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Originally Posted by Frank MetaMusil
If anyone wants to see a comparison of 5th round or high er picks from Chicago since 1995, here goes.
-Marc Maglariditi
-Marty Wilford
-Steve Tardif
-Casey Hankinson
-Michael Pittman
-Andy Johnson
-Mike Vellinga
-Chris Twerdun
-Andrei Kozyrev
-Ben Simon
-Pete Gardiner
-Kyle Calder (decent player)
-Heath Gordon
-Jared Smith
-Sergei Shikhanov
-Chris Feil
-Kent Huskins (serviceable NHL d-man)
-Jari Viuhkola
-Jonathan Pelletier
-Tyler Arnason (also serviceable NHL forward)
-Sean Griffin
-Alexandre Couture
-Andrei Yershov
-Michael Jacobsen
-Michael Leighton (NHL cup finalist)
-Mattias Wennerberg
-Yorick Treille
-Andrew Carver
-Alexander Barkunov
-Mike Ayers
-Joey Martin
-Cliff Loya
-Adam Berkhoel
-Peter Flache
-Reto Von Arx
-Arne Ramhold (related to tim?)
Chicago has so many to list
9th round - Burish
8th round - Byfuglien
7th round - Brouwer
6th round - Ben Smith
5th round - Kruger
Chicago hit picks in the late rounds where Calgary hit nothing.
It does help.
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Steal past the first round change a team in a hurry. Look at Boston. Traded Thornton for nothing, the next draft they drafted Kessel in the first, Lucic in the 2nd, Marchand in the 3rd. Sign Chara, find Thomas and rip the Leafs a couple times you have a cup. Also drafted Krecji in the 3rd.