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.

2010 draft class209 picks

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#	Team	Player	Pos	GP	Pts	A	E	Score
1	EDM	Taylor Hall	F	989	787	10.8	11.6	-0.03	fair
2	BOS	Tyler Seguin	F	1016	826	11.0	9.9	+0.05	fair
3	FLA	Erik Gudbranson	D	842	140	4.8	6.3	-0.13	fair
4	CBJ	Ryan Johansen	F	905	578	9.3	7.9	+0.07	fair
5	NYI	Nino Niederreiter	F	1030	499	7.4	7.1	+0.02	fair
6	TBL	Brett Connolly	F	536	195	4.6	6.1	-0.13	fair
7	CAR	Jeff Skinner	F	1110	712	9.8	6.1	+0.22	fair
8	ATL	Alexander Burmistrov	F	348	101	2.9	4.1	-0.15	fair
9	MIN	Mikael Granlund	F	960	651	7.9	4.1	+0.29	great value
10	NYR	Dylan McIlrath	D	105	9	0.4	1.9	-0.45	poor value
11	DAL	Jack Campbell	G	176	—	2.1	1.0	+0.28	great value
12	ANA	Cam Fowler	D	1124	523	9.8	1.9	+0.62	STEAL
13	PHX	Brandon Gormley	D	58	5	0.3	1.9	-0.48	poor value
14	STL	Jaden Schwartz	F	861	553	7.3	4.0	+0.27	great value
15	LAK	Derek Forbort	D	552	106	3.3	1.9	+0.23	fair
16	STL	Vladimir Tarasenko	F	906	709	8.3	4.0	+0.32	great value
17	COL	Joey Hishon	F	13	2	0.1	3.9	-0.77	BUST
18	NSH	Austin Watson	F	528	121	3.1	3.8	-0.09	fair
19	FLA	Nick Bjugstad	F	821	339	5.1	3.8	+0.13	fair
20	PIT	Beau Bennett	F	200	64	1.8	3.8	-0.31	poor value
21	DET	Riley Sheahan	F	637	194	5.1	3.8	+0.13	fair
22	MTL	Jarred Tinordi	D	205	30	0.8	1.9	-0.28	poor value
23	BUF	Mark Pysyk	D	521	104	4.3	1.9	+0.33	great value
24	CHI	Kevin Hayes	F	805	446	6.1	3.7	+0.23	fair
25	FLA	Quinton Howden	F	97	17	0.7	3.6	-0.54	BUST
26	WSH	Evgeny Kuznetsov	F	743	575	7.9	3.4	+0.36	great value
27	PHX	Mark Visentin	G	1	—	0.0	1.0	-0.49	poor value
28	SJS	Charlie Coyle	F	1032	543	7.2	3.2	+0.35	great value
29	ANA	Emerson Etem	F	173	46	1.5	2.9	-0.27	poor value
30	NYI	Brock Nelson	F	1001	652	7.3	2.7	+0.42	great value
31	EDM	Tyler Pitlick	F	452	111	2.6	2.5	+0.02	fair
32	BOS	Jared Knight	F	0	0	0.0	2.2	-0.69	BUST
33	FLA	John McFarland	F	3	0	0.0	2.0	-0.66	BUST
34	CBJ	Dalton Smith	F	1	0	0.0	1.8	-0.64	BUST
35	CHI	Ludvig Rensfeldt	F	0	0	0.0	1.6	-0.61	BUST
36	FLA	Alexander Petrovic	D	323	60	2.0	1.6	+0.09	fair
37	CAR	Justin Faulk	D	1058	498	9.3	1.6	+0.65	STEAL
38	NJD	Jon Merrill	D	682	115	3.7	1.6	+0.33	great value
39	MIN	Brett Bulmer	F	17	3	0.1	1.5	-0.54	BUST
