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Throughout the history of the NHL Entry Draft, there have been many first overall picks. Some have been great picks that have turned into superstars. Some have been busts that barely played a few seasons in the league. Others were just okay picks that proved to be career second or third liners for more than a decade. Information for this chart was taken from Wikipedia |
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Year |
Player |
Pos |
Team |
Drafted From |
Age (Yrs.Mos) |
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2007 |
Patrick Kane |
RW |
CHI |
London (OHL) |
18.7 |
|
2006 |
Erik Johnson |
D |
STL |
US NAT'L U-18 |
18.3 |
|
2005 |
Sidney Crosby |
C |
PIT |
Rimouski (QMJHL) |
17.11 |
|
2004 |
Alexander Ovechkin |
LW |
WAS |
Dynamo Moscow (Russia) |
18.9 |
|
2003 |
Marc-Andre Fleury |
G |
PIT |
Cape Breton (QMJHL) |
18.5 |
|
2002 |
Rick Nash |
LW |
CBJ |
London Knights (OHL) |
18.0 |
|
2001 |
Ilya Kovalchuk |
LW |
ATL |
Spartak (Rus.) |
18.2 |
|
2000 |
Rick DiPietro |
G |
NYI |
Boston University |
18.9 |
|
1999 |
Patrick Stefan |
C |
ATL |
Long Beach Ice Dogs (IHL) |
18.9 |
|
1998 |
Vincent Lecavalier |
C |
TB |
Rimouski Oceanic |
18.2 |
|
1997 |
Joe Thornton |
C |
BOS |
Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds |
17.11 |
|
1996 |
Chris Phillips |
D |
OTT |
Prince Albert Raiders |
18.3 |
|
1995 |
Bryan Berard |
D |
OTT |
Detroit Jr. Red Wings |
18.4 |
|
1994 |
Ed Jovanovski |
D |
FLA |
Windsor Spitfires |
18 |
|
1993 |
Alexandre Daigle |
C |
OTT |
Victoriaville Tigers |
18.5 |
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1992 |
Roman Hamrlik |
D |
TB |
ZPS Zlin (Czechoslovakia) |
18.2 |
|
1991 |
Eric Lindros |
C |
QUE |
Oshawa Generals |
18.3 |
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1990 |
Owen Nolan |
RW |
QUE |
Cornwall Royals |
18.4 |
|
1989 |
Mats Sundin |
RW |
QUE |
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