Your Team's Best Roster of Late Draft Picks

[dire wolf]

I'm bored on my lunch break, and the thread about who is the biggest draft steal of all time got me wondering about every team's best late-round picks. Post your favorite team's best roster of players drafted by that team pick 100 or later. Here is my quick stab at a Sabres roster. I didn't put any thought into line positions or ranking. The numbers in parentheses are the draft numbers. I know teams like Detroit will destroy this roster (except maybe in goal)

Marcus Foligno (104) – Brandon Hagel (159) - Victor Olofsson (181)
Ales Kotalik (164) - Derek Plante (161) – Donald Audette (183)
Randy Cunneyworth (167) – Christian Ruutu (134) – Nathan Gerbe (142)
Paul Byron (179) - Paul Gaustad (220) – Pat Kaleta (176)
Ken Baumgartner (245) – Brian Holzinger (124)

Brian Campbell (156) – Sean O’Donnell (123)
Dennis Wideman (241) – Shane Hnidy (173)
Uwe Krupp (214) – Joe Reekie (119)
Nathan Paetsch (167)

Ryan Miller (138)
Linus Ullmark (163)
Steve Shields (101)

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[DaveG]

Man, I don't even think you CAN make a team for my team using this, and that's even with some great picks that would qualify (Slavin, Andersen, Legace, Joe Reekie, Espen Knutsen)

edit: best stab at this:

Jaro Svoboda (208) - Espen Knutsen (204) - Steven Lorentz (186)
Michel Picard (178) - Randy Gilhen (109) - Chris Terry (132)
Ken Belanger (153) - Byron Ritchie (165) - Craig Adams (223)
Scott Daniels (136) - Clark Bishop (127) - Shane Churla (110)

Jaccob Slavin (126) - Joe Reekie (124)
Nolan Pratt (115) - Michal Jordan (105)
Brett Bellemore (162) - Steve Halko (225)

Freddy Andersen (187)
Manny Legace (188)

Jackson Blake (109) will probably be on this list eventually

some near misses that would have been great adds: Nic Roy (96), Nic Wallin (97), Shane Willis (88), Sami Kapanen (87), Josef Vasicek (91)

 

[TheBeard]

Ryan Clowe L (175) Joe Pavelski C (205) Mikael Samuelsson R (145)
John Leonard L (182) Tommy Wingels C (177) Labanc R (171)
Rudolfs Balcers L (142) Noah Gregor C (111) Adam Raska R (201)
Alex Korolyuk L (141) Nick Bonino C (173) Matt Bradley R (201)
Torrey Mitchell C (126)
Sean Kuraly C (133)

Jason Demers (186) Justin Braun (201)
Christian Erhoff (106) Douglas Murray (241)
Joakim Ryan (198) Dylan DeMelo (179)

Miikka Kiprusoff (116)
Evgeni Nabokov (219)
Alex Stalock (112)

Goaltending isn't an issue lol.

 

[Realgud]

Zetterberg (210) - Datsyuk (171) - Holmstrom (257)
Nyquist (121) - Helm (132) - Drake (116)
Gallant (107) - Athanasiou (110) - McKay (113)
Grimson (186) - Polonich (118) - Lyle (123)

Konstantinov (221) - Jensen (150)
Ericsson (291) - McGillis (238)
Quincey (132) - York (129)

Petr Mrazek (141)
Norm Maracle (126)

 

[Xirik]

Devils

Bratt (162) Sharangovich (141) Gritsyuk (129)
Seney (157) Kerfoot (150) Wood (100)
Jansen (117) Sullivan (233) Dowd (144)
Peluso (190) Todd (129) Semak (207)

Fayne (155) Egelland (194)
Mitchell(199) Fetisov (145)
Kasatonov (225) Huscroft (171)

McLean (107) Clemmenson(215) Mason(122)

 

[WarriorOfGandhi]

it's a thin list for Colorado, who have been almost entire futile at non-1st rounders for about 2 decades now

Radim Vrbata (212) Samuel Pahlsson (176) Marek Svatos (227)
Dan Hinote (167) Brad Richardson (163) David Jones (288)
Joe Blandisi (162) Brad Malone (105) Brian Willsie (146)
Brandon Yip (174) Cody McCormick (144)

JM Liles (159) Tom Gilbert (129)
Will Butcher (123) Jeff Finger (240)
Kyle Cumiskey (222)

David Aebischer (161)
Brent Johnson (129)

 

[Dr Jan Itor]

My team has ~6 guys worth a damn, but at least one of them is Kaprizov.