40	NYR	Christian Thomas	F	27	3	0.2	1.5	-0.51	BUST
41	DAL	Patrik Nemeth	D	504	70	3.2	1.5	+0.29	great value
42	ANA	Devante Smith-Pelly	F	395	101	2.9	1.5	+0.25	great value
43	TOR	Brad Ross	F	0	0	0.0	1.5	-0.60	BUST
44	STL	Sebastian Wannstrom	F	0	0	0.0	1.5	-0.60	BUST
45	BOS	Ryan Spooner	F	325	167	3.2	1.5	+0.30	great value
46	EDM	Martin Marincin	D	227	34	1.6	1.5	+0.03	fair
47	LAK	Tyler Toffoli	F	969	624	7.3	1.5	+0.59	STEAL
48	EDM	Curtis Hamilton	F	1	0	0.0	1.5	-0.60	BUST
49	COL	Calvin Pickard	G	191	—	1.3	1.0	+0.09	fair
50	FLA	Connor Brickley	F	81	21	0.6	1.5	-0.30	poor value
51	DET	Calle Jarnkrok	F	774	316	5.4	1.5	+0.49	great value
52	PHX	Philip Lane	F	0	0	0.0	1.5	-0.60	BUST
53	CAR	Mark Alt	D	20	0	0.1	1.5	-0.54	BUST
54	CHI	Justin Holl	D	405	97	2.2	1.5	+0.15	fair
55	CBJ	Petr Straka	F	3	2	0.0	1.5	-0.58	BUST
56	MIN	Johan Larsson	F	488	132	3.8	1.5	+0.36	great value
57	PHX	Oscar Lindberg	F	252	79	2.0	1.5	+0.10	fair
58	CHI	Kent Simpson	G	1	—	0.0	1.0	-0.50	poor value
59	MIN	Jason Zucker	F	832	468	5.7	1.5	+0.51	STEAL
60	CHI	Stephen Johns	D	167	33	1.3	1.5	-0.05	fair
61	EDM	Ryan Martindale	F	0	0	0.0	1.5	-0.60	BUST
62	TOR	Greg McKegg	F	233	39	1.6	1.5	+0.01	fair
63	TBL	Brock Beukeboom	D	0	0	0.0	1.4	-0.58	BUST
64	CGY	Max Reinhart	F	23	5	0.2	1.5	-0.48	poor value
65	NYI	Kirill Kabanov	F	0	0	0.0	1.5	-0.60	BUST
66	TBL	Radko Gudas	D	885	211	5.4	1.3	+0.54	STEAL
67	CAR	Danny Biega	D	10	2	0.1	1.2	-0.50	BUST
68	BUF	Jerome Leduc	D	0	0	0.0	1.2	-0.54	BUST
69	FLA	Joe Basaraba	F	0	0	0.0	1.4	-0.58	BUST
70	LAK	Jordan Weal	F	218	69	1.7	1.3	+0.10	fair
71	COL	Michael Bournival	F	113	22	0.8	1.3	-0.18	fair
72	TBL	Adam Janosik	D	0	0	0.0	1.1	-0.51	BUST
73	CGY	Joey Leach	D	0	0	0.0	1.0	-0.51	BUST
74	STL	Max Gardiner	F	0	0	0.0	1.2	-0.55	BUST
75	BUF	Kevin Sundher	F	0	0	0.0	1.2	-0.54	BUST
76	OTT	Jakub Culek	F	0	0	0.0	1.2	-0.54	BUST
77	DAL	Alexander Guptill	F	0	0	0.0	1.1	-0.53	BUST
78	NSH	Taylor Aronson	D	0	0	0.0	1.0	-0.49	poor value
79	TOR	Sondre Olden	F	0	0	0.0	1.1	-0.52	BUST
80	PIT	Bryan Rust	F	710	502	4.9	1.1	+0.55	STEAL
81	DET	Louis-Marc Aubry	F	0	0	0.0	1.1	-0.51	BUST
82	NYI	Jason Clark	F	0	0	0.0	1.0	-0.51	BUST
83	BUF	Matt MacKenzie	D	0	0	0.0	0.9	-0.48	poor value
84	NJD	Scott Wedgewood	G	199	—	0.7	1.0	-0.10	fair
