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rogermexico · 08-04-2021, 05:16 PM

So far this off-season we’ve seen Cory Perry sign with the Lightning to try and make a third consecutive run to the finals, and Marc-Andre Fleury win the Vezina only to get traded for a roll of hockey tape. Brent Seabrook is retiring due to injuries and Shea Weber’s future is uncertain. Suter and Parise got bought out. Journeymen goalies like Jaroslav Halak and Brian Elliott continue to find work. Meanwhile, Patrice Bergeron continues to be a perennial Selke candidate.

The 2003 draft class has been famous for the sheer number of great NHLers that it produced. 130 different 2003 draftees played at least 1 NHL game and 82 played more than a hundred. But a lot of those guys are starting to reach the end of the road. Only 19 of them played last season.

So I thought this might make for a fun random summer Hockey discussion:
Which player from the 2003 draft will finish his career with the most NHL games played?

Here is a list of the 2003 draft players that played games last year, and their current games-played totals:

Eric Staal — 1293
Dustin Brown — 1232
Ryan Suter — 1198
Brent Burns — 1169
Patrice Bergeron — 1143
Ryan Getzlaf — 1101
Jeff Carter — 1094
Corey Perry — 1094
Joe Pavelski — 1086
Zach Parise — 1060
Shea Weber — 1038
Braydon Coburn — 983
Loui Eriksson — 977
David Backes — 965
Marc-Andre Fleury — 883
Brad Richardson — 825
Nate Thompson — 811
Jaroslav Halak — 539
Brian Elliott — 502

What do you think? Who is going to hold out the longest and rack up the most total games?

08-04-2021, 05:16 PM	#1
rogermexico Powerplay Quarterback Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Okotoks Exp:	Which 2003 draftee will end up with the most NHL games played? So far this off-season we’ve seen Cory Perry sign with the Lightning to try and make a third consecutive run to the finals, and Marc-Andre Fleury win the Vezina only to get traded for a roll of hockey tape. Brent Seabrook is retiring due to injuries and Shea Weber’s future is uncertain. Suter and Parise got bought out. Journeymen goalies like Jaroslav Halak and Brian Elliott continue to find work. Meanwhile, Patrice Bergeron continues to be a perennial Selke candidate. The 2003 draft class has been famous for the sheer number of great NHLers that it produced. 130 different 2003 draftees played at least 1 NHL game and 82 played more than a hundred. But a lot of those guys are starting to reach the end of the road. Only 19 of them played last season. So I thought this might make for a fun random summer Hockey discussion: Which player from the 2003 draft will finish his career with the most NHL games played? Here is a list of the 2003 draft players that played games last year, and their current games-played totals: Eric Staal — 1293 Dustin Brown — 1232 Ryan Suter — 1198 Brent Burns — 1169 Patrice Bergeron — 1143 Ryan Getzlaf — 1101 Jeff Carter — 1094 Corey Perry — 1094 Joe Pavelski — 1086 Zach Parise — 1060 Shea Weber — 1038 Braydon Coburn — 983 Loui Eriksson — 977 David Backes — 965 Marc-Andre Fleury — 883 Brad Richardson — 825 Nate Thompson — 811 Jaroslav Halak — 539 Brian Elliott — 502 What do you think? Who is going to hold out the longest and rack up the most total games? Last edited by rogermexico; 08-04-2021 at 10:14 PM.