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.

2013 draft class211 picks

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#	Team	Player	Pos	GP	Pts	A	E	Score
1	COL	Nathan MacKinnon	F	958	1158	12.9	10.9	+0.08	fair
2	FLA	Aleksander Barkov	F	806	782	10.5	8.9	+0.08	fair
3	TBL	Jonathan Drouin	F	671	398	5.4	7.3	-0.13	fair
4	NSH	Seth Jones	D	921	483	10.3	5.7	+0.27	great value
5	CAR	Elias Lindholm	F	978	659	8.9	5.9	+0.19	fair
6	CGY	Sean Monahan	F	902	633	8.4	5.1	+0.23	fair
7	EDM	Darnell Nurse	D	805	325	7.5	5.1	+0.18	fair
8	BUF	Rasmus Ristolainen	D	823	319	7.8	5.1	+0.20	fair
9	VAN	Bo Horvat	F	889	627	8.2	3.3	+0.39	great value
10	DAL	Valeri Nichushkin	F	633	360	4.6	3.3	+0.15	fair
11	PHI	Samuel Morin	D	0	0	0.0	1.5	-0.61	BUST
12	PHX	Max Domi	F	815	486	6.5	3.3	+0.29	great value
13	WPG	Josh Morrissey	D	743	431	8.2	1.5	+0.62	STEAL
14	CBJ	Alexander Wennberg	F	877	428	6.2	3.3	+0.27	great value
15	NYI	Ryan Pulock	D	644	241	5.5	1.5	+0.49	great value
16	BUF	Nikita Zadorov	D	812	193	5.0	1.5	+0.46	great value
17	OTT	Curtis Lazar	F	617	131	2.5	3.3	-0.11	fair
18	SJS	Mirco Mueller	D	185	28	1.0	1.5	-0.15	fair
19	CBJ	Kerby Rychel	F	43	14	0.2	3.2	-0.68	BUST
20	DET	Anthony Mantha	F	596	369	4.5	3.2	+0.15	fair
21	TOR	Frederik Gauthier	F	178	31	0.6	3.2	-0.54	BUST
22	CGY	Emile Poirier	F	8	1	0.0	3.2	-0.75	BUST
23	WSH	Andre Burakovsky	F	776	420	5.7	3.2	+0.25	great value
24	VAN	Hunter Shinkaruk	F	15	4	0.1	3.0	-0.72	BUST
25	MTL	Michael McCarron	F	389	83	1.2	2.9	-0.33	poor value
26	ANA	Shea Theodore	D	644	406	7.7	1.5	+0.60	STEAL
27	CBJ	Marko Dano	F	141	45	0.7	2.6	-0.44	poor value
28	CGY	Morgan Klimchuk	F	1	0	0.0	2.5	-0.71	BUST
29	DAL	Jason Dickinson	F	569	173	2.9	2.3	+0.10	fair
30	CHI	Ryan Hartman	F	733	348	4.7	2.1	+0.33	great value
31	FLA	Ian McCoshen	D	60	7	0.3	1.5	-0.46	poor value
32	COL	Chris Bigras	D	46	4	0.2	1.5	-0.51	BUST
33	TBL	Adam Erne	F	424	99	1.8	1.6	+0.06	fair
34	MTL	Jacob de la Rose	F	242	38	0.9	1.4	-0.15	fair
35	BUF	J.T. Compher	F	660	302	4.4	1.2	+0.48	great value
36	MTL	Zach Fucale	G	4	—	0.0	1.0	-0.48	poor value
37	LAK	Valentin Zykov	F	55	17	0.3	1.2	-0.37	poor value
38	BUF	Connor Hurley	F	0	0	0.0	1.2	-0.54	BUST
39	PHX	Laurent Dauphin	F	94	17	0.4	1.2	-0.33	poor value
40	DAL	Remi Elie	F	107	22	0.4	1.2	-0.29	poor value
