Modano
1987 Pierre Turgeon
1986 Joe Murphy ................ Brian Leetch (9)
1985 Wendel Clark............. Joe Nieuwendyk (27)
1984 Mario Lemieux
1983 Brian Lawton.............. Steve Yzerman (4)
1982 Gord Kluzak............... Dave Andreychuk (16)
1981 Dale Hawerchuk
1980 Doug Wickenheiser...... Paul Coffey (6)
1979 Rob Ramage............... take your pick (Mike Gartner,
Ray Bourque, Mark Messier...)
Year No.1 pick....................Should be No.1
2006 Erik Johnson ............. can't rank yet
2005 Sidney Crosby
2004 Alex Ovechkin
2003 M-A Fleury................. Eric Staal (2)
2002 Rick Nash
2001 Ilya Kovalchuk
2000 Rick DiPietro.............. Dany Heatley (2)
1999 Pavel Stefan.............. Martin Havlat (26)
1998 Vincent Lecavalier
1997 Joe Thornton
1996 Chris Phillips............. Daniel Briere (24)
1995 Bryan Berard............. Jarome Iginla (11)
1994 Ed Jovanovski........... Ryan Smyth (6)
1993 Alexandre Daigle........ Chris Pronger (2)
1992 Roman Hamrlik
1991 Eric Lindros
1990 Owen Nolan............... Jaromir Jagr (5)
1989 Mats Sundin
1988 Mike Modano
1987 Pierre Turgeon
1986 Joe Murphy ................ Brian Leetch (9)
1985 Wendel Clark............. Joe Nieuwendyk (27)
1984 Mario Lemieux
1983 Brian Lawton.............. Steve Yzerman (4)
1982 Gord Kluzak............... Dave Andreychuk (16)
1981 Dale Hawerchuk
1980 Doug Wickenheiser...... Paul Coffey (6)
1979 Rob Ramage............... take your pick (Mike Gartner,
Ray Bourque, Mark Messier...)