NHL

draft pick value curve

expected career value by draft slot

— forwards · — defensemen · — goalies — each line is the average career value actually produced by that draft slot (2000–2026 drafts), through the selected number of post-draft years. The early-horizon gap between lines is the development timeline: forwards arrive first, defensemen later, goalies last. Axis capped at pick 224; drafts 2000–04 ran 9 rounds.

2000 draft class287 picks

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#	Team	Player	Pos	GP	Pts	A	E	Score
1	NYI	Rick DiPietro	G	318	—	3.1	5.6	-0.26	poor value
2	ATL	Dany Heatley	F	869	791	10.5	9.9	+0.03	fair
3	MIN	Marian Gaborik	F	1035	815	9.5	8.5	+0.05	fair
4	CBJ	Rostislav Klesla	D	659	159	5.1	6.3	-0.09	fair
5	NYI	Raffi Torres	F	635	260	5.1	7.1	-0.15	fair
6	NSH	Scott Hartnell	F	1249	707	8.5	6.1	+0.15	fair
7	BOS	Lars Jonsson	D	8	2	0.1	5.1	-0.82	BUST
8	TBL	Nikita Alexeev	F	159	37	1.1	4.1	-0.48	poor value
9	CGY	Brent Krahn	G	1	—	0.0	1.0	-0.50	poor value
10	CHI	Mikhail Yakubov	F	53	12	0.4	4.0	-0.67	BUST
11	CHI	Pavel Vorobiev	F	57	25	0.5	4.0	-0.64	BUST
12	ANA	Alexei Smirnov	F	52	6	0.3	4.0	-0.70	BUST
13	MTL	Ron Hainsey	D	1132	311	5.3	1.9	+0.41	great value
14	COL	Vaclav Nedorost	F	99	20	0.7	4.0	-0.59	BUST
15	BUF	Artem Kriukov	F	0	0	0.0	4.0	-0.80	BUST
16	MTL	Marcel Hossa	F	237	61	1.7	4.0	-0.35	poor value
17	EDM	Alexei Mikhnov	F	2	0	0.0	3.9	-0.79	BUST
18	PIT	Brooks Orpik	D	1035	194	4.5	1.9	+0.35	great value
19	PHX	Krys Kolanos	F	149	42	1.1	3.8	-0.45	poor value
20	LAK	Alex Frolov	F	579	397	6.5	3.8	+0.23	fair
21	OTT	Anton Volchenkov	D	696	133	4.4	1.9	+0.34	great value
22	NJD	David Hale	D	327	29	2.0	1.9	+0.02	fair
23	VAN	Nathan Smith	F	26	0	0.1	3.8	-0.75	BUST
24	TOR	Brad Boyes	F	822	505	6.1	3.7	+0.22	fair
25	DAL	Steve Ott	F	848	288	4.8	3.6	+0.13	fair
26	WSH	Brian Sutherby	F	460	90	3.0	3.4	-0.06	fair
27	BOS	Martin Samuelsson	F	14	1	0.1	3.3	-0.74	BUST
28	PHI	Justin Williams	F	1264	797	7.7	3.2	+0.38	great value
29	DET	Niklas Kronwall	D	953	432	5.5	1.9	+0.43	great value
30	STL	Jeff Taffe	F	180	46	1.3	2.7	-0.28	poor value
31	ATL	Ilya Nikulin	D	0	0	0.0	1.9	-0.65	BUST
32	CAR	Tomas Kurka	F	17	5	0.1	2.2	-0.62	BUST
33	MIN	Nick Schultz	D	1069	175	5.7	1.9	+0.44	great value