41	PHI	Robert Hagg	D	345	63	2.0	1.4	+0.15	fair
42	NJD	Steven Santini	D	136	24	0.7	1.3	-0.20	fair
43	WPG	Nic Petan	F	170	35	0.7	1.2	-0.18	fair
44	PIT	Tristan Jarry	G	329	—	4.0	1.0	+0.50	great value
45	ANA	Nick Sorensen	F	5	1	0.0	1.2	-0.53	BUST
46	MIN	Gustav Olofsson	D	63	11	0.3	1.3	-0.39	poor value
47	STL	Thomas Vannelli	D	0	0	0.0	1.3	-0.57	BUST
48	DET	Zach Nastasiuk	F	0	0	0.0	1.2	-0.54	BUST
49	SJS	Gabryel Boudreau	F	0	0	0.0	1.2	-0.54	BUST
50	CBJ	Dillon Heatherington	D	23	2	0.1	1.3	-0.52	BUST
51	CHI	Carl Dahlstrom	D	67	12	0.4	1.3	-0.34	poor value
52	BUF	Justin Bailey	F	141	23	0.5	1.2	-0.27	poor value
53	WSH	Madison Bowey	D	158	40	1.1	1.3	-0.07	fair
54	DAL	Philippe Desrosiers	G	0	—	0.0	1.0	-0.50	poor value
55	MTL	Artturi Lehkonen	F	668	344	4.5	1.2	+0.50	great value
56	EDM	Marco Roy	F	0	0	0.0	1.2	-0.54	BUST
57	STL	William Carrier	F	535	142	2.1	1.2	+0.21	fair
58	DET	Tyler Bertuzzi	F	576	370	4.4	1.2	+0.48	great value
59	WPG	Eric Comrie	G	102	—	1.2	1.0	+0.06	fair
60	BOS	Linus Arnesson	D	0	0	0.0	1.3	-0.57	BUST
61	WSH	Zachary Sanford	F	334	104	1.9	1.2	+0.18	fair
62	PHX	Yan Pavel Laplante	F	0	0	0.0	1.2	-0.54	BUST
63	COL	Spencer Martin	G	73	—	0.6	1.0	-0.15	fair
64	NSH	Jonathan-Ismael Diaby	D	0	0	0.0	1.2	-0.55	BUST
65	NYR	Adam Tambellini	F	0	0	0.0	1.1	-0.53	BUST
66	CAR	Brett Pesce	D	744	224	6.0	1.1	+0.60	STEAL
67	CGY	Keegan Kanzig	D	0	0	0.0	1.1	-0.52	BUST
68	DAL	Niklas Hansson	D	0	0	0.0	1.0	-0.51	BUST
69	BUF	Nick Baptiste	F	47	10	0.2	1.0	-0.38	poor value
70	NYI	Eamon McAdam	G	0	—	0.0	1.0	-0.50	poor value
71	MTL	Connor Crisp	F	0	0	0.0	1.0	-0.49	poor value
72	PHI	Tyrell Goulbourne	F	11	0	0.0	0.9	-0.48	poor value
73	NJD	Ryan Kujawinski	F	0	0	0.0	0.9	-0.48	poor value
74	CHI	John Hayden	F	272	39	0.9	0.9	+0.01	fair
75	NYR	Pavel Buchnevich	F	681	511	6.4	0.9	+0.67	STEAL
76	NYI	Taylor Cammarata	F	0	0	0.0	0.9	-0.46	poor value
77	PIT	Jake Guentzel	F	689	668	7.6	0.8	+0.72	STEAL
78	OTT	Marcus Hogberg	G	58	—	0.5	1.0	-0.22	fair
79	DET	Mattias Janmark	F	680	221	3.9	0.8	+0.54	STEAL
80	NYR	Anthony Duclair	F	677	343	4.7	0.8	+0.61	STEAL
81	MIN	Kurtis Gabriel	F	51	5	0.1	0.8	-0.35	poor value
82	TOR	Carter Verhaeghe	F	497	365	4.1	0.8	+0.57	STEAL
83	EDM	Bogdan Yakimov	F	1	0	0.0	0.7	-0.42	poor value
