Après un repêchage d’entrée dans la LNH en 2012 peu reluisant, l’une des dates les plus attendues du calendrier de la LNH cherchait à être à la hauteur de l’engouement suscité par l’édition 2013. Pendant une grande partie de l’année, l’attaquant Nathan MacKinnon et le défenseur Seth Jones ont partagé la vedette, un peu comme en 2009 avec Tavares/Hedman. Jonathan Drouin, qui s’est levé tard, a joué le rôle de outsider comme Matt Duchene, en ce sens que les deux ont grimpé dans le classement ISS au fil de l’année, consolidant finalement une place consensuelle dans le top 3. Le repêchage de 2013 allait être l’un des meilleurs de la décennie, alors jetez un œil aux diapositives et découvrez toutes les étoiles en herbe avant qu’elles ne deviennent des joueurs de la LNH!
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Lazar listed as « character forward », huh
I remember Jones dropping to #4 and Barkov going #2 absolutely shocking a ton of people. Everybody thought whoever was going #1 was going to get the next Duncan Keith.
Also both funny & depressing to see Hagg and Morin rated so highly knowing they topped out as goofy 3rd pairing physical guys. Morin obviously had a lot of injury trouble but he never showed much potential beyond that anyway.
A pretty decent draft class. Lots of players that have carved out solid NHL careers
I like how Barkov is classified as an offensive forward and MacKinnon two-way forward
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I was like damn Seth Jones still looks young!
Didn’t catch at first it wasn’t a Blackhawks jersey…
wow, who goes 3rd in that draft now?
Did they release this mid-season or without scouts or… something? I, in no way, remember this being a general consensus for that draft (and I’ve only read the first 9 entries). Sure Jones was set to be a high pick, but did anyone else not have MacKinnon as #1? And Barkov’s buzz was growing, especially heading into the draft, I was positive Tallon would take him.
*Edit- Ristolainen is not Erik Karlsson. Give that scout a raise!
What a year for the Halifax Mooseheads! They win their first ever Memorial Cup and see both Mack and Drouin get drafted top 3. The energy in the city was real.
I love wasting time reading these every morning. To sit here and read what it was like back then and thinking about it now has seen so much change and potential in players that you’ve never expected
Seth jones better than Mackinnon is quite the take
More like nathan bumkinnon- the Hockey News
Doug Wilson completing his holy trinity of underwhelming first round defenseman this year. Wishart, Petrecki, then Mueller all in a span of six years. Ugh. In the other three years, he took Couture, Hertl, and Charlie Coyle. I get you win some, lose some, but that’s a pretty stark contrast.
Mueller was definitely rushed to the show and I think that forever stunted his development. I think he would have been a fine middle-pairing if he went elsewhere.
I feel insane. Is that actually Seth Jones? Did he get some plastic surgery after a facial injury or something because that looks like a completely different person?
Little did we know how relevant that story of Sean Monahan playing through a back injury would be in terms of how his career turned out.
Good to see nothings changed with Mantha.
Damn this draft was loaded
Dolo was ranked 50th in this draft.
MacKinnon was touted as #1 years before this, or at least in contention with Jones. I feel like placing Drouin above him due to one stellar year is a hot take, and Mack was always a better all around player anyways.
I remember when the Avs won the draft lotto, they had Seth Jones on TSN and were basically congratulating him for being selected 1st, what it means to play in Denver, etc.
Then about a month before the draft, rumblings of « you never take a Dman first » started to percolate.
The most shocking thing here to me is Drouin weighed more than Mac
Man some of these titles aged poorly really fast. Jones slam dunk to go number 1, and can’t fail nail. I know you need to make bold titles but it’s funny how quickly they turned out to be wrong
Man some of these titles aged poorly really fast. Jones slam dunk to go number 1, and can’t fail nail. I know you need to make bold titles but it’s funny how quickly they turned out to be wrong
The « future » draft rankings on the last page are interesting. You’ve got a mix of stars who went top 10, players who dropped to the 2nd or 3rd round, and then Blake Clarke who has the big profile, was ranked 5th…and then dropped from 51 points to 12, went undrafted, and seemingly never played hockey after the OHL. Wonder what the story was there.
Did the Avs/Sakic just put this draft board up in their room and start throwing darts until they accumulated as many as possible? (not a criticism, it clearly worked!)
Mak, Drouin, Nuke, Burakowsky, Lehkonen, and J.T. Compher.
Legendary mooseheads run
Max Domi the power forward?
I am going to say that I completely forgot about Sean Day.
Flames with 3 first round picks in this draft and 2 were complete busts.