A popular pastime among hockey news organizations is to look back at drafts five, 10 or 15 years ago and “re-draft” them – see where the selections should have fallen, given how the players’ careers have played out.
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Invariably – no matter the year or the news organization – NCAA players were under-represented in the original draft.
Here's a look at those re-drafts in recent years, including reconsiderations of the 2000, 2005 and 2010 drafts by NHL.com in the past week:
Source |
Original Draft |
Re-Evaluated |
2 NCAA players in 1st Rd. |
5 NCAA players in 1st Rd. |
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7 NCAA players in 1st Rd. |
8 NCAA players in top 23 picks |
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9 NCAA players in 1st Rd. |
10 NCAA players in 1st Rd. |
|
2 NCAA players in top 11 picks; 9 NCAA players in 1st Rd. |
4 NCAA players in top 9 picks; 11 NCAA players in 1st Rd. |
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5 NCAA players in top 23 picks |
6 NCAA players in top 23 picks |
|
8 NCAA players in 1st Rd. |
10 NCAA players in top 27 picks |
|
4 NCAA players in 1st Rd. |
6 NCAA players in 1st Rd. |
|
4 NCAA players in 1st Rd. |
6 NCAA players in 1st Rd. |
|
0 NCAA players in top 15 picks |
4 NCAA players in top 15 picks |
|
8 NCAA players in top 30 picks |
9 NCAA players in top 29 picks |
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8 NCAA players in top 30 picks |
9 NCAA players in top 23 picks |