Looking back At One Of Worst Drafts Of All Time
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S. HarperAugust 28, 2022 (9:06 PM)
One of the biggest parts to a successful NHL franchise in the salary cap era is through the draft. Of course picking up players through free agency and trades helps but most of the top teams in the NHL right now draft really well.
Every now and then a player is selected at the top of the NHL Draft, for what ever reason they don't pan out. One of the biggest examples had to be 2012 Entry Draft hosted by the Pittsburgh Penguins.
In 2012 the hockey world was buzzing about the potential of Sarnia Stings's dynamic duo of Nail Yakupov and Alex Galchenyuk. It was a toss up who was going to go first overall but the Oilers chose Nail Yakupov.
Unfortunately for Oilers fans Yakupov didn't pan out he ended up being traded to St Louis before leaving to the KHL.
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Galchenyuk went third overall to the Montreal Canadiens. Galchenyuk didn't reach his potential either being traded to numerous teams in the NHL he never became the star he was believed to be.
The top ranked player to get drafted the highest was the Toronto Maple Leafs 5th overall pick Morgan Reilly. The other notables who turned out from the draft was Hampus Lindholm who justed signed a extension with the Boston Bruins, Matt Dumba of the Minnesota Wild, Filip Forsberg of the Nashville Predators, Jacob Trouba who's now the new captain of the New York Rangers, Tom Wilson with the Washington Capitals, and the biggest steal of the draft Andrei Vasilevskiy being drafted 19th overall.
2012 NHL Entry Draft
First round picks
1 Edmonton Nail Yakupov
2 Columbus Ryan Murray
3 Montreal Alex Galchenyuk
4 NY Islanders Griffin Reinhart
5 Toronto Morgan Rielly
6 Anaheim Hampus Lindholm
7 Minnesota Matt Dumba
8 Pittsburgh Derrick Pouliot
9 Winnipeg Jacob Trouba
10 Tampa Bay Slater Koekkoek
11 Washington Filip Forsberg
12 Buffalo Mikhail Grigorenko
13 Dallas Radek Faksa
14 Buffalo Zemgus Girgensons
15 Ottawa Cody Ceci
16 Washington Tom Wilson
17 San Jose Tomas Hertl
18 Chicago Teuvo Teravainen
19 Tampa Bay Andrei Vasilevskiy
20 Philadelphia Scott Laughton
21 Calgary Mark Jankowski
22 Pittsburgh Olli Maatta
23 Florida Mike Matheson
24 Boston Malcolm Subban
25 St. Louis Jordan Schmaltz
26 Vancouver Brendan Gaunce
27 Phoenix Henrik Samuelsson
28 NY Rangers Brady Skjei
29 New Jersey Stefan Matteau
30 Los Angeles Tanner Pearson
1 Edmonton Nail Yakupov
2 Columbus Ryan Murray
3 Montreal Alex Galchenyuk
4 NY Islanders Griffin Reinhart
5 Toronto Morgan Rielly
6 Anaheim Hampus Lindholm
7 Minnesota Matt Dumba
8 Pittsburgh Derrick Pouliot
9 Winnipeg Jacob Trouba
10 Tampa Bay Slater Koekkoek
11 Washington Filip Forsberg
12 Buffalo Mikhail Grigorenko
13 Dallas Radek Faksa
14 Buffalo Zemgus Girgensons
15 Ottawa Cody Ceci
16 Washington Tom Wilson
17 San Jose Tomas Hertl
18 Chicago Teuvo Teravainen
19 Tampa Bay Andrei Vasilevskiy
20 Philadelphia Scott Laughton
21 Calgary Mark Jankowski
22 Pittsburgh Olli Maatta
23 Florida Mike Matheson
24 Boston Malcolm Subban
25 St. Louis Jordan Schmaltz
26 Vancouver Brendan Gaunce
27 Phoenix Henrik Samuelsson
28 NY Rangers Brady Skjei
29 New Jersey Stefan Matteau
30 Los Angeles Tanner Pearson
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