Ranking Draft Classes from 2013 through 2022
Team: 2023-24 Custom Team
Initial Creation Date: Aug. 29, 2023
Published: Aug. 29, 2023
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Description An impossible task, but still fun exercise. Let me know what you've got..
1. 2015
2. 2019
3. 2017
4. 2014
5. 2016
6. 2020
7. 2013
8. 2021
9. 2022
10. 2018
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2022
Slavkovsky -- Cooley -- Snuggerud
Gauthier -- Wright -- Kemell
Lambert -- Kasper -- McGroarty
Savoie -- Kulich -- Lekkerimaki
Mintyukov -- Nemec
Korchinski -- Jiricek
Hutson -- Casey
Leinonen
Brennan
Bench
F: Beck, Bystedt, Dumais, Filmon, Grebenkin, Greene, Lund, Ohgren, Ostlund, Schaefer, Yurov
D: Bichsel, Chesley, Jugnauth, Lamoureux, Luneau, Mateychuk, Nelson, Odelius, Pickering, Rinzel
G: Hildeby, Malik
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2021
Johnson -- Beniers -- Guenther
Eklund -- McTavish -- Coronato
Knies -- Johnston -- Samoskevich
Stankoven -- Sillinger -- Blake
Hughes -- Clarke
Power -- Iorio
Edvinsson -- Morrow
Wallstedt
Cossa
Bench
F: Bolduc, Bourgault, Othmann, Lipkin, Lucius, Lysell, Mazur, Ostapchuk, Raty, Roy, Svechkov
D: Buium, Ceulemans, Evans, Lambos, Moser, Svozil, Ufko, Zellweger
G: Kolosov
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2020
Perfetti -- Stützle -- Raymond
Peterka -- Lundell -- Mercer
Lafreniere -- Byfield -- Jarvis
Reichel -- Rossi -- Quinn
Sanderson -- Drysdale
Nikishin -- Schneider
Guhle -- Faber
Levi
Askarov
Bench
F: Bordeleau, Dufour, Farrell, Foerster, Greig, Gushchin, Holtz, Laferriere, Perreault, Zary
D: Barron, Cormier, Kleven, Moore, Mukhamadullin
G: Commesso, Daws
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2019
Caufield -- Hughes -- Boldy
Maccelli -- Zegras -- Dach
Krebs -- Cozens -- Kaliyev
Newhook -- Pinto -- Kakko
Byram -- Seider
Harley -- Soderstrom
York -- Spence
Knight
Kochetkov
Bench
F: Brink, Campbell, Dorofeyev, Foote, Gritsyuk, Hoglander, McDonough, Parssinen, Pelletier, Podkolzin, Protas, Rizzo, Soderblom, Tomasino, Turcotte
D: Bjornfot, Broberg, Helleson, Koster, LaCombe, Thrun, Vlasic
G: Bolduc, Portillo, Silovs, Wolf
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2018
Tkachuk -- Kotkaniemi -- Svechnikov
Farabee -- Hayton -- Wahlstrom
Sharangovich -- McLeod -- Marchenko
Kurashev -- McBain -- Breggren
Dahlin -- Dobson
Hughes -- Bouchard
Miller -- Boqvist
Schmid
Dostal
Bench
F: Drury, Kupari, Lundestrom, Zadina
D: Durzi, Fehervary, Romanov, Samuelsson, Sandin
G: Chrona
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2017
Robertson -- Pettersson -- Thomas
Frost -- Hischier -- Necas
Chytil -- Suzuki -- Batherson
Cates -- Norris -- Tippett
Heiskanen -- Makar
Anderson -- Liljegren
Hague -- Timmins
Oettinger
Swayman
Bench
F: Glass, Luostarinen, Mittelstadt, Tolvanen, Vilardi
D: Brannstrom, Ferraro, Perbix, Samberg
G: Tarasov
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2016
DeBrincat -- Matthews -- Tkachuk
Laine -- Thompson -- Bratt
Hagel -- Dubois -- Keller
Dube -- Colton -- Kyrou
Sergachev -- McAvoy
Chychrun -- Fox
Girard -- Fabbro
Hart
Gustavsson
Bench
F: Frederic, McLeod, Raddysh
D: Hronek, Lindgren
G: Woll
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2015
Kaprizov -- McDavid -- Rantanen
Connor -- Eichel -- Marner
Meier -- Hintz -- Terry
Konecny -- Aho -- Barzal
Werenski -- Andersson
Chabot -- Cernak
Dunn -- Marino
Hill
Samsonov
Bench
F: Boeser, Cirelli, Crouse, DeBrusk, Mangiapane, Strome, Zacha
D: Carlo, Hanifin, Roy, Siegenthaler
G: Vejmelka
