Welcome to a brand new series here at The Hockey Writers called “Road to the Draft.” In this series, our draft contributors will count down from 32nd overall all the way to first overall and revisit each player taken with that pick between 2010 and 2020.
The goal of this series is to reflect on some of the biggest steals and some of the biggest busts taken in the first round over the past 10 years, as well as to shine a light on some players who could potentially see themselves taken with the corresponding pick at the upcoming 2021 NHL Draft.
1968 – Fraser Rice (C, Boston Bruins)
1969 – Ron Stackhouse (D, Oakland Seals)
1970 – Bill Clement (C, Philadelphia Flyers)
1971 – Brian McKenzie (C, Pittsburgh Penguins)
1972 – Dwight Bialowas (D, Atlanta Flames)
1973 – Blake Dunlop (F, Minnesota Wild)
1974 – Don Larway (RW, Boston Bruins)
1975 – Alex Forsyth (F, Washington Capitals)
1976 – Bruce Baker (RW, Montreal Canadiens)
1977 – Norm Dupont (LW, Montreal Canadiens)
1978 – Tim Coulis (F, Washington Capitals)
1979 – Ray Allison (RW, Hartford Whalers)
1980 – Barry Pederson (F, Boston Bruins)
1981 – Gilbert Delorme (D, Montreal Canadiens)
1982 – Ken Daneyko (D, New Jersey Devils)
1983 – Bruce Cassidy (D, Chicago Blackhawks)
1984 – Mikael Andersson (RW, Buffalo Sabres)
1985 – Ryan Stewart (Winnipeg Jets)
1986 – Ken McRae (RW, Quebec Nordiques)
1987 – Jody Hull (RW, Hartford Whalers)
1988 – Robert Cimetta (LW, Boston Bruins)
1989 – Jason Miller (C, New Jersey Devils)
1990 – Shawn Antoski (LW, Vancouver Cnucks)
1991 – Glem Murrary (RW, Calgary Flames)
1992 – Jason Smith (D, New Jersey Devils)
1993 -Jesper Mattsson (RW, Calgary Flames) –
1994 – Brad Brown (D, Montreal Canadiens)
1995 – Petr Sykora (C, New Jersey Devils)
1996 – Matt Higgins (C, Montreal Canadiens)
1997 – Michael Holmqvist (C, Anaheim Ducks)
1988 – Dmitri Kalinin (D, Buffalo Sabres)
1999 – Konstantin Koltsov (RW, Pittsburgh Penguins)
2000 – Brooks Orpik (D, Pittsburgh Penguins)
2001 – Jens Karlsson (LW, Los Angeles Kings)
2002 – Denis Grebeshkov (D, Los Angeles Kings)
2003 – Eric Fehr (RW, Washington Capitals)
2004 – Kyle Chipchura – (C, Montreal Canadiens)
2005 – Ryan Parent (D, Nashville Predators)
2006 – Chris Stewart (RW, Colorado Avalanche)
2007 – Ian Cole (D, St. Louis Blues)
2008 – Chet Pickard (G, Nashville Predators)
2009 – Louis Leblanc (C, Montreal Canadiens)
All stats and information were courtesy of Elite Prospects and Hockey Reference
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