Recent NHL Draft Picks That ALREADY Look Like STEALS

In this video I go over my list of recent NHL draft picks, dating back to 2019. That in my opinion ALREADY look like steals. If you guys enjoy this type of NHL content be sure to subscribe to the channel if you are new!
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[@OhNyquist]

Ask Me Anything coming tomorrow, the post is up now on the community tab for those interested!

[@Hockey_buds8]

Easton Cowan and Fraser minten were so good last pre season minten made the opening night

[@coreyhill681]

I can't find you're post, where is it

[@mannyoliveira776]

1.Ana, Zelwegr & Clara (2nd Rd pick) & Sidorov, 3rd Rd pick 2.Ari/Uta, Hrabal, 2nd Rd pick 3.Buf, Wahlberg, Poltapov, & Strbak, 2nd Rd picks, Ratzlaff (5th Rd pick) 4.Cgy, Brzusztewicz, (drafted by Van in the 3rd Rd, then traded to Cgy) 5. Car, J.Blake, 4th Rd pick, & Morrow (2nd Rd pick) 6.Chi, Lardis, 3rd Rd pick 7.CLb, Brindley, 2nd Rd 8.Col, Kovalenko, 6th Rd 9.Edm, Akey, 2nd Rd 10.LAk, Ziemmer, 3rd Rd 11.Min, Heidt, 2nd Rd 12.Mtl, Davidson, Mtl, 5th Rd 13.Nas, Ufko & Del Gaizo (4th Rdrs) 14.NJ, Filmon, 6th Rdr 15.NYi, Nelson, 2nd Rd pick 16.NYr, Roobroeck (6th Rd), Korzcak, 4th Rd'r 17.Phi, Desnoyers, Barkey & E.Andrae 18.StL, Hofer 19. SJ, Cagnoni & Haltunnen 20.Sea, Nyman, Goyette, Rekhopf, C.Price, Firkus, Fisker-Moolgard, & Kokko 21.Tam, E.Gauthier, Duke 22.Tor, Neimala 23.Van, Mynio & Sivols 24.VGk, Sopavalyv 25.Was, Cristal & Suzdalev 26.Wpg, Chibrikov, Zhilken, Levis, & Julien

[@stockey]

You forgot Joshua Roy, i think he deserved a spot.

[@OhNyquist]

That is a good one!

[@ryanTDG]

Screw that guy!! I just tried to offer sheet him in NHL 24. 1 million over his asking price at that! He turned me down, stating he wanted to be with a contender. Jokes on you buddy, I switched the settings to semi-pro on won the next 4 cups

[@danevertt3210]

@@ryanTDGhahaha

[@Sa_004]

​@@ryanTDGyou took that personally 😂😂😂

[@Yoc622]

@@ryanTDGand I took that personally

[@carlosalvador98]

Silovs was drafted in 2019 also and he's been nothing but stellar. Definitely earned a backup spot and will probably be the starter after Demko. Deserves some recognition too

[@metsunie]

Still early but Luca Cagnoni from the Sharks talent last year (4 round #123) just broke the record for the most points by a man in the WHL with 90 points in 65 games (which was 30 years old). Still way too early to call it a steal but it's looking like a damn good one so far. Also just signed his ELC so he may get a bigger role now, probably in the AHL next season

[@slipperynodd578]

Damn, here I thought he wasn’t a man. Thanks for clarifying 😂

[@kryten09]

He also improved his defense. Something he needed to do because of his size.

[@zachleary4591]

Musty is another prospect they have you could consider a steal but it’s hard to say when these prospects haven’t made it to the NHL/AHL yet

[@redboi_]

If Cagnoni can improve his skating, he can be a heck of an NHLer and an absolute steal. Excited to see how his offense translates with the cuda in the AHL

[@isseihidaka2023]

It's still way too early, but Jacob Fowler looks like a nice steal for the Habs at 69th overall.

[@doaftheloaf]

nice.

