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.

2011 draft class209 picks

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#	Team	Player	Pos	GP	Pts	A	E	Score
1	EDM	Ryan Nugent-Hopkins	F	1031	804	9.2	10.9	-0.08	fair
2	COL	Gabriel Landeskog	F	805	610	8.5	8.9	-0.02	fair
3	FLA	Jonathan Huberdeau	F	962	807	9.3	7.3	+0.12	fair
4	NJD	Adam Larsson	D	1020	267	6.0	5.7	+0.03	fair
5	NYI	Ryan Strome	F	923	504	6.2	5.9	+0.02	fair
6	OTT	Mika Zibanejad	F	1020	826	8.7	5.1	+0.24	fair
7	WPG	Mark Scheifele	F	968	914	9.1	5.1	+0.26	great value
8	PHI	Sean Couturier	F	961	581	7.3	3.3	+0.34	great value
9	BOS	Dougie Hamilton	D	919	544	9.8	5.1	+0.30	great value
10	MIN	Jonas Brodin	D	923	279	6.5	1.5	+0.55	STEAL
11	COL	Duncan Siemens	D	20	2	0.1	1.5	-0.56	BUST
12	CAR	Ryan Murphy	D	175	43	1.2	1.5	-0.10	fair
13	CGY	Sven Baertschi	F	292	138	2.2	3.3	-0.17	fair
14	DAL	Jamie Oleksiak	D	766	165	3.5	1.5	+0.32	great value
15	NYR	J.T. Miller	F	948	768	7.6	3.3	+0.36	great value
16	BUF	Joel Armia	F	658	233	2.7	3.3	-0.08	fair
17	MTL	Nathan Beaulieu	D	471	98	2.9	1.5	+0.25	great value
18	CHI	Mark McNeill	F	2	0	0.0	3.2	-0.76	BUST
19	EDM	Oscar Klefbom	D	378	156	3.9	1.5	+0.37	great value
20	PHX	Connor Murphy	D	832	178	4.3	1.5	+0.41	great value
21	OTT	Stefan Noesen	F	486	177	1.5	3.2	-0.31	poor value
22	TOR	Tyler Biggs	F	0	0	0.0	3.2	-0.76	BUST
23	PIT	Joe Morrow	D	162	32	0.9	1.5	-0.18	fair
24	OTT	Matt Puempel	F	87	16	0.3	3.0	-0.63	BUST
25	TOR	Stuart Percy	D	12	3	0.1	1.5	-0.56	BUST
26	CHI	Phillip Danault	F	793	412	4.7	2.8	+0.23	fair
27	TBL	Vladislav Namestnikov	F	852	351	4.3	2.6	+0.21	fair
28	MIN	Zack Phillips	F	0	0	0.0	2.5	-0.71	BUST
29	VAN	Nicklas Jensen	F	31	6	0.1	2.3	-0.63	BUST
30	ANA	Rickard Rakell	F	869	569	6.1	2.1	+0.44	great value
31	EDM	David Musil	D	4	2	0.0	1.5	-0.58	BUST
32	STL	Ty Rattie	F	99	30	0.5	1.7	-0.39	poor value
33	FLA	Rocco Grimaldi	F	203	67	1.2	1.6	-0.09	fair
34	NYI	Scott Mayfield	D	617	140	3.3	1.5	+0.30	great value
35	DET	Tomas Jurco	F	221	53	1.0	1.2	-0.08	fair
36	CHI	Adam Clendening	D	90	24	0.6	1.4	-0.27	poor value
37	CBJ	Boone Jenner	F	815	425	5.3	1.2	+0.55	STEAL
38	NSH	Magnus Hellberg	G	26	—	0.2	1.0	-0.38	poor value
39	ANA	John Gibson	G	568	—	5.0	1.0	+0.57	STEAL
40	BOS	Alex Khokhlachev	F	9	0	0.0	1.2	-0.53	BUST
