Puck Prospectus: Devils Second Best Drafting Team since 1994

I found this link through the Devils forum on HF Boards. It ties in nicely with what I put up over the weekend, that the Devils are the second best team overall in the NHL in the last 15 years. After all, you need to draft plenty of talented players to remain a consistent contender in the NHL.

Tom Awad uses a metric called GVT to determine who has been the most successful at drafting in the last 15 years. Awad expected the Devils in first, but I think those "lean" years from 1999 through 2002 hold the Devils back. I think you'll be surprised who he found was first!

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All of those draft picks are on different teams now. Thanks for reminding us…

by LetsGoDevils on Jul 5, 2009 9:54 PM EDT reply actions

Ignore Parise, Zajac, and Martin will you?

The Devils drafted them and were successful for the Devils; you’re foolish to think that they are going to stay Devils.

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by John Fischer on Jul 5, 2009 10:10 PM EDT up reply actions

as i continue too say the strength of the devils is ther ability to find new young players and take advantage of there talents when they are young and inexpensive and replace them with new young players when they leave for huge paychecks.

by Imperator_Celtic on Jul 7, 2009 2:28 PM EDT reply actions