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Originally Posted by Diemenz
Im confused on this notion that it takes Dmen wayyyyyy longer to develop into their potential business. Look at the years in the league from those Dman.
Here is a list of the Dmen chosen in the top 10 in the last 10 years. (there are 3 omitted, 1 passed away and 2 were busts)
Year ▾ Pick Name Team EXP GP G A Pts PPG +/- PIM PIM/S S S%
Average
5 280 22 74 96 0.31 -10 215 41 439 4.6 '03 7 Ryan Suter MIN 8 590 42 228 270 0.46 45 420 53 917 4.6 '03 8 Braydon Coburn PHI 7 493 31 109 140 0.28 30 425 61 688 4.5 '03 9 Dion Phaneuf TOR 8 600 106 234 340 0.57 1 801 100 1,717 6.2 '04 3 Cam Barker VAN 7 310 21 75 96 0.31 -29 290 41 385 5.5 '04 9 Ladislav Smid EDM 7 457 10 53 63 0.14 -39 375 54 292 3.4 '05 3 Jack Johnson CBJ 6 408 39 118 157 0.38 -90 283 47 691 5.6 '05 9 Brian Lee TBL 5 209 5 31 36 0.17 -37 124 25 159 3.1 '06 1 Erik Johnson COL 5 329 27 104 131 0.40 -31 207 41 671 4.0 '07 5 Karl Alzner WSH 5 263 5 39 44 0.17 17 77 15 206 2.4 '07 10 Keaton Ellerby LAK 4 160 2 18 20 0.13 -16 86 22 129 1.6 '08 2 Drew Doughty LAK 5 364 49 135 184 0.51 18 283 57 689 7.1 '08 3 Zach Bogosian WPG 5 297 34 69 103 0.35 -42 237 47 635 5.4 '08 4 Alex Pietrangelo STL 3 224 29 92 121 0.54 25 73 24 470 6.2 '08 5 Luke Schenn PHI 5 357 17 69 86 0.24 -20 251 50 493 3.4 '09 2 Victor Hedman TBL 4 258 16 73 89 0.34 -8 245 61 349 4.6 '09 6 Oliver Ekman-Larsson PHX 3 178 17 50 67 0.38 8 82 27 298 5.7 '09 9 Jared Cowen OTT 2 90 6 12 18 0.20 -3 68 34 66 9.1 '10 3 Erik Gudbranson FLA 2 104 2 10 12 0.12 -41 125 63 125 1.6 '11 4 Adam Larsson NJD 2 102 2 22 24 0.24 -3 32 16 98 2.0 '11 9 Dougie Hamilton BOS 1 42 5 11 16 0.38 4 14 14 83 6.0 '11 10 Jonas Brodin MIN 1 45 2 9 11 0.24 3 10 10 51 3.9
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That's good stuff but if you perform that same exercise with forwards drafted I believe you will find there are more and that they have a greater immediate positive impact.