34	TBL	Ruslan Zainullin	F	0	0	0.0	1.8	-0.64	BUST
35	EDM	Brad Winchester	F	390	68	2.5	1.6	+0.19	fair
36	NSH	Daniel Widing	F	0	0	0.0	1.5	-0.60	BUST
37	BOS	Andy Hilbert	F	307	104	2.4	1.5	+0.18	fair
38	DET	Tomas Kopecky	F	578	174	3.2	1.5	+0.30	great value
39	NJD	Teemu Laine	F	0	0	0.0	1.5	-0.60	BUST
40	CGY	Kurtis Foster	D	405	160	4.1	1.6	+0.38	great value
41	SJS	Tero Maatta	D	0	0	0.0	1.5	-0.61	BUST
42	ATL	Libor Ustrnul	D	0	0	0.0	1.5	-0.61	BUST
43	WSH	Matt Pettinger	F	422	123	3.1	1.5	+0.28	great value
44	ANA	Ilya Bryzgalov	G	465	—	4.4	1.0	+0.53	STEAL
45	OTT	Mathieu Chouinard	G	1	—	0.0	1.0	-0.50	poor value
47	COL	Jared Aulin	F	17	4	0.1	1.5	-0.53	BUST
49	CHI	Jonas Nordqvist	F	3	2	0.0	1.5	-0.58	BUST
50	COL	Sergei Soin	F	0	0	0.0	1.5	-0.60	BUST
51	TOR	Kris Vernarsky	F	17	1	0.1	1.5	-0.55	BUST
52	PIT	Shane Endicott	F	45	3	0.2	1.5	-0.46	poor value
53	PHX	Alexander Tatarinov	F	0	0	0.0	1.5	-0.60	BUST
54	LAK	Andreas Lilja	D	580	87	4.1	1.5	+0.39	great value
55	OTT	Antoine Vermette	F	1046	515	6.0	1.5	+0.53	STEAL
56	NJD	Aleksander Suglobov	F	18	1	0.1	1.5	-0.55	BUST
57	NJD	Matt Demarchi	D	0	0	0.0	1.5	-0.60	BUST
58	FLA	Vladimir Sapozhnikov	D	0	0	0.0	1.5	-0.60	BUST
59	BOS	Ivan Huml	F	49	18	0.4	1.5	-0.38	poor value
60	DAL	Dan Ellis	G	212	—	1.7	1.0	+0.18	fair
61	WSH	Jakub Cutta	D	8	0	0.0	1.5	-0.57	BUST
62	NJD	Paul Martin	D	870	320	5.9	1.4	+0.54	STEAL
63	COL	Agris Saviels	D	0	0	0.0	1.4	-0.58	BUST
64	NYR	Filip Novak	D	17	0	0.1	1.3	-0.52	BUST
65	STL	David Morisset	F	4	0	0.0	1.5	-0.59	BUST
66	BOS	Tuukka Makela	D	0	0	0.0	1.3	-0.56	BUST
67	NJD	Maxim Birbraer	F	0	0	0.0	1.4	-0.59	BUST
68	DAL	Joel Lundqvist	F	134	26	0.9	1.4	-0.16	fair
69	CBJ	Ben Knopp	F	0	0	0.0	1.4	-0.58	BUST
70	TOR	Mikael Tellqvist	G	113	—	0.9	1.0	-0.01	fair
71	VAN	Thatcher Bell	F	0	0	0.0	1.3	-0.57	BUST
72	NSH	Mattias Nilsson	D	0	0	0.0	1.1	-0.51	BUST
73	BOS	Sergei Zinovjev	F	10	1	0.1	1.2	-0.51	BUST
74	CHI	Igor Radulov	F	43	16	0.4	1.2	-0.33	poor value
75	STL	Justin Papineau	F	81	19	0.6	1.2	-0.22	fair
76	NJD	Mike Rupp	F	610	99	3.6	1.2	+0.42	great value
77	FLA	Robert Fried	F	0	0	0.0	1.1	-0.53	BUST
78	MTL	Jozef Balej	F	18	6	0.1	1.1	-0.43	poor value
79	MTL	Tyler Hanchuck	D	0	0	0.0	1.0	-0.49	poor value
80	CAR	Ryan Bayda	F	179	40	1.2	1.1	+0.05	fair
