Funnnnnnnnnnnn!
So I just completed this Draft Quiz that The Athletic just put up on their site. It goes back as far as 2005 and goes up with 25 questions from most draft years from there. If you have a subsription, I recommend you go try the quiz. It isn't easy by any stretch of the imagination. I thought I was fairly knowledgeable but clearly I was mistaken. I got 9/25 correct answers when I just did it without cheating or googling. I answered right off the top of my head as best I could. LOL!
I am going to copy the questions here for all to try out. Copy and paste the quiz in a reply with your answers, and once completed, I will score it for you and send your score (with the correct answers) to your inbox here. If you'd rather I email them to you, let me know and I can do that (you'd have to share your email addy in your reply).
2005: Four teams had the best odds to win "The Sidney Crosby Lottery," with three shots out of 48 at the first pick. One was the Pittsburgh Penguins. Which of the following was NOT one of the remaining three? *
Buffalo Sabres, Columbus Blue Jackets, Anaheim Ducks or New York Rangers?
2005: Seven future All-Stars were selected in the first round. Which of the following was not among them? *
Paul Stastny, Anze Kopitar, T.J. Oshie, Marc Staal ?
2006: The St. Louis Blues selected defenseman Erik Johnson first overall. Eight other d-men were taken in the first round. Five made the NHL. Which of the five played the most NHL games? *
Ty Wishart (No. 16, Sharks)
Bobby Sanguinetti (No. 21, Rangers)
Ivan Vishnevskiy (No. 27 Stars)
Chris Summers (No. 29, Coyotes)
Matthew Corrente (No. 30, Devils)
2007: How many draft slots did Chicago move up to select Patrick Kane first overall? *
Two (third to first)
Zero (they finished last in 2006-07)
Four (fifth to first)
Seven (eighth to first)
2008: The first five players selected have since gone on to win the Stanley Cup, with No. 1 overall pick Steven Stamkos and the players picked third and fifth overall winning their first championship in 2020. Who were those players selected at No. 3 and No. 5? *
Braydon Coburn and Zach Bogosian
Ryan McDonagh and Luke Schenn
Zach Bogosian and Luke Schenn
Ryan McDonagh and Braydon Coburn
2010: Only four players drafted in the top 20 are currently still with the club who drafted them. Two of those four play for the same team. Who is that team? *
Minnesota, St. Louis, Los Angeles, Anaheim
2011: This was the first draft by the Winnipeg Jets, who'd relocated from Atlanta. Who was their first selection? *
Alexander Burmistrov, Jacob Trouba, Mark Scheifele, Adam Lowry
2011: Which team won the lottery ... and only moved up to the fourth pick? *
Florida Panthers, New Jersey Devils, Ottawa Senators, Colorado Avalanche
2012: Within five, how many goals did No. 1 pick Nail Yakupov score in his best NHL season? *
10-14
15-19
20-24
25-29
2012: This draft had the most defensemen picked in the top 10 of any draft in the salary-cap era. How many were selected from picks 1-10? *
Five
Six
Seven
Eight
2013: The players selected first and second overall, Nathan MacKinnon and Aleksander Barkov, have won the same NHL award. Which one? *
The Calder Trophy, The Lady Byng Trophy, The Selke Trophy, All-Star Game MVP
2014: Despite making only one first-round pick, which team had three players picked in the top 25 play for them in 2019-20? *