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2014
Tuch -- Draisaitl -- Pastrnak
Kempe -- Point -- Nylander
McCann -- Larkin -- Fiala
Barbashev -- Bennett -- Ehlers
Toews -- Ekblad
Pettersson -- Montour
Forsling -- DeAngelo
Shesterkin
Sorokin
Bench
F: Arvidsson, Donato, Dvorak, Reinhart, Schmaltz, Vrana
D: Middleton, Sanheim, Walman
G: Demko, Husso, Vanecek
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2013
Guentzel -- MacKinnon -- Lindhom
Verhaeghe -- Barkov -- Burakovsky
Nichushkin -- Horvat -- Bjorkstrand
Bertuzzi -- Monahan -- Compher
Theodore -- Jones
Morrissey -- Pulock
Weegar -- Pesce
Saros
Jarry
Bench
F: Carrier, Copp, Domi, Drouin, Duclair, Hartman, Kubalik, Mantha, Wennberg, Wood
D: Clifton, Graves, Nurse, Ristolainen, Soucy, Zadarov
G: Petersen
ROSTER SIZE SALARY CAP CAP HIT OVERAGES BONUSES CAP SPACE 13 $83,500,000 $72,081,917 $0 $5,350,000 $11,418,083
Left Wing Centre Right Wing First, Tier
$800,000 $800,000
Second, Tier
$800,000 $800,000
Third, Tier
$800,000 $800,000
$12,500,000 $12,500,000
C
NMC
UFA - 3
$7,250,000 $7,250,000
C
UFA - 4
$2,325,000 $2,325,000
LW, RW
RFA - 2
$8,000,000 $8,000,000
C
UFA - 7
$7,500,000 $7,500,000
RD
NMC
UFA - 2
$12,600,000 $12,600,000
C
NMC
UFA - 8
$11,640,250 $11,640,250
C
NMC
UFA - 1
$916,667 $916,667 ($1,850,000 $2M ) LD/RD
UFA - 1
$950,000 $950,000 ($3,500,000 $4M ) RW, LW
RFA - 2
$6,000,000 $6,000,000
LD/RD
UFA - 1
Left Defense Right Defense Goaltender
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Aug. 29, 2023 at 8:16 p.m.
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Leafs going to Leafs
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Aug. 29, 2023 at 8:20 p.m.
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Hank
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2013-2017 are the top 5
1.2015
2.2014
3.2016
4.2017
5.2013
Aug. 29, 2023 at 8:27 p.m.
#3
Ex Nucks fan
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2019 hasn’t shown enough to be in the same tier as 2015. 2015 draft was nuts
Aug. 29, 2023 at 8:35 p.m.
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Go for the cup in 25
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Quoting: Juiceman
2019 hasn’t shown enough to be in the same tier as 2015. 2015 draft was nuts
Yep it is nuts we will just have to wait a few more years to see if 2019 comes close it
Aug. 29, 2023 at 8:39 p.m.
#5
New York Rangers
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Move Hughes down to tier 2 (your bias is coming through)
Aug. 29, 2023 at 8:45 p.m.
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Quoting: Finski
Move Hughes down to tier 2 (your bias is coming through)
I am not ranking the top picks...I am ranking entire draft classes and using 1st overall picks as markers
Aug. 29, 2023 at 8:47 p.m.
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Quoting: Leafsfan98
2016>2019
2016 doesn't have the depth to be that high
Aug. 29, 2023 at 8:49 p.m.
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Quoting: JKCpp
2013-2017 are the top 5
1.2015
2.2014
3.2016
4.2017
5.2013
2013 was pretty weak draft. Without MacKinnon and Barkov, its likely dead last.
Aug. 29, 2023 at 8:51 p.m.
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Quoting: Juiceman
2019 hasn’t shown enough to be in the same tier as 2015. 2015 draft was nuts
2015 is still gold standard...and 2019 has loooong way to go. Its really a contest to be 2nd best in last 10 years...and I am betting on dman from 2019 stepping up in next couple of years to complete that cohort.
Aug. 29, 2023 at 8:56 p.m.