[@BarDownBrendan]

Joshua Roy, Matthew Knies, Jacob Fowler, Gavin Brindley, Andrew Cristall, Matt Poitras

[@boreddingercity]

Matthew knies isn’t really a prospect anymore he’s had a full season and a half

[@BarDownBrendan]

@@boreddingercity yeah i guess but this video is titled recent draft picks so if we’re going off of that i’d consider him a steal

[@blickxxyt7053]

Easton Cowen too

[@MehuBetoni]

I have a video idea for the summer. With the 2024 draft being soon, how about doing a "best draft for every nhl team" and including trades and picks during set draft. Love your videos, keep up the good work!

[@psychedelicstrategotutoria9984]

Matt Poitras looked like at least a 2c this year with the bruins before getting injured

[@marcroy5089]

As a Habs fan, he was fucking shocking and I hate that he's already so steady and good ahhahaha

[@Xerxsion]

Nikishin is such a rare breed of defenseman in this age of hockey, Big and very physical guy who plays sound defensively while also being extremely productive in the offensive zone too. The last time a defenseman under the age of 25 came remotely close to Nikishin point per game output was Victor Hedman in the lockout season who seems like a decent comparable in terms of what both players bring to the table. Can’t wait for him to make his way over to Carolina hopefully next summer!

[@cbjm36]

Gavin Brindley at 18 has already won WJC20 gold and has gotten time with the US senior national team at the recent WC’s, and had a fantastic year at UM last season.

[@TopNic21]

gavin's the only NHL player from my home town Estero

[@TopNic21]

His dad used to coach me

[@bobes91]

@@TopNic21for now until Seamus Casey gets the call up

[@hxlleywxxdttv]

Huge miss on Olen Zellweger

[@robertevans00]

Stankoven looks like a good NHLer Dallas draft team at it again

[@ABCDjjw]

Very ironic that everyone killed Carolina for the return they got for Jeff Skinner when the two picks they got back ended up becoming core building blocks in Nikishin and Kochetkov. Goes to show even subpar value picks can swing the perceived “winner” of a trade if you hit on said picks

[@mattgardiner744]

7th round for Wolf is crazy

[@Gergentine]

Yeah dude. Reminds me of the jets getting helly in the 5th round. Goaltenders are so hard to figure out.

[@ProtoLolZz]

The Hurricanes havent got only Nikishin and Morrow, they also have Aleksi Heimosalmi, a very promising 2-way dman from Finland in the system aswell.

[@svech37]

meh, I think he would be 5th out of the d prospects. I like Grudinin and Nystrom way more then I do Heimosalmi. He got worse with Assat quite honestly, but I do hope he has a good season with the wolves though. Also I don't think he will be a 2-way guy either, more like DFD I would say.

[@nashthesecond0002]

That's the guy they drafted with the pick we sent for Jake Bean. I'll never forgive Jarmo.

[@bodangles1050]

bogdan konyushkov as well. 4th round for the habs and i could be wrong but i think hes already captain for his khl team

[@captainpie6744]

Wish Jack Devine was in this video...former classmate of mine fell all the way to round 7 for the panthers and popped of for Denver in the NCAA this year

[@stevef5888]

Denver Barkey with the Flyers deserves a shoutout due to being the 1C on that crazy London Knights team this year and along with Easton Cowan scoring at will at times. Kid was a third rounder too.

[@caidenmaclean891]

Aiden Fink in NCAA was almost last pick last year out of the AJHL and in freshman year put up point per game numbers for Penn State

[@kelanowen]

Little early for this, but Quentin Musty/Cagnoni for the Sharks are looking like great adds.

[@Thomas_667]

Topias Vilen - New Jersey's 5th round pick in 2021. Remember that name.

[@user-fq2jv3ds7h]

Ivan mirochinko for the caps can't believe 20 teams passed on him. Tho I think he was a first rounder

[@jackzach65]

Jimmy snug is really good I feel like he looks like a late first round steal for the blues also love the content

[@TBone004]

Should have shown Hutson against that 6'4" guy from Sweden at the end of the 2024 world juniors gold medal game 😂

[@madog5617]

Jack Devine panthers 7th rounder in 22 had 56 points this year on Denver University

[@brenzyc8703]

I remember some people had Stankoven as high as 13th OA

[@wdominic126]

Seamus Casey as well man

[@rickyaz8640]

Tye Kartye wasn’t even drafted, will be a regular 3rd liner, double digit goals. Now that’s a steal

[@jean-philippedoyon9904]

It could be list of good player Hugues have drafted in the last 2 years ! Love our prospect pool !!