41	STL	Dmitrij Jaskin	F	315	70	1.3	1.2	+0.04	fair
42	CAR	Victor Rask	F	506	223	3.7	1.2	+0.42	great value
43	CHI	Brandon Saad	F	984	538	7.1	1.2	+0.64	STEAL
44	DAL	Brett Ritchie	F	391	85	1.7	1.2	+0.12	fair
45	CGY	Markus Granlund	F	335	101	1.9	1.2	+0.16	fair
46	STL	Joel Edmundson	D	690	153	3.3	1.3	+0.36	great value
47	SJS	Matt Nieto	F	705	206	3.6	1.2	+0.42	great value
48	DET	Xavier Ouellet	D	178	28	0.9	1.3	-0.12	fair
49	LAK	Christopher Gibson	G	16	—	0.1	1.0	-0.41	poor value
50	NYI	Johan Sundstrom	F	11	1	0.0	1.2	-0.53	BUST
51	PHX	Alexander Ruuttu	F	0	0	0.0	1.2	-0.54	BUST
52	NSH	Miikka Salomaki	F	167	27	0.6	1.2	-0.22	fair
53	ANA	William Karlsson	F	761	457	5.5	1.2	+0.56	STEAL
54	PIT	Scott Harrington	D	255	49	1.4	1.3	+0.02	fair
55	DET	Ryan Sproul	D	44	12	0.3	1.3	-0.39	poor value
56	PHX	Lucas Lessio	F	41	7	0.2	1.2	-0.45	poor value
57	CGY	Tyler Wotherspoon	D	30	5	0.1	1.3	-0.48	poor value
58	TBL	Nikita Kucherov	F	886	1132	8.9	1.2	+0.70	STEAL
59	FLA	Rasmus Bengtsson	D	0	0	0.0	1.3	-0.57	BUST
60	MIN	Mario Lucia	F	0	0	0.0	1.2	-0.54	BUST
61	OTT	Shane Prince	F	128	38	0.7	1.2	-0.19	fair
62	EDM	Samu Perhonen	G	0	—	0.0	1.0	-0.50	poor value
63	NYI	Andrey Pedan	D	13	0	0.0	1.3	-0.54	BUST
64	FLA	Vincent Trocheck	F	876	635	6.6	1.2	+0.62	STEAL
65	ANA	Joseph Cramarossa	F	68	13	0.3	1.1	-0.36	poor value
66	CBJ	T.J. Tynan	F	31	2	0.0	1.1	-0.49	poor value
67	WPG	Adam Lowry	F	852	297	3.8	1.1	+0.46	great value
68	PHI	Nick Cousins	F	731	220	2.9	1.0	+0.37	great value
69	NJD	Forfeited	F	0	0	0.0	1.0	-0.50	BUST
70	CHI	Michael Paliotta	D	2	1	0.0	0.9	-0.47	poor value
71	VAN	David Honzik	G	0	—	0.0	1.0	-0.50	poor value
72	NYR	Steven Fogarty	F	31	3	0.1	0.9	-0.41	poor value
73	CAR	Keegan Lowe	D	4	0	0.0	0.8	-0.44	poor value
74	EDM	Travis Ewanyk	F	0	0	0.0	0.9	-0.47	poor value
75	NJD	Blake Coleman	F	701	328	3.3	0.9	+0.47	great value
76	FLA	Logan Shaw	F	232	39	0.8	0.9	-0.01	fair
77	BUF	Daniel Catenacci	F	12	0	0.0	0.8	-0.44	poor value
78	WPG	Brennan Serville	D	0	0	0.0	0.8	-0.44	poor value
79	CHI	Klas Dahlbeck	D	170	23	0.8	0.8	+0.01	fair
80	LAK	Andy Andreoff	F	188	27	0.6	0.8	-0.09	fair
81	BOS	Anthony Camara	F	0	0	0.0	0.8	-0.43	poor value
82	LAK	Nicholas Shore	F	299	59	1.2	0.8	+0.16	fair
83	ANA	Andy Welinski	D	46	6	0.2	0.7	-0.26	poor value