Boston Bruins, Vancouver Canucks, Detroit Red Wings, New Jersey Devils
2015: This draft's top two picks, Connor McDavid and Jack Eichel, are also its two top goal scorers so far. Which player has the third-most goals? *
2015: Boston had three consecutive first-round picks from Nos. 13-15 in this draft and picked Jakub Zboril, Jake DeBrusk and Zach Senyshyn. Which player went at No. 16? *
Mathew Barzal, Kyle Connor, Thomas Chabot, Brock Boeser
2015: This draft's top two picks, Connor McDavid and Jack Eichel, are also its two top goal scorers so far. Which player has the third-most goals? *
Sebastian Aho, Mikko Rantanen, Kyle Connor, Mitch Marner
2016: Which country made history by having three players taken in the top five for the first time? *
United States, Sweden, Finland, Russia
2017: Which of these players was not one of Vegas' first-round picks, in the franchise's first ever NHL Entry Draft? *
Cody Glass, Shane Bowers, Erik Brannstrom, Nick Suzuki
2018: Despite not winning the Calder Trophy, which top-10 pick leads this draft class in career points? *
Rasmus Dahlin, Quinn Hughes, Brady Tkachuk, Andrei Svechnikov
2019: It was a historic year for the United States National Team Development program, which dominated the first round. How many NTDP players were taken from picks 1-31? *
Seven, Eight, Nine, 10
2019: Five players taken have already made it to the NHL: The top three (Jack Hughes, Kaapo Kakko, Kirby Dach) and two of the following. Name one. *
Alex Turcotte, Samuel Poulin, Ville Heinola, Tobias Bjornfot
How many times since 2005 have the Edmonton Oilers had the first overall pick? *
Three, Four, Five, Six
Which of the following players were not No. 2 overall picks? *
Ryan Murray, Tyler Seguin, Jordan Staal, Jonathan Huberdeau
Which undrafted player, starting with the 2005 draft, has the most points? *
Tyler Bozak, Mark Giordano, Mats Zuccarello, Artemi Panarin
Since 2005, three players picked in the fourth round or later rank in the top 5 of their draft class in points. Which of these players is not one of them? *
Johnny Gaudreau, Mark Stone, Keith Yandle, Jamie Benn
How many picks will be made at the 2020 NHL Draft? *
Write down your number
How many No. 1 overall picks are no longer playing for the team that selected them? *
Two, Three, Four, Five
Good luck to you all!
10 Team, Points Only, Cash League
25 Man Roster (no position), top 20 point getters count at end of month
Keep 20/25 at seasons end, Cut 5 to FA for redrafting
Goalie points W=2pt L=-1pt SHO=2pt
Stamkos, Tavares, Eichel, Mercer, JRobertson, RThomas, Kucherov, Nugent-Hopkins, Tuch, KConnor, Necas, Point, Konecny, SJarvis, Cozenz, Morrissey, Bouchard, Josi, Novak, Tolvanen, Peterka, SBennett
G- Vasilevskiy, Sorokin, Oettinger
"Cleavage is like the sun. You can look, but dont stare.. Unless you're wearing sunglasses."
Funnnnnnnnnnnn!
2005: Four teams had the best odds to win "The Sidney Crosby Lottery," with three shots out of 48 at the first pick. One was the Pittsburgh Penguins. Which of the following was NOT one of the remaining three? *
Buffalo Sabres, Columbus Blue Jackets, Anaheim Ducks or New York Rangers?
2005: Seven future All-Stars were selected in the first round. Which of the following was not among them? *
Paul Stastny, Anze Kopitar, T.J. Oshie, Marc Staal ?
