I was curious to see how many former Devils draft picks are floating round the league after seeing the best/worst deadline trades by Lamoriello on NJ.com. TSN.ca's teams rosters made this conceivable to do because they list every players draft choice, but they list every player that has suited up for a team this year. So my analysis here includes players that played a few games and backup goalies that never played a minute during their emergency recall. There are lots of ways these stats can be interpreted, so I will present them and then discuss them some.
Team |
Draft Picks in NHL |
from previous city |
oldest pick |
year |
28 |
Matt Cullen |
Anaheim(1996)2,35 |
||
Top of Form Bottom of Form |
22 |
Hal Gill |
Boston(1993)8,207 |
|
35 |
Martin Biron |
Buffalo(1995)1,16 |
||
25 |
Derek Morris |
Calgary(1996)1,13 |
||
22 |
2 |
Jean-Sebastien Giguere |
Hartford(1995)1,13 |
|
26 |
Daniel Cleary |
Chicago(1997)1,13 |
||
25 |
1 |
Tim Thomas |
Quebec(1994)9,217 Bottom of Form |
|
25 |
Rostislav Klesla |
Columbus(2000)1,4 |
||
25 |
0 |
Jarome Iginla |
Dallas(1995)1,11 |
|
26 |
Pavel Datsyuk |
Detroit(1998)6,171 |
||
24 |
Ryan Smyth |
Edmonton(1994)1,6 |
||
20 |
Ed Jovanovski |
Florida(1994)1,1 |
||
30 |
Kimmo Timonen |
Los Angeles(1993)10,250 |
||
29 |
Marian Gaborik |
Minnesota(2000)1,3 |
||
33 |
Saku Koivu |
Montreal(1993)1,21 |
||
33 |
David Legwand |
Nashville(1998)1,2 |
||
25 |
Martin Brodeur |
New Jersey(1990)1,20 |
||
28 |
Todd Bertuzzi |
Ny Islanders(1993)1,23 |
||
30 |
Eric Boulton |
Ny Rangers(1994)9,234 |
||
36 |
Daniel Alfredsson |
Ottawa(1994)6,133 |
||
17 |
Dainius Zubrus |
Philadelphia(1996)1,15 |
||
18 |
1 |
Teemu Selanne |
Winnipeg(1988)1,10 |
|
30 |
Jaromir Jagr |
Pittsburgh(1990)1,5 |
||
33 |
Ray Whitney |
San Jose(1991)2,23 |
||
27 |
Michal Handzus |
St. Louis(1995)4,101 |
||
23 |
Bryce Salvador |
Tampa Bay(1994)6,138 |
||
25 |
Shawn Thornton |
Toronto(1997)7,190 |
||
Bottom of Form |
18 |
Matt Cooke |
Vancouver(1997)6,144 |
|
27 |
Sergei Gonchar |
Washington(1992)1,14 |
||
19 |
17 |
Derek MacKenzie |
Atlanta(1999)5,128 |
|
Undrafted |
150 |
Team |
alternate |
year |
alternate 2 |
year |
Carolina Hurricanes |
Erik Cole |
Carolina(1998)3,71 |
||
Colorado Avalanche |
Alex Tanguay |
Colorado(1998)1,12 |
Robyn Regehr |
Colorado(1998)1,19 |
Minnesota Wild |
Nick Schultz |
Minnesota(2000)2,33 |
||
Phoenix Coyotes |
Ben Eager |
Phoenix(2002)1,23 |
David Leneveu |
Phoenix(2002)2,46 |
Washington Capitals |
Nikolai Khabibulin |
Washington(1992)9,204 |
||
Winnipeg Jets |
Mark Scheifele |
Winnipeg(2011)1,7 |
Team |
players on roster |
own picks on roster |
other drafted on roster |
undrafted on roster |
Anaheim Ducks |
32 |
12 |
16 |
4 |
Top of Form Boston Bruins Bottom of Form |
31 |
10 |
17 |
4 |
Buffalo Sabres |
36 |
15 |
14 |
7 |
Calgary Flames |
34 |
8 |
18 |
8 |
Carolina Hurricanes |
29 |
12 |
17 |
0 |
Chicago Blackhawks |
30 |
13 |
12 |
5 |
Colorado Avalanche |
28 |
9 |
16 |
5 |
Columbus Blue Jackets |
33 |
10 |
21 |
2 |
Dallas Stars |
30 |
8 |
14 |
8 |
Detroit Red Wings |
33 |
21 |
8 |
4 |
Edmonton Oilers |
35 |
11 |
17 |
7 |
Florida Panthers |
31 |
9 |
19 |
3 |
Los Angeles Kings |
24 |
13 |
10 |
1 |
Minnesota Wild |
30 |
14 |
13 |
3 |
Montreal Canadiens |
33 |
14 |
14 |
5 |
Nashville Predators |
29 |
16 |
9 |
4 |
New Jersey Devils |
33 |
13 |
11 |
9 |
New York Islanders |
28 |
17 |
10 |
1 |
New York Rangers |
31 |
10 |
16 |
5 |
Ottawa Senators |
30 |
18 |
8 |
4 |
Philadelphia Flyers |
27 |
5 |
