My NHL 1ST OVERALL DRAFT PICK Tier List

My NHL 1ST OVERALL DRAFT PICK Tier List

The NHL is filled with some amazing talent and usually those kind of players come from being selected in the first round of the draft well my weekly NHL tier list is back and today I’m pretty excited about this one today we are going to be looking back at every first

Overall pick in the NHL since the year 2000 and ranking them based on the tier list that I have right here at their best they can be generational talents but at their worst it can be a flat out bust now before we get into this I do

Weekly tier list or hockey related tier list just in general so if you haven’t subscribed to the Channel Make sure you do that now and let’s get right into it the first pick on my list is Rick D Petro back in 2000 the Islanders drafted DPO hoping that they would get the next

Franchise goalie for New York and in the early stages of his career he was a pretty solid goenda off in 2008 and never playing another year as a starter in the league the issue with this pick was not only deeto being a huge bust but the fact

That the Islanders ended up signing him to a 15-year deal in 2006 worth over 67.5 million and still currently the team is paying him which is just brutal for their cap dpet was solid for around four years but as a first overall pick he was a complete bust put him in the

Flat out bus category he may be one of the worst guys on this list in 2001 the Atlanta Thrashers choose Ilia Kovalchuk with their first overall pick and I have to say he was not only a success for their franchise but just generally as a player Kovalchuk finished his career

With 443 goals 433 assists totaling for 876 points he won a rocket Rashard trophy in the 2003 2004 season but never really managed to earn himself much outside of that and also never wanton a standly cup some people may have him as a Hall of Fame player but for me it’s

Just right below that he was a very solid first overall pick and had a great career but I don’t want to put very good players in the Hall of Fame you have to be great so I will put him as a top line contributor but he’s definitely On The

Fringe of that and Hall of Fame player next year 2002 and Rick Nash is selected first overall by the Columbus Blue Jackets and man was this guy of beauty to watch every time someone mentions his name I just think of some of the amazing dangles he put on while he was in the

League Nash was a fantastic player playing in over 1, 160 games with 437 goals 368 assists for a total of 805 points now if you look at both Nash and Kovalchuk their careers are pretty Sim they were both very talented players who both won one rocket Rashard but outside

Of that didn’t have much when it comes to individual Awards and neither ever want a Standley cup now I’m going to put Nash in the Topline contributor category but like I said he’s just like Kovalchuk they’re kind of on that line of Hall of Fame and Topline contributor but when it

Comes to Nash he was just so fun to watch growing up that if you haven’t checked out some of his highlights you should go do that after this video 2003 the Pittsburg Penguin select Mark Andre flurry I believe flurry is the last goalie to be selected first overall by

Any team meaning that there hasn’t been one in around 20 years which is kind of crazy if you think about it flurry has been a fantastic goalie since he started with Pittsburgh he is second all time in wins right behind Martin broor has a career save percentage of 912 and it

Goals against average of 2.59 flurry is still playing at age 39 years old with the Minnesota Wild and has won three Stanley Cups in his career with Pittsburgh a vzna back in the 2020 2021 season with the Vegas golden knights and now here is my hot take when it comes to

This player I think flurry is a generational Talent when it comes to being a goalie now it’s hard to compare players and goalies but when I think of the best goalies in his decade flurry is always one of the first guys that comes to mind now the reason I’m not going to

Put him in the generational Talent category is because two of the cups that he has on his resume he wasn’t the starter for in the playoffs it was actually Matt Murray in those back-to-back years so while he may not be a generational Talent he is hands down a hall of fame category without

Question flurry is one of the best 2004 in the Washington Capitals select Alex oetkin this one I don’t really need to spend all that much time on 1,514 points in his career a Stanley Cup champion in 2019 three-time League MVP and more rocket Rashard trophies than

You can even imagine he’s about to break Wayne Gretzky’s career goal total for most goals by any player in league history and is easily a generational player without question Obie’s impact on the game can’t be put into words next year and another generational Talent right out the gate Sydney Crosby

Selected as the first overall pick by the Pittsburgh Penguins and Crosby has arguably been the best and most consistent player since entering the league Crosby has 1 1550 total career points is a three-time Stanley Cup champion two-time playoff cons Smite winner and a two-time league MVP Crosby like oetkin helped change the game