2006: The St. Louis Blues selected defenseman Erik Johnson first overall. Eight other d-men were taken in the first round. Five made the NHL. Which of the five played the most NHL games? *
Ty Wishart (No. 16, Sharks)
Bobby Sanguinetti (No. 21, Rangers)
Ivan Vishnevskiy (No. 27 Stars)
Chris Summers (No. 29, Coyotes)
Matthew Corrente (No. 30, Devils)
2007: How many draft slots did Chicago move up to select Patrick Kane first overall? *
Two (third to first)
Zero (they finished last in 2006-07)
Four (fifth to first)
Seven (eighth to first)
2008: The first five players selected have since gone on to win the Stanley Cup, with No. 1 overall pick Steven Stamkos and the players picked third and fifth overall winning their first championship in 2020. Who were those players selected at No. 3 and No. 5? *
Braydon Coburn and Zach Bogosian
Ryan McDonagh and Luke Schenn
Zach Bogosian and Luke Schenn
Ryan McDonagh and Braydon Coburn
2010: Only four players drafted in the top 20 are currently still with the club who drafted them. Two of those four play for the same team. Who is that team? *
Minnesota, St. Louis, Los Angeles, Anaheim
2011: This was the first draft by the Winnipeg Jets, who'd relocated from Atlanta. Who was their first selection? *
Alexander Burmistrov, Jacob Trouba, Mark Scheifele, Adam Lowry
2011: Which team won the lottery ... and only moved up to the fourth pick? *
Florida Panthers, New Jersey Devils, Ottawa Senators, Colorado Avalanche
2012: Within five, how many goals did No. 1 pick Nail Yakupov score in his best NHL season? *
10-14
15-19
20-24
25-29
2012: This draft had the most defensemen picked in the top 10 of any draft in the salary-cap era. How many were selected from picks 1-10? *
Five
Six
Seven
Eight
2013: The players selected first and second overall, Nathan MacKinnon and Aleksander Barkov, have won the same NHL award. Which one? *
The Calder Trophy, The Lady Byng Trophy, The Selke Trophy, All-Star Game MVP
2014: Despite making only one first-round pick, which team had three players picked in the top 25 play for them in 2019-20? *
Boston Bruins, Vancouver Canucks, Detroit Red Wings, New Jersey Devils
2015: Boston had three consecutive first-round picks from Nos. 13-15 in this draft and picked Jakub Zboril, Jake DeBrusk and Zach Senyshyn. Which player went at No. 16? *
Mathew Barzal, Kyle Connor, Thomas Chabot, Brock Boeser
2015: This draft's top two picks, Connor McDavid and Jack Eichel, are also its two top goal scorers so far. Which player has the third-most goals? *
Sebastian Aho, Mikko Rantanen, Kyle Connor, Mitch Marner
2016: Which country made history by having three players taken in the top five for the first time? *
United States, Sweden, Finland, Russia
2017: Which of these players was not one of Vegas' first-round picks, in the franchise's first ever NHL Entry Draft? *
Cody Glass, Shane Bowers, Erik Brannstrom, Nick Suzuki
2018: Despite not winning the Calder Trophy, which top-10 pick leads this draft class in career points? *
Rasmus Dahlin, Quinn Hughes, Brady Tkachuk, Andrei Svechnikov
2019: It was a historic year for the United States National Team Development program, which dominated the first round. How many NTDP players were taken from picks 1-31? *
Seven, Eight, Nine, 10
2019: Five players taken have already made it to the NHL: The top three (Jack Hughes, Kaapo Kakko, Kirby Dach) and two of the following. Name one. *
Alex Turcotte, Samuel Poulin, Ville Heinola, Tobias Bjornfot
How many times since 2005 have the Edmonton Oilers had the first overall pick? *
Three, Four, Five, Six
Which of the following players were not No. 2 overall picks? *
Ryan Murray, Tyler Seguin, Jordan Staal, Jonathan Huberdeau
Which undrafted player, starting with the 2005 draft, has the most points? *
Tyler Bozak, Mark Giordano, Mats Zuccarello, Artemi Panarin
Since 2005, three players picked in the fourth round or later rank in the top 5 of their draft class in points. Which of these players is not one of them? *
Johnny Gaudreau, Mark Stone, Keith Yandle, Jamie Benn
How many picks will be made at the 2020 NHL Draft? *
Write down your number 216
How many No. 1 overall picks are no longer playing for the team that selected them? * I think there might be more to this question - like since 2005?
Two, Three, Four, Five
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Was a fun quiz. I only got 12, but I'm proud that I got the last two right
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(No I don't have a hockey problem...)
10 Team, Points Only, Cash League
25 Man Roster (no position), top 20 point getters count at end of month
Keep 20/25 at seasons end, Cut 5 to FA for redrafting
Goalie points W=2pt L=-1pt SHO=2pt
Stamkos, Tavares, Eichel, Mercer, JRobertson, RThomas, Kucherov, Nugent-Hopkins, Tuch, KConnor, Necas, Point, Konecny, SJarvis, Cozenz, Morrissey, Bouchard, Josi, Novak, Tolvanen, Peterka, SBennett
G- Vasilevskiy, Sorokin, Oettinger
"Cleavage is like the sun. You can look, but dont stare.. Unless you're wearing sunglasses."
