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.

2007 draft class211 picks

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#	Team	Player	Pos	GP	Pts	A	E	Score
1	CHI	Patrick Kane	F	1369	1400	13.8	11.6	+0.09	fair
2	PHI	James van Riemsdyk	F	1154	696	7.9	9.9	-0.11	fair
3	PHX	Kyle Turris	F	776	425	7.3	8.5	-0.07	fair
4	LAK	Thomas Hickey	D	456	117	4.0	6.3	-0.20	fair
5	WSH	Karl Alzner	D	686	130	5.4	6.3	-0.07	fair
6	EDM	Sam Gagner	F	1043	529	8.6	6.1	+0.16	fair
7	CBJ	Jakub Voracek	F	1058	806	10.7	6.1	+0.26	great value
8	BOS	Zach Hamill	F	20	4	0.1	4.1	-0.76	BUST
9	SJS	Logan Couture	F	933	701	8.5	4.1	+0.32	great value
10	FLA	Keaton Ellerby	D	212	27	1.6	1.9	-0.06	fair
11	CAR	Brandon Sutter	F	770	289	6.1	4.0	+0.19	fair
12	MTL	Ryan McDonagh	D	1058	441	7.6	1.9	+0.54	STEAL
13	STL	Lars Eller	F	1184	439	6.1	4.0	+0.19	fair
14	COL	Kevin Shattenkirk	D	952	484	8.5	1.9	+0.58	STEAL
15	EDM	Alex Plante	D	10	2	0.1	1.9	-0.61	BUST
16	MIN	Colton Gillies	F	154	18	1.0	4.0	-0.50	poor value
17	NYR	Alexei Cherepanov	F	0	0	0.0	3.9	-0.80	BUST
18	STL	Ian Cole	D	990	233	4.0	1.9	+0.31	great value
19	ANA	Logan Macmillan	F	0	0	0.0	3.8	-0.79	BUST
20	PIT	Angelo Esposito	F	0	0	0.0	3.8	-0.79	BUST
21	EDM	Riley Nash	F	628	176	3.9	3.8	+0.01	fair
22	MTL	Max Pacioretty	F	939	681	8.5	3.8	+0.35	great value
23	NSH	Jonathon Blum	D	110	24	1.1	1.9	-0.20	fair
24	CGY	Mikael Backlund	F	1148	606	6.3	3.7	+0.24	fair
25	VAN	Patrick White	F	0	0	0.0	3.6	-0.78	BUST
26	STL	David Perron	F	1239	812	8.8	3.4	+0.40	great value
27	DET	Brendan Smith	D	741	146	3.6	1.9	+0.26	great value
28	SJS	Nick Petrecki	D	1	0	0.0	1.9	-0.65	BUST
29	OTT	Jim O'Brien	F	77	13	0.6	2.9	-0.50	BUST
30	PHX	Nick Ross	D	0	0	0.0	1.9	-0.65	BUST
31	BUF	TJ Brennan	D	53	13	0.7	1.9	-0.35	poor value
32	PHX	Brett MacLean	F	18	5	0.1	2.2	-0.62	BUST
33	VAN	Taylor Ellington	D	0	0	0.0	1.9	-0.65	BUST
34	WSH	Josh Godfrey	D	0	0	0.0	1.8	-0.65	BUST
35	BOS	Tommy Cross	D	3	1	0.0	1.7	-0.61	BUST
36	PHX	Joel Gistedt	G	0	—	0.0	1.0	-0.50	poor value
37	CBJ	Stefan Legein	F	0	0	0.0	1.5	-0.60	BUST
38	CHI	Bill Sweatt	F	3	0	0.0	1.5	-0.59	BUST
39	STL	Simon Hjalmarsson	F	0	0	0.0	1.5	-0.60	BUST
40	FLA	Michal Repik	F	72	20	0.5	1.5	-0.32	poor value
41	PHI	Kevin Marshall	D	10	0	0.0	1.5	-0.58	BUST
