The GREATEST Draft STEALS From All 32 NHL Teams

These diamonds in the rough have all gone on to make huge impacts on the teams they've played for! In this video we're going to be looking at The GREATEST Draft STEAL From All 32 NHL Teams!
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[@stopper8301]

Kings should have been Luc Robitaille. He was drafted in the 9th round (171st) and became 1 of the greatest players of all time.

[@hypn0298]

He is the 2nd-highest scoring left winger in NHL history behind Ovie… he def put way too many players from recent years and not enough legends from the 80s/90s who went very low in the draft…

[@Deenaziamazinjg14]

@@hypn0298he’s to young to give a proper history of hockey

[@snakuvudu]

Funny, I clicked knowing full well this would be Luc. But whatever, J. Quick is awesome..

[@eddiemin4312]

Agree, love Quick but Luc was a complete steal in the ninth round.

[@miikamessi]

Quick is quicker so there

[@rhino3272]

As a wild fan, I love Haula, and was one of my favorite players. But, it still has to go to Kaprizov. He has won the Calder and broke several records for the franchise in just 4 years and he was picked in the 5th round!

[@KeyserSoze188]

Right!!? He’s the reason I started to watch this vid then all the sudden haula??

[@kayleebuck6240]

Literally

[@billybobdoorknob]

Ya

[@Mosulsson]

Datsyuk was 171st pick in 1998. Don't now the exactly context of this video but i think it's one of the best draft steal of all time.

[@cperron123]

Gaudreau over Theo Fleury for the Flames??? Fleury was a 8th round pick that put up 100 point seasons!

[@christopherstauffer8487]

Theo by far the most exciting and explosive player of his time.

[@BigMac785]

This channel. Seriously, he even could have picked Brett Hull, 6th rounder. 741 career goals.

[@11DNA11]

When you make videos about the 32 teams and basically clueless on what happened prior to 2005...

[@DirtyDan77]

post 2005 is the best era of hockey bro. If you want to make videos about an earlier era, no one is stopping you.

[@richardturner551]

How is Aho not a draft steal for the canes?

[@BlagBlargBlah]

What I’m saying

[@miikamessi]

Faulk is a legend

[@Jrodsly]

Slavin too. Slavin is one of the best defensemen in the league and got picked way after Faulk did. Very weird to include Faulk here.

[@Contraverse]

the flames selected Brett Hull 117th in 1984, also the lightning selected Nikita Kucherov 58th in 2011

[@klauspokorny4381]

Brett Hull was a great player, but not for the flames. So I think it is okay to not consider him a draft steal for the flames.

[@kevinstull8552]

An honorable mention for the San Jose Sharks would be Evgeni Nabokov. He was a sixth round draft pick in his draft as well.

[@nicholasonciul5770]

How is Horcoff on here above Messier (48th), Anderson (69th), Kurri (69th), Moog (132nd), Tikkanen (80th)

[@michaelkeller5927]

Because most hockey KZbinrs don't know hockey existed before Sidney Crosby

[@Deenaziamazinjg14]

@@michaelkeller5927lmfao so true! The hockey guy is only KZbinr who is old enough to give proper history opinions

[@rubberneckinc.8937]

Because this list is trash. Horcoff over Kurri, Glenn Anderson, & Esa Tikkanen just to name other 4th rounders. I love Johnny Hockey (I also am from New Jersey) but Theo Fleury 8th round Gary Suter 9th round Hasek was a 10th round pick for Chicago but Dustin Byfuglian (apologies on spelling there)

[@benoittousignant7929]

