From 2000 to today, a look back at the realization of a lifelong dream for some of the top prospects in hockey history!
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RNH was compared to Datsyuk!?!?
The Bruins haven’t had a first pick in 23 years?!?
1. 2000.NY Islanders- Rick DiPietro(G)- 13 year Career all with NY
2. 2001.Atlanta Thrashers- Ilya Kovalchuk- 9 years with ATL
3. 2002.FL trades to Columbus- Rick Nash- 10 Years with Columbus
4. 2003.FL trades to Pittsburgh- Marc Andre Fleury(G)- 14 years with Pittsburgh 3 time Stanly Cup Champion
5.2004. Washington Alexander Ovechkin (Still With Washington) SCC
6 2005. Pittsburgh – Sydney Crosby (Still With Pittsburgh) 3X SCC
7.2006. STL- Erik Johnson 4 years with STL) SCC(With COL)
8. 2007. Chicago Blackhawks- Patrick Kane 16 years 3X SCC.
9. 2008.TBL Steven Stamkos (Still With TBL) 2X STC
10. 2009. NYI- John Tavares- 9 years with NYI
11. 2010. EDM-Taylor Hall- 6 years with EDM
12. 2011.EDM-Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (Still with EDM)
13. 2012.EDM- Nail Yakupov- 4 years with EDM
14.2013. COL- Nathan MacKinnon- Still With COL(SCC)
15.2014. FL- Aaron Ekblad (Still With FL)
16.2015. EDM- Connor McDavid (Still With EDM)
17.2016. Tor- Austin Matthews (Still With Tor)
18.2017. NJD- Nico Hischier(Still With NJD)
19.2018. Buffalo- Rasmus Dahlin (Still With BUFF)
20.2019. NJD – Jack Hughes( Still With NJD)
21.2020(pandemic)-NYR- Alexis Lafrenière( Still with NYR)
22.2021(pandemic)- BUF- Owen Power( Still With BUF)
23. 2022. MTL-Juraj Slafkovský( Still With MTL)
24.2023. Chi Blackhawks- Connor Bedard(R)
DiPietro is still gettin paid
The man, the myth, the legend, NAIL Yakupov
Thanks for the money video i enjoy these types of content
Florida trades 2 First Round picks? 🤦🏽♂️💀
Tampa gets Stankos and Hedman soon after. Completely different from their crosstown rivals.
Why did Cindy got his number on the jersey while everyone else the year of the draft?
Edmonton with a ton of numbers one picks. 😮
im a Oilers Fan and its funny how you see Edmonton in the 25th spot then hops up a bit then BIM BAM BOOM! 5 (1st)picks in a row oy vey glad they are over and im sure Edmonton Fans are as well
Canucks are so cursed. All they draft if you study the history is europeans, they never draft anyone canadian or america, if they do , the give up on them easily and trade them away fast. The reason is cause Canucks GMs and leaderships are always FOBS
As an habs fan the last one hurt 🙁
Edmonton sucks at drafting
Cale Makar is the goat 🐐
Ovi being described as a 200 ft player, being defencively reliable is hilarious to me
Chicago shouldn't have even got #1 this year. Complete dogshittery
Washington made a Historic choice G8 ….by the way what a miss for Florida to dump MAFleury
ovechkin a 200ft player😂
Tf are the panthers doing 😭
3 busts in a row for edmonton
Who tf was Floridas gm
wow 2014 when sam bennett aaron ekblab and sam reinhart are all on the same team now florida panthers