Great fun Axe thanks. Draft if always one of my favourite times of the year. These were tough for sure!
2005: Four teams had the best odds to win "The Sidney Crosby Lottery," with three shots out of 48 at the first pick. One was the Pittsburgh Penguins. Which of the following was NOT one of the remaining three? *
Buffalo Sabres, Columbus Blue Jackets, Anaheim Ducks or New York Rangers?
[B]2005: Seven future All-Stars were selected in the first round. Which of the following was not among them? *
Paul Stastny, Anze Kopitar, T.J. Oshie, Marc Staal ?
[B]2006: The St. Louis Blues selected defenseman Erik Johnson first overall. Eight other d-men were taken in the first round. Five made the NHL. Which of the five played the most NHL games? *
Ty Wishart (No. 16, Sharks)
Bobby Sanguinetti (No. 21, Rangers)
Ivan Vishnevskiy (No. 27 Stars)
Chris Summers (No. 29, Coyotes)
Matthew Corrente (No. 30, Devils)
[B]2007: How many draft slots did Chicago move up to select Patrick Kane first overall? *
Two (third to first)
Zero (they finished last in 2006-07)
Four (fifth to first)
Seven (eighth to first)
[B]2008: The first five players selected have since gone on to win the Stanley Cup, with No. 1 overall pick Steven Stamkos and the players picked third and fifth overall winning their first championship in 2020. Who were those players selected at No. 3 and No. 5? *
Braydon Coburn and Zach Bogosian
Ryan McDonagh and Luke Schenn
Zach Bogosian and Luke Schenn
Ryan McDonagh and Braydon Coburn
[B]2010: Only four players drafted in the top 20 are currently still with the club who drafted them. Two of those four play for the same team. Who is that team? *
Minnesota, St. Louis, Los Angeles, Anaheim
[B]2011: This was the first draft by the Winnipeg Jets, who'd relocated from Atlanta. Who was their first selection? *
Alexander Burmistrov, Jacob Trouba, Mark Scheifele, Adam Lowry
2011: Which team won the lottery ... and only moved up to the fourth pick? *
Florida Panthers, New Jersey Devils, Ottawa Senators, Colorado Avalanche [
[B]2012: Within five, how many goals did No. 1 pick Nail Yakupov score in his best NHL season? *
10-14
15-19
20-24
25-29
[B]2012: This draft had the most defensemen picked in the top 10 of any draft in the salary-cap era. How many were selected from picks 1-10? *
Five
Six
Seven
Eight
[B]2013: The players selected first and second overall, Nathan MacKinnon and Aleksander Barkov, have won the same NHL award. Which one? *
The Calder Trophy, The Lady Byng Trophy, The Selke Trophy, All-Star Game MVP
[B]2014: Despite making only one first-round pick, which team had three players picked in the top 25 play for them in 2019-20? *
Boston Bruins, Vancouver Canucks, Detroit Red Wings, New Jersey Dev
[B]2015: Boston had three consecutive first-round picks from Nos. 13-15 in this draft and picked Jakub Zboril, Jake DeBrusk and Zach Senyshyn. Which player went at No. 16? *
Mathew Barzal, Kyle Connor, Thomas Chabot, Brock Boeser
[B]2015: This draft's top two picks, Connor McDavid and Jack Eichel, are also its two top goal scorers so far. Which player has the third-most goals? *
Sebastian Aho, Mikko Rantanen, Kyle Connor, Mitch Marner
[B]2016: Which country made history by having three players taken in the top five for the first time? *
United States, Sweden, Finland, Russia
[B]2017: Which of these players was not one of Vegas' first-round picks, in the franchise's first ever NHL Entry Draft? *
Cody Glass, Shane Bowers, Erik Brannstrom, Nick Suzuki
[B]2018: Despite not winning the Calder Trophy, which top-10 pick leads this draft class in career points? *
Rasmus Dahlin, Quinn Hughes, Brady Tkachuk, Andrei Svechnikov [I]
[B]2019: It was a historic year for the United States National Team Development program, which dominated the first round. How many NTDP players were taken from picks 1-31? *
Seven, Eight, Nine, 10