42	ANA	Eric Tangradi	F	150	16	1.0	1.5	-0.13	fair
43	MTL	P.K. Subban	D	834	467	9.7	1.5	+0.67	STEAL
44	STL	Aaron Palushaj	F	68	14	0.6	1.5	-0.29	poor value
45	COL	Colby Cohen	D	3	0	0.0	1.5	-0.59	BUST
46	WSH	Theo Ruth	D	0	0	0.0	1.5	-0.60	BUST
47	TBL	Dana Tyrell	F	135	24	1.0	1.5	-0.15	fair
48	NYR	Antoine Lafleur	G	0	—	0.0	1.0	-0.50	poor value
49	COL	Trevor Cann	G	0	—	0.0	1.0	-0.50	poor value
50	DAL	Nico Sacchetti	F	0	0	0.0	1.5	-0.60	BUST
51	PIT	Keven Veilleux	F	0	0	0.0	1.5	-0.60	BUST
52	LAK	Oscar Moller	F	87	26	0.7	1.5	-0.27	poor value
53	CBJ	Will Weber	D	0	0	0.0	1.5	-0.60	BUST
54	NSH	Jeremy Smith	G	10	—	0.1	1.0	-0.46	poor value
55	COL	TJ Galiardi	F	321	105	2.8	1.5	+0.24	fair
56	CHI	Akim Aliu	F	7	3	0.1	1.5	-0.55	BUST
57	NJD	Mike Hoeffel	F	0	0	0.0	1.5	-0.60	BUST
58	NSH	Nick Spaling	F	437	124	3.6	1.5	+0.34	great value
59	BUF	Drew Schiestel	D	0	0	0.0	1.5	-0.60	BUST
60	OTT	Ruslan Bashkirov	F	0	0	0.0	1.5	-0.60	BUST
61	LAK	Wayne Simmonds	F	1037	526	9.0	1.5	+0.65	STEAL
62	NYI	Mark Katic	D	11	1	0.1	1.4	-0.54	BUST
63	ANA	Maxime Macenauer	F	29	4	0.2	1.5	-0.50	poor value
64	DAL	Sergei Korostin	F	0	0	0.0	1.5	-0.60	BUST
65	MTL	Olivier Fortier	F	0	0	0.0	1.5	-0.60	BUST
66	PHI	Garrett Klotz	F	0	0	0.0	1.5	-0.60	BUST
67	ATL	Spencer Machacek	F	25	9	0.2	1.4	-0.47	poor value
68	CBJ	Jake Hansen	F	0	0	0.0	1.4	-0.58	BUST
69	CHI	Maxime Tanguay	F	0	0	0.0	1.4	-0.58	BUST
70	CGY	John Negrin	D	3	1	0.0	1.1	-0.51	BUST
71	FLA	Evgenii Dadonov	F	641	362	2.4	1.3	+0.23	fair
72	CAR	Drayson Bowman	F	179	33	1.3	1.3	+0.02	fair
73	MTL	Yannick Weber	D	499	94	3.6	1.0	+0.46	great value
74	TOR	Dale Mitchell	F	0	0	0.0	1.2	-0.55	BUST
75	TBL	Luca Cunti	F	0	0	0.0	1.2	-0.54	BUST
76	NYI	Jason Gregoire	F	0	0	0.0	1.2	-0.54	BUST
77	TBL	Alex Killorn	F	1032	572	5.3	1.1	+0.56	STEAL
78	PIT	Robert Bortuzzo	D	577	76	2.5	1.0	+0.34	great value
79	NJD	Nick Palmieri	F	87	25	0.7	1.1	-0.16	fair
80	PIT	Casey Pierro-Zabotel	F	0	0	0.0	1.1	-0.52	BUST
81	NSH	Ryan Thang	F	1	0	0.0	1.1	-0.51	BUST
82	LAK	Bryan Cameron	F	0	0	0.0	1.0	-0.51	BUST
83	SJS	Timo Pielmeier	G	1	—	0.0	1.0	-0.50	poor value
84	WSH	Phil Desimone	F	0	0	0.0	1.0	-0.50	poor value
85	STL	Brett Sonne	F	0	0	0.0	1.0	-0.49	poor value
