is Jesper Bratt the biggest draft steal the last 10 years?

[Janvonpobben]

He is a 6th rounder who has scored 70+ points the last three seasons. Has any other low ranked pick had as much success in the last 10 years?

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[Snap]

Nope. Kirill Kaprizov 5th round 2015

 

[Albatros]

Brayden Point (2014 #79) led the playoffs in goals back-to-back, winning the cup both times.

 

[FriendlyGhost92]

Thread immediately murdered in 2 posts lol.

 

[dgibb10]

Nope. Kirill Kaprizov 5th round 2015

Good shout, I missed him in my brief check (sorting all drafts by GP and looking for standouts), because he spent all those years in the KHL

 

[AfroThunder396]

Kaprizov is the answer, but Bratt continues to be very underrated around the league.

 

[Machinehead]

Thread immediately murdered in 2 posts lol.

Yeah, Bratt is up there but this is the kind of thing you really have to sit down and look at.

 

[FriendlyGhost92]

Bratt isn't even the biggest steal of his draft year lol. Adam Fox in the third round says hi.

 

[CanadienShark]

Bratt is amazing. I loved him in his rookie year. He's among the best draft steals, but absolutely not the best.

 

[SEALBound]

That's a hell of a steal for a 6th-round pick. Certainly one of the best late round (5/6/7) draft picks in recent history.

 

[bert]

Brayden Point (2014 #79) led the playoffs in goals back-to-back, winning the cup both times.

Way better player than Bratt.

However Bratt in the 6th round is an incredible pick for sure.

Batherson in the 4th round was a pretty great draft steal. Not as much as Bratt obviously.

Any others?

 

[ijuka]

Bratt isn't even the biggest steal of his draft year lol. Adam Fox in the third round says hi.

Uh?

You mean the... wasted pick that amounted to nothing? That was a draft steal?

 

[Albatros]

Bratt isn't even the biggest steal of his draft year lol. Adam Fox in the third round says hi.

The Flames beg to differ.

 

[bert]

Bratt isn't even the biggest steal of his draft year lol. Adam Fox in the third round says hi.

3rd to 6th round is a pretty big difference. Atleast Bratt was loyal enough to the team that picked him.

 

[FriendlyGhost92]

Uh?

You mean the... wasted pick that amounted to nothing? That was a draft steal?

Uh, trying to figure out how a guy telling his draft team to f*** off makes it any less of an intelligent pick where it was made.

This is about having the eye for the talent. You can't help if the talent doesn't want to play for you. (Well, sometimes you can... But in this case Fox didn't want to go anywhere but NYR)

 

[HugeInTheShire]

He's definitely not, but he's pretty damn good.

 

[Golden_Jet]

Shesterkin or Kaprisov

 

[FriendlyGhost92]

Way better player than Bratt.

However Bratt in the 6th round is an incredible pick for sure.

Batherson in the 4th round was a pretty great draft steal. Not as much as Bratt obviously.

Any others?

Swayman 4th round, but I'll preach till I'm dead that goalies are mostly about development rather than how good they were at their draft age.

Shesterkin or Kaprisov

Technically 2014 isn't 10 years.

Though there's really no way to evaluate draft steals from 2024 lol.

 

[heretik27]

I'd add Devon Toews, 4th round pick in 2014.
Jonathan Marchessault went undrafted, I think that counts?

Just a few off the top of the head.

 

[PensandCaps]

Nah, Kaprizov in round 5 was a bigger steal.

 

[NYRfan85]

I know it was 10 years ago, at the cutoff for this thread, but Igor was for sure a steal in the 4th round. The Rangers just know how to draft goalies in the late rounds.

 

[FriendlyGhost92]

I know it was 10 years ago, at the cutoff for this thread, but Igor was for sure a steal in the 4th round. The Rangers just know how to draft goalies in the late rounds.

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Technically it's past the cutoff considering 2015 to 2024 is ten drafts.

But yeah, there's probably a handful of better steals within that frame, including one that plays for, but wasn't drafted by, the Rangers.

 

[Bear of Bad News]

That's why Adam Fox said hi - because he wanted the Flames to remember what a "draft steal" he was for Calgary.

Adam Fox saying hi:

 

[Chainshot]

While Kap and Fox are solid choices, both had extenuating circumstances attached to them that likely was a drag on their draft position. Kap was signed for years and there was concern about when/if he would come over to the NHL and Fox reportedly told teams he wanted to play at home in interviews so teams passed on him earlier in the draft. I don't think Bratt had any drags on this perceived value, it just happened that the Devils found a very good player late.

If we're looking even later, Matt Roy was a 7th rounder in 2015 and should be in the HM's for this debate at least and he played for the team that drafted him unlike say 2016 pick Brandon Hagel who Buffalo did not sign.

 

[Satan]

No