[@Theon435]

Seamus Casey

[@Joseph-T543]

4:56 I am shocked you chose Stankoven over Wyatt Johnston. Massive steal of the 2021 Draft. 🤯

[@Canadian_nomaD]

Silovs 2019, 6th round He is definitely looking like a steal the way he played in the playoffs for Vancouver

[@allenhawkins195]

ik you said 2nd round and after only but man idk how we (rangers) got so lucky to have gabe perreault slip to us

[@ohlucic]

For every skilled undersized player like stankoven who makes it, there's a bunch that don't, like nic petan (120 draft year whl points, 35 career nhl pts at 30). The size issue is still a thing because of how many don't make it because of it, you just don't hear about the failures as much

[@lechampion4278]

Great thing with Doans story is he still got to be a coyote like his dad and now he gets to create his own legend just like his dad did in Arizona

[@Hawks_1320]

Ethan Del Mastro for the Hawks. 2021 4th round pick. AHL all star last year and got called up to end the season.

[@quentinm4967]

Josh Doan also had two goals and a killer first game which the home crowd went ballistic for, he deserved to be Arizona’s next hometown hero

[@JBM425]

#ForksUp #O2V 🔱🏒🥅

[@johnbrown4334]

Jack Devine, seventh rounder in 22 and is a point per game player at Denver along with being in top 10 in hobey baker

[@dinkey0909]

Alex Vlasic was an absolute steal. 2nd round, 43rd overall - he was one of the best defensive defensemen in the NHL last year. Looking at the defensemen that were drafted before him is a fun exercise

[@PiikaQC]

the fun thing about josh doan is that it's a similar story that his father got in the nhl! got drafted by a team that left their city after his 1st year in the nhl (Winnipeg) and then being the guy in arizona for 20 years now the same franchise change city again and a Doan could become a legend of the new city

[@jimclarence5441]

I never understood all the love for Shane Doan. When he on the last year of last contracts, he had a NTC, but didn't agree to be traded. Arizona could have used those assets an Doan could resigned with Coyotes. But Doan preferred to not have a have the fun of deep playoff run and would prefer to golf in early April.

[@pjhkyprodz7]

Maybe do the best steaks from every draft since 2000

[@patrickn594]

I think Pavel Doropheyev keeps on being overlooked, 79th overall in 2019, and was kept by Vegas. You've gotta be good if you're a prospect and weren't traded by Vegas

[@DAMNDANNY88]

The leaf duo is looking really good rn in Minuten and Cowan. Both studs but I’m not sure they qualify for steal status just yet

[@101JuventusFan]

Cowan for this list doesn’t qualify as he is a first rounder. I don’t think Minten is an everyday NHLer tbh

[@danevertt3210]

I would have expected one of Buffalo’s many top tier prospects be mentioned in this video

[@Melitonen]

I would have had Elias Salomonsson from the Jets on this list. His stat sheet isn’t anything that’ll jump out at you, but jets fans know from watching this kid that he’s legit. Super solid defenseman and he’ll likely be playing full time for the Jets within the next couple years

[@mattblom3990]

Josh Doan is in virtually the same situation his dad was in the mid 1990s. I think he'll be great, and have a similarly consistent 15 year+ career in mostly a second line role. Anything better than that is just gravy.

[@Lonestarr022]

just like his dad, the team moved to a new city early in his NHL career.

[@ArcadeHawk]

Alex Vlasic. 2nd rounder in 2019 and already a top pair defenseman for Chicago

[@billyshears5453]

JJ Peterka should have been on here. 28 goals in a Sabres team that couldn't score.

[@danevertt3210]

Yea but he’s officially not a prospect anymore. They could have mentioned Savoie, Ostlund or Kulich though

[@dn3322]

​@@danevertt3210 All first rounders...

[@timomajere]

I worry Nikishin will have his position switched and get pushed to forward to utilize his size and most likely disrupt all his magic.

