2012 Re-Draft
11. Washington Capitals
Actual: Filip Forsberg
Re-Draft: Ryan Murray
12. Buffalo Sabres
Actual: Mikhail Grigorenko
Re-Draft: Tom Wilson
13. Dallas Stars
Actual: Radek Faska
Re-Draft: Jacob Slavin
14. Buffalo Sabres
Actual: Zemgus Girgensons
Re-Draft: Nikita Gusev
15. Ottawa Senators
Actual: Cody Ceci
Re-Draft: Alex Kerfoot
16. Washington Capitlas
Actual: Tom Wilson
Re-Draft: Eric Gustafson
17. San Jose Sharks
Actual: Tomas Hertl
Re-Draft: Damon Severson
18. Chicago Blackhawks
Actual: Teuvo Terravainen
Re-Draft: Tanner Pearson
19. Tampa Bay Lightning
Actual: Andrei Vasilevskiy
Re-Draft: Nail Yakupov
20. Philadelphia Flyers
Actual: Scott Leighton
Re-Draft: Brady Skjei
21. Calgary Flames
Actual: Mark Janowowski
Re-Draft: Josh Anderson
22. Pittsburgh Penguins
Actual: Olli Maata
Re-Draft: Olli Maata
23. Florida Panthers
Actual: Mike Matheson
Re-Draft: Shayne Ghostibiere
24. Boston Bruins
Actual: Malcom Subban
Re-Draft: Connor Brown
25. St. Louis Blues
Actual: Jordan Schmaltz
Re-Draft: Anthony Anthousiua
26. Vancouver Canucks
Actual: Brandan Gaunce
Re-Draft: Vinnie Hinostroza
27. Arizona Coyotes
Actual: Henrik Samuelsson
Re-Draft: Colin Miller
28. New York Rangers
Actual: Brady Skjei
Re-Draft: Joonas Korpisalo
29. New Jersey Devils
Actual: Stefan Matteau
Re-Draft: Chris Tierny
30. L.A Kings
Actual: Tanner Pearson
Re-Draft: Devon Shore
That’s it! Obviously it’s way easier to draft with the ability of full hindsight, but it’s really fun to compare how players were selected and how they turned out.
One interesting thing – to me at least – about this draft is how there were three elite goalies whose draft selection could have altered history so much.
Another thing to think about of course, is the Oilers and how they totally blew the first overall pick (surprise!). I remember the Toronto Maple Leafs GM Brian Burke saying at the time he would have taken Rielly 1st overall, and in retrospect that isn’t a ridiculous brag.
Rielly would have been a worthy choice and I think that, after Terravainen, he ended up being the second best position player in his draft. Certainly he turned out better than all four guys selected ahead of him.
My final thoughts about the 2012 NHL Entry Draft are about the Buffalo Sabres, who had two picks and screwed them both up. Some things never change!