derblaueClaus 1,668 Report post Posted July 9, 2019 (edited) Inspired by the Thread @kliq dug out here it is. Lets revisit the 2014 Draft and see how we fared in hindsight. LGW- Discussion: Picks: 1st round pick, 15th Overall- Dylan Larkin 3rd round pick, 63rd Overall- Dominic Turgeon 4th round pick, 106th Overall- Christopher Ehn 5th round pick, 136th Overall- Thomas (Chase) Perry 6th round pick, 166th Overall-Julius Vähätalo 7th round pick, 196th Overall- Axel Holmström 7th round pick, 201st Overall- Alexander Kadeykin Notable other picks: 1st Overall - Aaron Ekblad (Floriada Panthers) 3rd Overall - Leon Draisaitl (Edmonton Oilers) 8th Overall - William Nylander (Toronto Maple Leafs) 25th Overall - David Pasternak (Boston Bruins) The Wings came into this draft as a playoff team. They lost in the first round to the Boston Bruins which let them pick at position 15. Their second round pick went to Nashville in the David Legwand trade. It should be pretty obvious to call this draft a great success if you get your future No. 1 Center out of it. Or as fellow user Richdg put it: On 6/28/2014 at 6:30 PM, Richdg said: That is not on Holland. he took a very good player at 15 that should end up somewhere between Legwand and kesler. Legwand is 6-2/205 and scores 15 g 40 points per year. Kesler is 6-2/205 and puts up 25 g and 60 points per year. larkin will be in that range somewhere. Also notable is Christopher Ehn at 106th, who seems to develop in a career NHLer. Some of our forum residents wanted Tuch instead of Larkin before the pick was made. Tuch ended up being drafted at 18th by Minnesota and is now playing for the Golden Knights and put up 52 Points last season. Some also like Ritchie very much. He was picked at 10th by Anaheim and is a reliable 30 point player for them. Overall the Larkin pick was liked by almost all Members of the board which supposedly hasn't changed since then. Our second round pick was traded by Nashville to the Sharks who then consequently picked Swedish Defenseman Julius Bergmann. The Turgeon pick (our second one) did cost a 2 thirds (2014 and 2015). That didn't work out so well. The 2015 pick was then traded to the Ducks wo used it on Goalie Brent Gates. Never heard of the guy? Me neither. The Ehn pick raised some eyebrows on the forum, but also some Hakan Fans to defend it. Rightfully so. Our draftclass was pretty center heavy with 5 out of 7 picks being big frame centers. Edited July 9, 2019 by derblaueClaus 1 amato reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
amato 3,210 Report post Posted July 9, 2019 any time your 15th overall pick consistently falls in the top 5 of redrafts, I'll call that a success Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
