Comments on: Examining the value of late round NHL Entry Draft selections http://illegalcurve.com/2009/05/06/examining-the-value-of-late-round-nhl-entry-draft-selections/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=examining-the-value-of-late-round-nhl-entry-draft-selections The Illegal Curve Hockey Show provides the most comprehensive coverage of the hockey world. 9AM CST Saturdays on Sports Radio 1290 Winnipeg. Podcast available after on iTunes. Tue, 21 May 2013 15:26:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: david http://illegalcurve.com/2009/05/06/examining-the-value-of-late-round-nhl-entry-draft-selections/comment-page-1/#comment-1603 david Thu, 07 May 2009 08:01:35 +0000 http://www.illegalcurve.com/?p=11850#comment-1603 Interesting article Richard. It is the requirement of the Team Scouting departments to turn the “unpolished diamonds” that can be found in the later rounds and turn them into shining stars.

1994 – Round 9 (217): Tim Thomas
1994 – Round 9 (219): Evgeni Nabokov
1996 – Round 8 (203): Tomáš Kaberle
1996 – Round 9 (239): Sami Salo
1998 – Round 6 (171): Pavel Datsyuk
1999 – Round 7 (210): Henrik Zetterberg
2000 – Round 7 (205): Henrik Lundqvist
2002 – Round 9 (291): Jonathan Ericsson
2004 – Round 8 (258): Pekka Rinne

And the list goes on and on. Interestingly the number of goalies that are taken in late rounds and turn into stars is quite high.

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