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.

2008 draft class210 picks

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#	Team	Player	Pos	GP	Pts	A	E	Score
1	TBL	Steven Stamkos	F	1254	1266	11.3	10.9	+0.02	fair
2	LAK	Drew Doughty	D	1285	710	12.2	7.9	+0.20	fair
3	ATL	Zach Bogosian	D	977	249	5.6	5.7	-0.00	fair
4	STL	Alex Pietrangelo	D	1087	637	10.5	5.7	+0.28	great value
5	TOR	Luke Schenn	D	1129	214	4.9	5.7	-0.07	fair
6	CBJ	Nikita Filatov	F	53	14	0.2	5.1	-0.77	BUST
7	NSH	Colin Wilson	F	632	286	4.6	5.1	-0.05	fair
8	PHX	Mikkel Boedker	F	709	327	5.3	3.3	+0.21	fair
9	NYI	Josh Bailey	F	1057	580	7.4	3.3	+0.35	great value
10	VAN	Cody Hodgson	F	328	142	2.6	3.3	-0.11	fair
11	CHI	Kyle Beach	F	0	0	0.0	3.3	-0.77	BUST
12	BUF	Tyler Myers	D	1147	406	7.3	1.5	+0.58	STEAL
13	LAK	Colten Teubert	D	24	1	0.1	1.5	-0.56	BUST
14	CAR	Zach Boychuk	F	127	30	0.6	3.3	-0.56	BUST
15	OTT	Erik Karlsson	D	1168	945	12.6	1.5	+0.73	STEAL
16	BOS	Joe Colborne	F	295	114	1.8	3.3	-0.24	fair
17	ANA	Jake Gardiner	D	645	277	6.4	1.5	+0.54	STEAL
18	NSH	Chet Pickard	G	0	—	0.0	1.0	-0.50	poor value
19	PHI	Luca Sbisa	D	549	113	3.7	1.5	+0.34	great value
20	NYR	Michael Del Zotto	D	736	262	6.3	1.5	+0.54	STEAL
21	WSH	Anton Gustafsson	F	0	0	0.0	3.2	-0.76	BUST
22	EDM	Jordan Eberle	F	1149	790	7.7	3.2	+0.38	great value
23	MIN	Tyler Cuma	D	1	0	0.0	1.5	-0.60	BUST
24	NJD	Mattias Tedenby	F	120	30	0.5	3.0	-0.54	BUST
25	CGY	Greg Nemisz	F	15	1	0.0	2.9	-0.73	BUST
26	BUF	Tyler Ennis	F	700	346	5.1	2.8	+0.26	great value
27	WSH	John Carlson	D	1167	789	10.7	1.5	+0.69	STEAL
28	PHX	Viktor Tikhonov	F	111	22	0.4	2.5	-0.52	BUST
29	ATL	Daultan Leveille	F	0	0	0.0	2.3	-0.70	BUST
30	DET	Tom McCollum	G	3	—	0.0	1.0	-0.49	poor value
31	FLA	Jacob Markstrom	G	584	—	3.0	1.0	+0.40	great value
32	LAK	Slava Voynov	D	190	81	2.3	1.5	+0.16	fair
33	STL	Philip McRae	F	15	3	0.1	1.6	-0.58	BUST
34	STL	Jake Allen	G	502	—	3.5	1.0	+0.45	great value
35	ANA	Nicolas Deschamps	F	3	0	0.0	1.2	-0.55	BUST
36	NYI	Corey Trivino	F	0	0	0.0	1.2	-0.54	BUST
37	CBJ	Cody Goloubef	D	160	25	0.8	1.4	-0.17	fair
38	NSH	Roman Josi	D	1038	788	9.3	1.4	+0.68	STEAL
39	ANA	Eric O'Dell	F	41	8	0.1	1.2	-0.45	poor value
40	NYI	Aaron Ness	D	72	7	0.3	1.4	-0.41	poor value