86	CHI	Josh Unice	G	0	—	0.0	1.0	-0.50	poor value
87	NJD	Corbin McPherson	D	0	0	0.0	0.9	-0.47	poor value
88	DET	Joakim Andersson	F	205	36	1.5	0.9	+0.18	fair
89	BUF	Corey Tropp	F	149	27	1.0	0.9	+0.03	fair
90	OTT	Louie Caporusso	F	0	0	0.0	0.9	-0.47	poor value
91	SJS	Tyson Sexsmith	G	0	—	0.0	1.0	-0.50	poor value
92	ANA	Justin Vaive	F	0	0	0.0	0.9	-0.46	poor value
93	ANA	Steven Kampfer	D	231	39	1.4	0.8	+0.18	fair
94	CBJ	Maksim Mayorov	F	22	3	0.1	0.8	-0.36	poor value
95	LAK	Alec Martinez	D	862	289	5.6	0.8	+0.64	STEAL
96	STL	Cade Fairchild	D	5	1	0.0	0.8	-0.42	poor value
97	EDM	Linus Omark	F	79	32	0.7	0.8	-0.05	fair
98	ANA	Sebastian Stefaniszin	G	0	—	0.0	0.8	-0.45	poor value
99	TOR	Matt Frattin	F	135	35	1.2	0.8	+0.12	fair
100	STL	Travis Erstad	F	0	0	0.0	0.8	-0.44	poor value
101	FLA	Matt Rust	F	0	0	0.0	0.8	-0.44	poor value
102	CAR	Justin McCrae	F	0	0	0.0	0.8	-0.44	poor value
103	PHX	Vladimir Ruzicka	F	0	0	0.0	0.8	-0.44	poor value
104	TOR	Ben Winnett	F	0	0	0.0	0.8	-0.44	poor value
105	COL	Brad Malone	F	217	32	1.3	0.8	+0.17	fair
106	NYI	Maxim Gratchev	F	0	0	0.0	0.8	-0.43	poor value
107	TBL	Mitch Fadden	F	0	0	0.0	0.8	-0.43	poor value
108	WSH	Brett Bruneteau	F	0	0	0.0	0.7	-0.43	poor value
109	LAK	Dwight King	F	365	109	3.1	0.7	+0.48	great value
110	MIN	Justin Falk	D	279	33	2.0	0.8	+0.32	great value
111	PIT	Luca Caputi	F	35	9	0.3	0.7	-0.24	fair
112	DAL	Colton Sceviour	F	535	156	3.1	0.7	+0.49	great value
113	COL	Kent Patterson	G	0	—	0.0	0.5	-0.35	poor value
114	NSH	Ben Ryan	F	0	0	0.0	0.7	-0.42	poor value
115	ATL	Niklas Lucenius	F	0	0	0.0	0.7	-0.41	poor value
116	CGY	Keith Aulie	D	167	14	1.2	0.8	+0.15	fair
117	NJD	Matt Halischuk	F	280	75	2.3	0.7	+0.40	great value
118	PIT	Alex Grant	D	7	2	0.1	0.8	-0.39	poor value
119	NSH	Mark Santorelli	F	0	0	0.0	0.7	-0.40	poor value
120	OTT	Ben Blood	D	0	0	0.0	0.8	-0.43	poor value
121	ANA	Mattias Modig	G	0	—	0.0	0.4	-0.29	poor value
122	PHI	Mario Kempe	F	70	13	0.4	0.7	-0.10	fair
123	PHX	Maxim Goncharov	D	0	0	0.0	0.7	-0.42	poor value
124	LAK	Linden Rowat	G	0	—	0.0	0.4	-0.26	poor value
125	WSH	Brett Leffler	F	0	0	0.0	0.6	-0.39	poor value
126	CHI	Joe Lavin	D	0	0	0.0	0.7	-0.42	poor value
127	EDM	Milan Kytnar	F	1	0	0.0	0.6	-0.38	poor value