84	WPG	Jimmy Lodge	F	0	0	0.0	0.7	-0.42	poor value
85	VAN	Cole Cassels	F	0	0	0.0	0.7	-0.41	poor value
86	MTL	Sven Andrighetto	F	216	83	1.3	0.7	+0.21	fair
87	ANA	Keaton Thompson	D	0	0	0.0	0.7	-0.42	poor value
88	EDM	Anton Slepyshev	F	102	23	0.4	0.6	-0.11	fair
89	CBJ	Oliver Bjorkstrand	F	714	419	5.6	0.6	+0.69	STEAL
90	BOS	Peter Cehlarik	F	40	11	0.2	0.6	-0.23	fair
91	WPG	JC Lipon	F	9	1	0.0	0.6	-0.36	poor value
92	FLA	Evan Cowley	G	0	—	0.0	1.0	-0.49	poor value
93	COL	Mason Geertsen	D	0	0	0.0	0.7	-0.41	poor value
94	EDM	Jackson Houck	F	0	0	0.0	0.6	-0.37	poor value
95	NSH	Felix Girard	F	0	0	0.0	0.6	-0.37	poor value
96	EDM	Kyle Platzer	F	0	0	0.0	0.6	-0.37	poor value
97	FLA	Michael Downing	D	0	0	0.0	0.7	-0.41	poor value
98	FLA	Matt Buckles	F	0	0	0.0	0.6	-0.37	poor value
99	NSH	Juuse Saros	G	474	—	5.8	0.8	+0.65	STEAL
100	NJD	Miles Wood	F	567	196	3.1	0.6	+0.54	STEAL
101	DAL	Nick Paul	F	546	218	3.4	0.6	+0.57	STEAL
102	OTT	Tobias Lindberg	F	6	2	0.0	0.6	-0.33	poor value
103	LAK	Justin Auger	F	2	0	0.0	0.6	-0.36	poor value
104	WPG	Andrew Copp	F	787	345	4.9	0.6	+0.68	STEAL
105	CBJ	Nick Moutrey	F	0	0	0.0	0.5	-0.35	poor value
106	NYI	Stephon Williams	G	0	—	0.0	0.7	-0.40	poor value
107	MIN	Dylan Labbe	D	0	0	0.0	0.7	-0.41	poor value
108	OTT	Ben Harpur	D	198	21	0.9	0.7	+0.09	fair
109	DET	David Pope	F	0	0	0.0	0.5	-0.35	poor value
110	NYR	Ryan Graves	D	455	119	3.3	0.7	+0.52	STEAL
111	CHI	Robin Norell	D	0	0	0.0	0.7	-0.41	poor value
112	STL	Zach Pochiro	F	0	0	0.0	0.5	-0.34	poor value
113	EDM	Aidan Muir	F	0	0	0.0	0.5	-0.34	poor value
114	WPG	Jan Kostalek	D	0	0	0.0	0.7	-0.41	poor value
115	VAN	Jordan Subban	D	0	0	0.0	0.7	-0.41	poor value
116	MTL	Martin Reway	F	0	0	0.0	0.5	-0.34	poor value
117	SJS	Fredrik Bergvik	G	0	—	0.0	0.5	-0.33	poor value
118	LAK	Hudson Fasching	F	175	40	0.7	0.5	+0.10	fair
119	PIT	Ryan Segalla	D	0	0	0.0	0.7	-0.41	poor value
120	BOS	Ryan Fitzgerald	F	0	0	0.0	0.5	-0.33	poor value
121	CHI	Tyler Motte	F	455	99	2.0	0.5	+0.44	great value
122	FLA	Christopher Clapperton	F	0	0	0.0	0.5	-0.33	poor value
123	COL	Will Butcher	D	275	114	2.7	0.7	+0.46	great value
124	TBL	Kristers Gudlevskis	G	3	—	0.0	0.4	-0.25	fair
125	NSH	Saku Maenalanen	F	98	18	0.3	0.5	-0.08	fair
126	CAR	Brent Pedersen	F	0	0	0.0	0.5	-0.32	poor value