84	PHX	Harrison Ruopp	D	0	0	0.0	0.7	-0.42	poor value
86	TOR	Josh Leivo	F	265	93	1.6	0.7	+0.27	great value
87	FLA	Jonathan Racine	D	1	0	0.0	0.7	-0.41	poor value
88	STL	Jordan Binnington	G	379	—	3.1	1.0	+0.41	great value
89	SJS	Justin Sefton	D	0	0	0.0	0.7	-0.41	poor value
90	VAN	Alexandre Grenier	F	9	0	0.0	0.6	-0.37	poor value
91	FLA	Kyle Rau	F	61	7	0.2	0.6	-0.23	fair
92	EDM	Dillon Simpson	D	3	0	0.0	0.7	-0.40	poor value
93	COL	Joachim Nermark	F	0	0	0.0	0.6	-0.38	poor value
94	NSH	Josh Shalla	F	0	0	0.0	0.6	-0.37	poor value
95	NYI	Robbie Russo	D	19	0	0.1	0.7	-0.37	poor value
96	OTT	Jean-Gabriel Pageau	F	878	404	4.9	0.6	+0.67	STEAL
97	MTL	Josiah Didier	D	0	0	0.0	0.7	-0.41	poor value
98	CBJ	Mike Reilly	D	466	135	2.7	0.7	+0.46	great value
99	NJD	Reid Boucher	F	133	42	0.7	0.6	+0.06	fair
100	TOR	Tom Nilsson	D	0	0	0.0	0.7	-0.41	poor value
101	VAN	Joseph LaBate	F	20	1	0.0	0.6	-0.35	poor value
102	STL	Yannick Veilleux	F	0	0	0.0	0.6	-0.36	poor value
103	CAR	Gregory Hofmann	F	24	7	0.1	0.6	-0.26	poor value
104	CGY	Johnny Gaudreau	F	763	743	9.0	0.6	+0.80	STEAL
105	DAL	Emil Molin	F	0	0	0.0	0.5	-0.35	poor value
106	NYR	Michael St. Croix	F	0	0	0.0	0.5	-0.35	poor value
107	BUF	Colin Jacobs	F	0	0	0.0	0.5	-0.35	poor value
108	MTL	Olivier Archambault	F	0	0	0.0	0.5	-0.35	poor value
109	CHI	Maxim Shalunov	F	0	0	0.0	0.5	-0.35	poor value
110	LAK	Michael Mersch	F	17	3	0.1	0.5	-0.29	poor value
111	PHX	Kale Kessy	F	0	0	0.0	0.5	-0.34	poor value
112	NSH	Garrett Noonan	D	0	0	0.0	0.7	-0.41	poor value
113	MTL	Magnus Nygren	D	0	0	0.0	0.7	-0.41	poor value
114	EDM	Tobias Rieder	F	478	145	2.8	0.5	+0.53	STEAL
115	DET	Marek Tvrdon	F	0	0	0.0	0.5	-0.34	poor value
116	PHI	Colin Suellentrop	D	0	0	0.0	0.7	-0.41	poor value
117	WSH	Steffen Soberg	G	0	—	0.0	0.5	-0.33	poor value
118	PHI	Marcel Noebels	F	0	0	0.0	0.5	-0.33	poor value
119	WPG	Zachary Yuen	D	0	0	0.0	0.7	-0.41	poor value
120	VAN	Ludwig Blomstrand	F	0	0	0.0	0.5	-0.33	poor value
121	BOS	Brian Ferlin	F	7	1	0.0	0.5	-0.31	poor value
122	EDM	Martin Gernat	D	0	0	0.0	0.7	-0.40	poor value
123	COL	Garrett Meurs	F	0	0	0.0	0.5	-0.32	poor value
124	FLA	Yaroslav Kosov	F	0	0	0.0	0.5	-0.32	poor value
125	NYI	John Persson	F	10	1	0.0	0.5	-0.29	poor value
