[Tea Time Challenge] Re-Doing the 2003 NHL Draft
Arguably the best ever NHL draft class in history, the 2003 draftees had an abundance of talent and have become for sure NHLers (well, except Hugh Jessiman).
I Challenge you guys to redraft the players selected in the 1st round of the 2003 NHL Draft as you feel fit. Yes, you will have to select Hugh Jessiman somewhere in the draft
Who will you pick 1st? 2nd? 3rd Overall? Your choice.
Let's assume you are drafting the "best overall player" and not drafting based on the team needs.
This is how it went down....
No. Team Player Pos. Team/League
1. Pittsburgh (from Florida) Marc-Andre Fleury G Cape Breton (QMJHL)
2. Carolina Eric Staal C Peterborough (OHL)
3. Florida (from Pittsburgh) Nathan Horton C Oshawa (OHL)
4. Columbus Nikolai Zherdev F CSKA (Russia)
5. Buffalo Thomas Vanek LW Minnesota (WCHA)
6. San Jose Milan Michalek RW Budejovice (Cze.)
7. Nashville Ryan Suter D U.S. U-18
8. Atlanta Braydon Coburn D Portland (WHL)
9. Calgary Dion Phaneuf D Red Deer (WHL)
10. Montreal Andrei Kostitsyn W CSKA (Russia)
11. Philadelphia (from Phoenix) Jeff Carter C Sault Ste. Marie (OHL)
12. N.Y. Rangers Hugh Jessiman RW Dartmouth (ECAC)
13. Los Angeles Dustin Brown RW Guelph (OHL)
14. Chicago Brent Seabrook D Lethbridge (WHL)
15. N.Y. Islanders Robert Nilsson C/W Leksand (SWE)
16. San Jose (from Boston) Steve Bernier RW Moncton (QMJHL)
17. New Jersey (from Edmonton) Zach Parise C North Dakota (WCHA)
18. Washington Eric Fehr RW Brandon (WHL)
19. Anaheim Ryan Getzlaf C Calgary (WHL)
20. Minnesota Brent Burns RW Brampton (OHL)
21. Boston (from San Jose-Toronto) Mark Stuart D Colorado (WCHA)
22. Edmonton (from New Jersey-St. Louis) Marc-Antoine Pouliot C Rimouski (QMJHL)
23. Vancouver Ryan Kesler C Ohio State (CCHA)
24. Philadelphia Mike Richards C Kitchener (OHL)
25. Florida (from Tampa Bay) Anthony Stewart C/W Kingston (OHL)
26. Los Angeles (from Colorado) Brian Boyle C St. Sebastien's (USHS)
27. Los Angeles (from Detroit) Jeff Tambellini LW Michigan (CCHA)
28. Anaheim (from Dallas) Corey Perry RW London (OHL)
29. Ottawa Patrick Eaves RW Boston Coll. (HE)
30. St. Louis (from New Jersey) Shawn Belle D Tri-City (WHL)
Last edited by Dean Youngblood; November 16, 2010 at 11:01 AM.
I will wait to make my do-over but could you imagine if Edmonton had kept their 2003 1st and had the chance to select Zach Parise....wow
Edmonton traded its 17th (Parise) overall pick for 22nd (Selected MA Pouliot) and 68th overall (JF Jacques) - Do you think that EDMONTON would want a do-over on that deal?
Way worse than the Kessel deal
Last edited by Dean Youngblood; November 16, 2010 at 11:08 AM.
Ryan Getzlaf
Eric Staal
Zach Parise
Mike Richards
Corey Perry
Jeff Carter
Ryan Kesler
Marc-Andre Fleury
Dion Phaneuf
Ryan Suter
Thomas Vanek
Dustin Brown
Nathan Horton
Brent Seabrook
Brent Burns
Braydon Coburn
Milan Michalek
Andrei Kostitsyn
Nikolai Zherdev
Jeff Tambellini
Eric Fehr
Robert Nilsson
Steve Bernier
Brian Boyle
Anthony Stewart
Patrick Eaves
Mark Stuart
Shawn Belle
Marc-Antoine Pouliot
Hugh Jessiman
12 team, H2H, salary cap
1 pt/G or A, 2 pts/W, 1 pt/OTL, 1 pt/SO
Forward: B. Point, M. Necas, A. Debrincat, T. Zegras, J. Bratt, L. Raymond
Defense: J. Morrissey, A. DeAngelo, S. Gostisbehere, D. Doughty
Goalie: T. Demko, E. Merzlikins
Bench: M. Rossi, C. Glass, M. Maccelli, M. Dumba, K. Shattenkirk, F. Andersen
Prospects of Note: L. Stankoven, J. Lekkerimaki, D. Yurov, B. Clarke
League has been running continuously since 1997-98
Fun, heres my quick, rough take on it.
