Here is a list of all the players drafted in the first round between 27-30 from 2002-2012. While its easy to see its not filled with superstars its also easy to pick out some pretty decent players. Good scouting and not wasting picks will benefit teams over the long haul even with late round picks.Not to go to far off topic but I think this at least shows the late first rounder we picked up does have value and can be used to find a good player.
2002
27 San Jose Mike Morris F
28 Colorado Jonas Johansson R
29 Boston Hannu Toivonen G
30 Atlanta Jim Slater
2003
27 Los Angeles Jeff Tambellini L
28 Anaheim Corey Perry R
29 Ottawa Patrick Eaves R
30 St. Louis Shawn Belle
2004
27 Washington Jeff Schultz D
28 Dallas Mark Fistric D
29 Washington Mike Green D
30 Tampa Bay Andy Rogers D
2005
27 Washington Joe Finley D
28 Dallas Matt Niskanen D
29 Philadelphia Steve Downie R
30 Tampa Bay Vladimir Mihalik d
2006
1 27 Dallas Ivan Vishnevskiy D
28 Ottawa Nick Foligno L
29 Phoenix Chris Summers D
30 New Jersey Matt Corrente
2007
27 Detroit Brendan Smith D
28 San Jose Nick Petrecki D
29 Ottawa Jim O'Brien C
30 Phoenix Nick Ross D
2008
1 27 Washington John Carlson D
28 Phoenix Viktor Tikhonov L
29 Atlanta Daultan Leveille C
30 Detroit Thomas McCollum G
2009
27 Carolina Philippe Paradis L
28 Chicago Dylan Olsen D
29 Tampa Bay Carter Ashton R
30 Pittsburgh Simon Despres
2010
27 Phoenix Mark Visentin G
28 San Jose Charlie Coyle F
29 Anaheim Emerson Etem C
30 NY Islanders Brock Nelson
2011
27 Tampa Bay Vladislav Namestnikov C
28 Minnesota Zack Phillips C
29 Vancouver Nicklas Jensen R
30 Anaheim Rickard Rakell C
2012
27 Phoenix Henrik Samuelsson C
28 NY Rangers Brady Skjei D
29 New Jersey Stefan Matteau F
30 Los Angeles Tanner Pearson L
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