41	VAN	Yann Sauve	D	8	0	0.0	1.4	-0.56	BUST
42	OTT	Patrick Wiercioch	D	268	74	2.2	1.3	+0.18	fair
43	ANA	Justin Schultz	D	745	324	5.4	1.3	+0.52	STEAL
44	BUF	Luke Adam	F	90	26	0.5	1.2	-0.28	poor value
45	CAR	Zac Dalpe	F	168	32	0.5	1.2	-0.27	poor value
46	FLA	Colby Robak	D	47	4	0.2	1.3	-0.43	poor value
47	BOS	Max Sauve	F	1	0	0.0	1.2	-0.54	BUST
48	CGY	Mitch Wahl	F	0	0	0.0	1.2	-0.54	BUST
49	PHX	Jared Staal	F	2	0	0.0	1.2	-0.54	BUST
50	COL	Cameron Gaunce	D	37	9	0.2	1.3	-0.43	poor value
51	NYR	Derek Stepan	F	890	515	7.5	1.2	+0.65	STEAL
52	NJD	Brandon Burlon	D	0	0	0.0	1.3	-0.57	BUST
53	NYI	Travis Hamonic	D	926	244	5.6	1.3	+0.54	STEAL
54	NJD	Patrice Cormier	F	52	5	0.1	1.2	-0.46	poor value
55	MIN	Marco Scandella	D	784	170	4.1	1.3	+0.43	great value
56	MTL	Danny Kristo	F	0	0	0.0	1.2	-0.54	BUST
57	WSH	Eric Mestery	D	0	0	0.0	1.3	-0.57	BUST
58	WSH	Dmitri Kugryshev	F	0	0	0.0	1.2	-0.54	BUST
59	DAL	Tyler Beskorowany	G	0	—	0.0	1.0	-0.50	poor value
60	TOR	Jimmy Hayes	F	334	109	1.8	1.2	+0.16	fair
61	COL	Peter Delmas	G	0	—	0.0	1.0	-0.50	poor value
62	SJS	Justin Daniels	F	0	0	0.0	1.2	-0.54	BUST
63	LAK	Robert Czarnik	F	0	0	0.0	1.2	-0.54	BUST
64	ATL	Danick Paquette	F	0	0	0.0	1.2	-0.54	BUST
65	STL	Jori Lehtera	F	307	111	1.9	1.1	+0.18	fair
66	NYI	David Toews	F	0	0	0.0	1.1	-0.52	BUST
67	PHI	Marc-Andre Bourdon	D	45	7	0.2	1.1	-0.36	poor value
68	CHI	Shawn Lalonde	D	1	0	0.0	1.0	-0.50	BUST
69	PHX	Michael Stone	D	552	145	3.6	1.0	+0.47	great value
70	STL	James Livingston	F	0	0	0.0	1.0	-0.50	poor value
71	ANA	Josh Brittain	F	0	0	0.0	1.0	-0.49	poor value
72	NYI	Jyri Niemi	D	0	0	0.0	0.8	-0.46	poor value
73	NYI	Kirill Petrov	F	0	0	0.0	0.9	-0.48	poor value
74	LAK	Andrew Campbell	D	42	2	0.1	0.8	-0.34	poor value
75	NYR	Evgeny Grachev	F	34	4	0.1	0.9	-0.40	poor value
76	PHX	Mathieu Brodeur	D	0	0	0.0	0.8	-0.44	poor value
77	BOS	Michael Hutchinson	G	154	—	1.1	1.0	+0.04	fair
78	CGY	Lance Bouma	F	357	76	1.5	0.8	+0.20	fair
79	OTT	Zack Smith	F	662	204	3.9	0.8	+0.54	STEAL
80	FLA	Adam Comrie	D	0	0	0.0	0.8	-0.43	poor value
81	BUF	Corey Fienhage	D	0	0	0.0	0.8	-0.43	poor value
82	NJD	Adam Henrique	F	1058	572	6.0	0.8	+0.68	STEAL
83	ANA	Marco Cousineau	G	0	—	0.0	1.0	-0.50	poor value
