The new selection is chosen by the majority of votes.īack in 2005, the Flyers selected Downie, an undersized power forward out of Windsor of the OHL. The entire first round will be redrafted, spanning picks one through thirty.
We will go through the 2005 NHL Draft and have our readers select, through a voting process, who they think should have been taken with the selection.
Now we move forward to the 29th pick, which was held by the Philadelphia Flyers. Louis Blues)Ģ5th Overall: Cody Franson (Edmonton Oilers)Ģ6th Overall: Benoit Pouliot (Calgary Flames)Ģ7th Overall: Vladimir Sobotka (Washington Capitals)Ģ8th Overall: Devin Setoguchi (Dallas Stars) Oshie (Los Angeles Kings)ġ2th Overall: Keith Yandle (New York Rangers)ġ3th Overall: Paul Stastny (Buffalo Sabres)ġ4th Overall: Marc Staal (Washington Capitals)ġ5th Overall: Patric Hornqvist (New York Islanders)ġ6th Overall: Niklas Hjalmarsson (Atlanta Thrashers)ġ7th Overall: Anton Stralman (Phoenix Coyotes)ġ8th Overall: Jack Johnson (Nashville Predators)ġ9th Overall: Matt Niskanen (Detroit Red Wings)Ģ0th Overall: Justin Abdelkader (Florida Panthers)Ģ1st Overall: Martin Hanzal (Toronto Maple Leafs)Ģ2nd Overall: Andrew Cogliano (Boston Bruins)Ģ3rd Overall: Kris Russell (New Jersey Devils)Ģ4th Overall: Darren Helm (St. Here are the results of our redraft so far:ġst Overall: Sidney Crosby (Pittsburgh Penguins)Ģnd Overall: Carey Price (Mighty Ducks of Anaheim)ģrd Overall: Anze Kopitar (Carolina Hurricanes)Ĥth Overall: Jonathan Quick (Minnesota Wild)ĥth Overall: Kris Letang (Montreal Canadiens)Ħth Overall: Tuukka Rask (Columbus Blue Jackets)ħth Overall: Bobby Ryan (Chicago Blackhawks)Ĩth Overall: Marc-Edouard Vlasic(San Jose Sharks)ĩth Overall: Ben Bishop (Ottawa Senators)ġ0th Overall: James Neal (Vancouver Canucks)ġ1th Overall: T.J. The question we’re looking to answer is knowing now what we didn’t know then, how different would this draft look now with the benefit of hindsight? We’re looking back at the 2005 NHL Draft, which kicked off the salary cap era and ushered in many of the current NHL superstars. For every Patrick Kane, there is a Patrik Stefan. Hindsight is an amazing thing, and allows us to look back and wonder “what could have been.” Though perfection is attempted, scouting and draft selection is far from an exact science and sometimes, it doesn’t work out the way teams – or players – intended.