Seems to have a lot of recency bias and amazing players were forgotten here… Anaheim (Vatanen) - Troy Terry is still early in his career but seems like a much bigger steal already. Buffalo (Pominville) - Not sure how Mogilny can be forgotten for Buffalo. Amazing player and drafted in 5th round. Calgary (Gaudreau) - Decent pick, but with Brett Hull (6th round) and Theoren Fleury (8th round)...I'd have picked one of those. Chicago (Byfuglien) - Not sure how players like Steve Larmer can be passed over here. Detroit (Datsyuk) - Amazing player...hard to chose though as they had lots of amazing steals in Federov, Lidstrom and Zetterberg... Edmonton (Horcoff) - my god...this one is bad. When you pick Mark Messier in 3rd round Jari Kurri and Glen Henderson in 4th round...and you pick Horcoff as the biggest steal.. Los Angeles (Quick) - Good goalie, but Luc Robitaille in 9th round seems like a bigger steal. Minnesota (Haula) - Kaprizov in 5th round and in terms of impact seems already miles ahead of Haula. Montreal (Gallagher) - Markov in 6th round. Or while not as late…Chelios and Robinson were steals too I would say and much more important players. NY Islanders (Lee) - Good player but Trottier in 2nd round and Chara in 3rd would have been bigger steals to me for the impact the had in the league. Pittsburgh (Letang) - Excellent player, but I’d have given the edge to Mark Recchi who was picked even further. St Louis (Backes) - Doug Gilmour in 7th round…nothing else needs to be said here. Tampa Bay (Richards) - Good, but Kucherov will surely be viewed as the bigger steal once his career his over. Washington (Holtby) - Bondra in 8th round seems like a bigger steal to me.

[@johnmasich6882]

Mogilny or Ryan Miller

[@ULTRAINFINITEJUSTICE]

mogilny, bure, and all those russian guys picked late were a product of east/west politics it was a steal to get them cause they literally had to be smuggled out sometimes.

[@deadfu2611]

Yes, this list for video was made by some millenial noobie

[@YZER19]

this guy has his hockey knowledge off of vudeo games and wiki..... all his videos are nonsense so far

[@DirtyDan77]

wow you mean someone is making video decisions based on players they were actually alive to watch play? that's wild man. If you want to make videos about players that you saw play, growing up, no one is stopping you.

[@VicVergalito]

Elias is the man! My favorite player growing up a Devils fan. Jack Hughes did break his 96 points last year w/ 99....never thought we'd see that broken

[@paulm7842]

Pominville for the Sabres? Ryan Miller was a mid 5th round pick....

[@henro_bro9042]

Was thinking the same thing

[@paulm7842]

You could make a case for Mogilny as well - also a 5th rounder, albeit in '88 so a good 50 or so spots before where Miller was picked.

[@Pandamorey]

1989 Red Wings draft should've got a mention... we picked up Lidstrom in the 3rd round, Fedorov in the 4th & Konstantinov in the 11th.

[@lolagreen8311]

Red Wings should get an own video of great late draft picks.

[@craigharrison5406]

I'd say Nikita Kucherov picked at 58th was a bigger steal than Brad Richards at 64th for Tampa

[@SuperMadMason]

Shoot even Ondrej Palat at 208 was a bigger steal than Richards. But Kucherov should’ve been picked.

[@beneasler8868]

Honorable mention to Jake Guentzel of the Penguins. 77th overall and already at 200 goals. Also 34 goals in 58 playoff appearances, very underrated player imo

[@DM_Cseripko]

Letang? Guentzel?? Try Mark Recchi

[@rubberneckinc.8937]

This video isn't very accurate. Maybe it should be his favorite not first round picks?

[@skyatollah2skyharder276]

This guy barely knows anything about hockey.

[@Godin72]

Andrei Markov was a much better player for longer than Brendan Gallagher and he was taken in a later round... And on top of that he's a recent enough player that he shouldn't just be forgotten like that. He had multiple seasons with higher point totals than Gallagher's career high and he was a defenseman.

[@DirtyDan77]

someone actually spitting facts in this comment section.

[@TeamOT]

Should do one for undrafted players.

[@maxpowr90]

Marchessault is the first undrafted player since Gretzky to win the Conn Smythe.

