When And Where The Current Canucks Were Drafted
by Sean Zandberg on Mar 8, 2010 9:38 AM PST
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I thought I'd list off where, when and by whom the current Canucks squad was drafted. I added some retro links to the players as well. (Players' age in brackets). Just a little eye candy for you. Enjoy.
ROBERTO LUONGO (30): Drafted in the first round, 4th overall by the Islanders in the 1997 draft.
-Interview with Hockey's Future after his rookie season in Florida (March 2001).
-Hockey's Future's rookie season review for Lou (April 2001).
ANDREW RAYCROFT (29): Drafted in the 5th round, 135th overall by the Bruins in the 1998 Entry Draft.
-Raycroft gets his chance in Boston (January 2003). He went on to win the Calder Trophy after that season.
KEVIN BIEKSA (28): Drafted in the 5th round, 151st overall in the 2001 Entry Draft.
-Attributes much of his success to playing with Willie Mitchell (August 2007).
ALEXANDER EDLER (23): Drafted in the 3rd round, 91st overall in the 2004 Entry Draft.
-Graded 8/10 by Hockey's Future.
CHRISTIAN EHRHOFF (27): Drafted in the 4th round, 106th overall by the Sharks in the 2001 Entry Draft.
-Hockey's Future talks with Ehrhoff before his first season with the Sharks (October 2003).
WILLIE MITCHELL (32): Drafted 199th overall in the 8th round by the Devils in 1996.
-"should have many 40 point maybe more seasons to come."- Hockey's Future, June 2001. It's OK to laugh.
SHANE O'BRIEN (26): Drafted in the 8th round, 250th overall by the (Mighty) Ducks in the 2003 Draft.
-Still a fair distance away from being able to be trusted with any significant minutes at the NHL level, the first step to establishing himself as an NHL-caliber player will be reducing the number of penalties he takes.- Hockey's Future, August 2006. Heheh. Doing a fine job now though, SOB!
AARON ROME (26): Drafted in the 4th round, 104th overall by the Kings in the 2002 Entry Draft.
-"His window of opportunity is quickly closing."- Hockey's Future, June 2008. Hey shutup! I like this guy!
SAMI SALO (35): Drafted in the 9th round (239th overall) by the Senators in the 1996 Entry Draft.
-According to this guy, one of the reasons the Sens traded Salo to Vancouver was because of his inability to stay healthy. He had missed 130 games in his first 3 years as a Sen. Well isn't that special?
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HENRIK SEDIN (29): Selected in round 1 (3rd overall) by the Canucks in 1999.
-Sedin-Sedin-Weinhandl. The best offensive and defensive line for Modo (October 1999).
DANIEL SEDIN (29): Selected in round 1 (2nd overall) by the Canucks in (duh) the 1999 Draft.
-Puck control and twintuition.
ALEXANDRE BURROWS (28): Undrafted. Signed as a free agent by the Canucks on November 9, 2005.
-"Confusion and chaos at the net is Burrows’ style, and it’s worked well for him. While not posting excessive numbers himself, he creates opportunities for the team." -Hockey's Future, December 2004.
RYAN KESLER (25): Drafted in the 1st round, 23rd overall by the Canucks in 2003.
-Feature article on Kesler (July 2003).
PAVOL DEMITRA (35): Selected in the 9th round, 227th overall by the Senators in the 1993 NHL Draft.
-In August 1996 the Senators traded Demitra to the Blues for some schmo named Christer Olsson. Little did they know what talent they had in Demo. Also, I had forgotten that Demo won the Lady Byng Trophy in 2000.
MASON RAYMOND (24): Drafted in the 2nd round, 51st overall by the Canucks in 2005.
-Raymond's player profile at Hockey's Future.
KYLE WELLWOOD (26): Selected in the 5th round (134th overall) by the Maple Leafs in the 2001 Entry Draft.
-"Gretzky-like vision". Wellwood interview with Hockey's Future (December 2002).
MIKAEL SAMUELSSON (33): Drafted in the 5th round, 145th overall by the Sharks in 1998.
-Samuelsson's day with the Cup.
-Samuelsson was part of the deal that sent Adam Graves out of Manhattan.
STEVE BERNIER (24): Selected in the 1st round (16th overall) by the Sharks in 2003.
-Back in August 2006, Hockey's Future rated Bernier an 8.0, saying he had excellent hands but had to work on his speed and skating. Nowadays...
TANNER GLASS (26): Drafted in the 9th round, 265th overall by the Panthers in the 2003 Draft.
-Fierce competitor. Glass' player profile at Hockey's Future.
DARCY HORDICHUK (29): Selected in the 6th round, 180th overall by the Thrashers in the 2000 NHL Draft.
-Hordichuk has a cool website that has not been updated this season.
RICK RYPIEN (25): Never drafted. Signed as a free agent by the Canucks in November 2005.
-Rypien player profile at Hockey's Future.
-Rypien's year-by-year fight totals at Hockeyfights.com.
RYAN JOHNSON (33): Drafted in the 2nd round, 36th overall by the Panthers in 1994.
-Scratching and clawing for a roster spot, even in Florida (October 1999). \
JANNIK HANSEN (23): Drafted in the 9th round, 287th overall by the Canucks in 2004.
-Hansen's profile page at Hockey's Future.
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Nice post Sean. To me it speaks to the importance of draft picks, and not just first rounders. Look how many late-round picks turn into solid NHLers, the kind of guys you need to put a team together. No surprise that our top players (Luongo, Sedins, Kesler) were first rounders – but so many solid players were picked later on in the draft. Just goes to show the importance of good scouting, depth, shrewd trades, and a little luck of course.