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Quoting: NHLfan10506
2015 is still gold standard...and 2019 has loooong way to go. Its really a contest to be 2nd best in last 10 years...and I am betting on dman from 2019 stepping up in next couple of years to complete that cohort.
The 5th-7th round of the 2015 draft alone is absolutely nuts
Garland
Bear
Kaprizov
Terry
Vejmelka
Marino
Gavrikov
Mangiapane
Appleton
Currently the biggest steals outside of the 1st round in 2019 is like Kaliyev, Hoglander, and Macceli
Aug. 29, 2023 at 8:57 p.m.
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Hank
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Quoting: NHLfan10506
2013 was pretty weak draft. Without MacKinnon and Barkov, its likely dead last.
RD1
Elias Lindholm
Nurse
Josh morrisey
BO Horvat
Valeri Nichuskin
Max domi
Ryan Pulock
Ryan Hartman
Shea Theodore
Andre burakovsky
RD 2
Tyler bertuzzi
Lehkonen
JT compher
Rd 3
Jake guentzel
Brett pesce
Anthony duclair
Carter verhague
Pavel Buchnevich
RD 4
Juuse saros
Andrew copp
Nick Paul
I hope this just a joke this is massive disrespect to 2013 that had Barlov and Mackinnon 1 and 2
Aug. 29, 2023 at 8:58 p.m.
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Leafs going to Leafs
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Quoting: NHLfan10506
2016 doesn't have the depth to be that high
Then compare draft lineups...
Aug. 29, 2023 at 9:00 p.m.
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Quoting: Leafsfan98
Then compare draft lineups...
Look up...its in the intro
2016
DeBrincat -- Matthews -- Tkachuk
Laine -- Thompson -- Bratt
Hagel -- Dubois -- Keller
Dube -- Colton -- Kyrou
Sergachev -- McAvoy
Chychrun -- Fox
Girard -- Fabbro
Hart
Gustavsson
Aug. 29, 2023 at 9:03 p.m.
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Quoting: JKCpp
RD1
Elias Lindholm
Nurse
Josh morrisey
BO Horvat
Valeri Nichuskin
Max domi
Ryan Pulock
Ryan Hartman
Shea Theodore
Andre burakovsky
RD 2
Tyler bertuzzi
Lehkonen
JT compher
Rd 3
Jake guentzel
Brett pesce
Anthony duclair
Carter verhague
Pavel Buchnevich
RD 4
Juuse saros
Andrew copp
Nick Paul
I hope this just a joke this is massive disrespect to 2013 that had Barlov and Mackinnon 1 and 2
2013 without MacKinnon, Barkov...
Guentzel -- Lindhom -- Burakovsky
Verhaeghe -- Horvat -- Bjorkstrand
Nichushkin -- Monahan -- Compher
Bertuzzi -- Domi -- Hartman
Theodore -- Jones
Morrissey -- Pulock
Weegar -- Pesce
Saros
Jarry
(full 2013 listed in into)
Aug. 29, 2023 at 9:08 p.m.
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Hank
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Quoting: NHLfan10506
2013 without MacKinnon, Barkov...
Guentzel -- Lindhom -- Burakovsky
Verhaeghe -- Horvat -- Bjorkstrand
Nichushkin -- Monahan -- Compher
Bertuzzi -- Domi -- Hartman
Theodore -- Jones
Morrissey -- Pulock
Weegar -- Pesce
Saros
Jarry
(full 2013 listed in into)
You forgot Buchnevich and copp or atleast I think u did
Aug. 29, 2023 at 9:12 p.m.
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Leafs going to Leafs
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Quoting: NHLfan10506
Look up...its in the intro
2016
DeBrincat -- Matthews -- Tkachuk
Laine -- Thompson -- Bratt
Hagel -- Dubois -- Keller
Dube -- Colton -- Kyrou
Sergachev -- McAvoy
Chychrun -- Fox
Girard -- Fabbro
Hart
Gustavsson
It's so much better than the 2019 class though
Aug. 29, 2023 at 9:15 p.m.
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Painsince67
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Aug. 30, 2023 at 3:43 p.m.
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'21 is being slept on, holy hell. Maybe not the deepest but the top end talent is insane. We may see 10-15 truly elite players from that draft.
Also '22 was a crapshoot at the draft but it's looking to be very deep after this first year. A TON of risers in that draft, and a ton of really good d-men
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