[@kovyrulz]

Byfuglien over Hasek?!?!? What a joke

[@troybaxter]

For the Canes, I would actually say Slavin over Faulk. Slavin was the 120th pick of the 2012 draft, and he has been nothing but a defensive stud for the Canes. He is the reason why players like Dougie and Burns can be more aggressive on the offensive end because the Canes know he can cover. Not to mention, he just passed the franchise (Whaler and Canes) assist record for a defenseman.

[@Gl-my8fw]

He may be the best d man in the league for defense and positioning.

[@troybaxter]

@@Gl-my8fw he is definitely one of the best pure defensemen in the league.

[@Pointer21]

It’s definitely not Brad Richard’s. Kucherov was drafted 58th overall, he’s miles ahead of Richard’s. Hart, Ted Lindsay, Art Ross, 2 Cups and on pace to be arguably Top 3 all time for the Lightning.

[@nolanwooten8911]

I wouldn't put any of those core guys from that 2004 run over Kuch, Point, Stammer or Hedman personally

[@Pointer21]

@@nolanwooten8911 Same here, this generation of Tampa players is a lot better than the 2004 guys. That’s absolutely no disrespect to Marty, Vinny and Richards, but this new Lightning Team has been a force! Maybe not as of the last few years, but they’re on their decline.

[@keithbroussard123]

Ducks - 0:33 Coyotes - 1:22 Bruins - 3:05 Sabres - 4:49 Flames - 5:29 Blackhawks - 8:08 Avalanche - 9:55 Stars - 12:23 Oilers - 14:36 Kings - 16:08 Wild - 18:04 Canadiens - 19:05 Predators - 19:59 Devils - 21:59 Islanders - 23:39 Rangers - 25:29 Senators - 27:32 Flyers - 29:23 Penguins - 30:25 Sharks - 32:36 Kraken - 34:30 Blues - 35:34 Lightning - 36:50 Maple Leafs - 37:35 Canucks - 38:50 Golden Knights - 38:38 Capitals - 40:21 Jets - 42:22

[@CodiTC]

You're missing 4 teams.

[@mastercow19]

Anders Lee: drafted 2009, screen shows 2019

[@Swoop187OG187]

There are better selections, especially with LA. LA's biggest steal by a significant margin was HOF'er Luc Robitaille who is in the 700 goal club.. He was one of the biggest steals - not just for LA - but in draft history... As a Hawks fan, Byfuglien is a "recent" steal - however the Hawks also drafted Dominik Hasek in the 6th round of the 1984 Draft.. Of course the only reason why Hasek was drafted in the 6th round was because of the Soviet Union, so it would be unfair to call him (or any Soviet drafted pre-1991) a "steal" considering it was a risky move to draft a Soviet before the Soviet Union collapsed because the odds of a Soviet coming to the NHL at the time were slim to none which is why all of these Soviet superstars and HOF'ers were taken so late in the draft pre-1991.. It seems for some reason a lot of younger hockey fans don't know this, so they assume all of these Soviet HOF'ers "just happened to turn into superstars over night" - that - or there was some sort of anti-Russian prejudice - when the reality is that the Soviets from that era be it Hasek, Bure, Federov, Makarov etc were literally trapped in the Soviet Union.. I mean the Buffalo Sabres had to literally "smuggle" Alexander Mogilney out of the Soviet Union, lol... So indeed scouts and GM's were aware of how talented some of these Soviet players were, they just didn't want to waste a top pick on a kid that would probably never come to North America. Of course that all changed in 1991 when the Soviet Union fell and all of those late round Soviet picks started paying off. Also, almost every draft has a surprise or two in the later rounds. I mean if you can get full-time NHL talent outside of the 3rd Round I would consider that a "steal" and a successful pick.

[@cristini06]

Mark Messier - 1979 round 3 #48 overall by Edmonton Oilers Brett Hull 1984 round 6 #117 overall by Calgary Flames Luc Robitaille- 1984 round 9 #171 overall by Los Angeles Kings

[@zachwalentiny]

Did you forget that Kirill Kaprizov exists or something? lol

[@christopherstauffer8487]

This guy must be in his 20's.