[@lauig]

Some already mentioned JoshWawa as THE steal of that 2021 draft class, which he is, but I would've also placed Janis Moser over Stankoven & Doan in the steals of that year. He got selected much later in that 2nd round and has been doing pretty amazing for a late 2nd rounder D on a struggling team when Stankoven has nothing but starplayers around him. Also feel Poitras from the 2022 draft is worthy of a mention, don't think anyone expected him to be this good this early for Boston. Not even Bruins fans.

[@willmarshall4685]

Jagger Furkus deserves a mention . He was the 2024 CHL player of the year and an early second round pick.

[@andystover1013]

Luca Cagnoni needs to start getting some respect at some point. 2023 late 4th Round (5 picks away from the 5th round). Most points by a WHL d-man since 1993 in his draft +1 year (90 points in 65 games) in a season where he was working on his defensive game. He'll get discredited because he's 5'9" but he's not a weak player. He's 185 lbs which is more than Bonk, who's 6'2". If he were in the Leafs, Habs, Rangers, etc. system, people would never stop talking about him.

[@101JuventusFan]

Yes, but there’s a reason why he slid to round 4 as well. Sure, he has a some great offensive skill, but is it elite? It seems like his defensive game is a huge deterrent, so unless he comes out as a bonafide PP1 QB, I don’t think we should be using the “steal” term for him yet

[@Jackson.odonnell]

Mason lorhie on Boston is looking great

[@jimbo2807]

Niko Huuhtanen Tampa Bay. Just wait

[@redrangers12330]

Brad Lambert barely stayed in the first round but I’m a huge lambert fan

[@boreddingercity]

Salamonson on the Winnipeg jets

[@umphstein4629]

unfortunatey no capitals, maybe myroshienko next season, side note,lost on why undrafted ethan frank in hershey does not get a look, he skates faster than mcdavid and scores 30 in ahl.i think he is 26 now.

[@FelixCharbonneau-ss1rq]

Jackson Blake, Joshua Roy and Olen Zellweger

[@shanielcabral]

Just happy Josh Doan got to play games as a Yote

[@jaredsmith1829]

I feel like 2nd round picks or 3rd & I would even say 4th round picks shouldn’t be steals, but for the 5th, 6th, & 7th those should be steals.

[@d.c.courtney4953]

Yo, Alex Vlasic is already a full-time nhler and was a top 5 shutdown defenseman in the entire league. He was a -1 on the Hawks who were atrocious. That's incredible. Picked at 43 in 2019, this dude has been a bigger steal than anyone on the list this far into their careers.

[@OhNyquist]

He’s played a full season so he doesn’t really fit the criteria, these are players that are “looking” like steals.

[@d.c.courtney4953]

@OhNyquist lol missed that part of the criteria, my bad.

[@rickyhazel1030]

Didnt really hear your criteria but 2019 4th rnd pick Jordan Spence 24pts, 71gp, 14:00 TOI 3rd pair with Andreas Englund who was a bit of an anchor, as well 2020 3rd rnd pick Alex Laferriere 12g, 23pts, 81gp, 2 7th rnd picks out of LA to watch in the upcoming season Andre Lee (19') and Aatu Jamsen (20'), Lee had a strong AHL season despite significant injury and Jamsen had 14g, 25pts, in 35 gp on a championship caliber team in Liga with the Pelicans

[@goated5749]

nail yakupov???

[@Oogim1]

One of the best oilers of all time

[@OhNyquist]

The Oilers could use him right now

[@MrMitchSot]

good thing they drafted him or they would have never had gotten Connor McDavid,so in reality ,he was the biggest steal of the draft😆😂🤣

[@DS-hs3qp]

Wolf looked like an AHL goalie in the NHL.

[@mryunghead3996]

How about Roman kantserov for the hawks

[@acemoneymaker8242]

Tbf to wolf he's playing behind a defence core of 3 ahlers a guy who missed a season and a half and Rasmus andersson who makes dumb plays a lot

[@BlastBeatSz]

Crazy that Wolfe went in the 7th

[@chaosdemon5038]

Riley Heidt?