81	TBL	Alexandre Kharitonov	F	71	22	0.5	1.1	-0.21	fair
82	FLA	Sean O'Connor	F	0	0	0.0	1.0	-0.51	BUST
83	EDM	Alexander Ljubimov	D	0	0	0.0	0.9	-0.48	poor value
85	PHX	Ramzi Abid	F	68	30	0.6	1.0	-0.14	fair
86	LAK	Yanick Lehoux	F	10	4	0.1	1.0	-0.43	poor value
87	OTT	Jan Bohac	F	0	0	0.0	0.9	-0.48	poor value
88	COL	Kurt Sauer	D	357	33	2.2	0.9	+0.33	great value
89	NSH	Libor Pivko	F	1	0	0.0	0.9	-0.47	poor value
90	TOR	Jean-Francois Racine	G	0	—	0.0	1.0	-0.50	poor value
91	DAL	Alexei Tereschenko	F	0	0	0.0	0.9	-0.46	poor value
92	COL	Sergey Klyazmin	F	0	0	0.0	0.9	-0.46	poor value
93	VAN	Tim Branham	D	0	0	0.0	0.8	-0.46	poor value
94	PHI	Alexander Drozdetsky	F	0	0	0.0	0.8	-0.46	poor value
95	NYR	Dominic Moore	F	897	282	4.3	0.8	+0.56	STEAL
96	STL	Antoine Bergeron	D	0	0	0.0	0.8	-0.45	poor value
97	CAR	Niclas Wallin	D	614	79	4.2	0.8	+0.55	STEAL
98	ANA	Jonas Ronnqvist	F	38	4	0.2	0.8	-0.30	poor value
99	MIN	Marc Cavosie	F	0	0	0.0	0.8	-0.45	poor value
100	TOR	Miguel Delisle	F	0	0	0.0	0.8	-0.44	poor value
101	NYI	Arto Tukio	D	0	0	0.0	0.8	-0.45	poor value
102	DET	Stefan Liv	G	0	—	0.0	0.8	-0.43	poor value
103	BOS	James Brett Nowak	F	0	0	0.0	0.8	-0.44	poor value
104	SJS	Jon Disalvatore	F	6	0	0.0	0.8	-0.41	poor value
105	NYI	Vladimir Gorbunov	F	0	0	0.0	0.8	-0.43	poor value
106	CHI	Scott Balan	D	0	0	0.0	0.8	-0.45	poor value
107	ATL	Carl Mallette	F	0	0	0.0	0.8	-0.43	poor value
108	ATL	Blake Robson	F	0	0	0.0	0.7	-0.43	poor value
109	MTL	Johan Eneqvist	F	0	0	0.0	0.7	-0.43	poor value
110	CAR	Jared Newman	D	0	0	0.0	0.8	-0.45	poor value
111	BUF	Ghyslain Rousseau	G	0	—	0.0	0.6	-0.37	poor value
112	NYR	Premsyl Duben	D	0	0	0.0	0.8	-0.44	poor value
113	EDM	Lou Dickenson	F	0	0	0.0	0.7	-0.42	poor value
114	MTL	Christian Larrivee	F	0	0	0.0	0.7	-0.42	poor value
115	FLA	Chris Eade	D	0	0	0.0	0.8	-0.44	poor value
116	CGY	Levente Szuper	G	0	—	0.0	0.5	-0.33	poor value
117	CHI	Olli Malmivaara	D	2	0	0.0	0.8	-0.43	poor value
118	LAK	Lubomir Visnovsky	D	883	495	10.6	0.8	+0.79	STEAL
119	COL	Brian Fahey	D	7	1	0.0	0.8	-0.39	poor value
120	FLA	Davis Parley	G	0	—	0.0	0.4	-0.30	poor value
121	WSH	Ryan Vanbuskirk	D	0	0	0.0	0.8	-0.43	poor value
122	OTT	Derrick Byfuglien	D	0	0	0.0	0.7	-0.43	poor value