85	CAR	Austin Levi	D	0	0	0.0	0.9	-0.47	poor value
86	WSH	Stanislav Galiev	F	26	4	0.2	1.0	-0.37	poor value
87	ATL	Julian Melchiori	D	30	2	0.2	0.9	-0.34	poor value
88	SJS	Max Gaede	F	0	0	0.0	0.9	-0.48	poor value
89	PHI	Michael Chaput	F	182	22	1.1	0.9	+0.08	fair
90	CHI	Joakim Nordstrom	F	444	75	3.0	0.9	+0.44	great value
91	EDM	Jeremie Blain	D	0	0	0.0	0.8	-0.46	poor value
92	FLA	Sam Brittain	G	0	—	0.0	1.0	-0.49	poor value
93	FLA	Benjamin Gallacher	D	0	0	0.0	0.8	-0.46	poor value
94	CBJ	Brandon Archibald	D	0	0	0.0	0.8	-0.46	poor value
95	COL	Stephen Silas	D	0	0	0.0	0.8	-0.46	poor value
96	TBL	Geoffrey Schemitsch	D	0	0	0.0	0.8	-0.45	poor value
97	BOS	Craig Cunningham	F	63	8	0.4	0.8	-0.20	fair
98	BUF	Steven Shipley	F	0	0	0.0	0.8	-0.45	poor value
99	FLA	Joonas Donskoi	F	474	208	4.6	0.8	+0.59	STEAL
100	NYR	Andrew Yogan	F	0	0	0.0	0.8	-0.44	poor value
101	ATL	Ivan Telegin	F	0	0	0.0	0.8	-0.44	poor value
102	CBJ	Mathieu Corbeil	G	0	—	0.0	0.8	-0.43	poor value
103	CGY	John Ramage	D	2	0	0.0	0.8	-0.44	poor value
104	STL	Jani Hakanpää	D	290	45	1.1	0.8	+0.09	fair
105	CAR	Justin Shugg	F	3	0	0.0	0.8	-0.42	poor value
106	OTT	Marcus Sorensen	F	226	64	1.8	0.8	+0.29	great value
107	COL	Sami Aittokallio	G	2	—	0.0	0.7	-0.38	poor value
108	CGY	Bill Arnold	F	1	0	0.0	0.7	-0.42	poor value
109	DAL	Alex Theriau	D	0	0	0.0	0.8	-0.45	poor value
110	PIT	Tom Kuhnhackl	F	232	54	1.7	0.7	+0.27	great value
111	DET	Teemu Pulkkinen	F	83	22	0.6	0.7	-0.05	fair
112	WSH	Philipp Grubauer	G	402	—	3.9	0.6	+0.61	STEAL
113	MTL	Mark MacMillan	F	0	0	0.0	0.7	-0.42	poor value
114	NJD	Joe Faust	D	0	0	0.0	0.8	-0.44	poor value
115	VAN	Patrick McNally	D	0	0	0.0	0.8	-0.44	poor value
116	TOR	Petter Granberg	D	45	2	0.2	0.8	-0.27	poor value
117	MTL	Morgan Ellis	D	3	0	0.0	0.8	-0.43	poor value
118	TBL	James Mullin	F	0	0	0.0	0.7	-0.41	poor value
119	PHI	Tye McGinn	F	89	17	0.7	0.7	+0.00	fair
120	CHI	Rob Flick	F	0	0	0.0	0.7	-0.40	poor value
121	EDM	Tyler Bunz	G	1	—	0.0	0.4	-0.29	poor value
122	ANA	Chris Wagner	F	401	66	2.5	0.7	+0.44	great value
123	FLA	Zach Hyman	F	711	495	4.5	0.7	+0.63	STEAL
124	CBJ	Austin Madaisky	D	0	0	0.0	0.7	-0.42	poor value
125	NYI	Tony Dehart	D	0	0	0.0	0.7	-0.42	poor value
126	NSH	Patrick Cehlin	F	0	0	0.0	0.6	-0.39	poor value
