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Originally Posted by dino7c
4 in 11 years
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Those are just 4 I picked off the top of my head, those aren't the only examples. There were like 8+ impact players taken outside of the top 10 in 2003 alone. I'm sure if I went back and looked at every draft I could find more examples.
edit: Here are a few names that caught my eye, all taken between 9th and 60th overall in the last 10 years (didn't want to look past the end of the 2nd round).
Anze Kopitar, Claude Giroux, James Neal, Paul Stastny, PK Subban, Logan Couture, Erik Karlsson, Tom Erixon (just kidding), Ryan O'Reilly, Tyler Toffoli, Dougie Hamilton, Mikael Granlund.
Maybe not all of them are on the same level as your average top 3 pick, but it's still very possible to find good to elite talent later in the draft. Just have to have good scouts.