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Originally Posted by keyven
I did that for fun while I was surfing on hockeydb.com. I count out how many players, pts and games played that was recorded from Detroit and Montreal drafted players between 1998 and 2007.
Here's my result :
Detroit
82 drafted players
2243 games played
1172 pts
0,52 pts/game
http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/draft/t...r00005492.html
Montreal
88 drafted players
3671 games played
2139 pts
0,58 pts/game
http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/draft/t...r00006929.html
I know we didn't draft players like Datsyuk and Zetterberg but could we just stop saying that Detroit is good at the draft table ?
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What's the one equation you've somehow managed to miss here?
Uh, could it possibly be average draft position?
Do you think that might be a factor in this equation?
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Originally Posted by Ozymandias
That's pretty close in overall quality and quantity.
Can't wait to see what the comparison will look like in 5 years though.
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Actually it's not.
If you think those two lists are "similar in quality" you're having great difficult seeing past your bias, because the Detroit group of players is unquestionably better then the Montreal group.
Datsyuk and Zetterberg are NHL superstars. Nobody on the Montreal list approaches that level. The best guy out of the Montreal group is Markov, beyond that, you're looking at a couple of good guys in Plekanec and Ribero, and some sold support players.
The rest of Detroit's list is all good guys.