126	OTT	Fredrik Claesson	D	170	28	0.9	0.6	+0.10	fair
128	CBJ	Seth Ambroz	F	0	0	0.0	0.5	-0.32	poor value
129	NJD	Blake Pietila	F	38	4	0.1	0.5	-0.21	fair
130	TOR	Tony Cameranesi	F	0	0	0.0	0.5	-0.31	poor value
131	MIN	Nick Seeler	D	462	74	1.0	0.6	+0.14	fair
132	STL	Niklas Lundstrom	G	0	—	0.0	0.3	-0.24	fair
133	SJS	Sean Kuraly	F	647	175	2.3	0.4	+0.49	great value
134	NYR	Shane McColgan	F	0	0	0.0	0.4	-0.31	poor value
135	DAL	Troy Vance	D	0	0	0.0	0.6	-0.37	poor value
136	NYR	Samuel Noreau	D	0	0	0.0	0.6	-0.37	poor value
137	BUF	Alex Lepkowski	D	0	0	0.0	0.6	-0.36	poor value
138	MTL	Darren Dietz	D	13	5	0.1	0.6	-0.28	poor value
139	CHI	Andrew Shaw	F	544	247	4.1	0.4	+0.66	STEAL
140	LAK	Joel Lowry	F	0	0	0.0	0.4	-0.30	poor value
141	PHX	Darian Dziurzynski	F	0	0	0.0	0.4	-0.30	poor value
142	NSH	Simon Karlsson	D	0	0	0.0	0.5	-0.35	poor value
143	ANA	Max Friberg	F	6	0	0.0	0.4	-0.28	poor value
144	PIT	Dominik Uher	F	2	0	0.0	0.4	-0.29	poor value
145	DET	Philippe Hudon	F	0	0	0.0	0.4	-0.29	poor value
146	DET	Mattias Backman	D	0	0	0.0	0.5	-0.34	poor value
147	WSH	Patrick Koudys	D	0	0	0.0	0.5	-0.34	poor value
148	TBL	Nikita Nesterov	D	170	37	1.1	0.5	+0.22	fair
149	WPG	Austen Brassard	F	0	0	0.0	0.4	-0.28	poor value
150	VAN	Frank Corrado	D	76	8	0.3	0.5	-0.11	fair
151	BOS	Rob O'Gara	D	33	3	0.1	0.5	-0.22	fair
152	TOR	David Broll	F	5	1	0.0	0.4	-0.27	poor value
153	COL	Gabriel Beaupre	D	0	0	0.0	0.5	-0.33	poor value
154	FLA	Edward Wittchow	D	0	0	0.0	0.5	-0.33	poor value
155	PHX	Andrew Fritsch	F	0	0	0.0	0.4	-0.28	poor value
156	OTT	Darren Kramer	F	0	0	0.0	0.4	-0.28	poor value
157	WPG	Jason Kasdorf	G	1	—	0.0	0.3	-0.24	fair
158	CBJ	Lukas Sedlak	F	192	35	0.7	0.4	+0.14	fair
159	NJD	Reece Scarlett	D	0	0	0.0	0.5	-0.32	poor value
160	ANA	Josh Manson	D	712	205	3.7	0.5	+0.63	STEAL
161	MIN	Steve Michalek	G	0	—	0.0	0.3	-0.24	fair
162	STL	Ryan Tesink	F	0	0	0.0	0.4	-0.28	poor value
163	CAR	Matt Mahalak	G	0	—	0.0	0.3	-0.24	fair
164	CGY	Laurent Brossoit	G	141	—	1.8	0.3	+0.47	great value
165	DAL	Matej Stransky	F	0	0	0.0	0.4	-0.28	poor value
166	SJS	Daniil Sobchenko	F	0	0	0.0	0.4	-0.28	poor value
167	BUF	Nathan Lieuwen	G	7	—	0.0	0.3	-0.20	fair
168	MTL	Daniel Pribyl	F	0	0	0.0	0.4	-0.28	poor value
169	CHI	Sam Jardine	D	0	0	0.0	0.4	-0.30	poor value
