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Originally Posted by Roof-Daddy
The biggest thing for the Jets is that they mash their 1st round picks right out of the park. It also helps that they usually end up with at least one other solid NHLer from each draft to go along with the mashed 1st rounder.
2011 - Schiefele 7th OA, Lowry 67th OA
2012 - Trouba 9th OA, Hellebuyck 130th OA
2013 - Morrissey 13th OA, Copp 104th OA
2014 - Ehlers 9th OA
2015 - Connor 17th OA, Roslovic 25th OA
2016 - Laine 2nd OA
Even their 2017 1st rounder Vesalainen (24th OA) was the highest scoring U20 in a Finnish men's league last year and will likely come over and own the NHL.
Yeah, they drafted top 10 or 15 a lot, but they never missed, and they also did a good job at finding depth deeper in the draft too.
That Laine lottery win though was such a lucky break. Not often you get to add a sub 20 year old 40 goal scorer to your roster on an ELC.
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Great write up- they also have Sami Niku on the way as well. 7th round pick in 2009 who just put up 54 points in 76 games on their farm team while winning AHL defenseman of they year.