 

[LuGBuG]

Ducks

Matt Beleskey(112) - PA Parenteau(264) - Troy Terry(148)

Drew Miller(186) - Trent Hunter(150) - Ondrej Kase (205)

Chris Wagner(122) - Jeremy Stevenson(262) - Bates Battaglia (132)

Petr Tenkrat(230) - Antti Aalto (134)- Joel Perrault(137)


Sami Vatanen (106) - Josh Manson(160)
Jaycob Megna(132) - Shane Obrien(250)
Henry Thrun(101) - Pavel Trnka(106)


Martin Gerber(232)

Mikhail Shtalenkov(108)

 

[pth2]

Going only by guys I saw play:

Brian Savage (171) Craig Conroy (123) Oleg Petrov (127)
Sergei Kostitsyn (200) Darcy Tucker (151) Michael Ryder (216)
Charles Hudon (122) Mikhail Grabovski (150) Brendan Gallagher (147)
Jake Evans (207)-Paul Dipietro (102)-Joshua Roy (150)

Andrei Markov (162) Mark Streit (262)
Lyle Odelein (141) Sean Hill (167)
Brett Clark (154) Stephane Robidas (164)

Tomas Vokoun (226)
Halak (271)
Cayden Primeau (199)

Plenty of strength in net, and offense on D. Lack of high-end forwards is compensated by great depth.
Going farther back would mean adding McPhee, Kurvers, Acton, Fetisov, Nilan....

 

[AnInjuredJasonZucker]

Oilers late round drafting has been awful. I even cheated by putting Horcoff in here:

Miroslav Satan	144​	Shawn Horcoff	99​	Fernando Pisani	195​
Jason Chimera	121​	Kyle Brodziak	214​	Kelly Buchberger	188​
Shjon Podein	166​	Marc Habscheid	113​	Todd Ewen	168​
Tobias Rieder	114​	Matthew Lombardi	215​	Shaun Van Allen	105​
Anatoli Semenov	120​	David Oliver	144​
Steve Smith	111​	John Marino	154​
Michael Kesselring	164​	Vincent Desharnais	183​
Ethan Bear	124​	Brandon Davidson	162​
Caleb Jones	117​
Andy Moog	132​
Jussi Markkanen	133​

 

[HugeInTheShire]

Devils:

Bratt (162) Kevin Todd (129) Alex Kerfoot (150)
Zelepukin (221) Sullivan (233) Sharangovich (141)
Wood (100) Semak (207) Dowd (149)
Peluso (190) Yelle (186) Jansen (117)

Fetisov (145) Kasatonov (225)
Willie Mitchell (199) Modry (179)
Engelland (194) Fayne (155)

McLean (107) Clemmenson (215) Chris Mason (122)

 

[AnInjuredJasonZucker]

it's a thin list for Colorado, who have been almost entire futile at non-1st rounders for about 2 decades now

Radim Vrbata (212) Samuel Pahlsson (176) Marek Svatos (227)
Dan Hinote (167) Brad Richardson (163) David Jones (288)
Joe Blandisi (162) Brad Malone (105) Brian Willsie (146)
Brandon Yip (174) Cody McCormick (144)

JM Liles (159) Tom Gilbert (129)
Will Butcher (123) Jeff Finger (240)
Kyle Cumiskey (222)

David Aebischer (161)
Brent Johnson (129)

You're selling your team short by cutting it off in the Avalanche era. The Nordiques had some late round steals.

 

[ChaoticOrange]

Well my favourite team (Edmonton) has been ass at drafting for 25 years but I'll take a shot...

Miroslav Satan(111) - Matt Lombardi (215) - Fernando Pisani (195)
Jason Chimera (121) - Marc Habscheid (113) - Kelly Buchberger (188)
Anatoli Semenov (120) - Kyle Brodziak (214) - Tobias Rieder (114)
Shjon Podein (166) - Shaun Van Allen (105) - Todd Ewen (168)

Steve Smith (111)- Vincent Desharnais (183)
John Marino (154) - Ethan Bear (124)
Caleb Jones (117) - Troy Bodie (278)

Andy Moog (132)
Jussi Markkanen (133)

HM: Shawn Horcoff was drafted 99th overall, just missing the cut.