170	NSH	Chase Balisy	F	8	0	0.0	0.4	-0.26	poor value
171	OTT	Max McCormick	F	94	13	0.3	0.4	-0.06	fair
172	NYR	Peter Ceresnak	D	0	0	0.0	0.4	-0.29	poor value
173	TOR	Dennis Robertson	D	0	0	0.0	0.4	-0.29	poor value
174	PIT	Josh Archibald	F	305	83	1.6	0.4	+0.41	great value
175	DET	Richard Nedomlel	D	0	0	0.0	0.4	-0.28	poor value
176	PHI	Petr Placek	F	0	0	0.0	0.4	-0.27	poor value
177	WSH	Travis Boyd	F	299	118	1.8	0.4	+0.44	great value
178	TBL	Adam Wilcox	G	1	—	0.0	0.3	-0.24	fair
179	SJS	Dylan DeMelo	D	725	185	3.3	0.4	+0.62	STEAL
180	VAN	Pathrik Westerholm	F	0	0	0.0	0.4	-0.27	poor value
181	BOS	Lars Volden	G	0	—	0.0	0.3	-0.24	fair
182	EDM	Frans Tuohimaa	G	0	—	0.0	0.3	-0.24	fair
183	COL	Dillon Donnelly	D	0	0	0.0	0.4	-0.27	poor value
184	FLA	Iiro Pakarinen	F	134	23	0.5	0.4	+0.06	fair
185	NYI	Mitchell Theoret	F	0	0	0.0	0.4	-0.27	poor value
186	OTT	Jordan Fransoo	D	0	0	0.0	0.4	-0.26	poor value
187	WPG	Aaron Harstad	D	0	0	0.0	0.3	-0.26	poor value
188	CBJ	Anton Forsberg	G	228	—	1.4	0.3	+0.40	great value
189	NJD	Patrick Daly	D	0	0	0.0	0.3	-0.26	poor value
190	TOR	Garret Sparks	G	40	—	0.4	0.3	+0.02	fair
191	MIN	Tyler Graovac	F	84	15	0.3	0.4	-0.02	fair
192	STL	Teemu Eronen	D	0	0	0.0	0.3	-0.25	fair
193	CAR	Brody Sutter	F	12	0	0.0	0.4	-0.25	poor value
194	SJS	Colin Blackwell	F	373	106	1.2	0.4	+0.32	great value
195	DAL	Jyrki Jokipakka	D	150	28	0.8	0.3	+0.23	fair
196	PHX	Zac Larraza	F	0	0	0.0	0.4	-0.26	poor value
197	BUF	Brad Navin	F	0	0	0.0	0.4	-0.26	poor value
198	MTL	Colin Sullivan	D	0	0	0.0	0.3	-0.24	fair
199	CHI	Alex Broadhurst	F	2	0	0.0	0.4	-0.26	poor value
200	LAK	Michael Schumacher	F	0	0	0.0	0.3	-0.26	poor value
201	TBL	Matthew Peca	F	83	21	0.4	0.3	+0.01	fair
202	NSH	Brent Andrews	F	0	0	0.0	0.3	-0.26	poor value
203	TOR	Max Everson	D	0	0	0.0	0.3	-0.24	fair
204	OTT	Ryan Dzingel	F	404	188	3.0	0.3	+0.61	STEAL
205	DET	Alexey Marchenko	D	121	21	0.7	0.3	+0.17	fair
206	PHI	Derek Mathers	F	0	0	0.0	0.3	-0.25	poor value
207	WSH	Garrett Haar	D	0	0	0.0	0.3	-0.24	fair
208	TBL	Ondrej Palat	F	912	522	6.7	0.3	+0.79	STEAL
209	PIT	Scott Wilson	F	193	51	0.9	0.3	+0.26	great value
210	VAN	Henrik Tommernes	D	0	0	0.0	0.3	-0.24	fair
211	CHI	Johan Mattsson	G	0	—	0.0	0.3	-0.24	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