84	PHI	Jacob Deserres	G	0	—	0.0	1.0	-0.50	poor value
85	ANA	Brandon McMillan	F	171	36	0.7	0.7	+0.01	fair
86	MTL	Steve Quailer	F	0	0	0.0	0.7	-0.41	poor value
87	STL	Ian Schultz	F	0	0	0.0	0.7	-0.40	poor value
88	LAK	Geordie Wudrick	F	0	0	0.0	0.6	-0.39	poor value
89	DAL	Scott Winkler	F	0	0	0.0	0.6	-0.39	poor value
90	NYR	Tomas Kundratek	D	30	7	0.3	0.7	-0.19	fair
91	DET	Max Nicastro	D	0	0	0.0	0.7	-0.41	poor value
92	SJS	Samuel Groulx	D	0	0	0.0	0.7	-0.41	poor value
93	WSH	Braden Holtby	G	513	—	6.6	0.9	+0.67	STEAL
94	ATL	Vinny Saponari	F	0	0	0.0	0.6	-0.37	poor value
95	STL	David Warsofsky	D	55	11	0.3	0.7	-0.19	fair
96	NYI	Matt Donovan	D	69	20	0.5	0.7	-0.09	fair
97	BOS	Jamie Arniel	F	1	0	0.0	0.6	-0.37	poor value
98	TOR	Mikhail Stefanovich	F	0	0	0.0	0.6	-0.37	poor value
99	PHX	Colin Long	F	0	0	0.0	0.6	-0.36	poor value
100	FLA	AJ Jenks	F	0	0	0.0	0.6	-0.36	poor value
101	BUF	Justin Jokinen	F	0	0	0.0	0.6	-0.36	poor value
102	NYI	David Ullstrom	F	49	13	0.3	0.6	-0.16	fair
103	EDM	Johan Motin	D	1	0	0.0	0.7	-0.41	poor value
104	BUF	Jordon Southorn	D	0	0	0.0	0.7	-0.41	poor value
105	CAR	Michal Jordan	D	79	7	0.3	0.7	-0.19	fair
106	SJS	Harri Sateri	G	15	—	0.1	0.7	-0.34	poor value
107	CBJ	Steven Delisle	D	0	0	0.0	0.7	-0.41	poor value
108	CGY	Nicholas Larson	F	0	0	0.0	0.5	-0.35	poor value
109	OTT	Andre Petersson	F	1	0	0.0	0.5	-0.35	poor value
110	COL	Kelsey Tessier	F	0	0	0.0	0.5	-0.35	poor value
111	NYR	Dale Weise	F	513	125	2.3	0.5	+0.46	great value
112	NJD	Matt Delahey	D	0	0	0.0	0.7	-0.41	poor value
113	ANA	Ryan Hegarty	D	0	0	0.0	0.7	-0.41	poor value
114	CGY	TJ Brodie	D	962	358	6.8	0.7	+0.72	STEAL
115	MIN	Sean Lorenz	D	0	0	0.0	0.7	-0.41	poor value
116	MTL	Jason Missiaen	G	0	—	0.0	0.5	-0.33	poor value
117	TBL	James Wright	F	146	12	0.5	0.5	-0.01	fair
118	CBJ	Drew Olson	D	0	0	0.0	0.7	-0.41	poor value
119	OTT	Derek Grant	F	427	132	1.2	0.5	+0.27	great value
120	PIT	Nathan Moon	F	0	0	0.0	0.5	-0.33	poor value
121	DET	Gustav Nyquist	F	914	543	5.2	0.5	+0.70	STEAL
122	TBL	Dustin Tokarski	G	86	—	0.2	0.4	-0.10	fair
123	LAK	Andrei Loktionov	F	155	48	1.0	0.5	+0.20	fair
124	ATL	Nicklas Lasu	F	0	0	0.0	0.5	-0.32	poor value
