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Originally Posted by Newfieflamefan

2003: Fleury vs. Michalek, Pouliot, Perry
2004: Ovechkin vs. Montoya, Kaspars, Fistric
2005: Crosby vs. Brule, Lashoff, Niskanen
2006: Johnson vs. Brassard, Giroux, Foligno
2007: Kane vs. Gagne, Pacioretty, Petrecki
2008: Stamkos vs. Filatov, Eberle, Tikhonov
2009: Tavares vs. Ekman-Larsson, Schroeder, Olsen
2010: Hall vs. Connolly, Tinordi, Coyle
2011: Nugent-Hopkins vs. Zibanejad, Biggs, Phillips
2012: Yakopov vs. Lindholm, Maata, Skjei

How many of the past ten years would you not take #1? Only clear cut examples where the 3 picks turn out better would be 2003 & 2006...both years have players that didn't live up to expectations taken at # 1 and absolute home runs with late picks (Perry @ 28 in 2003 & Giroux @ 22 in 2006).

The other thing with this is the only years you wouldnt trage 6,22,28 for 1 were years a goalie or a defensemen were drafted 1st overall.