[B]2019: Five players taken have already made it to the NHL: The top three (Jack Hughes, Kaapo Kakko, Kirby Dach) and two of the following. Name one. *
Alex Turcotte, Samuel Poulin, Ville Heinola, Tobias Bjornfot
How many times since 2005 have the Edmonton Oilers had the first overall pick? *
Three, Four, Five, Six [I][COLOR=#0000ff]
[B]Which of the following players were not No. 2 overall picks? *
Ryan Murray, Tyler Seguin, Jordan Staal, Jonathan Huberdeau
[B]Which undrafted player, starting with the 2005 draft, has the most points? *
Tyler Bozak, Mark Giordano, Mats Zuccarello, Artemi Panarin
[B]Since 2005, three players picked in the fourth round or later rank in the top 5 of their draft class in points. Which of these players is not one of them? *
Johnny Gaudreau, Mark Stone, Keith Yandle, Jamie Benn
[B]How many picks will be made at the 2020 NHL Draft? 216
Write down your number
[B]How many No. 1 overall picks are no longer playing for the team that selected them? *
Two, Three, Four, Five
RHRS, Yahoo, 12-team, Roto
PQMC, Yahoo, 12-team, Keep 11, H2H
Taro Tsujimoto Draft League, Fantrax, 6-team, pts-only (*2018 draftees or later only)
Hanson Bros., Fantrax, 10-Team, Keep 8, weighted scoring
Black & Blue, Fantrax, 12-Team, Dynasty, H2H weighted
The Dream Team League, Fantrax, 14-Team, Dynasty, H2H
On Frozen Ponds, Fantrax 10-Team, Dynasty, Roto
"When I do not know who I am I serve you, and when I do know who I am, you and I are one." - Hanuman-ji
2005: Four teams had the best odds to win "The Sidney Crosby Lottery," with three shots out of 48 at the first pick. One was the Pittsburgh Penguins. Which of the following was NOT one of the remaining three? *
Buffalo Sabres
2005: Seven future All-Stars were selected in the first round. Which of the following was not among them? *
Paul Stastny
2006: The St. Louis Blues selected defenseman Erik Johnson first overall. Eight other d-men were taken in the first round. Five made the NHL. Which of the five played the most NHL games? *
Bobby Sanguinetti (No. 21, Rangers)
2007: How many draft slots did Chicago move up to select Patrick Kane first overall? *
Zero (they finished last in 2006-07)
2008: The first five players selected have since gone on to win the Stanley Cup, with No. 1 overall pick Steven Stamkos and the players picked third and fifth overall winning their first championship in 2020. Who were those players selected at No. 3 and No. 5? *
Zach Bogosian and Luke Schenn
2010: Only four players drafted in the top 20 are currently still with the club who drafted them. Two of those four play for the same team. Who is that team? *
St. Louis
2011: This was the first draft by the Winnipeg Jets, who'd relocated from Atlanta. Who was their first selection? *
Adam Lowry
2011: Which team won the lottery ... and only moved up to the fourth pick? *
Florida Panthers
2012: Within five, how many goals did No. 1 pick Nail Yakupov score in his best NHL season? *
15-19
2012: This draft had the most defensemen picked in the top 10 of any draft in the salary-cap era. How many were selected from picks 1-10? *
Six
2013: The players selected first and second overall, Nathan MacKinnon and Aleksander Barkov, have won the same NHL award. Which one? *
The Lady Byng Trophy
2014: Despite making only one first-round pick, which team had three players picked in the top 25 play for them in 2019-20? *
Detroit Red Wings
2015: This draft's top two picks, Connor McDavid and Jack Eichel, are also its two top goal scorers so far. Which player has the third-most goals? *
2015: Boston had three consecutive first-round picks from Nos. 13-15 in this draft and picked Jakub Zboril, Jake DeBrusk and Zach Senyshyn. Which player went at No. 16? *
Kyle Connor
2015: This draft's top two picks, Connor McDavid and Jack Eichel, are also its two top goal scorers so far. Which player has the third-most goals? *