127	SJS	Cody Ferriero	F	0	0	0.0	0.6	-0.39	poor value
128	ATL	Fredrik Pettersson-Wentzel	G	0	—	0.0	0.3	-0.23	fair
129	SJS	Freddie Hamilton	F	75	6	0.4	0.6	-0.09	fair
130	NYR	Jason Wilson	F	0	0	0.0	0.6	-0.38	poor value
131	DAL	John Klingberg	D	700	443	8.4	0.7	+0.76	STEAL
132	ANA	Tim Heed	D	105	29	1.0	0.7	+0.10	fair
133	CGY	Micheal Ferland	F	335	134	2.9	0.6	+0.51	STEAL
134	STL	Cody Beach	F	0	0	0.0	0.6	-0.37	poor value
135	BOS	Justin Florek	F	4	2	0.0	0.6	-0.33	poor value
136	SJS	Isaac MacLeod	D	0	0	0.0	0.7	-0.40	poor value
137	COL	Troy Rutkowski	D	0	0	0.0	0.7	-0.40	poor value
138	PHX	Louis Domingue	G	144	—	1.3	0.3	+0.39	great value
139	COL	Luke Walker	F	0	0	0.0	0.6	-0.36	poor value
140	PIT	Kenny Agostino	F	86	30	0.7	0.5	+0.06	fair
141	DET	Petr Mrazek	G	438	—	3.4	0.3	+0.66	STEAL
142	WSH	Caleb Herbert	F	0	0	0.0	0.5	-0.35	poor value
143	BUF	Gregg Sutch	F	0	0	0.0	0.5	-0.35	poor value
144	TOR	Sam Carrick	F	393	89	0.9	0.5	+0.14	fair
145	VAN	Adam Polasek	D	0	0	0.0	0.6	-0.38	poor value
146	TOR	Daniel Brodin	F	0	0	0.0	0.5	-0.34	poor value
147	MTL	Brendan Gallagher	F	911	487	7.3	0.5	+0.77	STEAL
148	LAK	Kevin Gravel	D	139	15	0.7	0.6	+0.05	fair
149	PHI	Michael Parks	F	0	0	0.0	0.5	-0.33	poor value
150	ATL	Yasin Cisse	F	0	0	0.0	0.5	-0.33	poor value
151	CHI	Mirko Hoefflin	F	0	0	0.0	0.5	-0.33	poor value
152	PIT	Joe Rogalski	D	0	0	0.0	0.6	-0.37	poor value
153	FLA	Corey Durocher	F	0	0	0.0	0.5	-0.33	poor value
154	CBJ	Dalton Prout	D	264	38	2.0	0.6	+0.40	great value
155	ATL	Kendall McFaull	D	0	0	0.0	0.6	-0.36	poor value
156	TBL	Brendan O'Donnell	F	0	0	0.0	0.5	-0.33	poor value
157	NYR	Jesper Fast	F	703	248	4.8	0.5	+0.68	STEAL
158	LAK	Maxim Kitsyn	F	0	0	0.0	0.5	-0.33	poor value
159	MIN	Johan Gustafsson	G	0	—	0.0	0.3	-0.23	fair
160	ATL	Tanner Lane	F	0	0	0.0	0.5	-0.33	poor value
161	ANA	Andreas Dahlstrom	F	0	0	0.0	0.5	-0.33	poor value
162	EDM	Brandon Davidson	D	180	23	1.2	0.5	+0.25	great value
163	SJS	Konrad Abeltshauser	D	0	0	0.0	0.5	-0.35	poor value
164	STL	Stephen MacAulay	F	0	0	0.0	0.5	-0.33	poor value
165	BOS	Zane McIntyre	G	8	—	0.0	0.3	-0.22	fair
166	EDM	Drew Czerwonka	F	0	0	0.0	0.5	-0.33	poor value
167	CAR	Tyler Stahl	D	0	0	0.0	0.5	-0.34	poor value
168	NSH	Anthony Bitetto	D	197	31	1.5	0.5	+0.33	great value
