Which picks are the most likely to ''connect''?
6 of those picks will have been in the 2nd round, after we didn't draft in the 2nd round for 4 years. Only 1 of our seconds since Bergevin has been here has amounted to anything that looks like an NHLer: Lehkonen. Fact is we'll have drafted twice in the 1st round in 2 years. NYR could draft 7 times in the first round between last year and next year, by comparison.
Lol, St Louis. Are modelling ourselves after St Louis now?
Which picks are the most likely to ''connect''?
Well let's look at 2010 throught 2016 draft (2017-2018 are too early to tell):
Going only by point production.
Top 7 best picks in 2010: #2-#1-#7-#16-#4-#14-#9
Top 5 best picks in 2011: #2-#58-#1-#104-(#7-#8-#3-#43 are all equals)
Top 7 best picks in 2012: #11-#3-#5-#17-#78-#18-#30
Top 7 best picks in 2013: #1-#6-#2-#5-#4-#9-#14
Top 7 best picks in 2014: #3-#25-#9-#2-#15-#112-#8
Top 7 best picks in 2015: #1-#2-#4-#10-#35-#16-#8
Top 2 picks usually have a higher chances to connect the right way...after that, not so much.
As for St-Louis....a lot of Habs fans were drooling over their prospect. Just like many are drooling over Bjorgstrom in Florida picked at 23. But which team do you think should we model about it?
Pittsburgh? Impossible. That was pure luck.
Boston? Since 2001 they picked only 4 times in the top 10: Hamill, Kessle, Hamilton and Seguin. That help them.
Nashville? Since 2004 they only picke 2 times in the top 10 : Jones and Wilson.
Like i said earlier, there's not ONE recipe to success, there's many. If there's only one recipe, then everybody would do it and have success after doing it.