[@wond3rlove]

Jordan Dumais

[@101JuventusFan]

Probably won’t be a full time NHLer. He’s so horrific defensively, gets pushed over a lot and his offensive game isn’t truly game breaking. Plus, you have to start thinking if he’s a true team and locker room guy after the whole impaired driving incident. However I will say Gavin Brindley is a potential steal for the jackets

[@Fenr1r]

i Think that the Habs picking Demidov 5th Overall this year is quite a steal. he probably should've gone to chicago (2nd) or Anaheim (3rd)

[@LEV1ATHYN]

Lane Hutson, Quinn Hughes Lite. Book it folks.

[@slipperynodd578]

One thing, I wouldn’t call Hutson an elite skater. It looks like he is by how many strides and how fast he’s doing them. But in overtime against Detroit, we saw the difference between him and a truly elite skater in Raymond. Raymond’s skating form is perfect and in the distance from the centre ice to the net Raymond gained a few feet on Hutson with way less effort on his part. If Hudson can fix his fundamentals then for sure, but for now I say he’s average to above average, not elite.

[@jimbodangle178]

Hutson needs to get explosive. Incredible skater but will meed to add explosiveness to get the space he needs to do his thing

[@drewruff410]

Slavin and Nikishin down the left side is gonna be scary

[@user-yr7if9rk8g]

And if skiej stays

[@Chewbachi]

@@user-yr7if9rk8ghe didn’t lol

[@thesacreda9033]

Man, I thought Zellweger would be on this list

[@ShinyMew76]

Hot Take: Lane Hutson will be almost, or as good as Cale Makar.

[@ObbyScape]

Niko Huuhtanen

[@danielhaslam6688]

What about Matt Poitras?

[@sonofthg]

Matthew Poitras with the Bruins

[@Z0raPlus]

another one is nikita chibrikov

[@odyssey1537]

Matthew knies

[@AnaheimRob]

No Zellweger? I guess west coast hockey is on too late in some places.

[@leoschop5818]

You forgot about Cole Caulfield

[@matthewkabel6246]

Zellweger’s another one

[@101JuventusFan]

The problem with him is the abundance of young d players in Anaheim as a whole. He’ll either need to outshine or have himself traded if he’s going to shine

[@Sniper1052]

@@101JuventusFan He's already the best offensively. I can't see a world where he's not our top PP qb.

[@101JuventusFan]

@@Sniper1052 I sure hope so for his sake. Regardless, a lot of competition

[@matthewkabel6246]

@@101JuventusFan Zellweger isn’t expendable. He’s a dynamic skater with a plus shot from the back end and excellent four way mobility while showing he can hold his own defensively. He’s a surefire top 4 guy with top pair upside

[@101JuventusFan]

@@matthewkabel6246 I never said he was expendable. All I said was, there’s a lot of competition. Huge difference

[@zachtronics.]

Imo if you’re later than second round and already playing in the nhl under 25 is already a steal, you don’t expect much from players above the 3rd

[@Mcbikey24]

Andrew Cristall and Gavin Brindley

[@cranehook4715]

No mention of Riley Heidt? 64th overall pick last year to Minnesota, 97 points in his draft year, 110+ points the year following (this season that just concluded), set multiple franchise records for Prince George, also climbed into the top 10 in franchise all time points, only member of Prince George, rest are from Victoria before they moved in '94.

[@blickxxyt7053]

Easton Cowen?

[@goldenspatian517]

Definetly Gabe Perrault

[@lolbryce9]

Fowler should definitely be on the list

[@WristFreeze97]

Riley Heidt

[@Besecker36]

matias maccelli is a way bigger steal then Josh do an. Maccelli is already one of the leagues best passers

[@dn3322]

Hence why he's not on the list?

[@neatdrew]

Olen Zellweger snubbed

[@TickedGoose]

joey willis saginaw spirit, preds

[@nickpasquini1161]

Next year Matt Maggio will be here. Trust

[@neatmike7184]

Bra lambert should definitely have been here

[@markusross4270]

Easton Cowan?

[@jimclarence5441]

First rounder so he's not on the list.

[@PellePaltnacke69]

Carl Lindbom a 7th round pick for that good of a goalie

[@Veopoz]

Owen Beck

[@WillieSama]

fowler and roy are also good prospects and look like complete steals, mtls drafting in the apst few years has been great past rd1