[@PJLeo-sp4gn]

Who can forget the famous Taro Tsujimoto? This all-time legend was the 183rd pick in 1976.

[@Bostons_Freak_Flag]

We miss Bergy ... Such an amazing example of what a hockey player can be .

[@miikamessi]

Puljujärvi for the Oilers, a true draft steal

[@MrDanyboy44]

Wouldn't say of any second round pick that they're "draft steals": it's like saying a 7th rounder is a bust... Makes no sense, and you can definitely find later picks from every team that actually are steals. Love the videos, but this one is just a list of players you think were underrated when drafted, very few draft steals mentionned

[@micro-babe]

We still love Holtby in the DC area. He lives in the area now and every fan who's run into him has nothing but nice things to say.

[@daybloom67studios13]

Godspeed you glorious goaltender

[@ryanjulian4148]

Not sure, if Makar was a steal for the Avalanche, losing the draft lottery and force to select 4th. Not to mention he sudden impact in his first playoff series, followed up with Calder, Norris, Conn Smythe Trophy, a Hobey Baker Award finalist and Stanley Cup Champion. Fact the Avs lost the 1st overall pick and still got not only the best player in the draft but one of the best in the league playing today

[@cyclecyborg]

I think the LVK go down in history for the craziest and most successful trade's done in one season.

[@SaveznaRepublikaJugoslavija]

How is Horcoff here above hall of famers like Messier lol

[@miikamessi]

Horcoff is better and underrated

[@SaveznaRepublikaJugoslavija]

I like Horcoff too but I think some of our players may have been better draft steals@@miikamessi

[@pontusbackman1863]

You are talking about Shawn Horcoff I guess. He was talking about SEAN Horcoff, a real legend

[@maximemailhot5880]

Halak for Montreal ,Draft 271 th , He almost the last of the draft and he became a Superstar ,with Stop sign ...... and you choose Gallaguer ,He Good he go where nobody will go but....... its hard to beat someone draft in the last round and figth for the goalie #1 in the playoff and beat the both team Pitsburg and washington in 2009-2010 ....

[@jakublovas7224]

Yes, Erik Haula, the biggest Wild draft steal. Who's this Kaprizov guy anyway

[@miikamessi]

Haula is a Legend like Puljujärvi, both draft steals

[@oddynuffs]

devs have a recent one with Jesper bratt

[@michaelmignone5869]

Was thinking bratt also

[@ethanparker7900]

Alfredsson, Benn, Bergeron, Datsyuk, Lundqvist and Holtby just beasts!!!!

[@kitfisto1827]

For Detroit, you could also pick Henrik Zetterberg. 7th round/210th pick.

[@christopherstauffer8487]

What about Madden in Jersey? He made the team as an undrafted player, and had along with New Jersey. He was one of the best 2 way players of his time

[@seangilshannon8939]

I agree with the previous commenters. Huala was a fantastic player and one of the rare non-Minnesotans to play for the Gophers in college. Getting one of the current top 5 NHLers in the 5th round is a steal. Perhaps your assessment factored in the challenge and patience the team had to endure to wait-out his KHL contract and the fact that he really can't go back there anymore. But "The Thrill" is the team's best ever player taken in the 5th round way back when.

[@don63]

Your rankings are skewed to recent players. There are much bigger steals than the ones you show. History is a big part of the game. Can't just discount someone because they don't play anymore.

[@ZappaSheik]

This guy don't know hockey Johnny for Calgary insted of Theo?

[@beefboysupreme]

I can't argue with Hellebuyck for the Jets but I feel Enstrom is often over looked, going at 239 and playing 11 seasons.

[@criminalrappergreasygod8886]

It’s crazy to think some of these legends were picked so late in the draft.

[@MajinBadat]

Edmonton Oilers Mark Messier - Drafted in the 3rd round 48 over all. Nobody else is close.

[@rogenizi]

Markov was a 6th round pick for the Habs and a more impactful player

[@chrisrussell4073]

I love Quick but the LA slot should go to Robitaille. Selected 171st and was the highest scoring left winger of all time until Ovi passed him.

