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The worst draft ever?

Don’t know why people rate drafts less than 5 years after the fact. Every year, there are like dozens of guys who hit age 22/23 and absolutely pop off and don’t look back.
 
Was curious how many drafts had no HHOFers or obvious future HHOFers, so I checked since the beginning..

1963
1964
1965
1967
1968

1972
1975
1978

1992

2001 (though I assume Kovalchuk will get in eventually?)

And a few other interesting years.

1985 has Nieuwendyk.. I think most can agree he's one of the weakest forward inductions though, has larionov too.

1976 has Federko..Again, a meh induction but not the worst.

The 1960s for drafting was obviously a different time. Much fewer players were drafted, not even the equivalent of a whole round.



As you can see, it's very rare for a draft to not have at least 1 HHOfers these last few decades. So 1992 sticks out like a sore thumb with their best player being Sergei Gonchar. Though with the direction the HHOF has been going with defenseman, he may get in eventually..
 
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