Absolutely Superb Draft Analysis

First, thanks to Mike Axisa from River Ave. Blues for forwarding this to me. One of the authors at Pension Plan Puppets did a fantastic draft review from 1994-2009. You can read the post here. The review itself is in spreadsheet form, and the link is on the page. This sheet has everything: draft history, percent of players selected at a position to play in the NHL, percent of players to make it to the NHL by draft year and position (and both), each slot in the draft and who was drafted there, this list goes on. It is just absurdly good.

Some highlights from this post:

• Detroit really is NOT that good at drafting, but lucked out with Zetterberg and Datsyuk.
• Drafting is not only an inexact science, but it is damn near impossible to project.
• 10% of players drafted between 1996-2006 have played 200 NHL games. 10%!
• As hard as it is to draft a skater, it’s harder to draft a goalie.
• As for the Rangers, they suck at drafting. I mean it’s atrocious. In players drafted between 1996-2006, the Rangers rank 26th in players that have played over 200 games in the NHL, 27th in total games played per drafted player, and 30th (DEAD LAST) in average points per player drafted.

Those are just a few of the highlights from the post and spreadsheet. You should really go and look at it.