[@mercurio822]

There are soo many Swedish born players that went late in the draft, that swedes knew would be legendary players. Alfredson, lundqvist, Zetterberg, kronwall are just some of them,

[@GBBCOMO]

Is this only draft steals of this millennium?

[@Deenaziamazinjg14]

Yea cause he’s young and doesn’t have the knowledge to go back further

[@Bowlingsloth1982]

Did you forget that Braden Holtby went to the stars then In 2021 not 2020 signed with the Vancouver Canucks

[@dathaniel9403]

How is Sebastian Aho (35th overall pick in 2015) not the Hurricanes’ best draft steal? Or Jaccob Slavin (120th pick in 2012)? We’ve drafted so many good players late in the draft.

[@hogunthegrim5464]

Does this channel use A.I for his picks and to narrate or is the narrator just that bad with his selections?😂

[@Deenaziamazinjg14]

He clearly does no research for his videos

[@aralornwolf3140]

@@Deenaziamazinjg14, It's an issue with this channel for sure.

[@skyatollah2skyharder276]

He doesn't even know who half of the players are. He once did a video where he kept pronouncing Filip Hronek's name wrong. He claimed "Oh, I was told it was pronounced this way." He was told. He's not familiar with the guy, but he was told about him.

[@frankcastle10]

@@skyatollah2skyharder276 lot of tears hahahah

[@user-zt1ym7zc7p]

Another video idea could be draft steals that only became steals after they moved to a different team . Brett Hull , Dominik Hasek, etc.

[@plaguedoctor2525]

Should have done mark messier fir oilers. He was a 3rd round pick and made the hall of fame

[@Blue4Skies1]

As a Stars fan I must say, if we are talking in the modern era, Jamie Benn is a bit of a stretch. I think that it is more of a toss up between Roope Hintz (2nd round) or Jason Robertson (also 2nd round). I'm not upset by it being Jamie as he is a 5th rounder and, therefore, better fits the title of draft steal, but with hindight who wouldn't want Robo or Hintz as high up as possible?

[@kevinadams21]

Tampa has got to be kucherov 58th overall: 128pts season. B2B cup champions so far 4x All star Hart, Art Ross, and Ted Lindsey award and he’s still going. Definitely Kuch over Richards

[@boltinabottle6307]

I'd also put Point over Richards. He was 3rd round as well. 50 goal scorer, and led the playoffs in goals in B2B years to help them win the Cup.

[@brianlowe3831]

As much love as I have for big Buff. I would either give that honor to Steve Larmer

[@GameShowMike]

Letang as the Penguins’ best draft steal? That’s debatable when you should have considered Mark Recchi who was a fourth round pick in 1988 and is in the Hall of Fame after winning three Stanley Cups (one of them with the Penguins in 1991).

[@jaakkokarppinen1779]

Lackluster video since so many obvious holes

[@robjanes8617]

Calgary selected Theo Fleury in the 8th round, and you don't think that was the biggest draft steal for that team?

[@DVS-1]

Big thumbs up to the 7year old kid who obviously knows next to nothing about this sport but apparently overheard a number of hockey players names in totally random conversations and decided to put together a nifty little piece as what I'm guessing must be a class project good luck little dude ! I'd chuck in a thumbs up emoji if i wasn't being sarcastic .

[@skyatollah2skyharder276]

This goof has a massive gulf in his views vs likes. It tells you how good (lol no) his videos are.

[@KeyserSoze188]

Haula for the wild instead of kaprizov blows my mind.

[@peterolbrisch8970]

Brad Richards scored 26 goals in 23 playoff games? Oh really?

[@skorr2009]

Linus Ullmark, 163rd overall by Buffalo in 2012

[@skyatollah2skyharder276]

Do you deliberately pick players who aren't the correct choice, or is it meant to be one of those "unpredictability" deals?

