Pelletier and Zary, while of course far from a sure thing at the NHL level, are some pretty solid picks considering where we got them (26th and 24th Overall).
In the modern era, here is a history of the 24th and 26th overall picks
24th:
2020 Connor Zary
2019 Philip Tomasino
2018 Filip Johansson
2017 Kristian Vesalainen
2016 Max Jones
2015 Travis Konecny
2014 Jared McCann
2013 Hunter Shinkaruk
2012 Malcolm Subban
2011 Matt Puempel
2010 Kevin Hayes
2009 Marcus Johansson
2008 Mattias Tedenby
2007 Mikael Backlund
2006 Dennis Persson
2005 T.J. Oshie
24th Overall has some pretty solid players, but also worth pointing out that we actually traded for pretty much the worst player taken at that spot...
26th:
2020 Jake Neighbours
2019 Jakob Pelletier
2018 Jacob Bernard-Docker
2017 Jake Oettinger
2016 Tage Thompson
2015 Noah Juulsen
2014 Nikita Scherbak
2013 Shea Theodore
2012 Brendan Gaunce
2011 Phillip Danault
2010 Evgeny Kuznetsov
2009 Kyle Palmieri
2008 Tyler Ennis
2007 David Perron
2006 Leland Irving
2005 Matt Pelech
26th Overall is...depressing. We are pretty much the only team to draft outright busts.
Last edited by ComixZone; 12-12-2020 at 12:15 PM.
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