123	DAL	Vadim Khomitski	D	0	0	0.0	0.7	-0.42	poor value
124	PIT	Michel Ouellet	F	190	116	1.9	0.6	+0.36	great value
125	NJD	Phil Cole	D	0	0	0.0	0.7	-0.42	poor value
126	TBL	Johan Hagglund	F	0	0	0.0	0.6	-0.39	poor value
127	DET	Dmitri Semyenov	F	0	0	0.0	0.6	-0.39	poor value
128	DET	Alexander Seluyanov	D	0	0	0.0	0.7	-0.41	poor value
129	STL	Troy Riddle	F	0	0	0.0	0.6	-0.38	poor value
130	DET	Aaron Van Leusen	F	0	0	0.0	0.6	-0.38	poor value
131	NSH	Matt Hendricks	F	607	116	1.5	0.6	+0.29	great value
132	MIN	Maxim Sushinsky	F	30	11	0.2	0.6	-0.20	fair
133	CBJ	Petteri Nummelin	D	139	45	1.4	0.7	+0.22	fair
134	ANA	Peter Podhradsky	D	0	0	0.0	0.7	-0.40	poor value
135	NJD	Michael Danton	F	87	14	0.6	0.6	-0.01	fair
136	NYI	Dimitri Upper	F	0	0	0.0	0.6	-0.36	poor value
137	NSH	Mike Stuart	D	3	0	0.0	0.7	-0.38	poor value
138	CBJ	Scott Heffernan	D	0	0	0.0	0.7	-0.39	poor value
139	DAL	Ruslan Bernikov	F	0	0	0.0	0.6	-0.36	poor value
140	NYR	Nathan Martz	F	0	0	0.0	0.5	-0.35	poor value
141	CGY	Wade Davis	D	0	0	0.0	0.6	-0.39	poor value
142	SJS	Michael Pinc	F	0	0	0.0	0.5	-0.35	poor value
143	NYR	Brandon Snee	G	0	—	0.0	0.3	-0.23	fair
144	VAN	Pavel Duma	F	0	0	0.0	0.5	-0.34	poor value
145	MTL	Ryan Glenn	D	0	0	0.0	0.6	-0.38	poor value
146	PIT	David Koci	D	0	0	0.0	0.6	-0.38	poor value
147	ATL	Matt McRae	F	0	0	0.0	0.5	-0.34	poor value
148	NYI	Kristofer Ottosson	F	0	0	0.0	0.5	-0.34	poor value
149	BUF	Denis Denisov	F	0	0	0.0	0.5	-0.33	poor value
150	CBJ	Tyler Kolarik	F	0	0	0.0	0.5	-0.33	poor value
151	CHI	Alexander Barkunov	D	0	0	0.0	0.6	-0.37	poor value
153	ANA	Bill Cass	D	0	0	0.0	0.6	-0.37	poor value
154	NSH	Matt Koalska	F	3	0	0.0	0.5	-0.32	poor value
155	CGY	Travis Moen	F	747	136	3.7	0.5	+0.62	STEAL
156	OTT	Greg Zanon	D	493	62	3.0	0.6	+0.53	STEAL
157	OTT	Grant Potulny	F	0	0	0.0	0.5	-0.33	poor value
158	OTT	Sean Connolly	D	0	0	0.0	0.6	-0.36	poor value
159	COL	John-Michael Liles	D	836	370	7.4	0.5	+0.76	STEAL
160	PHX	Nate Kiser	D	0	0	0.0	0.5	-0.35	poor value
161	TBL	Pavel Sedov	F	0	0	0.0	0.5	-0.33	poor value
162	DAL	Artem Chernov	F	0	0	0.0	0.5	-0.33	poor value
163	WSH	Ivan Nepriayev	F	0	0	0.0	0.5	-0.33	poor value
164	NJD	Matus Kostur	G	0	—	0.0	0.3	-0.23	fair
165	LAK	Nathan Marsters	G	0	—	0.0	0.3	-0.23	fair
166	SJS	Nolan Schaefer	G	7	—	0.1	0.3	-0.17	fair
