[Sylvanfan]

It would be interesting to do a study on first round picks and evaluate players that teams traded up to pick. It's been stated earlier that it's not worthwhile to determine if moving up was the right move because the players could have been available at that teams original spot. But I do think you could evaluate the players that teams felt so strongly about that they moved up to get them.

I can remember San Jose doing this in 3 straight drafts, 2005 they moved up to draft Setoguchi. He had an okay career with a 30 goal seasons in San Jose and proved to be a valuable trade chip as part of the Brent Burns deal. In 2006 they moved up to draft Ty Wishart, who never played a game for them, but was part of the Dan Boyle deal. In 2007 they moved up to get into the 9th spot and draft Logan Couture which I would have to think looks like a really good move now.