Ducks best draft (#7)

Players marked RED are those who have appeared in the NHL.

1. 2003 (Getzlaf, Perry, Hynes, Alen, Saunders, Miller, Southern, O'Brien, Mantymaa)
2. 2005 (Ryan, Mikkelson, Bailey, Bolt, Salcido, Levasseur)
3. 1993 (Kariya, Tsulygin, Karpov, Gagnon, Shtalenkov, Aalto, Peterson, Askey, Kozel, Fedotov, Penney)
4. 1996 (Salei, Cullen, Buckley, Russell, Ahmaoja, Kellett, Johansson)
5. 1994 (Tverdovsky, Davidsson, Reichert, Briske, Trnka, Battaglia, Welsing, Miettinen, Stevenson)
6. 1999 (Leopold, Havelid, Chagodayev, Rybin, Sandstrom, Tenkrat, Gornick)

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1995
round 1 (#4) Chad Kilger, C
round 2 (#29) Brian Wesenberg, RW
round 3 (#55) Mike Leclerc, LW
round 5 (#107) Igor Nikulin, RW
round 6 (#133) Peter Leboutillier, RW
round 7 (#159) Mike LaPlante, D
round 8 (#185) Igor Karpenko, G

1997
round 1 (#18) Michael Holmqvist, C
round 2 (#45) Maxim Balmochnykh, LW
round 3 (#72) Jay Legault, RW
round 5 (#125) Luc Vaillancourt, G
round 7 (#178) Tony Mohagen, LW
round 7 (#181) Mat Snesrud, D
round 8 (#209) Rene Stussi, RW
round 9 (#235) Tommi Degerman, RW

1998
round 1 (#5) Vitaly Vishnevski, D
round 2 (#32) Stephen Peat, RW
round 4 (#112) Viktor Wallin, D
round 6 (#150) Trent Hunter, RW
round 7 (#178) Jesse Fibiger, D
round 8 (#205) David Bernier, RW
round 9 (#233) Pelle Prestberg, LW
round 9 (#245) Andreas Andersson, G

2000
round 1 (#12) Alexei Smirnov, C
round 2 (#44) Ilya Bryzgalov, G
round 4 (#98) Jonas Ronnqvist, LW
round 5 (#134) Peter Podhradsky, D
round 5 (#153) Bill Cass, D

2001
round 1 (#5) Stanislav Chistov, LW
round 2 (#35) Mark Popovic, D
round 3 (#69) Joel Stepp, C
round 4 (#102) Timo Parssinen, LW
round 4 (#105) Vladimir Korsunov, D
round 4 (#118) Brandon Rogers, D
round 5 (#137) Joel Perrault, C
round 6 (#170) Jan Tabacek, D
round 7 (#224) Tony Martensson, C
round 8 (#232) Martin Gerber, D
round 9 (#264) Pierre-Alexandre Parenteau, RW

2002
round 1 (#7) Joffrey Lupul, C
round 2 (#37) Tim Brent, C
round 3 (#71) Brian Lee, D
round 4 (#103) Joonas Vihko, RW
round 5 (#140) George Davis, RW
round 6 (#173) Luke Fritshaw, D
round 9 (#261) Francois Caron, D
round 9 (#267) Chris Petrow, D

2004
round 1 (#9) Ladislav Smid, D
round 2 (#39) Jordan Smith, D
round 3 (#74) Kyle Klubertanz, D
round 6 (#172) Matt Auffrey, RW
round 7 (#203) Gabriel Bouthillette, G
round 8 (#236) Matt Christie, C
round 9 (#239) Janne Pesonen, RW

I'm actually gonna say 2001. Chistov was a huge bust obviously... However, Martensson in the 7th round and a solid backup in Gerber in the 8th round are good picks. Parenteau is a good 9th rounder and Perrault a decent 5th rounder.

I'd say 1998, Vish had a decent career with us. Hunter is having a decent career too even if never with the Ducks.

98 I guess. Man there've been a ton of crap drafts.

'98, Hunter is solid and Vish a reasonable third pairing defenseman.

1) 98 (depth > Bryzgalov)
2) 2000 (Bryzgalov > some depth)
3) 95 (some depth)
4) blech, getting too painful

And this is why I wouldn't be surprised if MacMillan ended up busting. With a history like this, I just can't get my hopes up.