167	STL	Craig Weller	D	0	0	0.0	0.5	-0.34	poor value
168	ATL	Zdenek Smid	G	0	—	0.0	0.3	-0.23	fair
169	CBJ	Shane Bendera	G	0	—	0.0	0.3	-0.23	fair
170	MIN	Erik Reitz	D	48	2	0.3	0.5	-0.14	fair
171	PHI	Roman Cechmanek	G	212	—	2.8	0.3	+0.61	STEAL
172	MTL	Scott Selig	F	0	0	0.0	0.5	-0.33	poor value
173	NSH	Tomas Harant	D	0	0	0.0	0.5	-0.33	poor value
174	BOS	Jarno Kultanen	D	102	13	0.7	0.5	+0.10	fair
175	NYR	Sven Helfenstein	F	0	0	0.0	0.5	-0.33	poor value
176	CGY	Jukka Hentunen	F	38	9	0.3	0.5	-0.13	fair
177	CHI	Michael Ayers	G	0	—	0.0	0.3	-0.23	fair
178	ATL	Jeff Dwyer	D	0	0	0.0	0.5	-0.32	poor value
179	TOR	Vadim Sozinov	F	0	0	0.0	0.5	-0.33	poor value
180	ATL	Darcy Hordichuk	F	542	41	3.0	0.5	+0.55	STEAL
181	CAR	J.D. Forrest	D	0	0	0.0	0.5	-0.31	poor value
182	MTL	Petr Chvojka	D	0	0	0.0	0.5	-0.31	poor value
183	SJS	Michal Macho	F	0	0	0.0	0.5	-0.33	poor value
184	EDM	Shaun Norrie	F	0	0	0.0	0.5	-0.33	poor value
185	PIT	Patrick Foley	F	0	0	0.0	0.5	-0.33	poor value
186	PHX	Brent Gauvreau	F	0	0	0.0	0.5	-0.33	poor value
187	DET	Per Backer	F	0	0	0.0	0.5	-0.33	poor value
188	OTT	Jason Maleyko	D	0	0	0.0	0.4	-0.30	poor value
189	COL	Chris Bahen	D	0	0	0.0	0.4	-0.30	poor value
190	FLA	Josh Olson	F	5	1	0.0	0.5	-0.30	poor value
191	TBL	Aaron Gionet	D	0	0	0.0	0.4	-0.30	poor value
192	DAL	Ladislav Vlcek	F	0	0	0.0	0.5	-0.33	poor value
193	CHI	Joey Martin	D	0	0	0.0	0.4	-0.29	poor value
194	NJD	Deryk Engelland	D	671	127	1.1	0.4	+0.29	great value
195	PHI	Colin Shields	F	0	0	0.0	0.5	-0.33	poor value
196	DET	Paul Ballantyne	D	0	0	0.0	0.4	-0.29	poor value
197	NSH	Zbynek Irgl	F	0	0	0.0	0.5	-0.33	poor value
198	NJD	Ken Magowan	F	0	0	0.0	0.5	-0.33	poor value
199	MIN	Brian Passmore	F	0	0	0.0	0.5	-0.33	poor value
200	CBJ	Janne Jokila	F	0	0	0.0	0.5	-0.33	poor value
201	LAK	Evgeny Federov	F	0	0	0.0	0.5	-0.33	poor value
202	NYI	Ryan Caldwell	D	4	0	0.0	0.4	-0.27	poor value
203	NSH	Jure Penko	G	0	—	0.0	0.3	-0.23	fair
204	BOS	Chris Berti	F	0	0	0.0	0.5	-0.33	poor value
205	NYR	Henrik Lundqvist	G	887	—	6.0	0.3	+0.78	STEAL
206	LAK	Tim Eriksson	F	0	0	0.0	0.5	-0.33	poor value
207	CHI	Cliff Loya	D	0	0	0.0	0.4	-0.29	poor value
208	VAN	Brandon Reid	F	13	6	0.1	0.5	-0.22	fair
209	TOR	Markus Seikola	D	0	0	0.0	0.4	-0.29	poor value
