Quoting: faulkmydzingel
Drafts in the past 10 years have shown just how hard it is to pick goalies.
I’m thinking 5 years from now we confirm this is better than the 03 draft. Looking like it is.
The 2003 Draft had 15 players who played 1000 games (12+ seasons), 44 who played 500 (6+ seasons and 58 who played 250 (3+ seasons) and also 5 goalies who had established NHL careers, 3 as starters mostly and 2 as backups (likely 1 HHOF goalie)
The 2015 Draft so far has in my estimation 8-12 players on pace for 1000 games, 40-55 players on pace for 500 games and about 75 who could play 250 games with 6 goalies who look like they will have decent nhl careerys (2 as starters and 4 as likely backups.
Of the top 10 players in each draft, the average p/gp of the top 10 players in 2003 is 0.76 and ranges from Ryan Getzlaf to Mike Richards. In the 2015 draft so far the top 10 players have an average p/gp of 0.92 and ranges from McDavid to Konecny.
My prediction is that 2003 will have MORE top end guys by the end of their careers, but 2015 will have a better players composing the top end as well as more players who have mediocre NHL careers. As far as goalies go, it looks very similar right now, but I give the edge to 2003 unless Samsonov or Blackwood can carve out a HHOF career somehow.
Only time will tell though