128	DAL	Austin Smith	F	0	0	0.0	0.6	-0.38	poor value
129	DAL	Jamie Benn	F	1252	992	10.2	0.6	+0.81	STEAL
130	BOS	Denis Reul	D	0	0	0.0	0.7	-0.41	poor value
131	FLA	John Lee	D	0	0	0.0	0.7	-0.41	poor value
132	CAR	Chris Terry	F	152	38	1.1	0.6	+0.19	fair
133	MTL	Joe Stejskal	D	0	0	0.0	0.7	-0.40	poor value
134	TOR	Juraj Mikus	D	0	0	0.0	0.7	-0.40	poor value
135	COL	Paul Carey	F	100	16	0.6	0.6	+0.02	fair
136	DAL	Ondrej Roman	F	0	0	0.0	0.6	-0.36	poor value
137	LAK	Joshua Turnbull	F	0	0	0.0	0.6	-0.36	poor value
138	NYR	Max Campbell	F	0	0	0.0	0.6	-0.36	poor value
139	BUF	Bradley Eidsness	G	0	—	0.0	0.3	-0.23	fair
140	MIN	Cody Almond	F	25	2	0.1	0.5	-0.24	fair
141	PIT	Jake Muzzin	D	683	294	6.2	0.6	+0.71	STEAL
142	MTL	Andrew Conboy	F	0	0	0.0	0.5	-0.35	poor value
143	CGY	Mickey Renaud	F	0	0	0.0	0.5	-0.35	poor value
144	NSH	Andreas Thuresson	F	25	3	0.1	0.5	-0.23	fair
145	VAN	Charles-Antoine Messier	F	0	0	0.0	0.5	-0.34	poor value
146	VAN	Ilja Kablukov	F	0	0	0.0	0.5	-0.34	poor value
147	BUF	Jean-Simon Allard	F	0	0	0.0	0.5	-0.34	poor value
148	DET	Randy Cameron	F	0	0	0.0	0.5	-0.34	poor value
149	DAL	Michael Neal	F	0	0	0.0	0.5	-0.33	poor value
150	TBL	Matt Marshall	F	0	0	0.0	0.5	-0.33	poor value
151	ANA	Brett Morrison	F	0	0	0.0	0.5	-0.33	poor value
152	PHI	Jon Kalinski	F	22	5	0.2	0.5	-0.21	fair
153	PHX	Scott Darling	G	126	—	1.6	0.3	+0.45	great value
154	WSH	Dan Dunn	G	0	—	0.0	0.3	-0.23	fair
155	COL	Jens Hellgren	D	0	0	0.0	0.6	-0.36	poor value
156	CHI	Richard Greenop	F	0	0	0.0	0.5	-0.33	poor value
157	EDM	William Quist	F	0	0	0.0	0.5	-0.33	poor value
158	CBJ	Allen York	G	11	—	0.1	0.3	-0.18	fair
159	BOS	Alain Goulet	D	0	0	0.0	0.5	-0.35	poor value
160	STL	Anthony Peluso	D	0	0	0.0	0.5	-0.35	poor value
161	PHI	Patrick Maroon	F	848	323	4.2	0.5	+0.65	STEAL
162	CAR	Brett Bellemore	D	121	20	0.9	0.5	+0.16	fair
163	MTL	Nichlas Torp	D	0	0	0.0	0.5	-0.35	poor value
164	TOR	Christopher DiDomenico	F	27	10	0.2	0.5	-0.16	fair
165	SJS	Patrik Zackrisson	F	0	0	0.0	0.5	-0.33	poor value
166	NYI	Blake Kessel	D	0	0	0.0	0.5	-0.34	poor value
167	TBL	Johan Harju	F	10	3	0.1	0.5	-0.27	poor value
168	NYR	Carl Hagelin	F	713	296	5.3	0.5	+0.71	STEAL
169	BOS	Radim Ostrcil	D	0	0	0.0	0.5	-0.34	poor value
