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Originally Posted by FanIn80
What exactly do people think we’re doing to draft with our late-round 1st?
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A good quality player? Looking at the late 1st/early 2nd picks of the lats ten years
2009
24th - Marcus Johansson - Washington
33rd - Ryan O'Reilly - Colorado
39th - Jakob Silfverberg - Ottawa
46th - Robin Lehner - Ottawa
2010
24th - Kevin Hayes - Chicago
28th - Charlie Coyle - San Jose
30th - Brock Nelson - Islanders
37th - Justin Faulk - Carolina
2011
30th - Rickard Rakell - Anaheim
37th - Boone Jenner - Columbus
39th - John Gibson - Anaheim
43rd - Brandon Saad - Chicago
2012
30th - Tanner Pearson - LA
2013
23rd - Andre Burakovsky - Washington
2014
25th - David Pastrnak - Boston
2015
28th - Anthony Beauvillier - Islanders
32nd - Christian Fischer - Arizona
35th - Sebastian Aho - Carolina
The value of a late first is obviously less than a high pick but there is still big value to it. You can't just brush aside it or want to trade it away quickly