169	ATL	Sebastian Owuya	D	0	0	0.0	0.5	-0.34	poor value
170	PIT	Reid McNeill	D	0	0	0.0	0.5	-0.33	poor value
171	DET	Brooks Macek	F	0	0	0.0	0.5	-0.33	poor value
172	VAN	Alex Friesen	F	1	0	0.0	0.5	-0.33	poor value
173	BUF	Cedrick Henley	F	0	0	0.0	0.5	-0.33	poor value
174	NJD	Maxime Clermont	G	0	—	0.0	0.3	-0.23	fair
175	VAN	Jonathan Iilahti	G	0	—	0.0	0.3	-0.23	fair
176	WSH	Samuel Carrier	D	0	0	0.0	0.5	-0.32	poor value
177	ANA	Kevin Lind	D	0	0	0.0	0.5	-0.32	poor value
178	OTT	Mark Stone	F	766	707	7.6	0.5	+0.78	STEAL
179	PHI	Nick Luukko	D	0	0	0.0	0.5	-0.32	poor value
180	CHI	Nick Mattson	D	0	0	0.0	0.5	-0.32	poor value
181	EDM	Kristians Pelss	F	0	0	0.0	0.5	-0.33	poor value
182	TOR	Josh Nicholls	F	0	0	0.0	0.5	-0.33	poor value
183	FLA	Ronald Boyd	D	0	0	0.0	0.5	-0.31	poor value
184	CBJ	Martin Ouellette	G	0	—	0.0	0.3	-0.23	fair
185	NYI	Cody Rosen	G	0	—	0.0	0.3	-0.23	fair
186	TBL	Teigan Zahn	D	0	0	0.0	0.4	-0.30	poor value
188	SJS	Lee Moffie	D	0	0	0.0	0.4	-0.30	poor value
189	MIN	Dylen McKinlay	F	0	0	0.0	0.5	-0.33	poor value
190	NYR	Randy McNaught	F	0	0	0.0	0.5	-0.33	poor value
191	CHI	Mac Carruth	G	0	—	0.0	0.3	-0.23	fair
192	ANA	Brett Perlini	F	0	0	0.0	0.5	-0.33	poor value
193	CGY	Patrick Holland	F	5	0	0.0	0.5	-0.31	poor value
194	NSH	David Elsner	F	0	0	0.0	0.5	-0.33	poor value
195	BOS	Maxim Chudinov	D	0	0	0.0	0.4	-0.29	poor value
196	OTT	Bryce Aneloski	D	0	0	0.0	0.4	-0.29	poor value
197	COL	Luke Moffatt	F	0	0	0.0	0.5	-0.33	poor value
198	NSH	Joonas Rask	F	2	1	0.0	0.5	-0.30	poor value
199	ATL	Peter Stoykewych	D	0	0	0.0	0.4	-0.29	poor value
200	SJS	Christopher Crane	F	0	0	0.0	0.5	-0.33	poor value
201	DET	Ben Marshall	D	0	0	0.0	0.4	-0.29	poor value
202	EDM	Kellen Jones	F	0	0	0.0	0.5	-0.33	poor value
203	BUF	Christian Isackson	F	0	0	0.0	0.5	-0.33	poor value
204	NJD	Mauro Jorg	F	0	0	0.0	0.5	-0.33	poor value
205	VAN	Sawyer Hannay	D	0	0	0.0	0.4	-0.29	poor value
206	PHI	Ricard Blidstrand	D	0	0	0.0	0.4	-0.29	poor value
207	MTL	John Westin	F	0	0	0.0	0.5	-0.32	poor value
208	BUF	Riley Boychuk	F	0	0	0.0	0.5	-0.32	poor value
209	PHI	Brendan Ranford	F	1	0	0.0	0.5	-0.32	poor value
210	BOS	Zach Trotman	D	91	13	0.6	0.4	+0.11	fair

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