210	PHI	John Eichelberger	F	0	0	0.0	0.5	-0.32	poor value
211	EDM	Joe Cullen	F	0	0	0.0	0.5	-0.32	poor value
212	CAR	Magnus Kahnberg	F	0	0	0.0	0.5	-0.32	poor value
213	BUF	Vasily Bizyayev	F	0	0	0.0	0.5	-0.32	poor value
214	MIN	Peter Bartos	F	13	6	0.1	0.5	-0.22	fair
216	PIT	Jim Abbott	F	0	0	0.0	0.5	-0.31	poor value
217	PHX	Igor Samoilov	D	0	0	0.0	0.4	-0.29	poor value
218	LAK	Craig Olynick	D	0	0	0.0	0.4	-0.29	poor value
219	DAL	Marco Tuokko	F	0	0	0.0	0.4	-0.31	poor value
220	BUF	Paul Gaustad	F	727	231	4.1	0.4	+0.66	STEAL
221	COL	Aaron Molnar	G	0	—	0.0	0.3	-0.23	fair
222	TBL	Marek Priechodsky	D	0	0	0.0	0.4	-0.29	poor value
223	TOR	Lubos Velebny	D	0	0	0.0	0.4	-0.29	poor value
224	DAL	Antti Miettinen	F	539	230	4.5	0.4	+0.69	STEAL
225	CHI	Vladislav Luchkin	F	0	0	0.0	0.4	-0.30	poor value
226	TBL	Brian Eklund	G	1	—	0.0	0.3	-0.23	fair
227	PHI	Guillaume Lefebvre	F	39	6	0.2	0.4	-0.11	fair
228	DET	Jimmie Svensson	F	0	0	0.0	0.4	-0.30	poor value
229	STL	Brett Lutes	F	0	0	0.0	0.4	-0.29	poor value
230	ATL	Samu Isosalo	F	0	0	0.0	0.4	-0.29	poor value
231	CBJ	Peter Zingoni	F	0	0	0.0	0.4	-0.29	poor value
232	MIN	Lubomir Sekeras	D	213	71	2.2	0.4	+0.50	great value
233	TBL	Alexander Polukeyev	G	0	—	0.0	0.3	-0.23	fair
234	FLA	Janis Sprukts	F	14	3	0.1	0.4	-0.21	fair
235	CAR	Craig Kowalski	G	0	—	0.0	0.3	-0.23	fair
236	NSH	Mats Christeen	D	0	0	0.0	0.4	-0.29	poor value
237	BOS	Zdenek Kutlak	D	16	3	0.1	0.4	-0.19	fair
238	NYR	Dan Eberly	D	0	0	0.0	0.4	-0.29	poor value
239	CGY	David Hajek	D	0	0	0.0	0.4	-0.29	poor value
240	CHI	Adam Berkhoel	G	9	—	0.1	0.3	-0.18	fair
241	VAN	Nathan Barrett	F	0	0	0.0	0.4	-0.28	poor value
242	ATL	Evan Nielsen	D	0	0	0.0	0.4	-0.29	poor value
243	MTL	Joni Puurula	G	0	—	0.0	0.3	-0.23	fair
244	ATL	Eric Bowen	F	0	0	0.0	0.4	-0.27	poor value
245	LAK	Dan Welch	F	0	0	0.0	0.4	-0.27	poor value
246	SJS	Chad Wiseman	F	9	2	0.1	0.4	-0.22	fair
247	EDM	Jason Platt	D	0	0	0.0	0.4	-0.29	poor value
248	PIT	Steven Crampton	F	0	0	0.0	0.4	-0.27	poor value
249	PHX	Sami Venalainen	F	0	0	0.0	0.4	-0.27	poor value
250	LAK	Flavien Conne	F	0	0	0.0	0.4	-0.27	poor value
251	DET	Todd Jackson	F	0	0	0.0	0.4	-0.26	poor value
252	COL	Darryl Bootland	F	32	3	0.2	0.4	-0.11	fair
