Hit or Miss: Evaluating Number One Draft Picks Since 2010
2017-05-02
Fans in New Jersey were no doubt going crazy Saturday night. The New Jersey Devils have scored the first overall pick in 2017 Entry Draft. Names like Nolan Patrick and Nico Hischier will on the lips of many. First of all, picking a player is the easy part of a draft. Most times we can predict who will go number one, though this doesn’t mean guaranteed success. Seems like for every Sidney Crosby there is a Patrik Stefan waiting to happen. Predicting young kidsĀ future is a difficult thing. Alexandre Daigle was predicted as a sure fire winner for Ottawa in 1993. Despite some glimmers ofRead More →