127	WPG	Tucker Poolman	D	163	23	1.0	0.6	+0.12	fair
128	EDM	Evan Campbell	F	0	0	0.0	0.5	-0.32	poor value
129	BUF	Cal Petersen	G	0	—	0.0	0.3	-0.24	fair
130	BUF	Gustav Possler	F	0	0	0.0	0.5	-0.31	poor value
131	DAL	Cole Ully	F	0	0	0.0	0.5	-0.31	poor value
132	PHI	Terrance Amorosa	D	0	0	0.0	0.6	-0.38	poor value
133	PHX	Connor Clifton	D	440	84	2.4	0.6	+0.45	great value
134	CHI	Luke Johnson	F	32	2	0.1	0.4	-0.22	fair
135	CGY	Eric Roy	D	0	0	0.0	0.6	-0.37	poor value
136	NYI	Viktor Crus Rydberg	F	0	0	0.0	0.4	-0.30	poor value
137	MIN	Carson Soucy	D	446	100	2.5	0.6	+0.48	great value
138	OTT	Vincent Dunn	F	0	0	0.0	0.4	-0.30	poor value
139	DET	Mitch Wheaton	D	0	0	0.0	0.6	-0.36	poor value
140	NSH	Teemu Kivihalme	D	0	0	0.0	0.6	-0.36	poor value
141	SJS	Michael Brodzinski	D	0	0	0.0	0.6	-0.35	poor value
142	TOR	Fabrice Herzog	F	0	0	0.0	0.4	-0.29	poor value
143	BUF	Anthony Florentino	D	0	0	0.0	0.5	-0.35	poor value
144	WSH	Blake Heinrich	D	0	0	0.0	0.5	-0.35	poor value
145	VAN	Anton Cederholm	D	0	0	0.0	0.5	-0.35	poor value
146	LAK	Patrik Bartosak	G	0	—	0.0	0.3	-0.24	fair
147	ANA	Grant Besse	F	0	0	0.0	0.4	-0.29	poor value
148	LAK	Jonny Brodzinski	F	265	71	0.9	0.4	+0.22	fair
149	DAL	Matej Paulovic	F	0	0	0.0	0.4	-0.28	poor value
150	BOS	Wiley Sherman	D	0	0	0.0	0.5	-0.33	poor value
151	SJS	Gage Ausmus	D	0	0	0.0	0.5	-0.33	poor value
152	FLA	Joshua Brown	D	300	35	1.3	0.5	+0.30	great value
153	COL	Ben Storm	D	0	0	0.0	0.5	-0.33	poor value
154	TBL	Henri Ikonen	F	0	0	0.0	0.4	-0.28	poor value
155	NSH	Emil Pettersson	F	0	0	0.0	0.4	-0.28	poor value
156	CAR	Tyler Ganly	D	0	0	0.0	0.5	-0.32	poor value
157	CGY	Tim Harrison	F	0	0	0.0	0.4	-0.28	poor value
158	EDM	Ben Betker	D	0	0	0.0	0.5	-0.32	poor value
159	BUF	Sean Malone	F	2	1	0.0	0.4	-0.26	poor value
160	NJD	Myles Bell	F	0	0	0.0	0.4	-0.28	poor value
161	OTT	Chris Leblanc	F	0	0	0.0	0.4	-0.28	poor value
162	PHI	Merrick Madsen	G	0	—	0.0	0.3	-0.24	fair
163	PHX	Brendan Burke	G	0	—	0.0	0.3	-0.24	fair
164	PIT	Dane Birks	D	0	0	0.0	0.4	-0.31	poor value
165	CBJ	Markus Soberg	F	0	0	0.0	0.4	-0.28	poor value
166	NYI	Alan Quine	F	106	28	0.5	0.4	+0.07	fair
167	MIN	Avery Peterson	F	0	0	0.0	0.4	-0.28	poor value
168	OTT	Quentin Shore	F	0	0	0.0	0.4	-0.28	poor value
