Comments on: All-Decade Draft Picks (2000-2009)

By: Matt Reitz

Matt Reitz — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 17:26:10 +0000

Meg: You have no idea how badly I wanted to put Doughty over Malkin… but yeah, that might take a while.

SensBlog: All of those are good choices… it would be hard to argue with any of your picks. I went with Malkin because you can make the argument that he’s the 2nd best player in the league right now. I can’t do that with Eric Staal.

The Michalek/Koivu thing was the hardest decision of the entire list–both are very good, underrated players. I’m glad to see that Michalek is starting to get his due in Ottawa.

As far as Kostitsyn/Frolik… I just wonder if the people’s perceptions would be different if Frolik was the one in Montreal and Kostitsyn was the one in Florida. Very close though…

By: SensBlog

SensBlog — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 16:55:10 +0000

Interesting list. I might argue for a couple of changes:
#2 Eric Staal over Malkin
#6 Michalek over Koivu
#10 Kostitsyn over Frolik

I compiled a list of how well teams drafted by calculating the points of all their draft picks at: http://www.sensblog.com/NHL-Team-Drafting-Records.html

Top 3 teams:
Sens, Devils, Avalanche.

By: Meg Jarrell

Meg Jarrell — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 16:42:37 +0000

Dammit, why did Doughty have to be the same number pick as Malkin. Just not fair!