[Southern_Canuck]

I'll be on the lookout for the inevitable "Value of Outcoaching" article...

Anyhoo, I was wondering what happened to their pre-2006 1st rounders after the Cup run...? and also the "next core" they used to be building - so here are all of their 1st round picks over the last 15 drafts:

2014 (3rd) Leon Draisaitl
2013 (7th) Darnell Nurse
2012 (1st) Nail Yakupov
2011 (1st) Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, (19th) Oscar Klefbom
2010 (1st) Taylor Hall
2009 (10th) Magnus Paajarvi-Svensson
2008 (22nd) Jordan Eberle
2007 (6th) Sam Gagner, (15th) Alex Plante, (21st) Riley Nash
2006 --- (traded to Minnesota for Dwayne Roloson)
2005 (25th) Andrew Cogliano
2004 (14th) Devan Dubnyk, (25th) Rob Schremp
2003 (22nd) Marc-Antoine Pouliot
2002 (15th) Jesse Niinimaki
2001 (13th) Ales Hemsky
2000 (17th) Alexei Mikhnov

They still have Draisaitl, Nurse, Yakupov, Nugent-Hopkins, Klefbom, Hall, and Eberle... what happened to the rest?

Jan 2, 2015
To Pittsburgh: David Perron
To Edmonton: 1st round pick in 2015 and Rob Klinkhammer

June 29, 2014
To Tampa Bay: Sam Gagner
To Edmonton: Ted Purcell

March 5, 2014
To Ottawa: Ales Hemsky
To Edmonton: 5th round pick in 2014 (Liam Coughlin) and 3rd round pick in 2015

Jan 15, 2014
To Nashville: Devan Dubnyk
To Edmonton: Matt Hendricks

Jul 10, 2013
To St. Louis: Magnus Paajarvi-Svensson, 2nd round pick in 2014 (Ivan Barbashev) and 4th round pick in 2015
To Edmonton: David Perron and 3rd round pick in 2015

Jul 12, 2011
To Anaheim: Andrew Cogliano
To Edmonton: 2nd round pick in 2013 (Marco Roy)

June 26, 2010
To Carolina: Riley Nash
To Edmonton: 2nd round pick in 2010 (Martin Marincin)

Decent trades for Paajarvi-Svensson (and then Perron) and Riley Nash... the rest seem kind of sad.

S_C