18 |
4 |
Phoenix Coyotes |
32 |
10 |
17 |
5 |
Pittsburgh Penguins |
34 |
12 |
14 |
8 |
San Jose Sharks |
30 |
14 |
9 |
7 |
St. Louis Blues |
28 |
12 |
15 |
1 |
Tampa Bay Lightning |
34 |
12 |
12 |
10 |
Toronto Maple Leafs |
32 |
10 |
16 |
6 |
Vancouver Canucks Bottom of Form |
33 |
9 |
13 |
11 |
Washington Capitals |
32 |
14 |
9 |
9 |
Winnipeg Jets |
31 |
14 |
17 |
0 |
Team |
% of own draft players |
% of undrafted players |
% other teams picks |
picks on other teams |
Anaheim Ducks |
38% |
13% |
50% |
16 |
Top of Form Boston Bruins Bottom of Form |
32% |
13% |
55% |
12 |
Buffalo Sabres |
42% |
19% |
39% |
20 |
Calgary Flames |
24% |
24% |
53% |
17 |
Carolina Hurricanes |
41% |
0% |
59% |
10 |
Chicago Blackhawks |
43% |
17% |
40% |
13 |
Colorado Avalanche |
32% |
18% |
57% |
16 |
Columbus Blue Jackets |
30% |
6% |
64% |
14 |
Dallas Stars |
27% |
27% |
47% |
17 |
Detroit Red Wings |
64% |
12% |
24% |
5 |
Edmonton Oilers |
31% |
20% |
49% |
13 |
Florida Panthers |
29% |
10% |
61% |
11 |
Los Angeles Kings |
54% |
4% |
42% |
17 |
Minnesota Wild |
47% |
10% |
43% |
15 |
Montreal Canadiens |
42% |
15% |
42% |
19 |
Nashville Predators |
55% |
14% |
31% |
17 |
New Jersey Devils |
39% |
27% |
33% |
12 |
New York Islanders |
61% |
4% |
36% |
11 |
New York Rangers |
32% |
16% |
52% |
20 |
Ottawa Senators |
60% |
13% |
27% |
18 |
Philadelphia Flyers |
19% |
15% |
67% |
12 |
Phoenix Coyotes |
31% |
16% |
53% |
8 |
Pittsburgh Penguins |
35% |
24% |
41% |
18 |
San Jose Sharks |
47% |
23% |
30% |
19 |
St. Louis Blues |
43% |
4% |
54% |
15 |
Tampa Bay Lightning |
35% |
29% |
35% |
11 |
Toronto Maple Leafs |
31% |
19% |
50% |
15 |
Vancouver Canucks Bottom of Form |
27% |
33% |
39% |
9 |
Washington Capitals |
44% |
28% |
28% |
13 |
Winnipeg Jets |
45% |
0% |
55% |
6 |
If there are errors in this data I apologize, I did spot one obvious error, sadly it was not the Devils that drafted Teemu Selanne in 1988. He was listed as such on the Ducks roster page, but not on his player page (they got it right there).
What I found most interesting was that Detroit has 21 of the 25 players they drafted that have played in the league this year on their team! I think that makes them the winner. Carolina and Winnipeg are the only teams without undrafted players on them. The Devils are actually pretty average in the number of drafted players on the roster and players drafted by other teams on the roster. However they have almost twice the average of undrafted players. This is probably because as the founder of Hockey East (Go Maine!) Lou has a knack for finding undrafted college players that can play in the NHL (Steve Gionta, Peter Harrold, Keith Kinkaid, Andy Greene, Mark Fayne). Not to say that it doesn't always work out (Rod Pelly, Mike Mottou (Hobey Baker winner)). Finally to answer my initial question, the Devils 12 drafted players on other teams is under the average of 14. Buffalo and the rangers have the most (20) drafted players on other teams, including our Marek Zidlicky. Detroit only has 5 drafted players on other teams, but this is not a failure for them, like Atlanta/Winnipeg's 6 players. That's one reason the Thrashers failed.
This brings me to the rest of my analysis. As you can see reading these stats one way can lead you to a bad conclusion, if the team with the least picks playing for other teams is the loser. There are many ways to interpret all of this, so I posted the list for you to dissect and find more as you see fit.