There is a NHL draft thread already.
Seems worthy of its own thread to me. When's the last time (other than JMFJ) that we had a top 10 pick on the roster? (KNOCK ON WOOD!!!!!!!!)
Max Pacioretty.
Hopefully Trouba stays longer than he did.
He asked when was the last time we had a Top 10 pick on the roster not named JMFJ. Patch wasn't Top 10. He went 22nd overall.
Last Top 10 before JMFJ was goalie Al Montoya in 2004 (6th overall to NYR), one year before Jack.
Eric Nystrom went 10th overall in 2002. And Mike Komisarek went 7th overall in 2001.
It looks like Trouba is the 7th highest pick we've ever had. He's in good company up there
Name | Overall Pick | Team | Year |
---|---|---|---|
Jack Johnson | 3 | Carolina | 2005 |
Aaron Ward | 5 | Winnipeg | 1991 |
Al Montoya | 6 | NYR | 2004 |
Mike Komisarek | 7 | Montreal | 2001 |
Ryan Sittler | 7 | Philadelphia | 1992 |
David Shand | 8 | Atlanta (Flames) | 1976 |
JACOB TROUBA | 9 | Winnipeg | 2012 |
Eric Nystrom | 10 | Calgary | 2002 |
Jeff Jillson | 14 | San Jose | 1999 |
Mark Mitera | 19 | Anaheim | 2006 |
Bryan Deasley | 19 | Detroit | 1987 |
Yes, he was Darryl Sittler's kid. No, he never panned out.
Ryan became the poster boy for leaving college early and becoming an NHL bust. Had 9-24-33 points in 35 games as a freshman, then the sophomore slump 9-9-18 in 26 games. Ryan decided to leave Michigan and pursue his pro career after that. His pro career consisted of eight teams over five years in the AHL and ECHL before quitting at the age of 25. He never played an NHL game.
Our last Top-10 pick was Johnson, 3rd overall to Carolina. That was it. We have had a large number of players drafted in the middle of the 1st, but not this high in a long time.
Wait a second.... The Winnipeg Jets are a team again?
Aaron Ward got drafted in the top 10 by the Winnipeg Jets back in the day. I'd take that.
Forgive my ignorance (I don't follow hockey), but how can an incoming freshman be drafted? Does this mean he's not coming? He's only staying a year? What gives?
It means that team owns his rights, I don't believe he signs a contract or anything (please correct me if im wrong) so he can still play in college. Most nhl draft picks play in the AHL or some of the other minor leagues before they make it to the NHL anyways so the teams don't usually care too much about them being in the system or not, with exceptions of course.
All players age 19 or older [(i) any player who will be age 18 on or before September 15 in the year in which such Entry Draft is held, or (ii) reaches his 19th birthday between September 16 and December 31, both dates included, next following Entry Draft, can attain eligibility by delivering to the League a written notice (Opt in Form) prior to the later of May 1, or seven days following the date such player finishes competing on his team in the year in which such draft is to be held.] are eligible for claim in the Entry Draft, except: (i) A Player on the Reserve List of a Club, other than as a try-out; (ii) A player who has been claimed in two prior Entry Drafts; (iii) A player who previously played in the League and became a free agent pursuant to the Collective Bargaining Agreement; (iv) A plyer age 21 or older who had played hockey for at least one season in North America when he was age 18, 19 or 20In short, anybody aged 18-20 is eligible to be drafted
In the NHL, you don't lose your amateur status by getting drafted, the team is just getting the rights to offer you a professional contract for a certain period of time. If you're a college player, they have exclusive rights to sign you up until 30 days after you finish school. Otherwise, they have two years to sign you (roughly when players drafted at age 18 will be hitting the age limit of 20 for Canadian junior hockey). If they don't sign you by then, you just become a free agent. Most players continue to develop in the NCAA/OHL/WHL/etc. for at least a year before they get signed (why pay to develop them when you can have somebody else pay to do it for you?), and typically the only ones that get offered a professional contract right away are the elite few that are ready to jump straight to the NHL (Crosby, Stamkos, etc.).
I'm just curious what's wrong with this post that someone would "moderate" it that way. The prior poster made a point that was absolutely not true and I just corrected the information. A player DOES have to "declare" for the NHL draft, so the comment about being ineligible is just not true. Under the current system, if a player does not submit their opt in paperwork, they cannot be drafted. Have we really reached a point here were stating a fact is somehow considered inappropriate here?
The one word sentence is a dick move. I know. I use it. I like it. It gets downvoted because it makes you sound like an asshole. I guess they want us to say something like, "Actually you do have to opt in for the NHL Draft."
That's a fair point. I should have written it differently. I can see how it could come across that way. Definitely not how I meant it, though.
Ok, yeah, I understand what you meant now. I totally wasn't meaning to be a dick with my prior comment. It was just short because I was on my phone. I apologize if it came across any way other than just trying to correct what I saw as a misstatement. Considering that so few people understand how the NHL draft works, I was just trying to be helpful. I should have worded it differently.
I wish football and basketball did it this way.
You would need the NFL to establish a full-on minor league system (ala the MLB and NHL) for drafting out of high school to make sense, IMO. I do like Brian's idea about expanding the existing D-League and NBA draft to four or five rounds, though.