253	FLA	Mathew Sommerfeld	F	0	0	0.0	0.4	-0.26	poor value
254	TOR	Alexander Shinkar	F	0	0	0.0	0.4	-0.26	poor value
256	SJS	Pasi Saarinen	D	0	0	0.0	0.4	-0.29	poor value
257	NJD	Warren McCutcheon	F	0	0	0.0	0.3	-0.26	poor value
258	BUF	Sean McMorrow	D	0	0	0.0	0.4	-0.29	poor value
259	PHI	Regan Kelly	D	0	0	0.0	0.4	-0.29	poor value
260	DET	Evgeni Bumagin	F	0	0	0.0	0.3	-0.26	poor value
261	STL	Reinhard Divis	G	28	—	0.1	0.3	-0.11	fair
262	CHI	Peter Flache	F	0	0	0.0	0.3	-0.26	poor value
263	TBL	Thomas Ziegler	F	5	0	0.0	0.3	-0.24	fair
264	NYI	Dimitri Altarev	F	0	0	0.0	0.3	-0.26	poor value
265	TOR	Jean-Philippe Cote	D	27	4	0.0	0.4	-0.26	poor value
266	COL	Sean Kotary	F	0	0	0.0	0.3	-0.26	poor value
267	NYI	Tomi Pettinen	D	24	0	0.1	0.4	-0.19	fair
268	BOS	Pavel Kolarik	D	23	0	0.1	0.4	-0.20	fair
269	NYR	Martin Richter	D	0	0	0.0	0.4	-0.29	poor value
270	CGY	Micki Dupont	D	23	4	0.2	0.4	-0.15	fair
271	CHI	Reto Von Arx	F	19	4	0.1	0.3	-0.15	fair
272	VAN	Tim Smith	F	0	0	0.0	0.3	-0.26	poor value
273	PIT	Roman Simicek	F	63	17	0.4	0.3	+0.05	fair
274	EDM	Evgeny Muratov	F	0	0	0.0	0.3	-0.26	poor value
275	MTL	Jonathan Gauthier	D	0	0	0.0	0.4	-0.29	poor value
276	CAR	Troy Ferguson	F	0	0	0.0	0.3	-0.26	poor value
277	BUF	Ryan Courtney	F	0	0	0.0	0.3	-0.26	poor value
278	CBJ	Martin Paroulek	F	0	0	0.0	0.3	-0.26	poor value
279	BOS	Andreas Lindstrom	F	0	0	0.0	0.3	-0.26	poor value
280	PIT	Nick Boucher	G	0	—	0.0	0.3	-0.23	fair
281	PHX	Peter Fabus	F	0	0	0.0	0.3	-0.26	poor value
282	LAK	Carl Grahn	G	0	—	0.0	0.3	-0.23	fair
283	OTT	James Demone	D	0	0	0.0	0.4	-0.29	poor value
284	NSH	Martin Hohener	D	0	0	0.0	0.4	-0.29	poor value
285	COL	Blake Ward	G	0	—	0.0	0.3	-0.23	fair
286	CBJ	Andrej Nedorost	F	28	5	0.2	0.3	-0.11	fair
287	PHI	Milan Kopecky	F	0	0	0.0	0.3	-0.26	poor value
288	ATL	Mark McRae	D	0	0	0.0	0.4	-0.29	poor value
289	WSH	Bjorn Nord	D	0	0	0.0	0.4	-0.29	poor value
290	ATL	Simon Gamache	F	48	13	0.3	0.3	-0.00	fair
291	CHI	Arne Ramholt	D	0	0	0.0	0.4	-0.29	poor value
292	CBJ	Louis Mandeville	D	0	0	0.0	0.4	-0.29	poor value
293	STL	Lauri Kinos	D	0	0	0.0	0.4	-0.29	poor value

STEAL ≥ +0.50 · great value ≥ +0.25 · fair within ±0.25 · poor value ≤ −0.25 · BUST ≤ −0.50 — 0 means the pick produced exactly what its slot usually does; young picks are provisional ("thru yr N") and rescore each season