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Makes the value for 2nds and 3rd round picks seem lower than I would think and it makes them “cheaper” as trade deadline moves. The total for the Canucks is: five 1s, two 2s, 1 3, two 4s, four 5s and the rest 6+ or undrafted. I wonder what the distribution looks like for other teams and how successful 2nd and 3rd round picks are generally in the league.
I wonder what the distribution looks like for other teams and how successful 2nd and 3rd round picks are generally in the league.
I was going to look into that, but I had already spent 4 hours writing this post up. I’m curious about that as well.
by Sean Zandberg on Mar 8, 2010 10:58 AM PST up reply actions
Thanks for this article, I hear a lot of people talking about how we don’t draft right and where are our “Datsyuks and our Zetterbergs”? This puts into perspective how well we’ve actually drafted and how a lot of our players that are making an impact on this team was drafted and not traded for; not to say that we didn’t do well picking up players either because looking at it now we had some pretty darn good pick-ups too.
This is an interesting read, thanks for putting it together. I’m suprised at where some of the players were drafted (especially Bernier and Demo).
Yeah Demo being drafted by the Sens…crazy indeed. I don’t even remember him in a Sens jersey
by Sean Zandberg on Mar 8, 2010 11:28 AM PST up reply actions
Good stuff, Sean.
Hockey’s Future rated Bernier an 8.0, saying he had excellent hands
LOL
I’d like to see a similar write-up of teams known to draft well (i.e. Red Wings, Preds, Blues, etc.). Heck, why not every team? Do it up, Sean. :)
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Wellwood's 'Gretzky like vision'.
Too bad they meant Keith.
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by Smoboy41 on Mar 8, 2010 2:34 PM PST reply actions 2 recs
lol, nice. You’re right, Keith is a poor man’s Brent.
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by nucksandpucks on Mar 8, 2010 2:49 PM PST up reply actions
Did a little research on the Detroit Red Wings. Of the players they have used this year, including guys who have been acquired or who have departed this year, they have dressed 7 first rounders, 4 seconds, 6 thirds, 1 fourth, 2 fifths, 2 sixths, 2 sevenths, 1 ninth and 1 tenth rounder and 4 un-drafted players.
Lidstrom was a 3rd rounder, Datsyuk a 6th and Zetterberg a 7th.
Here is the staggering number though…..staggering……of the 30 players who have dressed for the Wings this season 15 were drafted by the Wings. That’s 50%. The Canucks have iced 11 players that they drafted out of 35. That’s 31%. Of Vancouver’s top 5 scorers this year 4 were drafted by the Canucks and one, Burr, was undrafted but signed and developed by the Nucks. That’s pretty good. Only 3 of Detroit’s top 5 scorers, the top 3 in fact, were drafted by the Wings.
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by Section 312 on Mar 8, 2010 2:50 PM PST reply actions
well done! And yes, that is a staggering # for Detroit
by Sean Zandberg on Mar 8, 2010 3:52 PM PST up reply actions
For comparison....
The Leafs have used 11 guys they drafted this year. Out of 38. 29%
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by Section 312 on Mar 8, 2010 4:02 PM PST up reply actions
Good stuff Section.
Of the Canuck players in Sean’s story, 6 are from rounds that are no longer even picked.
Mitchell, Salo, Demitra from the ’90s, and 3 recently SOB, Glass, /2003, and Hansen /2004, the last year before they cut back to 7 RDs. All in the 8th or 9th round! ( though we actually only picked one! )
2 players that were never drafted.
Craig Heizinger HAS to have a job on the Canucks staff if the Moose are indeed sold…if the ’Yotes come back to the ’Peg.(!??!)
He is the best GM in the AHL for spotting talent.For Burrows alone. Did he find Rypper too?
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You gotta be pissed if your a Rangers fan. Guys like Parise, Getzlaf, Kesler, Richards going after the guy you drafted who hasn’t played an NHL game yet. Not to mention Shea Weber in the second round. Backes in the second round as well.
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by Section 312 on Mar 8, 2010 4:09 PM PST up reply actions
They are pissed, and it makes me happy!
by Sean Zandberg on Mar 8, 2010 5:00 PM PST up reply actions
This makes me sad as a Flames Fan. Our only draft picks on our roster are Mikael Backlund and David Moss. Dustin Boyd and Brandon Prust were drafted by us but traded away, and Mark Giordano went undrafted. Everyone else was signed as free agents or are former Maple Leafs. Iginla was traded as a teenager for Joe Nieuwendyk, and Regehr was in the trade that sent Theo Fleury to Colorado.
by Rod Blogojevich on Mar 8, 2010 9:07 PM PST via mobile reply actions
Additionally, until this year, everyone on the Flames under Darryl Sutter met at least one of these criteria:
1. Former Sutter players (ie, Kiprusoff in San Jose)
2. Former 1st round pick (Langkow, etc)
3. WHL/Western Canadian born
Now, it is strange to see guys like Stajan… Darryl is more progressive than I could have ever imagined!
by Rod Blogojevich on Mar 8, 2010 9:13 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
Here’s the thing tho…its the flames, so most people here wish them nothing but fail. Just sayin…
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by Rod Blogojevich on Mar 9, 2010 7:00 AM PST via mobile up reply actions
That’s interesting. I didn’t know that about Iginla.
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by Yankee Canuck on Mar 9, 2010 3:24 PM PST up reply actions
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