 

[ChaoticOrange]

Oilers late round drafting has been awful. I even cheated by putting Horcoff in here:

Miroslav Satan	144​	Shawn Horcoff	99​	Fernando Pisani	195​
Jason Chimera	121​	Kyle Brodziak	214​	Kelly Buchberger	188​
Shjon Podein	166​	Marc Habscheid	113​	Todd Ewen	168​
Tobias Rieder	114​	Matthew Lombardi	215​	Shaun Van Allen	105​
Anatoli Semenov	120​	David Oliver	144​
Steve Smith	111​	John Marino	154​
Michael Kesselring	164​	Vincent Desharnais	183​
Ethan Bear	124​	Brandon Davidson	162​
Caleb Jones	117​
Andy Moog	132​
Jussi Markkanen	133​

I missed Steve Smith, good call

 

[HighNote]

Ladislav Nagy - Doug Gilmour - Paul Maclean
Alexey Toropchenko - Cliff Ronning - Lee Stempniak
Sammy Blais - Michal Handzus - Mike Grier
Tony Twist - Ian Laperriere - Ryan Reaves

Niko Mikkola - Jani Hakanpaa
Bret Hedican - Risto Siltanen
Matthew Kessel - Roman Polak

Joel Hofer
Reto Berra

Pretty good top line, but beyond that and Ronning, it ain't lookin too good. Defense is awful. With goaltending it's hard to tell because Hofer hasn't had a ton of games.

The 4th line will murder you.

 

[Sidney the Kidney]

I'll base it on when I started to really follow and understand hockey, so about 1987 and beyond?

Ryan Malone - Max Talbot - Josh Archibald
Shawn McEachern - Jan Hrdina - Michel Oullet
Matt Moulson - Joe Vitale - Tom Kuhnhackl
Dominik Simon - Sam Lafferty - Tom Kostopolous


Jake Muzzin - Rob Scuderi
Michal Rozsival - Ian Moran
Andrew Ference - David Koci

Patrick Lalime
Chad Johnson

Not ... good overall. Good at LW and decent depth on defense, but pretty shit everywhere else.

 

[TheBeard]

Ladislav Nagy - Doug Gilmour - Paul Maclean
Alexey Toropchenko - Cliff Ronning - Lee Stempniak
Sammy Blais - Michal Handzus - Mike Grier
Tony Twist - Ian Laperriere - Ryan Reaves

Niko Mikkola - Jani Hakanpaa
Bret Hedican - Risto Siltanen
Matthew Kessel - Roman Polak

Joel Hofer
Reto Berra

Pretty good top line, but beyond that and Ronning, it ain't lookin too good. Defense is awful. With goaltending it's hard to tell because Hofer hasn't had a ton of games.

The 4th line will murder you.

That 4th line.

 

[Leafidelity]

I went back to 1991 and came up with this group

P. Engvall(188) - S. Berezin (256) - C. Brown(156)
L. Komarov(180) - K. Wellwood(134) - A. Johnsson(202)
D. Joshua(128) - P. Holmberg(156) - J. Mitchell(158)
S. Thornton(190) - D. Toninato(126) - R. Vandenbussche(173)

T. Kaberle(204) - A. Stralman(216)
I. White(191) - C. Gunnarsson(194)
D. Mironov(160) - D. Markov(223)

G. Sparks(190)
A. Bibeau(172)

Never drafted a starting goalie 100 or below... at least from 1963.

Reimer was close at 99

 

[PettersonHughes]

Canucks (pains me to write this):

Sundstrom, Larionov, Bure
Cooke, Gaudette, Hansen
Skriko, ___________, Dirk Graham
Dave Lowry, _______, Scott Walker
/ Jason King

Forsling, Bieksa
Snepsts, Aucoin
Lidster, Sopel
/Hutton

Empty Net

Managed to scrap together somewhat of a respectable D group and a solid crop of wingers, but the C and G lack of talent are embarrassing . What's worse is OP's Sabres and my Canucks joined the league in the same year, but there's a clear lack of drafting success for depth players. Hope Allvin can change that.

 

[Viqsi]

You didn't specify whether or not the player, upon being picked, had to have actually played for our team. So...

