Saturday, November 15, 2008

The best draft class.......ever?

So i was perusing through the NHL.com website today and noticed they had a small article on the '03 draft class. So i read it through and, wow. I never realized just how good a draft class it was. Many people believe that the last two years draft classes have been fairly deep but lets just have a looksy at what i believe to be the deepest first round of an entry draft for a loooonnnngggggg time.
1. Marc Andre Fleury
2.Eric Staal
3.Nathan Horton
4. Nikolai Zherdev
5.Thomas Vanek
6.Milan Mihalek
7.Ryan Suter
8.Braydon Coburn
9.Dion Phanuef
10.Andrei Kostitsyn
11.Jeff Carter
12.Hugh Jessiman
13.Dustin Brown
14.Brent Seabrook
15.Robert Nilsson
16.Steve Bernier
17.Zach Parise
18.Eric Fehr
19.Ryan Getzlaf
20.Brent Burns
21.Mark Stuart
22.Marc-Antoine Pouliot
23.Ryan Kesler
24.Mike Richards
25.Anthony Stewart
26.Brian Boyle
27.Jeff Tambellini
28.Corey Perry
29.Patrick Eaves
30.Shawne Belle

How can you argue with a class like that?! 5 top 2 defensmen! 11 first line calibre players! 1 starting goalie who went to the cup final just last year! Only 7 of them haven't had a major impact with their club or another. Altogether last year this draft class had a whopping 466 goals! That's more than twice the amount of goals scored by last years league leading Ottawa Senators! I have to come to the final conclusion that this was and is the best draft class to date. Ladies and Gentlemen, your class of 2003!

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