Forever and maybe everyone’s favorite player Crosby easily goes into the generational Talent tier he has changed the game forever and his impact on the NHL will never be forgotten in 2006 the Avalanche select Eric Johnson as their first overall pick now Johnson was a solid defenseman for most of his career

But I wouldn’t consider him to be a first overall pick material he won one Stanley Cup but wasn’t a huge factor in the Colorado avalanches run he has no individual Awards and has never really been considered a top 10 defenseman in the league now as a first overall pick

He was just a good player but not really worth the pick so I’m going to put him in the good but not worth the pick category it seems very fitting for him 2007 and the Chicago Blackhawks select Patrick Kane with their first overall pick and the rest is just history

Three-time Stanley cuup Champion con Smite winner in 2012 2013 League MVP in the 20156 season 1,253 career points and the filthiest hands in league history this guy was my favorite player growing up and is still my favorite player to watch for me I’m going to put him in the generational

Talent category a lot of people might not consider him to be this but growing up Kane was the most talked about player in the Le League I remember everybody had either a jersey or a t-shirt of this guy he was just so talented in his prime

And in an error with Crosby and oetkin it seriously takes a lot for you to break over those guys and be one of the more popular players Kane helped turn the Blackhawks team into a dynasty in the early 2010s and is easily a generational talent in my opinion next

Year 2008 and stamco is the first overall pick taken by the Tampa Bay Lightning stos has 1,101 points in his career he’s a two-time Stanley Cup champion and has been a great captain and leader for the lightning over the years while he has some great achievements he has never really been

The best player in the league and I’m not sure if he has ever even been top five for most people I love stammer but for me he’s not really a generational Talent player but for sure he’s a lock for the Hall of Fame easily put Stam Co

In the Hall of Fame category he’s not a generational player but he definitely has been one of the best players over the past decade in 2009 the New York Islander select John tver and for the most part of his career he’s been a pretty solid 80o player in the league D

At the start of his career had such high expectations and looked like he might be the next Crosby but since joining the maple Le he just hasn’t really been anything special JT is a great player and a solid leader but has never won any individual Awards and has never won a

Stanley Cup he has 1,9 points in his career and may finish in the Hall of Fame but for me I’m going to put him as a Topline contributor both Nash and Kovalchuk won more individual Awards than taras and even though he has a few more points the talent discrepancy

Between those three players it isn’t all that much so put him as a Topline contributor I think that’s a solid spot for JT in 2010 the Oilers select Taylor Hall as their first overall pick and the potential for this guy was through the roof in his career Hall has never really

Been one of the best players in the league I mean he did win a heart trophy with the Devils but outside of that he really hasn’t accomplished much his highest point total was his MVP season with 93 points and he’s never even gotten close to replicating that year

Hall is a fine player and the skill is there but I wouldn’t consider consider him to be a first overall pick material so I’m going to put him in the good but not worth the pick category I think that’s pretty suiting for him next year and the Oilers go back toback with their

First overalls and this time they select Ryan Eugene Hopkins with their first pick his career is almost identical to Taylor Halls minus the MVP season his best year was the 104 points that he put up last year but let’s be honest that’s a one-off considering that’s his only

Career where he cracked over 70 points just like Hall he’s not really anything special they’re both great players but definitely aren’t worth those first overall picks those game changers that you expect to get from a draft pick like that I would consider them both to be average second or first line players

That will get you points but not really be difference makers for your teams put him and hall both in the good but not worth the pick tier I think that’s a suitable spot for both of those guys another year another first overall pick for the Edmonton Oilers and this time

They selected nail yakobov who is literally the definition of a bust playing with the Oilers blues and Avalanche he scored a measly 136 points in 350 games played and is now completely out of the league at this point with three first overall picks in three years the Oilers currently have

Ryan nen Hopkins still on their roster and yakobov well he’s going in the bus category for me after a few iffy years for the Oilers in 2013 the Avalanche select Nathan McKinnon as their first overall pick and this one was a huge success for the club Nate has been a

Complete dog since entering the league and has become the driving force for the Avalanche Nate led the ABS to a Stanley Cup in 202 2 and now is leading the league in points with 82 points in 48 games played Nate may not be considered generational to most people but when he

Is finished with his career there will be no debate I’m getting ahead of the trend on this one and putting Nate in the generational Talent category behind McDavid there is no better player than McKinnon at this point his game is so solid all around and I would take him on

