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Originally Posted by Francis's Hairpiece
Halak, Streit, Rinne, Byfuglien, Moulson, pavelski.
Perhaps not superstar criteria, but I'd take them over an AHL enforcer.
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Dude, not a single one of those players was taken in the 6th round:
Halak-9th; Streit-9th; Rinne-8th; Byfuglien-8th; Moulson-9th; Paveslki-7th
6th round picks are almost never valuable.
Between 1997 and 2006 of the 300 players selected in the 6th round, 39 have played more than 100 nhl games or about 13%. The high years were 1998 and 2001 when 7 players taken reached the 100 game mark. Of those 39, 16 have scored 100 points and 3 have scored 400 points (Campbell, Markov, Datsyuk).
And the value of a 6th rounder is decreasing. In the five drafts between 2002 and 2006 only 16 players selected in the 6th played 100 games and only 2 have reached 100 points. In no year since 2001 have more than 4 6th round selections played more than 100 games.
In the four drafts 2007-2010, 6 players have reached 100 games and no one has scored 100 points.
According to the numbers, each NHL team should expect to draft a 400+ point player in the sixth round once every 100 years.