Left Wing
Ovechkin - 1
Kunitz - Undrafted - X
Hall - 1
Zetterberg - 210
Ladd - 4 - X
Moulson - 263 - X
Nash - 1 - X
Vanek - 5
Sedin - 2
Pacioretty - 22
Right Wing
St. Louis - Undrafted - X
Kane - 1
Kessel - 5 - X
Giroux - 22
Voracek - 7 - X
Semin - 13 - X
Parentau - 264 - X
Wheeler - 5 - X
Dupuis - Undrafted - X
Eberle - 22
Here's the list of top ten scoring Left and Right wingers from this season along with their draft position. Players marked with an X are currently not playing for the team who drafted them, or in the case of undrafted players, the team who first signed them.
While it is true that Best Player Available is a wise drafting strategy, it seems pretty inescapably clear that it's almost impossible to acquire a top-scoring center without a top-ten draft pick, whereas top-scoring wingers are more readily available throughout the draft or via trade.
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