170	MIN	Harri Ilvonen	D	0	0	0.0	0.5	-0.33	poor value
171	PIT	Dustin Jeffrey	F	131	33	1.1	0.5	+0.22	fair
172	DAL	Luke Gazdic	F	147	8	0.8	0.5	+0.13	fair
173	SJS	Nick Bonino	F	868	358	5.3	0.5	+0.70	STEAL
174	NSH	Robert Dietrich	D	0	0	0.0	0.5	-0.33	poor value
175	ATL	John Albert	F	9	1	0.1	0.5	-0.29	poor value
176	VAN	Taylor Matson	F	0	0	0.0	0.5	-0.33	poor value
177	NJD	Vili Sopanen	F	0	0	0.0	0.5	-0.33	poor value
178	DET	Zack Torquato	F	0	0	0.0	0.5	-0.33	poor value
179	BUF	Paul Byron	F	521	208	3.7	0.5	+0.62	STEAL
180	WSH	Justin Taylor	F	0	0	0.0	0.5	-0.33	poor value
181	FLA	Corey Syvret	D	0	0	0.0	0.5	-0.31	poor value
182	PHI	Brad Phillips	G	0	—	0.0	0.3	-0.23	fair
183	TBL	Torrie Jung	G	0	—	0.0	0.3	-0.23	fair
184	LAK	Josh Kidd	D	0	0	0.0	0.4	-0.31	poor value
185	WSH	Nick Larson	F	0	0	0.0	0.5	-0.33	poor value
186	CGY	C.J. Severyn	F	0	0	0.0	0.5	-0.33	poor value
187	BUF	Nick Eno	G	0	—	0.0	0.3	-0.23	fair
188	LAK	Matt Fillier	F	0	0	0.0	0.5	-0.33	poor value
189	BOS	Jordan Knackstedt	F	0	0	0.0	0.5	-0.33	poor value
190	STL	Trevor Nill	F	0	0	0.0	0.5	-0.33	poor value
191	FLA	Ryan Watson	F	0	0	0.0	0.5	-0.33	poor value
192	MTL	Scott Kishel	D	0	0	0.0	0.4	-0.29	poor value
193	NYR	David Skokan	F	0	0	0.0	0.5	-0.33	poor value
194	TOR	Carl Gunnarsson	D	629	138	5.0	0.4	+0.72	STEAL
195	COL	Johan Alcen	F	0	0	0.0	0.5	-0.33	poor value
196	NYI	Simon Lacroix	D	0	0	0.0	0.4	-0.29	poor value
197	TBL	Michael Ward	D	0	0	0.0	0.4	-0.29	poor value
198	NYR	Danny Hobbs	F	0	0	0.0	0.5	-0.33	poor value
199	WSH	Andrew Glass	F	0	0	0.0	0.5	-0.33	poor value
200	MIN	Carson McMillan	F	16	5	0.1	0.5	-0.23	fair
201	SJS	Justin Braun	D	842	199	5.4	0.4	+0.73	STEAL
202	FLA	Sergei Gayduchenko	G	0	—	0.0	0.3	-0.23	fair
203	SJS	Frazer McLaren	F	102	11	0.8	0.5	+0.12	fair
204	NSH	Atte Engren	G	0	—	0.0	0.3	-0.23	fair
205	ATL	Paul Postma	D	205	35	1.7	0.4	+0.42	great value
206	VAN	Dan Gendur	F	0	0	0.0	0.5	-0.33	poor value
207	NJD	Ryan Molle	D	0	0	0.0	0.4	-0.29	poor value
208	DET	Bryan Rufenach	D	0	0	0.0	0.4	-0.29	poor value
209	BUF	Drew MacKenzie	D	0	0	0.0	0.4	-0.29	poor value
210	TBL	Justin Courtnall	F	0	0	0.0	0.5	-0.32	poor value
211	CBJ	Trent Vogelhuber	F	0	0	0.0	0.5	-0.32	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