1. Pittsburgh (from Florida) Eric Staal C Peterborough (OHL)
2. Carolina Zach Parise C North Dakota (WCHA)
3. Florida (from Pittsburgh) Ryan Getzlaf C Calgary (WHL)
4. Columbus Corey Perry RW London (OHL)
5. Buffalo Jeff Carter C Sault Ste. Marie (OHL)
6. San Jose Marc-Andre Fleury G Cape Breton (QMJHL)
7. Nashville Dion Phaneuf D Red Deer (WHL)
8. Atlanta Mike Richards C Kitchener (OHL)
9. Calgary Ryan Kesler C Ohio State (CCHA)
10. Montreal Thomas Vanek LW Minnesota (WCHA)
11. Philadelphia (from Phoenix) Nathan Horton C Oshawa (OHL)
12. N.Y. Rangers Brent Seabrook D Lethbridge (WHL)
13. Los Angeles Dustin Brown RW Guelph (OHL)
14. Chicago Ryan Suter D U.S. U-18
15. N.Y. Islanders Andrei Kostitsyn W CSKA (Russia)
16. San Jose (from Boston) Brent Burns RW Brampton (OHL)
17. New Jersey (from Edmonton) Milan Michalek RW Budejovice (Cze.)
18. Washington Nikolai Zherdev F CSKA (Russia)
19. Anaheim Braydon Coburn D Portland (WHL)
20. Minnesota Eric Fehr RW Brandon (WHL)
21. Boston (from San Jose-Toronto) Brian Boyle C St. Sebastien's (USHS)
22. Edmonton (from New Jersey-St. Louis) Jeff Tambellini LW Michigan (CCHA)
23. Vancouver Marc-Antoine Pouliot C Rimouski (QMJHL)
24. Philadelphia Robert Nilsson C/W Leksand (SWE)
25. Florida (from Tampa Bay) Patrick Eaves RW Boston Coll. (HE)
26. Los Angeles (from Colorado) Steve Bernier RW Moncton (QMJHL)
27. Los Angeles (from Detroit) Shawn Belle D Tri-City (WHL)
28. Anaheim (from Dallas) Anthony Stewart C/W Kingston (OHL)
29. Ottawa Mark Stuart D Colorado (WCHA)
30. St. Louis (from New Jersey) Hugh Jessiman RW Dartmouth (ECAC)
Do you really believe Edmonton would hve picked Parise anyway? After all, Kesler, Richards and Perry were all still on the board when they made their pick.Originally Posted by Dean Youngblood
I will wait to make my do-over but could you imagine if Edmonton had kept their 2003 1st and had the chance to select Zach Parise....wow
Edmonton traded its 17th (Parise) overall pick for 22nd (Selected MA Pouliot) and 68th overall (JF Jacques) - Do you think that EDMONTON would want a do-over on that deal?
Way worse than the Kessel deal
In 5 years time, the Kessel deal will look worse than it already does.
Great thread though, that really was an amazing draft class. Some other good players went in the second round are Eriksson, P Bergeron, Weber, Backes, Howard.
After that it fell off a bit until round 7 where Pavelski went, 8 with Byfuglien and 9 with Halak.
There are a few other names in the draft who could prove to be stars but those are the ones that stood out to me. Brian Elliot was drafted with the second last pick in that draft too.
Without me, it's only "aweso".
I should mention, I will be making this "Re-Doing the _____ Draft" a regular occurring feature in the PG Advised section. So look for more to come.