125	STL	Kristoffer Berglund	D	0	0	0.0	0.6	-0.39	poor value
126	NYI	Kevin Poulin	G	50	—	0.5	0.3	+0.07	fair
127	CBJ	Matt Calvert	F	566	203	3.5	0.5	+0.61	STEAL
128	TOR	Greg Pateryn	D	290	44	1.4	0.6	+0.26	great value
129	TOR	Joel Champagne	F	0	0	0.0	0.5	-0.31	poor value
130	TOR	Jerome Flaake	F	0	0	0.0	0.5	-0.31	poor value
131	VAN	Prab Rai	F	0	0	0.0	0.5	-0.31	poor value
133	EDM	Philippe Cornet	F	2	1	0.0	0.4	-0.30	poor value
134	BUF	Jacob Lagace	F	0	0	0.0	0.4	-0.31	poor value
135	CBJ	Tomas Kubalik	F	12	4	0.1	0.4	-0.25	fair
136	NSH	Taylor Stefishen	F	0	0	0.0	0.4	-0.30	poor value
137	CBJ	Brent Regner	D	7	0	0.0	0.6	-0.35	poor value
138	MTL	Maxim Trunev	F	0	0	0.0	0.4	-0.30	poor value
139	OTT	Mark Borowiecki	D	458	56	1.8	0.6	+0.37	great value
140	COL	Mark Olver	F	74	22	0.4	0.4	+0.01	fair
141	NYR	Chris Doyle	F	0	0	0.0	0.4	-0.30	poor value
142	NJD	Kory Nagy	F	0	0	0.0	0.4	-0.29	poor value
143	ANA	Stefan Warg	D	0	0	0.0	0.5	-0.35	poor value
144	WSH	Joel Broda	F	0	0	0.0	0.4	-0.29	poor value
145	MIN	Eero Elo	F	0	0	0.0	0.4	-0.29	poor value
146	SJS	Julien Demers	D	0	0	0.0	0.5	-0.34	poor value
147	TBL	Kyle De Coste	F	0	0	0.0	0.4	-0.29	poor value
148	NYI	Matt Martin	F	987	178	2.8	0.4	+0.57	STEAL
149	DAL	Philip Larsen	D	151	37	1.1	0.5	+0.23	fair
150	PIT	Alexander Pechurskiy	G	1	—	0.0	0.3	-0.24	fair
151	DET	Julien Cayer	F	0	0	0.0	0.4	-0.28	poor value
152	TBL	Mark Barberio	D	272	56	1.6	0.5	+0.36	great value
153	LAK	Justin Azevedo	F	0	0	0.0	0.4	-0.28	poor value
154	ATL	Christopher Carrozzi	G	0	—	0.0	0.3	-0.24	fair
155	STL	Anthony Nigro	F	0	0	0.0	0.4	-0.28	poor value
156	NYI	Jared Spurgeon	D	1018	443	7.1	0.5	+0.77	STEAL
157	CBJ	Cam Atkinson	F	809	489	5.5	0.4	+0.74	STEAL
158	TOR	Grant Rollheiser	G	0	—	0.0	0.3	-0.24	fair
159	PHX	Brett Hextall	F	0	0	0.0	0.4	-0.28	poor value
160	TBL	Luke Witkowski	D	132	13	0.4	0.5	-0.02	fair
161	VAN	Mats Froshaug	F	0	0	0.0	0.4	-0.28	poor value
162	CHI	Jonathan Carlsson	D	0	0	0.0	0.4	-0.31	poor value
163	EDM	Teemu Hartikainen	F	52	13	0.3	0.4	-0.05	fair
164	BUF	Nick Crawford	D	0	0	0.0	0.4	-0.31	poor value
165	CAR	Mike Murphy	G	2	—	0.0	0.3	-0.24	fair
166	NSH	Jeffrey Foss	D	0	0	0.0	0.4	-0.30	poor value
167	COL	Joel Chouinard	D	0	0	0.0	0.4	-0.30	poor value
