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Originally Posted by Calgary4LIfe
Highest drafted German if that is the case, I think.
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easily ... he actually has the chance to become the highest draft pick from a German speaking country ever:
5th overall - 2003 - Thomas Vanek (Austria)
5th overall - 2010 - Nino Niederreiter (Switzerland)
13th overall - 2011 - Sven Baertschi (Switzerland)
14th overall - 1997 - Michel Riesen (Switzerland)
14th overall - 2006 - Michael Grabner (Austria)
19th overall - 1989 - Olaf Kolzig (Germany)
19th overall - 2008 - Luca Sbisa (Switzerland)
20th overall - 2001 - Marcel Goc (Germany)
21th overall - 1996 - Marco Sturm (Germany)
unless, of course, you count Dany Heatley, who has dual citizenship (Canada-Germany).