1. Pittsburgh (from Florida) Ryan Getzlaf C Calgary (WHL)
2. Carolina Zach Parise C North Dakota (WCHA)
3. Florida (from Pittsburgh) Eric Staal C Peterborough (OHL)
4. Columbus Mike Richards C Kitchener (OHL)
5. Buffalo Corey Perry RW London (OHL)
6. San Jose Ryan Kesler C Ohio State (CCHA)
7. Nashville Ryan Suter D U.S. U-18
8. Atlanta Dion Phaneuf D Red Deer (WHL)
9. Calgary Marc-Andre Fleury G Cape Breton (QMJHL)
10. Montreal Brent Seabrook D Lethbridge (WHL)
11. Philadelphia (from Phoenix) Jeff Carter C Sault Ste. Marie (OHL)
12. N.Y. Rangers Nathan Horton C Oshawa (OHL)
13. Los Angeles Dustin Brown RW Guelph (OHL)
14. Chicago Brent Burns RW Brampton (OHL)
15. N.Y. Islanders Thomas Vanek LW Minnesota (WCHA)
16. San Jose (from Boston) Milan Michalek RW Budejovice (Cze.)
17. New Jersey (from Edmonton) Braydon Coburn D Portland (WHL)
18. Washington Andrei Kostitsyn W CSKA (Russia)
19. Anaheim Eric Fehr RW Brandon (WHL)
20. Minnesota Mark Stuart D Colorado (WCHA)
21. Boston (from San Jose-Toronto) Nikolai Zherdev F CSKA (Russia)
22. Edmonton (from New Jersey-St. Louis) Anthony Stewart C/W Kingston (OHL)
23. Vancouver Brian Boyle C St. Sebastien's (USHS)
24. Philadelphia Steve Bernier RW Moncton (QMJHL)
25. Florida (from Tampa Bay) Patrick Eaves RW Boston Coll. (HE)
26. Los Angeles (from Colorado) Jeff Tambellini LW Michigan (CCHA)
27. Los Angeles (from Detroit) Robert Nilsson C/W Leksand (SWE)
28. Anaheim (from Dallas) Marc-Antoine Pouliot C Rimouski (QMJHL)
29. Ottawa Shawn Belle D Tri-City (WHL)
30. St. Louis (from New Jersey) Hugh Jessiman RW Dartmouth (ECAC)
Last edited by Carcillo; November 16, 2010 at 12:58 PM.
Love it. Looking forward to it!
I'll be doing mine later on, but it echos a lot of the lists already.
GMG
Hard to argue with that list... However, I made a few changes
Fun fact: Philadelphia now has 4 players selected in the first round of the 2003 Entry draft - Richards, Carter, Zherdev, Coburn.
@tlucarelli on twitter
Here is my shot at it
1. PIT - Ryan Getzlaf
2. CAR - Zach Parise
3. FLA - Eric Staal
4. CLB - Mike Richards
5. BUF - Corey Perry
6. SJS - Ryan Kesler
7. NSH - Jeff Carter
8. ATL - Ryan Suter
9. CGY - Dion Phaneuf
10. MTL - Marc-Andre Fleury
11. PHI - Brent Seabrook
12. NYR - Dustin Brown
13. LOS - Nathan Horton
14. CHI - Thomas Vanek
15. NYI - Braydon Coburn
16. SJ (from BOS) - Andrei Kostitsyn
17. NJ (from EDM) - Brent Burns
18. WAS - Eric Fehr
19. ANA - Milan Michalek
20. MIN - Nikolay Zherdev
21. BOS - Mark Stuart
22. EDM (from NJ-STL) - Brian Boyle
23. VAN - Steve Bernier
24. PHI - Anthony Stewart
25. FLA (from TB) - Patrick Eaves
26. LOS (from COL) - Jeff Tambellini
27. LOS (from DET) - Marc-Antoine Pouliot
28. ANA (from DAL) - Shawn Belle
29. OTT - Robert Nilsson
30. STL - Hugh Jessiman
A Few notes about my selections...
- I have Mark Stuart (BOS), Eric Fehr (WAS) and Jeff Tambellini (LOS) being selected by the same team who actually drafted them
- NJD would kill to have Brent Burns right now
- Corey Perry on Buffalo is just what the Sabres need - a big power forward who can score
- Marc-Andre Fleury back to his home province
- I had a very difficult time deciding between Ryan Suter and Dion Phaneuf as the top Defenceman. In the end, if I was a GM I would pick the underrated Ryan Suter over Dion.
another interesting fact I saw on Twitter yesterday...with Hugh Jessiman playing his first NHL game yesterday, every player from the first round of this draft has now played in the NHL
Yep. Definitely pretty amazing. I can't remember but the last time that this happened was back in the early 80s.
EDIT:
To quote Fzusher from another thread:
The Panthers just called Hugh Jessiman. If he plays, he'll make his NHL debut, and the 2003 draft will become the first since 1983 and only the third since the entry draft replaced the amateur draft in 1979 in which all first rounders have played at least one NHL game.
Just to keep this in perspective, 1983 was the Steve Yzerman, Claude Lemieux, Cam Neely, Dave Gagner (and 1st overall, Brian Lawton ... ) draft.
Love it, amazing to look at that class and the depth in it. Was pretty hard to go wrong in the first round! Way to go Edmonton.
Ryan Getzlaf
Eric Staal
Zach Parise
Corey Perry
Marc-Andre Fleury
Mike Richards
Ryan Kesler
Jeff Carter
Thomas Vanek
Dustin Brown
Brent Seabrook
Brent Burns
Ryan Suter
Nathan Horton
Dion Phaneuf
Braydon Coburn
Milan Michalek
Andrei Kostitsyn
Jeff Tambellini
Steve Bernier
Nikolai Zherdev
Eric Fehr
Robert Nilsson
Brian Boyle
Anthony Stewart
Patrick Eaves
Mark Stuart
Shawn Belle
Marc-Antoine Pouliot
Hugh Jessiman
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