168	CGY	Ryley Grantham	F	0	0	0.0	0.4	-0.28	poor value
169	CHI	Ben Smith	F	237	54	1.0	0.4	+0.28	great value
170	COL	Jonas Holos	D	39	6	0.2	0.4	-0.12	fair
171	NYR	Mitch Gaulton	D	0	0	0.0	0.4	-0.29	poor value
172	NJD	David Wohlberg	F	0	0	0.0	0.4	-0.27	poor value
173	BOS	Nick Tremblay	F	0	0	0.0	0.4	-0.27	poor value
174	WSH	Greg Burke	F	0	0	0.0	0.4	-0.27	poor value
175	NYI	Justin DiBenedetto	F	8	1	0.0	0.4	-0.25	poor value
176	DAL	Matt Tassone	F	0	0	0.0	0.4	-0.27	poor value
177	SJS	Tommy Wingels	F	448	143	2.6	0.4	+0.56	STEAL
178	PHI	Zac Rinaldo	F	374	42	1.0	0.4	+0.27	great value
179	CHI	Braden Birch	D	0	0	0.0	0.4	-0.28	poor value
180	PIT	Patrick Killeen	G	0	—	0.0	0.3	-0.24	fair
181	DET	Stephen Johnston	F	0	0	0.0	0.4	-0.27	poor value
182	TBL	Matias Sointu	F	0	0	0.0	0.4	-0.27	poor value
183	LAK	Garrett Roe	F	0	0	0.0	0.4	-0.27	poor value
184	ATL	Zach Redmond	D	133	38	1.0	0.4	+0.26	great value
185	STL	Paul Karpowich	G	0	—	0.0	0.3	-0.24	fair
186	SJS	Jason Demers	D	700	214	5.5	0.4	+0.75	STEAL
187	CBJ	Sean Collins	F	21	3	0.1	0.4	-0.20	fair
188	TOR	Andrew MacWilliam	D	12	2	0.1	0.3	-0.20	fair
189	PHX	Tim Billingsley	D	0	0	0.0	0.3	-0.26	poor value
190	FLA	Matt Bartkowski	D	256	48	1.5	0.3	+0.41	great value
191	VAN	Morgan Clark	G	0	—	0.0	0.3	-0.24	fair
192	CHI	Joe Gleason	D	0	0	0.0	0.3	-0.25	fair
193	EDM	Jordan Bendfeld	D	0	0	0.0	0.3	-0.25	fair
194	SJS	Drew Daniels	F	0	0	0.0	0.4	-0.27	poor value
195	CAR	Samuel Morneau	F	0	0	0.0	0.4	-0.26	poor value
196	PHI	Joacim Eriksson	G	1	—	0.0	0.3	-0.24	fair
197	BOS	Mark Goggin	F	0	0	0.0	0.4	-0.26	poor value
198	CGY	Alexander Deilert	D	0	0	0.0	0.3	-0.24	fair
199	OTT	Emil Sandin	F	0	0	0.0	0.4	-0.26	poor value
200	COL	Nate Condon	F	0	0	0.0	0.3	-0.26	poor value
201	NSH	Jani Lajunen	F	0	0	0.0	0.3	-0.26	poor value
202	NJD	Harry Young	D	0	0	0.0	0.3	-0.24	fair
203	TBL	David Carle	D	0	0	0.0	0.3	-0.24	fair
204	WSH	Stefan Della Rovere	F	7	0	0.0	0.3	-0.25	fair
205	NJD	Jean-Sebastien Berube	F	0	0	0.0	0.3	-0.25	poor value
206	MTL	Patrick Johnson	F	0	0	0.0	0.3	-0.25	poor value
207	NSH	Anders Lindback	G	130	—	1.2	0.3	+0.35	great value
208	ANA	Nick Pryor	D	0	0	0.0	0.3	-0.24	fair
209	DAL	Mike Bergin	D	0	0	0.0	0.3	-0.24	fair
