Sean Maloughney: Every NHL Team's Drafting Record Since 2016

Sean lots of work went into creating this list but I will ask you to go back another 5 years and see the difference. For example McDavid, Dria, the Nuge, Nurse, Klefbom to name a few. Do the same comparison with all the same teams. Once the Oilers picked up McDavid their first round picks moved later in the round so the probability of their picks being a 6 six forward or top 4 d-man was reduced. Example Yami. They did make several mistakes due to central drafting pressure with Yakopov and Puili but other than that not too bad.

Sean lots of work went into creating this list but I will ask you to go back another 5 years and see the difference. For example McDavid, Dria, the Nuge, Nurse, Klefbom to name a few. Do the same comparison with all the same teams. Once the Oilers picked up McDavid their first round picks moved later in the round so the probability of their picks being a 6 six forward or top 4 d-man was reduced. Example Yami. They did make several mistakes due to central drafting pressure with Yakopov and Puili but other than that not too bad.
- OilerKing

Sure, and if you go back 20 years we could add a bunch of other players too. This is about the years since McDavid. The Oilers have not drafted particularly well, nor do they have any Cups to show for it.

Sean lots of work went into creating this list but I will ask you to go back another 5 years and see the difference. For example McDavid, Dria, the Nuge, Nurse, Klefbom to name a few. Do the same comparison with all the same teams. Once the Oilers picked up McDavid their first round picks moved later in the round so the probability of their picks being a 6 six forward or top 4 d-man was reduced. Example Yami. They did make several mistakes due to central drafting pressure with Yakopov and Puili but other than that not too bad.
- OilerKing

Let’s just cherry pick the stats so you can feel better.

2010 Taylor Hall 1st oa,
2011 Nugent Hopkins 1oa, Kleborn 19 oa
2012 Yakapov 1oa
2013 Nurse 7oa
2014 Draisaitl 3oa
2015 McDavid 1oa
2016 Puljujarvi 4 oa
2017 Yamamoto 22oa
2018 Bouchard 10 oa
2019 Bromberg 8oa
2020 Holloway 14 oa
2021 Bourgault 22 oa
2022 Schaefer 32 oa
2023 no 1st round pick

9 top 10 picks in 14 years, hard not to be good.

Nice work!

Let’s just cherry pick the stats so you can feel better.

2010 Taylor Hall 1st oa,
2011 Nugent Hopkins 1oa, Kleborn 19 oa
2012 Yakapov 1oa
2013 Nurse 7oa
2014 Draisaitl 3oa
2015 McDavid 1oa
2016 Puljujarvi 4 oa
2017 Yamamoto 22oa
2018 Bouchard 10 oa
2019 Bromberg 8oa
2020 Holloway 14 oa
2021 Bourgault 22 oa
2022 Schaefer 32 oa
2023 no 1st round pick

9 top 10 picks in 14 years, hard not to be good.
- K-man25

Let's look at the Flames history:
2010 - No pick
2011 - Baertschi (13oa)
2012 - Jankowski (21oa)
2013 - Monahan (6oa), Poirier (22oa), Klimchuk (28oa)
2014 - Sam Bennett (4oa)
2015 - No pick
2016 - Tkachuk (6oa)
2017 - Valimaki (16oa)
2018 - No pick
2019 - Pelletier (26oa)
2020 - Zary (24oa)
2021 - Coronato (13oa)
2022 - No pick
2023 - Honzek (16oa)

1 current player. and 3 left in the system.

K-man thanks for doing the research work for me. Out of the Oilers 13-1st round picks there are 8 currently playing on the Oilers and one possibly next year now playing in Bakersfield. Compare that to Calgary and other teams north of the border and see if any have that many with the team that drafted the player-Calgary being the worse I would think. Sean cherry-picking dates just to prove your opinion on the oiler management does not prove a hypothesis, it only shows you manipulate the data to fit your own theories. In the academic world you kicked out for doing that.

I guess wreckage beat you to the response and has already answered my question. Interesting to see how other Canadian teams fare.

I guess wreckage beat you to the response and has already answered my question. Interesting to see how other Canadian teams fare.
- OilerKing

Winnipeg - 7 current, 5 in system.
Vancouver - 3 current, 3 in system.
Montreal - 3 current, 3 in system.
Toronto - 5 current, 1 in system.
Ottawa - 7 current, 2 in system.

Your analysis fails to account for draft position, and how draft picks were used to acquire other assets. I don't disagree that the Oilers have drafted poorly, but the analysis itself is pretty flawed.

Let's look at the Flames history:
2010 - No pick
2011 - Baertschi (13oa)
2012 - Jankowski (21oa)
2013 - Monahan (6oa), Poirier (22oa), Klimchuk (28oa)
2014 - Sam Bennett (4oa)
2015 - No pick
2016 - Tkachuk (6oa)
2017 - Valimaki (16oa)
2018 - No pick
2019 - Pelletier (26oa)
2020 - Zary (24oa)
2021 - Coronato (13oa)
2022 - No pick
2023 - Honzek (16oa)

1 current player. and 3 left in the system.
- wreckage

3 top 10 picks, lots of wasted picks, 4th oa being their earliest. Compare that to Edmontons 4-1st oa, a 3rd oa, 1-4th oa and you can see why they’ve got so many playing.

3 top 10 picks, lots of wasted picks, 4th oa being their earliest. Compare that to Edmontons 4-1st oa, a 3rd oa, 1-4th oa and you can see why they’ve got so many playing.
- K-man25

I can also see that no one wants to stay in that joke of an organization and bolts as quick as they can from Calgary.

Yamamoto has outscored a few top 6 forwards on this list

Drafting is step 1. Step is development. That's a bigger failure.

I can also see that no one wants to stay in that joke of an organization and bolts as quick as they can from Calgary.
- wreckage

Hey I left Calgary in 86. I get what you’re saying.