[@ericfortin5281]

it's his list but there's obviously way bigger steal than the one he said in it.. Even though I hate the guy, Patrick Roy, 51st overall (3rd round) in 1984 by the Montreal Canadiens. Same year in sixth round with the 117th pick, Calgary drafted a certain Brett Hull, okay the guy didn't played a lot for Calgary, but the guy was a steal too.

[@DirtyDan77]

every hockey video always includes a hint as to why the Blue Jackets are always terrible. Atkinson for Vorecek. Brutal.

[@Sethstrat]

Slavin is 1 shy to tie with Faulk Aho was in late round pick Wtf is Faulk doing in this list before those 2

[@davidbouldin3326]

Just kept hearing that pronunciation of "Vatanen" in my head over and over for the whole video.

[@psychwardsandcymbals]

1:50 same thing

[@theageofthefall]

Love Brandon Gallagher one if my favorite Habs of all time But how can you not have Patrick Roy as the Habs biggest steal?

[@lolagreen8311]

Red Wings are really hard to choose: Dats, Fedorov, Zetterberg and also Holmstrom.

[@alecedgeworth2814]

Burr was not the first Canuck to be called to the hall of fame. He was preceded by Stan smyl

[@wghd6782]

Pekka Rinne is too good right now

[@mk6935]

What is he doing nowadays?

[@pontusbackman1863]

Hmm, I might have chose Marchand for Bruins. Bergy is way better and should have been a firstrounder, but aftee all, most projected Marchand to be a role player.

[@Jinjee_YamYam]

Tampa : Kuch. 58th. Now what he is the beast

[@tommyebunn5121]

Justin Faulk, you're joking, right? Slavin 4th round 120th pick ring a bell?

[@mojoron]

42:26 Let’s Go Jacks!

[@BearIslandComics]

It’s like the 80s never happened

[@robertspuller6121]

Wait a minute wasn’t zetterberg drafted later and ended up with More points?

[@gambl0r]

How is Edmonton not Mark Messier. Top 5 greatest player of all time, and went in the 3rd round of the draft....Shawn Horcoff? Loool

[@reese457]

Blues should have been Vladimir Tarasenko he was a key part in their cup run.

[@alexcatbeansthe3rd140]

Troy Terry was a fifth rd selection

[@tophercabba]

i think the avs would be a toss up between makar and rants , nothing against stas but come on lol

[@eastonmedved9777]

You never talked about Jonathan quick winning the conn smythe

[@jimmysimard3008]

Come on now, I wouldn't call a second round draft pick who perform a draft steal... second round draft picks are expected to perform. A draft steal is a guy drafted in the latest rounds who played some good years in the NHL because those picks are supposed to be at best AHL/ECHL players for a couple of seasons. Luc Robitaille or Theoren Fleury are draft steal... Patrice Bergeron not so much.

[@juliendesrosiers3177]

Looks like you forgot Dominik Hasek

[@dallassylvestre8155]

87 points that’s rough

[@jamesphillips2961]

Joey Mullin......SLB.......undrafted!!!

[@PG13hockeyman]

How is Minnesota’s steal not Kaprizov?

[@wolfeusmc2011]

It's 2024 but Pekka Rinne is still too good right now

[@jok3r906]

Pavel over Henrik... Either pick would've been a great option

[@madog5617]

Florida has to be Weegar

[@MC-bh3ff]

Love bure but the sedins i mean.... most unique players of all time

[@jerseyforhawks]

Islanders - Mike Bossy.

[@ilexmortisligaming]

Matthew Poitras is looking like someone whose gonna replace Bergeron as the Bruins best pick

[@lilchipo6212]

Lmao I’m not a bruins fan but that’s got to be the stupidest comment ever. Bergeron will never lose that title

[@frankcastle10]

lmao no...

[@alphadog1961]

When the Oakland Golden Seals made that selection,I gave up on watching hockey.

[@-gladulxv3755]

Gallagher over Andrei Markov is something i guess

[@chazmxo]

I’ve been watching for a while now and I gotta say you don’t really know your stuff quite well