Czechboy & gcw_rocks requested a followup chart. Separating out the 1st Round Picks and the 2nd Round+ Picks. Now it is almost pointless to do for the 2008-12 Series as it virtually eliminates most data points. I have done it for the 1997-2007 Drafts and it has some interesting results.
First the cream of the Crop the 1st Round Picks.
Picks | GP/Pick | G/Pick | Pts/Pick | PPG | Playoffs | GP | G | PTS | PIM/Pick | PIM | PIM/G | GP/Pk RK | PPG RK | TTL PTS | Pos | |
MIN | 8 | 377.75 | 86.25 | 224.63 | 0.59 | 3 | 3022 | 690 | 1797 | 0.55 | 1665 | 0.55 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
VAN | 11 | 379.73 | 79.36 | 223.45 | 0.59 | 8 | 4177 | 873 | 2458 | 0.73 | 3041 | 0.73 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
NAS | 9 | 410.44 | 71.78 | 199.89 | 0.49 | 7 | 3694 | 646 | 1799 | 0.85 | 3134 | 0.85 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 3 |
ANA | 11 | 306.09 | 65.82 | 163.18 | 0.53 | 6 | 3367 | 724 | 1795 | 0.84 | 2829 | 0.84 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 4 |
CBJ | 8 | 365.63 | 78.63 | 183.00 | 0.50 | 1 | 2925 | 629 | 1464 | 0.66 | 1935 | 0.66 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 5 |
SJ | 13 | 400.23 | 78.46 | 188.15 | 0.47 | 9 | 5203 | 1020 | 2446 | 0.46 | 2378 | 0.46 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 6 |
CHI | 14 | 315.93 | 59.43 | 156.64 | 0.50 | 5 | 4423 | 832 | 2193 | 0.70 | 3114 | 0.70 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 7 |
LA | 15 | 297.67 | 64.20 | 154.00 | 0.52 | 4 | 4465 | 963 | 2310 | 0.58 | 2583 | 0.58 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 8 |
COL | 11 | 359.18 | 50.27 | 157.09 | 0.44 | 6 | 3951 | 553 | 1728 | 0.74 | 2927 | 0.74 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 9 |
EDM | 13 | 150.69 | 27.15 | 78.54 | 0.52 | 2 | 1959 | 353 | 1021 | 0.39 | 765 | 0.39 | 15 | 4 | 19 | 10 |
DAL | 7 | 305.00 | 51.57 | 129.57 | 0.42 | 5 | 2135 | 361 | 907 | 1.34 | 2869 | 1.34 | 9 | 11 | 20 | 11 |
STL | 11 | 241.36 | 33.09 | 95.18 | 0.39 | 5 | 2655 | 364 | 1047 | 0.73 | 1949 | 0.73 | 11 | 12 | 23 | 12 |
CAL | 11 | 206.73 | 32.18 | 79.64 | 0.39 | 5 | 2274 | 354 | 876 | 0.81 | 1845 | 0.81 | 13 | 13 | 26 | 13 |
DET | 4 | 240.25 | 18.00 | 83.00 | 0.35 | 10 | 961 | 72 | 332 | 0.76 | 728 | 0.76 | 12 | 15 | 27 | 14 |
PHX | 14 | 167.14 | 25.71 | 62.43 | 0.37 | 4 | 2340 | 360 | 874 | 0.81 | 1890 | 0.81 | 14 | 14 | 28 | 15 |
The Oilers have fared badly here, particularly when it comes to GP/Pick for 1st Rounder the Oilers plumet to last. That won't continue for the future, as the 2008-12 - 1st Rounders will most definitely get games. They did reasonably well.
Now for the later rounds.
Picks | GP/Pick | G/Pick | Pts/Pick | PPG | Playoffs | GP | G | PTS | PIM/Pick | PIM | PIM/G | GP/Pk RK | PPG RK | TTL PTS | Pos | |
SJ | 73 | 87.62 | 11.67 | 32.62 | 0.37 | 9 | 6396 | 852 | 2381 | 0.69 | 4440 | 0.69 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 |
DET | 86 | 67.92 | 13.62 | 35.00 | 0.52 | 10 | 5841 | 1171 | 3010 | 0.44 | 2562 | 0.44 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 2 |
COL | 94 | 76.20 | 9.99 | 26.23 | 0.34 | 6 | 7163 | 939 | 2466 | 0.56 | 4005 | 0.56 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 3 |
EDM | 93 | 70.34 | 9.44 | 24.33 | 0.35 | 2 | 6542 | 878 | 2263 | 0.92 | 6019 | 0.92 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 4 |
DAL | 92 | 66.87 | 8.89 | 23.26 | 0.35 | 5 | 6152 | 818 | 2140 | 0.66 | 4037 | 0.66 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 5 |
NAS | 88 | 67.64 | 8.23 | 22.13 | 0.33 | 7 | 5952 | 724 | 1947 | 0.58 | 3442 | 0.58 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 6 |
VAN | 79 | 49.49 | 6.47 | 17.32 | 0.35 | 8 | 3910 | 511 | 1368 | 1.05 | 4093 | 1.05 | 12 | 4 | 16 | 7 |
STL | 88 | 47.97 | 6.76 | 18.27 | 0.38 | 5 | 4221 | 595 | 1608 | 0.78 | 3288 | 0.78 | 14 | 2 | 16 | 8 |
LA | 92 | 61.89 | 7.05 | 21.10 | 0.34 | 4 | 5694 | 649 | 1941 | 0.74 | 4208 | 0.74 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 9 |
CHI | 106 | 54.16 | 6.32 | 18.79 | 0.35 | 5 | 5741 | 670 | 1992 | 0.65 | 3726 | 0.65 | 11 | 6 | 17 | 10 |
ANA | 72 | 66.94 | 5.96 | 17.17 | 0.26 | 6 | 4820 | 429 | 1236 | 0.58 | 2817 | 0.58 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 11 |
MIN | 58 | 60.12 | 5.33 | 13.90 | 0.23 | 3 | 3487 | 309 | 806 | 0.76 | 2664 | 0.76 | 9 | 14 | 23 | 12 |
CAL | 92 | 49.04 | 5.53 | 14.37 | 0.29 | 5 | 4512 | 509 | 1322 | 0.70 | 3159 | 0.70 | 13 | 11 | 24 | 13 |
CBJ | 75 | 57.77 | 4.59 | 13.00 | 0.23 | 1 | 4333 | 344 | 975 | 1.00 | 4327 | 1.00 | 10 | 15 | 25 | 14 |
PHX | 79 | 32.27 | 2.59 | 7.85 | 0.24 | 4 | 2549 | 205 | 620 | 0.64 | 1624 | 0.64 | 15 | 13 | 28 | 15 |
Here the Oilers actually perform very well in the drafts later rounds. In fact their late round success belies that they should have more success in the playoffs as you can see that there is a correlation between late round success and playoff results.
The Bluejackets drafting seems to be at least part of their problem, they have consistently had higher picks, so it is reasonable that their performance in the 1st round should be higher, but once they have those in the bag their drafting is considerably worse.
The Oilers have an opposite problem, drafting horribly in the 1st Round and well after that.
Bringing Stu MacGregor on board was a good thing, it has enable the Oilers to at least draft 1st Round players.
The Wings are an interesting study here, as I have mentioned before their strategy seems to be trading the 1st Round pick for established players. They generally draft later in the first round, and it shouldn't be a surprise to see them at the bottom of the 1st Round list.
San Jose on the other hand performs reasonably well considering where they generally pick.
Vancouver's first round record is actually closer to Detroits if you pull out the Sedin twins, whom heavily contribute to those results.
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