169	DET	Marc McNulty	D	0	0	0.0	0.4	-0.30	poor value
170	NYR	Mackenzie Skapski	G	2	—	0.0	0.3	-0.22	fair
171	NSH	Tommy Veilleux	F	0	0	0.0	0.4	-0.27	poor value
172	TOR	Antoine Bibeau	G	4	—	0.0	0.3	-0.21	fair
173	STL	Santeri Saari	D	0	0	0.0	0.4	-0.29	poor value
174	WSH	Brian Pinho	F	2	0	0.0	0.4	-0.27	poor value
175	VAN	Mike Williamson	D	0	0	0.0	0.4	-0.28	poor value
176	MTL	Jeremy Grégoire	F	0	0	0.0	0.4	-0.27	poor value
177	ANA	Miro Aaltonen	F	0	0	0.0	0.4	-0.27	poor value
178	LAK	Zachary Leslie	D	0	0	0.0	0.4	-0.28	poor value
179	PIT	Blaine Byron	F	0	0	0.0	0.4	-0.27	poor value
180	BOS	Anton Blidh	F	89	13	0.3	0.4	-0.06	fair
181	CHI	Anthony Louis	F	0	0	0.0	0.4	-0.27	poor value
182	DAL	Aleksi Makela	D	0	0	0.0	0.4	-0.27	poor value
183	COL	Wilhelm Westlund	D	0	0	0.0	0.4	-0.27	poor value
184	TBL	Saku Salminen	F	0	0	0.0	0.4	-0.27	poor value
185	NSH	Wade Murphy	F	0	0	0.0	0.4	-0.27	poor value
186	TBL	Joel Vermin	F	24	4	0.1	0.4	-0.19	fair
187	CGY	Rushan Rafikov	D	0	0	0.0	0.3	-0.26	poor value
188	EDM	Gregory Chase	F	0	0	0.0	0.4	-0.27	poor value
189	BUF	Eric Locke	F	0	0	0.0	0.4	-0.27	poor value
190	WPG	Brenden Kichton	D	0	0	0.0	0.3	-0.25	poor value
191	LAK	Dominik Kubalik	F	357	176	2.8	0.4	+0.59	STEAL
192	PHI	David Drake	D	0	0	0.0	0.3	-0.25	fair
193	PHX	Jedd Soleway	F	0	0	0.0	0.4	-0.27	poor value
194	WPG	Marcus Karlstrom	D	0	0	0.0	0.3	-0.24	fair
195	CBJ	Peter Quenneville	F	0	0	0.0	0.4	-0.26	poor value
196	NYI	Kyle Burroughs	D	201	22	0.9	0.3	+0.25	great value
197	MIN	Nolan De Jong	D	0	0	0.0	0.3	-0.24	fair
198	CGY	John Gilmour	D	37	5	0.2	0.3	-0.09	fair
199	DET	Hampus Melen	F	0	0	0.0	0.4	-0.26	poor value
200	MIN	Alexandre Belanger	G	0	—	0.0	0.3	-0.24	fair
201	SJS	Jacob Jackson	F	0	0	0.0	0.3	-0.26	poor value
202	TOR	Andreas Johnsson	F	259	116	1.8	0.3	+0.47	great value
203	NSH	Janne Juvonen	G	0	—	0.0	0.3	-0.24	fair
204	WSH	Tyler Lewington	D	12	3	0.1	0.3	-0.18	fair
205	VAN	Miles Liberati	D	0	0	0.0	0.3	-0.24	fair
206	FLA	MacKenzie Weegar	D	638	281	5.9	0.3	+0.77	STEAL
207	SJS	Emil Galimov	F	0	0	0.0	0.3	-0.25	poor value
208	NJD	Anthony Brodeur	G	0	—	0.0	0.3	-0.24	fair
209	PIT	Troy Josephs	F	0	0	0.0	0.3	-0.25	fair
210	BOS	Mitchell Dempsey	F	0	0	0.0	0.3	-0.25	fair
211	CHI	Robin Press	D	0	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