Sergei Mozyakin (263) - Dmitry Voronkov (114) - Cam Atkinson (157)
Matt Calvert (127) - Lukas Sedlak (158) - Jared Boll (101)
Lasse Pirjeta (133) - Emil Bemstrom (117) - Derek Dorsett (189)
Jaroslav Balastik (184) - Andrew Murray (242) - Carson Meyer (179)
Lennart Petrell (190), Trey Fix-Wolansky (212)

Vladislav Gavrikov (159) - Marc Methot (168)
Markus Nutivaara (189) - Grant Clitsome (271)
Petteri Nummelin (133) - Dalton Prout (154)
Brent Regner (137)

Anton Forsberg (188)
Tomas Popperle (131)


I considered listing Pirjeta on two different lines for @Double-Shift Lasse's sake but restrained myself.
Near-misses I thought I could count on but couldn't include David Savard (94), Josh Anderson (95), and Oliver Bjorkstrand (89). EDIT: Daniil Tarasov (86) was also closer than I expected (I thought he'd been picked higher) but still not within reach.

 

[Strawberry Fields]

Pelle Eklund (161)-Anton Stastny (198)-Rick Tocchet (121)
Pat Maroon (161)-Paul Holmgren (108)-Andy Brickley (210)
Alexander Selivanov (140)-Andrei Lomakin (138)-Dave Brown (140)
Oskar Lindblom (138)-Noah Cates (137)-Todd Fedoruk (164)

Gord Murphy (189)-Dennis Seidenberg (172)
Murray Baron (167)-Dmitry Yushkevich (132)
Dmitri Tertyshny (132)-Norm Barnes (122)

Ron Hextall (119)
Pete Peeters (135)

HM: Samuel Ersson (143), Zac Rinaldo (178), Roman Cechmanek (171), Antero Niittymaki (168), Radovan Somik (100), Colin Forbes (166), Johan Hedberg (218), Chris Herperger (223)

Ouch.

 

[TheBeard]

I went back to 1991 and came up with this group

P. Engvall(188) - S. Berezin (256) - C. Brown(156)
L. Komarov(180) - K. Wellwood(134) - A. Johnsson(202)
D. Joshua(128) - P. Holmberg(156) - J. Mitchell(158)
S. Thornton(190) - D. Toninato(126) - R. Vandenbussche(173)

T. Kaberle(204) - A. Stralman(216)
I. White(191) - C. Gunnarsson(194)
D. Mironov(160) - D. Markov(223)

G. Sparks(190)
A. Bibeau(172)

Never drafted a starting goalie 100 or below... at least from 1963.

Reimer was close at 99

This is so godawful.

 

[BringTheReign]

Luc Robitaille (171) - Robert Lang (133) - Dave Taylor (210)
Dwight King (109) - Kevin Stevens (108) - Dominik Kubalik (191)
Rem Murray (135) - Nic Dowd (198) - Jonny Brodzinski (148)
Jordan Nolan (186) - Mikey Eyssimont (142) - George Parros (222)
Brian McGrattan (104)

Kimmo Timonen (250) - Matt Roy (194)
Lubomir Visnovksy (118) - Garry Galley (100)
Mikey Anderson (103) - Jacob Middleton (210)
Colin Miller (151)

Cristobal Huet (214)
Mario Lessard (154)

All in all, not too bad. I knew defense and the wings would be stronger than centers and goaltending. I tried to keep positions and handedness correct for the most part.

If you include late round picks when the NHL had less teams, you could also add Billy Smith (5th round) in net and Butch Goring (5th round) up the middle. Smith would turn goaltending from a weakness into a strength especially with Huet as a solid backup. Without Goring, I had to move Stevens into the middle to avoid Nic Dowd in the top six.

 

[carjackmalone]

Canucks (pains me to write this):

Sundstrom, Larionov, Bure
Cooke, Gaudette, Hansen
Skriko, ___________, Dirk Graham
Dave Lowry, _______, Scott Walker
/ Jason King

Forsling, Bieksa
Snepsts, Aucoin
Lidster, Sopel
/Hutton

Empty Net

Managed to scrap together somewhat of a respectable D group and a solid crop of wingers, but the C and G lack of talent are embarrassing . What's worse is OP's Sabres and my Canucks joined the league in the same year, but there's a clear lack of drafting success for depth players. Hope Allvin can change that.

Mike Rogers should be on the list

 

[JFedol]

Zetterberg (210) - Datsyuk (171) - Holmstrom (257)
Nyquist (121) - Helm (132) - Drake (116)
Gallant (107) - Athanasiou (110) - McKay (113)
Grimson (186) - Polonich (118) - Lyle (123)

Konstantinov (221) - Jensen (150)
Ericsson (291) - McGillis (238)
Quincey (132) - York (129)

Petr Mrazek (141)
Norm Maracle (126)

Wouldn't you want to split up Zetterberg and have him on the 2nd with Helm on the 3rd considering he did play a good amount of time as centre?