Kyle Connor
2016: Which country made history by having three players taken in the top five for the first time? *
United States
2017: Which of these players was not one of Vegas' first-round picks, in the franchise's first ever NHL Entry Draft? *
Shane Bowers
2018: Despite not winning the Calder Trophy, which top-10 pick leads this draft class in career points? *
Andrei Svechnikov
2019: It was a historic year for the United States National Team Development program, which dominated the first round. How many NTDP players were taken from picks 1-31? *
10
2019: Five players taken have already made it to the NHL: The top three (Jack Hughes, Kaapo Kakko, Kirby Dach) and two of the following. Name one. *
Ville Heinola
How many times since 2005 have the Edmonton Oilers had the first overall pick? *
Four
Which of the following players were not No. 2 overall picks? *
Ryan Murray, Jonathan Huberdeau
Which undrafted player, starting with the 2005 draft, has the most points? *
Tyler Bozak
Since 2005, three players picked in the fourth round or later rank in the top 5 of their draft class in points. Which of these players is not one of them? *
Johnny Gaudreau, Keith Yandle, Jamie Benn
How many picks will be made at the 2020 NHL Draft? *
217
How many No. 1 overall picks are no longer playing for the team that selected them? *
Four
10 Team, Points Only, Cash League
25 Man Roster (no position), top 20 point getters count at end of month
Keep 20/25 at seasons end, Cut 5 to FA for redrafting
Goalie points W=2pt L=-1pt SHO=2pt
Stamkos, Tavares, Eichel, Mercer, JRobertson, RThomas, Kucherov, Nugent-Hopkins, Tuch, KConnor, Necas, Point, Konecny, SJarvis, Cozenz, Morrissey, Bouchard, Josi, Novak, Tolvanen, Peterka, SBennett
G- Vasilevskiy, Sorokin, Oettinger
"Cleavage is like the sun. You can look, but dont stare.. Unless you're wearing sunglasses."
10 Team, Points Only, Cash League
25 Man Roster (no position), top 20 point getters count at end of month
Keep 20/25 at seasons end, Cut 5 to FA for redrafting
Goalie points W=2pt L=-1pt SHO=2pt
Stamkos, Tavares, Eichel, Mercer, JRobertson, RThomas, Kucherov, Nugent-Hopkins, Tuch, KConnor, Necas, Point, Konecny, SJarvis, Cozenz, Morrissey, Bouchard, Josi, Novak, Tolvanen, Peterka, SBennett
G- Vasilevskiy, Sorokin, Oettinger
"Cleavage is like the sun. You can look, but dont stare.. Unless you're wearing sunglasses."
13.
Some of those questions hurt my brain. Like I can think back to every first round pick to 2005 and remember which have been traded. Questions like that, I didn't bother thinking - just guessed. Wrong for that one!
I'm with you Axe.
Although I canceled my Athletic sub (I'm cheap) a few months ago... I never do well at these.
In fairness, people have different mind-usage functions.
There's some truly special people that can retain a shitload of information. Those hockey people would do well.
And then there's people that are in "the business" - and when hockey is your business, you'd remember.
But many of the rest of us... we "purge" (I call it) the useless information that we don't have any reason to bring up consistently.
Retaining inconsequential information (like that "who played the most" D list, or "who didn't have good odds")... IMO, is a waste of brain space.
For example, I have a buddy that took 10 years to pass his professional's engineer exam.
He has so much useless trivia shit in his mind about history, politics, movies, pop culture... but he can't remember the base principles to be GOOD at his own FIELD OF EXPERTISE!!!
Like... c'mon!
Anyways - my way of saying that I, too, consider myself a big hockey fan.
But there's no chance I get more than 9 of these right!!!
I went 9 for 25 as well. Like Pengwin7 said, I have no use to remember any of this information because I can pull it up with the click of a few buttons on my computer.