NHL Draft History – 24th Pick Overall

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 1st 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 ten 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.

1970 – Al McDonough (RW, Los Angeles Kings)

1971 – Michel DeGuise (G, Montreal Canadiens)

1972 – Jack Lynch (D, Pittsburgh Penguins)

1973 – George Pesut (D, St. Louis Blues)

1974 – Rich Nantais (LW, Minnesota North Stars)

1975 – Doug Jarvis (C, Toronto Maple Leafs)

1976 – Dave Farrish (D, New York Rangers)

1977- Bob Gladney (D, Toronto Maple Leafs)

1978 – Steve Christoff (C, Minnesota North Stars)

1979 – Errol Rausse (LW, Washington Capitals)

1980 – Normand Rochefort (D, Quebec Nordiques)

1981 – Gary Yaremchuk (C, Toronto Maple Leafs)

1982 – Gary Leeman (LW, Toronto Maple Leafs)

1983 – Shawn Evans (D, New Jersey Devils)

1984 – Brian Wilks (C, Los Angeles King)

1985 – Sean Burke (G, New Jersey Devils)

1986 – Todd Copeland (D, New Jersey Devils)

1987 – Rob Murphy (C, Vancouver Canucks)

1988 – Stephane Fiset (G, Quebec Nordiques)

1989 – Kent Manderville (C, Calgary Flames)

1990 – David Harlock (D, New Jersey Devils)

1991 – Rene Corbet (LW, Quebec Nordiques)

1992 – Peter Ferraro (RW, New York Rangers)

1993 – Eric Lecompte (LW, Chicago Blackhawks)

1994 – Chris Wells (C, Pittsburgh Penguins)

1995 – Alexei Morozov (RW, Pittsburgh Penguins)

1996 – Daniel Briere (C, Phoenix Coyotes)

1997 – Jean-Francois Damphousse (G, New Jersey Devils)

1998 – Christian Backman (D, St. Louis Blues)

1999 – Luca Cereda (C, Toronto Maple Leafs)

2000 – Brad Boyes (RW, Toronto Maple Leafs)

2001 – Lukas Krajicek (D, Florida Panthers)

2002 – Alexander Steen (LW, Toronto Maple Leafs)

2003 – Mike Richards (C, Philadelphia Flyers)

2004 – Kris Chucko (RW, Calgary Flames)

2005 – T.J. Oshie (RW, St. Louis Blues)

2006 – Dennis Persson (D, Buffalo Sabres)

2007 – Mikael Backlund (C, Calgary Flames)

2008 – Mattias Tedenby (RW, New Jersey Devils)

2009 – Marcus Johansson (LW, Washington Capitals)