My roster any day of the week next year 2014 and there’s a little bit of discussion on this one but I think the answer is pretty clear in 2014 the Panthers select Aaron eblad with their first overall pick and let’s be honest he’s just a good pick I would never put

Eblad in the Hall of Fame and I wouldn’t consider him to be The Sensational Talent he’s just a good player but in my opinion was he really worth the first overall pick it took to get him I don’t know about that I’m going to put him in

The good but not worth the pick category but I’d love to see how his career finishes out because he could easily move up on this list 2015 and we all know this one the Edmonton Oilers select Conor McDavid and this one is just a no-brainer McDavid will go down as the

Great greatest player in NHL history when his career is finished in 611 games he has 913 points five Art Ross Awards three MVPs four Ted lindies and the only thing left for McDavid to accomplish is getting his first Stanley Cup but outside of that I think almost everyone

Can agree he’s a generational talent in 2016 the Toronto Maple Lea select Austin Matthews Matthews is a polarizing figure in the NHL in some ways he’s overhyped and in some ways he’s undervalued because Matthews plays for the Toronto Maple Leafs a lot of fans seem to not

Like his game but honestly Matthews has been the best scorer I’ve ever seen play the game currently Matthews is on Pace to break both grety and oetkin career goal total and has 39 goals in 48 games played this season on Pace to score close to 70 goals this year I don’t

Think Matthews is currently a generational talent but the potential really is there I’m going to place him in the Hall of Fame category I feel like eventually he’s going to be a lock for that and who knows if he’s going to be able to win a Stanley Cup I believe one

Day he will but I’m just not sure if it’s going to be with the maple Lees in 2017 Nico heer is selected by New Jersey as the first overall pick heer has been a solid player for New Jersey and is a key piece in their young core right now

If I had to predict his standing as a first overall pick I would Place him in the good but not worth the pick category I think the potential is there and he could be a Topline contributor but I just don’t know if he’s going to be the

Talent that some of these other guys on this list have been or will be so I’m going to leave him in here I think at his Peak he could be a Hall of Famer but right now I’m just going to put him in this C category in 2018 the Buffalo

Sabers select Rasmus Dalene with their first overall pick and this guy looks like he could be a stud in the league Dalene has signed his first contract with the Sabres but on a team that has had little playoff experience I’m not sure if he can really be judged just yet

At his ceiling I believe that Dalene can be a Hall of Fame player but at the moment I think he’s just a good player a good Topline defenseman with a lot of potential now again it’s very early in his career but let’s see how things play out because the potential is there but

Right now I’m going to put him in the Topline player tier 2019 and after drafting Nico heser first overall in 2017 New Jersey has their sight set on building for the future and what better way to do that than to draft Jack Hughes with your first overall pick Hughes is

Only 22 but he’s already showing an insane amount of potential last season he pted 99 points at just 21 years old and helped New Jersey reach the second round of the playoffs at this point in his career I can’t predict anything but I believe Hughes is going to be a

Generational Talent by the time his career is over but I can’t say that just yet yet so I’m going to put him in the Hall of Fame category with his ceiling being generational this may be an early trend for me but I just think this guy’s

Going to be a stud by the time his career is over in 2020 the New York Rangers select Alexi lafranier with their first overall pick I don’t blame laugh for a slow start there’s a lot of contributing factors when it comes to the early stages of his career I mean

He’s still super young and we can’t really make any sort of Judgment at this point he’s been playing third line minutes for the first few seasons of his career if I had to guess his ceiling it would be a Topline contributor and that’s where I’m going to put him I

Guess right now give him some time Rangers fans I know some people have talked about moving him but I think he’s going to be a solid player for your team who knows what he could really be at the end of his career maybe he’ll just turn

It on one day but right now I think at his Peak he could be a Topline contributor now the last three are all way too soon to judge Owen power will most likely be a top pairing defenseman throughout his career I see so much potential in this kid and with him and

Dalene both a part of that Sabers lineup they will be solid defensively for years sovi H it’s a bit ify at this point he hasn’t showed much with the Habs but he’s still so so young and we need to give him a little bit more time before

We can make a solid judgment and Conor Bard is Conor Bard at his ceiling he’ll be a generational player and has already shown flashes in his first season but again it’s only half a season we have no idea what kind of player he’s going to

Be in five years not to mention say 20 years but this is my first overall NHL draft pick tier list do you agree with my tiers and what other tier list would you like to see related to the NHL or hockey leave your thoughts in the comments below like this video subscribe

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