all-time steals (2000–2014 classes)

1	2004 · #262	Mark StreitD · MTL	+0.84
2	2003 · #245	Dustin ByfuglienD · CHI	+0.82
3	2007 · #129	Jamie BennF · DAL	+0.81
4	2012 · #130	Connor HellebuyckG · WPG	+0.81
5	2002 · #241	Dennis WidemanD · BUF	+0.80
6	2001 · #176	Marek ZidlickyD · NYR	+0.80
7	2000 · #118	Lubomir VisnovskyD · LAK	+0.79
8	2003 · #205	Joe PavelskiF · SJS	+0.79
9	2011 · #208	Ondrej PalatF · TBL	+0.79
10	2011 · #104	Johnny GaudreauF · CGY	+0.78
11	2003 · #239	Toby EnstromD · ATL	+0.78
12	2005 · #105	Keith YandleD · PHX	+0.78
13	2010 · #178	Mark StoneF · OTT	+0.78
14	2000 · #205	Henrik LundqvistG · NYR	+0.78
15	2010 · #147	Brendan GallagherF · MTL	+0.77
16	2003 · #148	Lee StempniakF · STL	+0.77
17	2005 · #230	Patric HornqvistF · NSH	+0.77
18	2008 · #156	Jared SpurgeonD · NYI	+0.77
19	2004 · #258	Pekka RinneG · NSH	+0.77
20	2013 · #206	MacKenzie WeegarD · FLA	+0.77
21	2005 · #216	Anton StralmanD · TOR	+0.76
22	2000 · #159	John-Michael LilesD · COL	+0.76
23	2010 · #131	John KlingbergD · DAL	+0.76
24	2003 · #263	Matt MoulsonF · PIT	+0.76
25	2008 · #186	Jason DemersD · SJS	+0.76

all-time busts (2000–2014 classes)

1	2000 · #7	Lars JonssonD · BOS	-0.82
2	2012 · #4	Griffin ReinhartD · NYI	-0.81
3	2009 · #8	Scott GlennieF · DAL	-0.80
4	2008 · #11	Kyle BeachF · CHI	-0.80
5	2002 · #15	Jesse NiinimakiF · EDM	-0.80
6	2000 · #15	Artem KriukovF · BUF	-0.80
7	2005 · #16	Alex BourretF · ATL	-0.80
8	2005 · #13	Marek ZagrapanF · BUF	-0.80
9	2002 · #9	Petr TaticekF · FLA	-0.80
10	2007 · #17	Alexei CherepanovF · NYR	-0.80
11	2003 · #12	Hugh JessimanF · NYR	-0.80
12	2000 · #17	Alexei MikhnovF · EDM	-0.79
13	2001 · #18	Jens KarlssonF · LAK	-0.79
14	2002 · #19	Jakub KoreisF · PHX	-0.79
15	2007 · #19	Logan MacmillanF · ANA	-0.79
16	2007 · #20	Angelo EspositoF · PIT	-0.79
17	2008 · #21	Anton GustafssonF · WSH	-0.79
18	2011 · #22	Tyler BiggsF · TOR	-0.79
19	2004 · #11	Lauri TukonenF · LAK	-0.79
20	2011 · #18	Mark McNeillF · CHI	-0.79
21	2004 · #24	Kris ChuckoF · CGY	-0.78
22	2007 · #25	Patrick WhiteF · VAN	-0.78
23	2013 · #22	Emile PoirierF · CGY	-0.77
24	2002 · #27	Mike MorrisF · SJS	-0.77
25	2009 · #27	Philippe ParadisF · CAR	-0.77