210	PIT	Nicholas D'Agostino	D	0	0	0.0	0.3	-0.24	fair
211	DET	Jesper Samuelsson	F	0	0	0.0	0.3	-0.25	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	+0.82
4	2002 · #241	Dennis WidemanD · BUF	+0.81
5	2012 · #130	Connor HellebuyckG · WPG	+0.80
6	2001 · #176	Marek ZidlickyD · NYR	+0.80
7	2003 · #205	Joe PavelskiF · SJS	+0.80
8	2011 · #104	Johnny GaudreauF · CGY	+0.80
9	2000 · #118	Lubomir VisnovskyD · LAK	+0.79
10	2011 · #208	Ondrej PalatF · TBL	+0.79
11	2003 · #239	Toby EnstromD · ATL	+0.79
12	2010 · #178	Mark StoneF · OTT	+0.79
13	2005 · #105	Keith YandleD · PHX	+0.78
14	2000 · #205	Henrik LundqvistG · NYR	+0.78
15	2013 · #206	MacKenzie WeegarD · FLA	+0.77
16	2008 · #156	Jared SpurgeonD · NYI	+0.77
17	2010 · #131	John KlingbergD · DAL	+0.77
18	2004 · #258	Pekka RinneG · NSH	+0.76
19	2005 · #230	Patric HornqvistF · NSH	+0.76
20	2000 · #159	John-Michael LilesD · COL	+0.76
21	2003 · #263	Matt MoulsonF · PIT	+0.76
22	2014 · #79	Brayden PointF · TBL	+0.76
23	2015 · #135	Kirill KaprizovF · MIN	+0.76
24	2005 · #216	Anton StralmanD · TOR	+0.76
25	2010 · #147	Brendan GallagherF · MTL	+0.75

all-time busts (2000–2014 classes)

1	2000 · #7	Lars JonssonD · BOS	-0.82
2	2012 · #4	Griffin ReinhartD · NYI	-0.81
3	2008 · #6	Nikita FilatovF · CBJ	-0.77
4	2002 · #15	Jesse NiinimakiF · EDM	-0.77
5	2005 · #16	Alex BourretF · ATL	-0.77
6	2005 · #13	Marek ZagrapanF · BUF	-0.77
7	2008 · #11	Kyle BeachF · CHI	-0.77
8	2000 · #15	Artem KriukovF · BUF	-0.77
9	2009 · #8	Scott GlennieF · DAL	-0.77
10	2003 · #12	Hugh JessimanF · NYR	-0.77
11	2002 · #9	Petr TaticekF · FLA	-0.77
12	2007 · #17	Alexei CherepanovF · NYR	-0.77
13	2004 · #11	Lauri TukonenF · LAK	-0.77
14	2000 · #17	Alexei MikhnovF · EDM	-0.77
15	2001 · #18	Jens KarlssonF · LAK	-0.76
16	2007 · #19	Logan MacmillanF · ANA	-0.76
17	2002 · #19	Jakub KoreisF · PHX	-0.76
18	2007 · #20	Angelo EspositoF · PIT	-0.76
19	2008 · #21	Anton GustafssonF · WSH	-0.76
20	2011 · #22	Tyler BiggsF · TOR	-0.76
21	2011 · #18	Mark McNeillF · CHI	-0.76
22	2013 · #22	Emile PoirierF · CGY	-0.75
23	2004 · #24	Kris ChuckoF · CGY	-0.75
24	2010 · #17	Joey HishonF · COL	-0.75
25	2000 · #23	Nathan SmithF · VAN	-0.75