I posted this in the Pens vs Sens series thread
This is for everyone who thinks picks from 25-30 are irrelevant.
2000 Draft:
#25 - Steve Ott
#28 - Justin Williams
#29 - Niklas Kronwall
2001 Draft:
No one significant but
#30 - Dave Steckel
2002 Draft:
#25 - Cam Ward
2003 Draft:
#26 - Brian Boyle
#28 - Corey Perry
2004 Draft:
#26 - Cory Schneider
#27 - Jeff Schultz
#28 - Mark Fistric
#29 - Mike Green
2005 Draft:
#25 - Andrew Cogliano
#28 - Matt Niskanen
#29 - Steve Downie
2006 Draft:
#25 - Patrik Berglund
#28 - Nick Foligno
2007 Draft:
#26 - David Perron
#27 - Brendan Smith
2008 Draft:
#26 - Tyler Ennis
#27 - John Carlson
2009 Draft:
#25 - Jordan Caron
#26 - Kyle Palmieri
#28 - Dylan Olsen
#30 - Simon Despres
2010 Draft:
#26 - Evgeny Kuznetsov
#28 - Charlie Coyle
#29 - Emerson Etem
2011 and 2012 drafts I will leave out since hardly any of them have made the pros yet.
As you can see with the late picks there's always a possibility that a good player can fall into our lap. There's a Hart Trophy winner in Corey Perry (deep draft I know) but also some very good players like Williams, Kronwall, Ward, Schneider, Green and so on.
Having a 25-30 pick doesn't make the pick irrelevant, we could still end up with a good player. Some posters here have been saying who cares about the Pittsburgh pick since the Flames will screw it up anways, thanks for having faith in the team you cheer for.
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